With her “different and unique perspective” (Romantic Times May 2011), debut author Sable Grace takes the paranormal/urban fantasy world by storm in ASCENSION. In the same vein as Jeaniene Frost, Grace delivers a fierce heroine who is called upon to save the world from an evil force. In ASCENSION, Dark Breeds war with mortals, a colossal battle rages between the gods, and two proud beings ache for each other. For two hundred years–since her nightmare days in a Sultan’s harem, Kyana has straddled two worlds. Mercifully “turned” by a stranger, she’s half-Vampyre, half-Lychen–the last of her kind–with no love for the mortal race that once imprisoned her. But the Order of the Ancients fears humanity’s annihilation is at hand, and entrusts Kyana with a mission: find the mythical key that will seal the realm of Hades for eternity…whatever the cost. Kyana is furious to learn her mission comes with an escort: Ryker, a demigod and fierce warrior who long ago found a way under her skin and stayed there. In a shaky alliance, they discover an ancient cult with dangerous motives and a god who seeks to destroy all others. As Kyana begins to feel the heat that threatens to…

Pop Culture has always been in love with doctors, who figure prominently as heroes in movies like M*A*S*H, TV shows like House and Grey’s Anatomy, and in books like Eloisa James’s WHEN BEAUTY TAMED THE BEAST and Jo Goodman’s MARRY ME. And no wonder. In many ways doctors are the ultimate alpha males since they hold the power of life and death in their manly hands. They’re also educated, smart, and exercise their skills with a calm precision that instils confidence in the rest of us lowly mortals. By those characteristics alone, what’s not to love in a guy like that? But unlike other alpha males—who often channel a wee bit too much aggression and usually need to be tamed by the heroine—doctors have a nurturing side that displays itself in the very nature of the profession. They are warriors of another kind. They don’t come on all strong and warlike by hacking their way through a line of marauding invaders, nor do they rush into a hail of bullets to save a hapless victim from a psychotic criminal. No. Doctors fight a quieter, more intense battle by caring for vulnerable people and doing it in an intimate, personal way….