๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐นโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐-๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ต๐๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐!
Aldebarian Alliance #5
by Dianne Duvall
Release Date: January 23, 2024
Too many years of hunting psychotic vampires night after night have left Rachel with a desperate need for change. So when the opportunity to travel across the galaxy aboard a Lasaran warship to a utopian planet arises, the powerful Immortal Guardian jumps at the chance. Rachel eagerly looks forward to making a fresh startโฆ until an enemy attacks and she ends up alone in an escape pod so far from alliance-occupied space that no one can hear her communications. No one except a renegade cyborg who shouldnโt exist.After a grueling, hard-fought rebellion, Wonick and his cyborg brethren settled on a distant planet, where theyโve finally carved out a peaceful existence. The Aldebarian Alliance believes every Akseli cyborg died long ago. And battle-weary cyborg leader Wonick is determined to prevent anyone from discovering otherwise, knowing such would spark the fiercest manhunt in the galaxy. Yet when he hears Rachelโs communications, temptation drives him to speak to her, sparking friendship and a longing for a very different future.Rachel finds Wonick even more appealing when she meets him in person, and the friendship theyโve formed soon deepens into love as the cyborgsโno more immune to her fun-loving, laughter-inducing nature than Wonickโcautiously welcome her into the fold. But the warriorsโ unbridled ability to collect intel uncovers a secret the enemy has guarded for decades, one that compels them to embark upon a mission fraught with danger.If they succeed, they may end the enemyโs attempts to conquer the galaxy once and for all. If they fail, it could cost Wonick and Rachel everything.
Aldebarian Alliance Series
The Lasaran (Aldebarian Alliance #1)The Segonian (Aldebarian Alliance #2)
The Purveli (Aldebarian Alliance #3)
The Akseli (Aldebarian Alliance #4)
โWonick?โ she prompted.
โYou know what I am,โ he said gravely.
โA cyborg. Yes.โ
He shifted restively. โYouโre notโฆ repulsed by that? By myโฆ augmentations?โ
Wow. This man really knew how to tug at her heartstrings.
Smiling, Rachel reached up and rested a palm against his stubbled cheek. โWe are two peas in a pod,arenโt we?โ
โI donโt understand that analogy. My translation matrix said it refers to legumes on your planet.โ
โIt means weโre the same,โ she informed him softly. โI harbor a virus genetically engineered by the mostdespicable beings in the galaxy. One that led fellow Earthlings to hunt me all of my life and to kill some of the Seconds who tried to protect me over the years. And since you arenโt Lasaran, Iโm guessing Iโm a lot older than you.โ Oddly, the last concerned her more than anything else. โAre you repulsed by what I am?โ
His Adamโs apple bobbed in a swallow. โNo. You fascinate me.โ
โDitto.โ
โI donโt know what that means.โ
โIt means you fascinate me, too.โ Her smile widened. โBut I think we should have separate showers. I want to hear more about my friends.โ She let her gaze rove his big body. โAnd something tells me that showering together would distract us from that.โ
He nodded somberly. โIt really would.โ
Grinning, she took his hand again and started up the hallway.
โThen letโs get this over with, shall we?โ
Dianne Duvall is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Immortal Guardians paranormal romance series, the Aldebarian Alliance sciโfi romance series, and The Gifted Ones medieval and timeโtravel romance series. The Lasaran, the first book in the Aldebarian Alliance Series, was a #1 Audible Mover & Shaker. The Segonian, the second book in the Aldebarian Alliance Series, was a Barnes&Noble Top Indie Favorite. Audible chose Awaken the Darkness as one of the Top 5 Best Paranormal Romance Audiobooks of 2018. Reviewers have called Dianne's books "fast-paced and humorous" (Publishers Weekly), "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews), โextraordinary" (Long and Short Reviews), and "wonderfully imaginative" (The Romance Reviews). Dianne's books have twice been nominated for RT Reviewers' Choice Awards. And her audiobooks have been awarded the AudioFile Earphones Award for Excellence.Dianne's books have all appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and/or Kobo Bestseller lists. The first book in Dianne's The Gifted Ones series, A Sorceress of His Own, is a prequel of sorts to Darkness Dawns. A USA Today bestseller, A Sorceress of His Own is a medieval romance with paranormal elements that was awarded the AudioFile Earphones Award for Excellence and was an Audie Finalist. The second book in the series, Rendezvous With Yesterday, is a time travel romance that won the GraveTells Readers' Choice Award for Best Historical Romance.In addition to writing romance, Dianne has completed a one-act play (comedy) and teamed up with an award-winning screenwriter to write a spec script for a new situation comedy. Several of her poems have also been published in anthologies.When she isn't writing, Dianne is very active in the independent film industry and has even appeared on-screen, crawling out of a moonlit grave and wielding a machete like some of the psychotic vampires she creates in her books.For the latest news on upcoming releases, contests, and more, please visit DianneDuvall.com or sign up for her Newsletter. You can also find Dianne online . . .
I'm going to have to buy it twice; since the audiobook isn't released yet. Sounds great.
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DeleteThank you for sharing about Dianne's newest release! The Renegade Akseli Cyborg is out now!
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DeleteThis is a really good book. I really love Dianne Duvall's books.
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