http://www.alexandraivy.com/ Guardians of Eternity Series:
a. When Darkness Comes - January 2007
b. Embrace the Darkness - November 2007
c. Darkness Everlasting - May 2008
Alexandra Ivy is the pseudonym Deborah Raleigh uses when writing contemporary paranormal romance.
When Darkness Comes is the first book in the Guardians of Eternity series. It is originally published January 2007, and i only recently got my copy thru Powerbooks.
The Guardians of Eternity series was initially planned as a trilogy, but due to the interesting characters in the first book, and the positive response it got, it has now evolved into a series exploring the stories of the rest of the cast of characters we were introduced to in the first book, When Darkness Comes.
When Darkness Comes, is a story about Abby and Dante. Abby is your normal average human, that through no fault of her own, became the Chalice that holds the Phoenix - a goddess that balances out the evil. And that Dante, is an immortal vampire that is bound to serve the Chalice.
Being mortal, Abby have no idea how to handle the powers she suddenly acquired, and has no desire to retain them. She then enlists the help of Dante, to seek the witches who serve the Phoenix and ask them to take the Phoenix from Abby.
But seeking the witches isnt as simple as it appears. For there are factions out there who are also seeking the new chalice to use the powers of the phoenix for their own purposes. There is the group of wizards who worship the Prince of demons who seek the new Chalice to destroy the Phoenix in order to free their Prince and give him free reign over the mortal world. Then there are the witches of whose ultimate goal is not known, at least until the end of the story.
The storyline is quite simple really, but the interactions of Abby and Dante is what makes this book an interesting read.
Along their journey, we meet other paranormal characters, like Viper - the vampire who helped Dante understand his new life, Lady Shay - the last Shallot demon. These two are featured on the next book in the series,
Embrace the Darkness.
Personally, am looking forward to reading the story of Viper and Lady Shay - a powerful vampire with exquisite taste, and Lady Shay - the last of her kind, a half human half shallot demon whose blood is an aphrodisiac to vampires.
