New Release Spotlight: Quinn's Gambit (AURA Series #1) by Angel Martinez & Bellora Quinn

[Eva Millien]

What the book has to say:

An unregistered, human con wizard and a duty-bound, straightlaced elf cop. As New York explodes with dangerous creatures, their passion goes nuclear.

After a terrible magical accident at Berkeley created unpredictable holes between realities—all manner of non-human creatures started popping into our world. These displacements, called RARE—Random Anomalous Reality Events—have taken magic out of fiction and relocated it firmly in reality, resulting in a great deal of chaos and confusion. Displaced elf Valerian works with AURA—the Agency of Unnatural Resettlement and Assimilation—to intercept these beings as they appear in the human world, helping the peaceful ones and subduing the violent, malevolent ones. It’s good, satisfying work, and Val would be happy if he wasn’t so lonely.

Quinten is a young mage just trying to get by, but New York isn't the easiest city to make a living. If his methods are sometimes morally dubious, his heart is still in the right place. Of course for Quinn, the right place means firmly locked away, protected at all costs. Living by his wits and sometimes magically-induced luck, he works as a ‘free-lance magic user’, or unregistered mage and small time con—according to the authorities. The last thing Quinn wants is to draw the cops’ attention, but when an Event happens right on top of him, he’s forced to turn to AURA for help. Valerian isn’t at all what he’d expected in an AURA cop, and he certainly wasn't expecting to join forces with the sexy elf, a snarky drow and a bitter incubus when certain individuals in power try to stop the RARE by any means necessary.

Things are not all what they seem at AURA headquarters, and a greater evil lurks at the top than anyone could have imagined.

What I have to say:

A ‘free-lance magic user’ living by his wits and sometimes magically-induced luck, the last thing Quinn wants is to draw the cops’ attention, but when an Event practically drops someone on his head he catches the attention of Valerian, an AURA agent and displaced elf in this bewitching m/m paranormal romance. I have to say that the authors have created a very fascinating world with an abundance of intriguing magical characters from all walks of life and some unique and interesting elements that make for a very entertaining read. I was completely caught up in Quinn and Val’s story from the very beginning and I can’t wait to find out what happens next.

See my full review at:

http://www.thejeepdiva.com/review-quinns-gambit-aura-series-1-by-an...

Purchase Links:

TB: https://www.totallybound.com/quinns-gambit

A: http://www.amazon.com/Quinns-Gambit-AURA-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00UBWNWXE...

ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-quinn039sgambit-1758330-14...

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1121404328?ean=9781784304676

K: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/quinn-s-gambit

BAM: http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Quinns-Gambit/angel-martinez/Q382176...

i: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/quinns-gambit/id975121307?mt=11

Totally Bound, March 6 2015, 246 pages, ebook

http://angelmartinezauthor.weebly.com/aura-with-bellora-quinn.html

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24528629-quinn-s-gambit?ac=1

Series Links:

https://www.totallybound.com/series/aura

https://www.goodreads.com/series/146196-aura-series

Introducing Angel Martinez:

The unlikely black sheep of an ivory tower intellectual family, Angel Martinez has managed to make her way through life reasonably unscathed. Despite a wildly misspent youth, she snagged a degree in English Lit, married once and did it right the first time, (same husband for almost twenty-four years) gave birth to one amazing son, (now in college) and realized at some point that she could get paid for writing.

Published since 2006, Angel's cynical heart cloaks a desperate romantic. You'll find drama and humor given equal weight in her writing and don't expect sad endings. Life is sad enough.

She currently lives in Delaware in a drinking town with a college problem and writes Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around gay heroes.

Introducing Bellora Quinn:

Originally hailing from Detroit Michigan, Bellora now resides on the sunny Gulf Coast of Florida where a herd of Dachshunds keeps her entertained. She got her start in writing at the dawn of the internet when she discovered PbEMs (Play by email) and found a passion for collaborative writing and steamy hot erotica. Soap Opera like blogs soon followed and eventually full novels.

The majority of her stories are in the M/M genre with urban fantasy or paranormal settings and many with a strong BDSM flavour.

Angel can usually be found at:

http://angelmartinezauthor.weebly.com/

https://www.facebook.com/amartinez2

https://www.facebook.com/groups/495188947277007/

https://twitter.com/AngelMartinezrr

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1010469.Angel_Martinez

Bellora can usually be found at:

http://www.belloraquinn.com/

https://twitter.com/BelloraQ

https://www.facebook.com/bellora.quinn

https://www.totallybound.com/author/bellora-quinn

For more books by Angel:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1010469.Angel_Martinez

For more books by Bellora:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/12746427.Bellora_Quinn