SoulFire by Lillie J. Roberts
Genre: YA Fantasy
What’s worse than finding out the monsters from your nightmares are
real? Discovering you’ve spent lifetimes trying to defeat them. . . And
lost.
Seventeen-year-old Rena Langley wants her life to be normal. She
works hard to not attract attention, to be a face lost in the crowd. A
gamer, she succeeds in flying under the radar. Except for the
nightmares. They’ve plagued her life and they’re worse than ever.
Petrov DeForest claims that the monsters from her nightmares are
deadly real and hunger for the pureness of her soul. She’s starting to
think he’s right, even if she doesn’t believe they’ve spent lifetimes
together. Then Petrov tells her she has the defense against the monsters
held deep within her body, her SoulFire. She’s certain he’s insane.
Until the monsters invade her waking hours. Using her SoulFire to defeat
the monsters means accepting her destiny.
Ben Foster is a detective investigating the murder of two students at
Rena’s high school. Can she be involved? Her name is the last word his
partner spoke before being swallowed by the darkness.
Can Rena and Petrov survive? Or will this lifetime end like so many have before?
Rena rolled her eyes as she increased the video game’s volume. “Have
fun Brea,” she shouted over the racket, ignoring her sister and the news
that the relative invasion had begun. She would never begrudge her
mother’s time with her only sister, or the injection of testosterone in a
house flooded with female hormones, but she didn’t have to like it. Her
father and her uncle Ron were friends from way back, at least to their
college days. Pretty soon it would be all fishing trips and barbeques.
“He’s been stuck with creepy Eugene all summer, but they’re here now,
and he’s all ours!” Brea buzzed, almost quivering, and shot to her
feet.
“No, he’s all yours, and Eugene’s not that creepy.” Rena ignored the
rest of her sister’s words, slipping the headphones back into place.
“He’s gorgeous… dark wavy hair, big beautiful sapphire blue eyes.”
She faked a swoon, once again landing on the bed, but quickly sitting
back up. When Rena didn’t respond, Brea pulled the headphones away.
“You gotta see him! But, remember, I saw him first!” She dragged Rena to her feet.
The problem with Brea was that she never had a shortage of boyfriends, and another stupid jock was so not worth Rena’s time.
“Oh, you saw him first all right. Go for it; I’ve had my fill.” Rena
tugged her hand from Brea’s clutch. “It’s very okay with me. Besides, I
don’t want to deal with relatives or their friends, but you go ahead,
have fun.” Rena’s hands found the middle of Brea’s back, prodding her
toward the door. Guys were the last thing on Rena’s mind. She remembered
the humiliation of being ditched. Her first and only date had left with
Brea instead.
“Oh, honestly! Just come and meet him, then you can come back here to
brood and hide. Besides, he’s already asked about y-o-u.” Brea crowed
as she sucked in another breath. “Isn’t it driving you crazy? Knowing a
strange boy has asked about you? Come on, you’re not still mad about
Bobby?” Brea squeezed her eyes closed. “It’s not my fault he asked me to
go out with him.”
Rena shook her head in disbelief. How could Brea not see how wrong
that was? “Oh, no, not me, I’m not mad at all.” She reached down,
stroking Random’s soft fur. “Gee-sus, Brea! He dumped me in the living
room, and you left with him!” It had all been a ploy to get close to
Brea. He was a creep-a-zoid from the outer reaches of Tamriel. Rena
tried to imagine him as one of the goons on Skyrim.
Then, she stopped cold, almost dropping the game controller. “What do
you mean he asked about me? Why would he think about me? I don’t know
him.” Rena wanted to strangle Brea. Now it was going to drive her crazy.
“Come on Ree, say you’re not mad.” Brea fluttered her pretty blonde
eyelashes. “Come on, I’d do it for you.” She pushed out her bottom lip
in a pout, giving Rena her best imitation of puppy dog eyes.
Rena snorted a laugh, covering her mouth with her hands. “You’re delusional Brea.”
“Oh, come on, you know you have got to meet this guy! It could be
your destiny!” Brea breathed with wonder as she wheedled. “Besides, Mom
said to come get you, to introduce you to our company. Want me to go
back and tell her you said no?” Her toe started to tap an annoying beat.
Rena squeezed her eyes closed. “Okay, all right, don’t get your
panties in a bunch.” She eyed Brea, and thought, the sooner I get it
over with the better. “Fine, I’ll come meet your Petrov whatever, but
don’t say I didn’t do you any favors.” Rena heaved a sigh, dragging her
feet as she followed her sister out of the room, Random close to her
side.
Brea hurried ahead to the living room where the others waited. When
Rena finally made her way down the hall, dog quivering at her side, Brea
snatched up her hand.
“Ree, meet Petrov, Petrov, my sister Rena,” Brea gushed as she released Rena’s hand to grab Petrov’s.
Rena could only stand and stare. His eyes… His sapphire gaze faded to
an icy blue as she became aware of his critical appraisal, and she felt
like a bug on display.
Lillie J. Roberts is a multi-published author who loves to reviews books as well. Lillie (a.k.a
Dottie at Tink’s Place),
enjoys sharing her thoughts about the books she’s read. Stop by
sometime, let her know what your think. Her preferred genre is
paranormal romance, the darker the better, though if you give her a good
thriller/chiller and she’s happy too. She loves all types paranormal
creatures from vampires, were- creatures, witches, ghosts, and other
things that go bump in the night. She loves a good ghost story, so if
you have one, share it with her. The scariest book she’s ever read is a
toss up between Bram Stroker’s Dracula or Stephen King’s It (both gave
her nightmares).
Lillie lives in central Illinois with her husband, three children,
and one wild Westie (who is also her reading and critique partner; he
listens to all her new story ideas, almost always with a wicked sense of
humor). She is an animal lover as are her heroines and heroes (and no,
that doesn’t include insects or spiders). She loves movies and listens
to them while she writes, it doesn’t matter if they’re old or new, as
long as they’re engaging. She enjoys all kinds of music, especially if
it has a hard driving beat. You’ll find some on her favorite artists
mentioned in the pages of her books. She writes Paranormal Romance,
Urban Fantasy, Chillers/Thillers, Suspense from Modern Contemporary to
New Adult and YA, from sweetly innocent to naughty romance. She tends to
be a genre bender, mixing her genres to provide an unique read.
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