Le Ali Del Peccato

I'm so excited to share the news about my first foreign language edition!!


Falling Hard (aka Le Ali Del Peccato - or Wings of Sin) has been translated into Italian!

Good thing I have a hunky Italian hubby who speaks the language to tell me what it says, isn't it *grin*

Privata dagli arcangeli della capacità di provare emozioni, Amelia non sa nulla di amore e desiderio, di rabbia e di rimpianto. Finché non è costretta a scendere sulla terra per proteggere Gabriel Gunn, l'essere umano che le è stato affidato e nel quale è imprigionata l'anima nera di Lucifero. Perché quell'affascinante cantante rock, con la sua bellezza tormentata e la capacità di farle provare sensazioni deliziosamente conturbanti, risveglia in lei un desiderio carnale che la costringe a mettere in dubbio tutto ciò in cui ha sempre creduto. In una folle corsa contro il tempo, Amelia e Gabriel devono trovare un modo per sfuggire alle opposte fazioni di angeli ribelli che vogliono impadronirsi di lui per i propri scopi. E per salvare il loro amore dalla terribile oscurità che vive nel cuore di Gabriel.


If I have any Italian readers out there, I hope you pick it up and let me know how you like it :)

English version: Falling Hard

After a life filled with tragedy, rocker Gabriel Gunn thinks he's finally getting the better of his personal demons. Then he's attacked after a concert—and rescued by a warrior goddess brandishing a sword and white wings. As hard as it is to believe in an angelic bodyguard, Gabriel must face an even more impossible truth: he carries the devil's soul within him.

Amelia has been watching over Gabriel for years, using her angelic powers to prevent Lucifer's return. Now she must also protect him from warring angel factions with their own agendas. Amelia would do anything to avert another angelic war, even sacrifice her own emotions to avoid temptation. Yet with Gabriel she feels things she no longer wants to deny, and pleasure she never imagined.

But the closer Gabriel and Amelia get, the stronger Lucifer becomes. Will Amelia be forced to kill the man she's come to love to stop the war she's always feared?

The Story Continues...

Immortals Month was a blast! I had such a great time talking about these books, and I want to assure everyone that there's more to come! 

Besides Justice and Karnage, there will be more stories of the Immortals. I'll be working on Kane's story and even stories for Amanda and Michael too. 

But until then, please enjoy these four books that were SO amazing to write! 

IMMORTAL DUTY (book 1) 
Ellora's Cave / Kindle / Nook

Walking home from a late-night shift at the hospital, Amy Bennett unwittingly stumbles into the violent, mysterious world of sexy Rhys Morgan. She wants him at once, but he’s a man with dangerous secrets, and despite the explosive attraction between them, he seems determined to push her away.

One of the oldest of his kind, the intense Immortal warrior Rhys spends his nights on the streets of Chandler protecting the city from the demons that threaten to overrun it. Though strong, he now has a weakness…Amy.

His gift of premonition has always been a curse, and more so since Amy’s death has begun haunting his dreams. But she’s part of his world now, and Rhys doesn’t know how to save her, or how to protect his heart.

IMMORTAL KISS (book 2)
Ellora's Cave / Kindle / Nook 

It’s been two years since Baron’s initiation into the world of the Immortals, a task force who fight the demons hiding in the shadows of the human world. During those years, he’s been training hard and trying to forget. All in the name of setting aside his past to embrace the challenges of his new future…a future without Maxine Deveraux.

The last person Maxine wants to face is Baron Silver, the man her body and soul cry out for. But Baron’s brother is dying, and Maxine must honor his last wish.

A vendetta with a vampire doesn’t faze Baron…until the creature leaves Max on his doorstep, her beautiful body broken, her soul changed forever. Now Maxine must come to terms with her new dark nature—and if Baron wants to keep her, he’ll have to explain why he broke her heart.

DARK IMMORTAL (book 3) 
Ellora's Cave / Kindle

Diana freed Alric from his prison and the insanity his captivity inflicted upon him. She healed him with her passion, and now she lies broken after a vampire attack, locked deep inside herself where he cannot reach her.

The huge, muscled man leaning over the strange bed where Diana awakes is straight out of nightmares full of blood and pain. Yet she’s drawn to him, her body yearning for him even as her mind struggles to make sense of a lust she can’t recall.

Alric has no intention of giving up on the woman who never stopped fighting for him. His one hope is that time and his familiar touch will help her heal and remember. But with a demon god poised to tip the balance of power, time is not on their side.

FOREVER IMMORTAL (book 4) 
Ellora's Cave / Kindle / Nook

Eight years ago, science and reason ruled Gideon Bennett’s life. Until the death of an Immortal triggered a physical transformation, forcing him out of the laboratory and into a world of violence for which he was ill-prepared. Now a seasoned warrior, he is still haunted by his one massive failure—and the face and body of the woman he couldn’t save.

Lyssa James wasn’t looking for trouble when she set out to enjoy a night on the town. Instead she got a first-class ticket to a demon Hell dimension where she was trapped for eight long years. Now she’s finally escaped…only to run into the man who failed her. The passion between them is instant and irresistible, but neither of them is the same person they were eight years ago. And even as they battle with their desire, one of the nastiest demons from the Abyss is on the loose, threatening not only their lives but the future of humanity.


Thank you for following along with me this month, and I hope you got to know these characters a little better and you're excited to read their stories. I'll be drawing a few winners in the next week or so from my Twitter feed, and my Facebook page so keep your eyes open!!

Gideon and Lyssa of FOREVER IMMORTAL

I’ve learned that things rarely go the way I plan them, so here I am finishing off Immortals Month after July 31 has already passed.

But I couldn’t just skip FOREVER IMMORTAL, Gideon and Lyssa’s story now could I?

This was the story I had planned on writing right after the first book. In fact, I did write most of it right after book 1 was finished. But I quickly realized that before Gideon could get a happy ever after, he would have to go through hell, and so would Lyssa…quite literally.

And so eight years passed in the world of the Immortals. Gideon has spent that time feeling guilt about sending an innocent human woman to meet her death in a hell dimension, and Lyssa has been in said hell dimension trying not to die. When they meet again, things have changed drastically for the both of them!

Here's a brief excerpt...

Gideon had expected the attack from the moment he’d realized someone was there. He could sense the panic, fear, desperation and rage coming toward him in thick waves. He was surprised, though, that his attacker turned out to be female and human—at least he thought she was human, but her speed and strength gave him cause to wonder.

He let out a low oof when she kicked him in the stomach, but didn’t retaliate except to try and contain her arms and legs.

She was quick—faster than any human he’d ever seen—and she evaded his grip with every twisting, furious move. He tried to get a look at her but her long, dirty hair hung down over her face, obscuring her features. He wondered how she could see through that curtain of hair, but when she got him again, this time with a hard punch to the nose, he didn’t worry about it. Obviously, she could see just fine.

While Gideon didn’t want to hurt her, he was growing weary of getting beaten up when he hadn’t done anything to deserve such treatment.

He reached for her wrist and she twisted out of his hold, lunging away from him again before jabbing him in the ribs and twirling out of reach. He went for her shoulder from behind, and as he grazed the back of her neck the woman went ballistic.

Crazed now, she turned into a frenzied berserker, spinning in his arms, wildly kicking and biting, tearing her nails across his cheek.

“Damn it, woman. That’s enough,” he ground out.

Gideon deflected her next blow then he stepped toward her. He swept his leg behind her to push her off balance and followed her down.

They hit the ground, Gideon on top. He tried to hold her still as he straddled her slight frame. Forced to lock her wrists in both his hands, he stretched them above her head. Though she had yet to make a sound, she continued to fight, writhing and twisting beneath him, bucking her hips in an attempt to push him off.

“Jesus Christ. Be still, won’t you? I’m not going to hurt you.” It was as if he hadn’t spoken, or she hadn’t heard.

He transferred her hands to one of his so he could push aside the dirty and matted veil of hair from her face. It was impossible to tell what color it was, but as her face was revealed and he stared into those desperate green eyes, he knew that when clean her hair would burn. A brilliant, stunning red.

Lyssa. 

Her eyes feral with fear and rage, the woman was his past come back to haunt him.

 

I hope you enjoyed it! I've been blessed to have received amazing reviews for all of the IMMORTALS series, and this one from LASR recently was wonderful! 

"It was awesome, plain and simple. I loved it from start to finish. Ms. Coi pens deeply moving characters that stole their way into my soul. The action is heart-pounding, the sex scenes are smoking hot, and her Immortals are true warriors that won my trust, my respect, and my love."

In fact, FOREVER IMMORTAL is up for "Best Book of the Month" and voting is this weekend. If you like the review, I would appreciate your vote very much! 

An Excerpt from DARK IMMORTAL

Because poor Alric and Diana got gipped out of a proper week during Immortals Month, I'm going to post a special excerpt from Book 3...

“Some part of you remembers me,” he said knowingly. “Your body remembers what we are to each other.”

“You’re wrong.” Diana shook her head, adamant in her refusal—of his words and of him and of what he made her feel. “I don’t believe you. None of this is real. It’s all just a—”

He lifted a hand to her face, lightly trailing a curled finger down her cheek. Calloused and rough, but warm on her skin.

She started, her gaze jerking back up to his. His hand was too large, like the rest of him. She knew very well there was little she could do if he decided to use that size and strength against her.

It scared the crap out of her, but even so she didn’t pull away.

He touched her with such gentle care, almost trepidation. As if he were more afraid of her—of what she might do—than she was of him. Curiosity rode her. If by some fantastical twist of fate this man was telling her the truth, she would know from his kiss.

Won’t I?

His gaze shifted to her mouth before he closed the distance. His lips were warm, firm…but light against hers. He was giving her all the time in the world to reject his touch and pull away. When she didn’t do so immediately, he groaned and leaned in closer. There was nothing demanding in his kiss, yet she felt as if she were being marked, as if this one kiss could break down all her walls and leave her shivering and vulnerable. 

More to the point, if he kissed her and she felt nothing, they would both know it. She would be able to put aside the ridiculous uncertainty that continued to torment her once and for all. 

Maybe he would even let her go.

“Diana.” He murmured her name as if it were made to be uttered in his deep voice, his breath stealing between her slightly parted lips. He curved his hand around the back of her head, holding her to him with the gentlest of tethers as he slid his tongue across her lips, changing the kiss from something soft and unthreatening to one that hungered—and dared her to feed the hunger. Dared her to accept it. Crave it.

Oh God.

She turned her face away, gasping for breath as she fumbled with ragged desperation between the seat cushions for the knife.

Diana freed Alric from his prison and the insanity his captivity inflicted upon him. She healed him with her passion, and now she lies broken after a vampire attack, locked deep inside herself where he cannot reach her. 

The huge, muscled man leaning over the strange bed where Diana awakes is straight out of nightmares full of blood and pain. Yet she’s drawn to him, her body yearning for him even as her mind struggles to make sense of a lust she can’t recall. 

Alric has no intention of giving up on the woman who never stopped fighting for him. His one hope is that time and his familiar touch will help her heal and remember. But with a demon god poised to tip the balance of power, time is not on their side.

Alric and Diana of DARK IMMORTAL

First of all, my apologies! This week got away from me, so poor Alric and Diana from book 3, Dark Immortal, aren’t getting the attention they deserve during Immortals Month.  

Because Oh. My. God. They totally deserve the attention.

Alric is big. Like…BIG. The other Immortals call him “the Saxon”. He’s practically as old as Rhys, but man has he been through hell. Chained underground for hundreds of years, he couldn’t die…but there wasn’t much left of him either. Not in body and not in mind.

Diana saved him in more ways than one, and since then, although their relationship hasn’t been perfect, they’ve tried to make it work because they love each other so much. But loving a damaged immortal warrior is way tougher than you think it’s going to be. Trust me, Diana found out first hand.

To make matters worse, she was attacked by a vampire who tore through her mind and sent her into a coma. Finally she awakens…but nothing is the same.

Alric and Diana may be the darkest characters in this series, but I completely fell for them both. I love Diana’s spirit and spunk, and I love Alric’s complete and utter devotion to the woman he loves.

We also meet a few new characters in Dark Immortal…and right now, yep…I’m thinking of Karnage!

Now, he was a surprise. More so than even Justice from Book 2. At least I knew that Justice was basically one of the good guys. With Karnage, I was sure I was writing just another demon, another bad guy that the hero would have to take care of…right up until I saw what he was hiding—who he was hiding—and realized he had his own story, one that was going to be hard to tell.

Karnage became an important element to the culmination of Alric and Diana’s story, and in the end everyone’s lives are changed forever!