Cover Reveal: OF DARKNESS AND CROWNS by Trisha Wolfe

Of Darkness and Crowns (Goddess Wars #2)

by Trisha Wolfe

Release Date: September 1, 2013

Cover artist: Steven Novak

Cover Reveal Organized by: YA Bound Book Tours

***WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ BOOK ONE***

Summary from Goodreads:

The moon goddess has taken up residency

within Prince Caben, darkening his mind and soul. Now he hunts the very women

he sacrificed his life to save, his conflicting desires for love and power

raging a battle within him. Kaliope possesses the key to setting Bale free, and

Caben will stop at nothing to see his goddess restored. Even if that means destroying

the kingdom he’s sworn to protect, and the infuriating woman who torments his

thoughts.

Kaliope,

now the leader to the newly formed Nactue Guard, has vowed to save Caben. But

with a traitor lurking among her people, and powers she’s unable to fully

control, Kaliope’s mission becomes shrouded with doubt. Her new role as watcher

over Caben’s kingdom brings a burden she’s unable to bear alone, and appointing

the right person in charge of the prince’s affairs has turned a kingdom against

the Nactue leader. Saving her stubborn, willful prince from the darkness

overtaking him will be the battle of her life, and she needs people she can

trust by her side. But bad blood between members of the Nactue obscure Kaliope’s

journey, while her feelings for Caben cloud her judgment.

When the

time comes to do what she must to destroy the goddess of chaos, will she be

able to if it means losing Caben forever?

Book two

of the Goddess Wars is told in dual point of view from Kaliope and Caben. New

Adult Dark Fantasy, intended for readers 17 years of age and older.

***Excerpt (Caben’s POV)***

The Crusher grinds to a halt. I’m

propelled forward, and my head smacks the low-hanging ceiling of the front

compartment.

“Damn, you fool!” I palm my

throbbing forehead, eyeing the driver of the Crusher—the machines I now call by

their Otherworlder name.

“Sorry, my liege,” he says,

backing against his seat, farther away from the glowing ribbons circling my

fingers. 

Ignoring him, I study the luminous

white—like the surface of the moon—crawling beneath my skin, and marvel at the

power. My power. Had I possessed it

that day the Cavan Army forced me from my home, they never could have done so

easily. But then, I never would have obtained this power. Ironic. 

“Just drive,” I tell him. I take a

seat on the front bench, away from the foul stench emanating from the back

compartment—our diversion tactic that will gain me entry into my palace, where

I know she’s being kept.

The glow beneath my skin

illuminates brighter, reminding me of her

skin. I curl my fingers into a tight ball.

The battle up ahead is only part

of my plan, one that I know Kaliope will fall for. I need the reserves away

from the palace. Then we’ll take care of her Nactue once we’re inside. My back

molars clamp down hard at the thought of her—a mix of something like fire and

nausea invading my stomach.

At one time, I felt things for the

black-haired beauty. I chuckle to myself. Well, at least my groin did. Just

thinking of her body makes me ache, and I have to adjust myself. But that was

when I was weak, when I only thought and felt with that weakness. As much as I hated my father for thinking me too feeble

to rule, he was right. I was pathetic.

Bale freed me. Released the part

of me that I kept buried, locked away deep down, and I no longer fear anything. I think of everything that

once made me shudder or quake with dread and laugh. It’s so simple.

Without fear, there is only

freedom.

Power.

And if I free Bale completely,

releasing her from within my being and making her corporeal, she’ll bestow me

with even more power. I don’t care what the dark goddess does or where she goes

once I restore Empress Iana’s relic. I don’t give a damn what happens to the

maggoty Otherworlders or their realm.

I just want her out of my mind.

And I want the power.

Then I’ll set my sights on

Perinya, and on gaining what’s mine.

A deep cackle fills my head, deep

and sultry.

“Quiet, woman.” I roll my eyes.

We’ve come to a compromise, the goddess and I, that she may remain within my

mind, but she’s to keep quiet. I got tired of her constant lectures and angry

rants about her sisters. She does stay silent…for the most part. But the sooner

I get her out of my head, the better.

Having a woman fill your thoughts

is a weakness in itself. A sudden flash of a smiling, laughing Kal blurs my

vision, and I shake my head.

There’s only one way to rid my

thoughts of that woman.

Kill her.

“Burrow, leach,” I command the

driver. “We’re coming up on the battle. Go underground.”

“Yes, my liege.”

Tonight, I plot. Find a way into

the capital of Perinya and into my home. And then take back what’s mine. The

goddess can have what she wants. I’m only interested in claiming what’s mine.

No one will ever take anything

away from me again.

Don’t get

in my way, Kal

.

I shake my head harder, trying to

quiet the pesky thoughts that always spring up when I think of her. Something

left over from before—a residual feeling, an effect she has on me.

It won’t be there much longer. I

smile, and Bale laughs.

***

Of Silver and Beasts (Goddess Wars #1)

by Trisha Wolfe

Release Date:  April 19th 2013

Summary from Goodreads:

In the

sand-covered queendom of Cavan, the goddess once saved a young Kaliope’s life,

preventing the mercury her father attempted to hide in her blood from reaching

her heart. Now, a cybernetic clamp filters it, but the silver streaks swirling

faintly beneath her skin are a constant reminder that she’s different.

When nineteen-year-old Kaliope is chosen as head of the Nactue Guard, she

becomes the sworn protector to her empress. In the midst of an invasion on a

neighboring land, Kaliope is placed in charge of guarding Prince Caben, the

last heir to his kingdom. But when they’re attacked by the feared

Otherworlders, Caben and Kaliope are abducted and taken below to a realm where

they must fight for their life in a caged arena.

Kaliope struggles to protect her princely charge, keeping him and herself alive

while battling inhumanly opponents, and trying to save the stolen, sacred relic

that will restore her empress’s life force and all of Cavan. And if she can

somehow awaken the goddess within her, she may save what’s most important.

New Adult Dark Fantasy: Intended for readers 17 years of age and older.

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***Bonus Material***

Don’t miss out on the bonus scene

of Astarte’s

Wrath

– Bath

Scene in Xarion’s POV