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***What harm can come from a kiss?***
Caine Fordham knows the danger all too well.
As the Kill Circuit’s top lady-killer, business is good. Yet Caine knows the life of an assassin isn’t meant to last forever, just as love is impossible for him. Who could love a man with poison lacing his veins and a kiss that kills?
When Caine decides to take one last job, deal out one last kiss, he discovers there’s more to life than death, and more to love than pain.
Atone is the second in a series of Characters Revealed novellas/short stories for...
NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherworldlies:
Those who answer the call from NEO play their part in maintaining balance in our ever-changing times. With power-hungry malcontents, jealous gods, and even those with misguided good intentions, the fate of our world has oft been held in the hands of unsung heroes such as those that are members of NEO.
But before NEO, these heroes and heroines had lives, loves, issues and interests that didn’t involve saving mankind.
Caine Fordham knows the danger all too well.
As the Kill Circuit’s top lady-killer, business is good. Yet Caine knows the life of an assassin isn’t meant to last forever, just as love is impossible for him. Who could love a man with poison lacing his veins and a kiss that kills?
When Caine decides to take one last job, deal out one last kiss, he discovers there’s more to life than death, and more to love than pain.
Atone is the second in a series of Characters Revealed novellas/short stories for...
NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherworldlies:
Those who answer the call from NEO play their part in maintaining balance in our ever-changing times. With power-hungry malcontents, jealous gods, and even those with misguided good intentions, the fate of our world has oft been held in the hands of unsung heroes such as those that are members of NEO.
But before NEO, these heroes and heroines had lives, loves, issues and interests that didn’t involve saving mankind.
55 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 8, 2013
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About the author
Angela Brown
12 books273 followersBorn and raised in Little Rock, AR, Angela now calls Central Texas home.
Reading and writing have been lifelong passions. It was around the time she gave birth to her forever-love, nicknamed Chipmunk, that she really took writing seriously. After all, how could she teach her child to follow her dreams if she hadn't tried herself?
As a YA fantasy/sci-fi reader and author, she favors the magical, mysterious, the darker side of life...even harbors a secret fright for things that go bump in the night.
Reading and writing have been lifelong passions. It was around the time she gave birth to her forever-love, nicknamed Chipmunk, that she really took writing seriously. After all, how could she teach her child to follow her dreams if she hadn't tried herself?
As a YA fantasy/sci-fi reader and author, she favors the magical, mysterious, the darker side of life...even harbors a secret fright for things that go bump in the night.
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July 23, 2013
I recently read "Atone" by one of my favorite authors, Angela Brown. This novelette is part of her NEO chronicles are the stories of our heroes before they band together to save of behinds from those who threaten our existence.
NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherworldlies is shaping up to be one badass group of people, so I can't read their combined adventures, but for now I'm enjoying all of the individual stories.
Atone, book two, is centered around Caine, a hot assassin that specializes in the ladies. He's ready to retire, but decides to take just one last job, assassinate an assassin, the ultimate "one for the road" departure. Just what Caine needs.
I'm just sayin:
For a novelette I found that Atone offered the reader a lot of information. For example, Caine's background story is full of emotion and betrayal the glimpse into this killers past helps us to understand what shaped him into becoming a real lady killer.
One of the reasons that I love Angela Brown's work is that she writes very descriptively. I can see in my mind exactly what she is writing:
LOC 171 "Colorful dots covered a gray slate in his mind, moving, coalescing like an impressionistic painting, until a familiar face came into view."
At the same time, she is an author with a sense of humor with her characters:
loc 390 "When conversations are a blast"
I also love that she writes unconventional women; I'm over lawyers, fashion designers, and medical professionals that act anything but. I want to see more ninja's and mountain women, maybe an astrophysicist or two. I really like that the world has no bounds when Angela writes.
Overall:
I actually cried during one of the scenes in a book, how often does that happen in a novella? Never, unless it is written by a talented artist like Angela Brown who's weaving a tapestry of books into the series she calls NEO chronicles.
September 12, 2013
All it takes is one kiss from Caine Fordham and the ladies fall at his feet. Dead.
Caine is one of Kill Circuit's top assassins. He plans on doing one last job before retiring. Unfortunately, their retirement program doesn't include him lounging around on a beach. The job doesn't go as planned, and he finds the tables are turned. Will Caine's deadly kiss be able to save him this time or will he finally know the kiss of death himself?
This short novella is fast-paced and intense. Caine is a modern day Lothario, and oh my, is he sexy. A few points in the story that I thought he might be worth just that one kiss! I really liked Drift and Scratch, and Caine's friendship with them. They made a solid, well-rounded team.
The suspense is tight and it kept me reading straight through. The descriptions were luxurious. Angela Brown paints a rich and dark world for the reader. I can't wait for the next book!
Caine is one of Kill Circuit's top assassins. He plans on doing one last job before retiring. Unfortunately, their retirement program doesn't include him lounging around on a beach. The job doesn't go as planned, and he finds the tables are turned. Will Caine's deadly kiss be able to save him this time or will he finally know the kiss of death himself?
This short novella is fast-paced and intense. Caine is a modern day Lothario, and oh my, is he sexy. A few points in the story that I thought he might be worth just that one kiss! I really liked Drift and Scratch, and Caine's friendship with them. They made a solid, well-rounded team.
The suspense is tight and it kept me reading straight through. The descriptions were luxurious. Angela Brown paints a rich and dark world for the reader. I can't wait for the next book!
June 11, 2013
Please note, as the author, I'm understandably biased but I hope this is a quick and enjoyable read for whomever gives this a chance :-)
*What harm can come from a kiss?*
Kisses are often sweet, endearing and heartwarming. But for some, such niceties aren't meant to be. Caine Fordham isn't the cute boy next door. He's the mysterious guy you almost wish you didn't want so badly, the kind that just isn't good for you. And his kisses leave the ladies breathless.
Atone is a novella so it's a quick read but delves into the man that is Caine, how he came to be, the why behind his actions and the truth about the one thing he wishes he could atone for.
*What harm can come from a kiss?*
Kisses are often sweet, endearing and heartwarming. But for some, such niceties aren't meant to be. Caine Fordham isn't the cute boy next door. He's the mysterious guy you almost wish you didn't want so badly, the kind that just isn't good for you. And his kisses leave the ladies breathless.
Atone is a novella so it's a quick read but delves into the man that is Caine, how he came to be, the why behind his actions and the truth about the one thing he wishes he could atone for.
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