Part of Series
One of the most powerful of her generation. They tell her he is her equal and she must learn to protect herself from their enemies. When Allie Carmichael finds herself caught up in a dangerous world of immortality she never knew existed, nothing is as it seems. As a latent Immortal power awakens deep inside her and her first gifts begin to emerge, Allie must learn to adapt to her power before it overwhelms her. But she’s years behind her peers, with precious little time to catch up. They say it is time to put her mortal life behind her, but she still feels like the normal girl she always thought she was. The Awakening is the first book in a series of dark, paranormal urban fantasy tales. If you like high-stakes action, strong female leads, and something more than the usual suspects (vampires, werewolves and shifters), then you’ll love the Immortals of Melissa A. Craven’s imaginative world.
Author
Melissa A. Craven (the "A" stands for Ann—in case you were wondering) was born near Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio at the age of seventeen. She still thinks of Cleveland as home, so it was only natural for Emerge to take place there. Today, she is back in Atlanta—for some reason she can't seem to stay away from the ungodly heat that makes her long for things like "lake effect snow" and wind that will knock you flat. Melissa decided a long time ago that the “life checklist” everyone else was clutching so tightly in their fists, just wasn’t for her. She does everything backwards because she is weird like that, but then, she is an artist and artists are notoriously "unique" and "quirky." She is an avid student of art and design, and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of West Georgia in 2009. She worked as an interior designer for several years, but she's always thought she might like to be a writer when she grows up. In her spare time, if she has any, she enjoys shopping for derelict furniture she refinishes to exercise the interior design part of her brain.
