The Archangel Agenda by A.K. Alexander and Jen Greyson Review

The Archangel Agenda

The first in a new urban fantasy by New York Times bestselling authors A.K. Alexander and Jen Greyson. 

What happens when you're a professional assassin and your fiancé is murdered in retaliation for your latest kill? Just ask Evangeline Heart, who is visited by the Archangel Metatron soon after burying her soul mate, Griffin, and told she must rescue Griffin's soul from the dungeons of Hell. 

In the first segment of The Evangeline Heart series, Evangeline (Lina) will join forces with a professional thief, a bumbling scholar, and an archangel who together will battle the forces of evil in hopes of saving the future for mankind.

Kindle Edition, 148 pages

Published December 2nd 2014 by D'Vine Press

My Review

Lina is an assassin.  After she is left alone, to be raised by a family friend, her life took a direction she would never have anticipated.  After her finance is killed because of something she did, her life is torn upside down.  Can she ever forgive herself?

After she is approached by Archangel Metatron, she learns what really happened with her mother's death....and there may be a chance that she can save her finance's soul.

On a search for ancient relics, Lina has the mission of a lifetime.  After a robbery gone wrong, she finds loyalty in a professional thief, and a professor that is wise in ancient relics.

First off, I love a story that involves ancient relics and their mysteries.  How fun it that?  This story was fast paced and full of action.  The adventure is thrilling, full of the unexpected, humor, and heartache over her mother's devotion.  I love the mystery surrounding Metatron, and how he tries to give clues, when he isn't suppose to help.

It's a fun read.  I look forward to the mystery behind the other relics that will come in the next installments.

Give this one a try!

About this author

Writing under the pen name A.K. Alexander, Michele explores the darker side of storytelling. With her daring, frightening and suspensful novels, A.K. Alexander writes for those readers who like to be thrilled and kept in the dark up until the very end…

A.K.’s gritty thrillers keep you looking over your shoulder as the suspense mounts with each turn of the page. Mingling her love of horses with a world of deceit, violence and desire, A.K. brings to life murder mysteries that engage her readers.

Her gripping books are impossible to put down, featuring strong characters with complicated lives. A.K.’s books have appeared on The Wall Street Journal’s and Amazon’s Kindle bestseller lists.

About this author

From the moment she decided on a degree in Equestrian Studies, Jen Greyson’s life has been one unscripted adventure after another. Leaving the cowboy state of Wyoming to train show horses in France, Switzerland, and Germany, she’s lived life without much of a plan, but always a book in her suitcase. Now a wife and mom to two young boys, she relies on her adventurous, passionate characters to be the risk- takers.

Jen also ghost writes billionaire legacies and romance novellas when she’s not enjoying the wilds of the west via wakeboard or snowmobile.

She's a mama writer, unleashing stories.

Lightning Rider Book Tour and Review

Title: Lightning Rider

Author: Jen Greyson

Publish Date: Expected publication: May 30th 2013 by The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House


Synopsis:

For Evy Rivera, thunderstorms have always caused her physical pain, but she's never known why. When a record-setting storm arrives on the same night her father finds ancient ancestral documents, Evy is set aglow with mysterious tiny lightnings she can command. Even worse, she alerts some people in the universe who've been looking for her family for a very long time. Thrown back into ancient Spain and tasked with killing a Spanish legend, she must train alongside Constantine, a sexy yet obstinate Roman warrior. He teaches her how to wield her lightning as a weapon, through more errors than trials. With a relationship as explosive as their late-night training sessions, Evy and Constantine battle their push-pull relationship while trying to ignore the two-thousand-year difference in their birthdates. Ilif Rotiart, her quasi-mentor, is appalled at Evy's skill. He would prefer to train her father and keep Evy on the sidelines—where women belong. Evy has a feeling Ilif is keeping something from them, but she must play nice until she uncovers the truth. And if he's lying, it will be the worst day of his four-hundred-year life. Penya Sepadas claims she's Evy's rightful trainer, and she has the prophecy to prove it. Penya doesn't share Ilif's misogynistic attitude, but she does have her own agenda...and her own secrets. Evy must sort through the lies and find the truth behind her family's time-traveling past before the wrong history obliterates the future. She’s spent her whole life fighting for her place. Now, as the first female lightning rider, she'll dedicate her existence to fighting to save the world. But will Evy learn to manage her lightning and find the truth before it's too late?

From the moment I started reading this story, I knew I was going to love the original and unique concept of the Lightning Rider. This story was action packed from beginning to end. Evy is a strong and powerful character, which I found intriguing because a lot of regular kick butt heroes grow into themselves. Evy is straight up hardheaded and independent. Except when it comes to love. She takes her new ability as being a lightning rider and time traveler in stride, completely accepting it and going full throttle. Evy is wise to question those she should trust.

 The traveling to a different time was amazingly descriptive, drawing the reader into the story. The ability to change a moment in time to better the future generations was written very well and easy to follow. Of course, there is that person who wants to interfere to bring the conflict to his favor; however, he does not expect Evy’s abilities.

 Constantine, oh boy, what can I say about Constantine…the Roman warrior who believes in giving his life for the cause and will do anything to protect his home country. Constantine has his own personal battles that have hardened him into the denoted warrior; however, he wonders what kind of spell Evy has put upon him. You cannot deny the attraction there. Can Evy have a relationship with a person that existed thousands years before her? Well, I hope she can figure that one out, because Constantine is too good to let go!

 The story ends with a cliffhanger…you know the kind that leaves you frustrated because you do not want the story to end. However, that is a good thing, because it leaves me knowing that there will be more to the story I do not want to end.
My Over All Rating:

Meet the Author Jen Greyson

From the moment she decided on a degree in Equestrian Studies, Jen Greyson’s life has been one unscripted adventure after another. Leaving the cowboy state of Wyoming to train show horses in France, Switzerland, and Germany, she’s lived life without much of a plan, but always a book in her suitcase. Now a wife and mom to two young boys, she relies on her adventurous, passionate characters to be the risk- takers.

Jen also writes university courses and corporate training material when she’s not enjoying the wilds of the west via wakeboard or snowmobile.
Author Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MamaWriter?fref=ts
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6953184.Jen_Greyson?auto_login_attempted=true
Website: http://jengreyson.com/

You can follow Jen on Twitter   @jengreyson
The ebook will be available on May 30th on Amazon, iTunes, B&N.com, kobo and TWCS