By Jane C. Esther
The Portal | Book 2
After surviving a harrowing explosion in Seneca Lake, Olivia Ando and Aerin McLeary return to Indiana with more questions than answers. While Olivia revels in their newfound love, finally having everything she's wanted since high school, Aerin begins to build a life for herself outside of her small hometown.
But all is not as it seems.
By chance, Olivia discovers that Aerin has plans for a machine that will open the portal in the lake and channel alien energy to Earth, a revelation that exposes an even greater and unforgivable betrayal. With the world on the precipice of a monumental invasion, Olivia must choose between protecting her heart and trusting that Aerin has lied for a greater good. With life as they know it at stake, will their love survive the inception of a new world?
The sequel to Uninvited
Cover Artist: Jeanine Henning
Tags Second Chance at Love , Other Worlds
Uninvited
Enemies to Lovers Romance
Small Town Romances
Aerin McLeary's post-divorce Finger Lakes vacation is interrupted when an ominous vibration shocks her entire body, leaving her with the strange new ability to read minds along with an extreme sensitivity to sound. Fearing the consequences if her condition becomes public, Aerin has no choice but to turn to her childhood best friend and first love for help.
College professor Olivia Ando is not happy to see Aerin again after their disastrous breakup, but she can't resist a great research challenge. When they discover that Aerin's body is the host for an alien being, they race against time to find the truth and stop an impending explosion.
Will Aerin and Olivia be able to save the world or will Aerin become an unwitting instrument in the alien agenda before she can tell Olivia how she truly feels?
Perfectly Matched
By Toni Logan
Other Worlds
A beautiful Cupid, a runaway arrow, and a love that defies the stars…
Hannah is the number one Cupid on Archer Island six years running. She is beautiful, confident, and she never misses her mark. Ever. But on one fateful day, with her magical arrows drawn on two would-be office lovers, the unthinkable happens. Hannah misses her second mark, and she only has seventy-two hours to fix the mishap.
Payson Martin's life is as unfulfilling as her job at a Las Vegas TV station. When a temp is suddenly assigned to her, she's not sure what to make of Hannah, the striking woman who seems more interested in pushing her toward her co-worker than doing her job.
But the more time Hannah and Payson spend together, the more they begin to fall in love. Cupids are simply not allowed to fall for anyone, let alone someone meant for another. Loving Payson will mean giving up her duties and homeland, but is missing her mark the best mistake Hannah has ever made?
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Homeworld
By Gun Brooke
The Dennamore Scrolls | Book 3
After leaving Earth's orbit behind, the spaceship Velocity and its crew hurtle through the galaxy toward their alien ancestor's homeworld, Dwynna Major.
Trouble arises when Chief Engineer Claire Gordon's neural interface device malfunctions, and she secretly struggles to retain the knowledge desperately needed to keep the Velocity running. Adding to her fear of failing, Claire's falling in love with the only crew member that's untouchable—Captain Holly Crowe.
Holly's only priority is to keep the crew safe as they face the unknowns of interstellar space. Maintaining the strict rules and regulations of her captaincy is the only way she can lead, even if it distances her from the rest of the crew. When Claire's failing interface puts them all in danger, however, Holly's rigid approach to command is called into question.
Will Holly and Claire continue their mission to Dwynna Major even if it puts their lives and their hearts at risk?
A Fox in Shadow
By Jane Fletcher
Children / Families
Politics in the Kavillian Senate is a dangerous, high-stakes game, and the odds aren't on Cassie's side.
As imperial envoy, she's tasked with adding a new region to the empire. Normally, this is a simple matter for the legions, but rivals want Cassie to fail. Without military support, success will require all her guile and cunning, plus a good dose of luck.
Persuading the local inhabitants won't be easy, especially in the case of Arian, the king's sister. Arian is ardent about her people's independence and traditions. The land is theirs, given by the gods and paid for in blood. She despises both the empire and its envoy, and doesn't hesitate to say so.
Despite her hostility, Arian is troublingly attractive. Yet Cassie is determined to stay on track and ignore any thoughts of seduction. Things are difficult enough without extra complications—and that's before the murders start.
The Witch Queen's Mate
By Jennifer Karter
There couldn't have been a worse time for Barra to be chosen by her gods as the next queen of the Neamairtese. She and a group of her people are being marched to the distant Empire of Victricus to be slaves.
Headstrong and independent, Barra never saw herself as a leader, and her chances of saving her people dwindle when her heart's mate turns out to be a Svekard, the ancient sworn enemy of the Neamairtese. Without her mate, Barra cannot complete her connection to divine magic and free her people.
Silvi, a Svekard veterinarian, was simply trying to survive the march south when she was kissed by the Neamairtese witch, Barra. Now, Silvi has inhuman speed and strength to protect the witch, even at the cost of hurting her own people, an incredible dishonor.
Can Barra and Silvi's love overcome their ingrained hatred and prejudice to bring their people together and save them all not just from slavery, but destruction?
The Willing
By Lyn Hemphill
Kitty Wilson doesn't know how, but she can bring people back from the dead as long as someone is willing to take their place and keep the universe in balance. Oxford student Talia McGregor's life goes from bad to worse when she's killed in a hit-and-run. When the drunk driver responsible agrees to sacrifice his life to save Talia's, Kitty makes the trade and brings Talia back to life. Neither of them expects the ghost of Matt, Kitty's BFF, to come back with her.
Kitty has to figure out how to untether Matt's ghost from Talia and bring him back for good. In her quest to discover the extent of her magic, Kitty must confront a secret society with questionable motives and connections to tragedies in her past, and a magical bloodline she never knew was hers.
As the stakes and the spells rise, Kitty and Talia rely on each other to survive, but can they open their hearts and trust the magic of love?
I was happy to see Aerin and Olivia's romance continue through this book
on Sep 27, 2020 01:09
This book the the sequel to Uninvited. I loved that book and was anxiously waiting for this one. I enjoyed the jumping right into things style instead of the usual constant recaps to refresh memories of the previous book. Reread the first one if you can't remember! The storyline in this book felt far more involved and out there than the last. I LOVE sci-fi/fantasy so I didn't mind. I was happy to see Aerin and Olivia's romance continue through this book. I recommend this book, but only after reading Uninvited first.
Reviewed by Melissa F
I really enjoy Esther's writing style
on Jul 4, 2020 08:07
This book picks up where Uninvited, the first book in the series left off. After surviving a harrowing experience at Seneca Lake, the two women pick up the pieces and move forward with their relationship and with their day to day lives. But then Olivia discovers that Aerin is keeping secrets from her, and things may not be quite so normal after all, will their delicate new beginnings be over before they even start?
...I really enjoy Esther's writing style, the descriptions are always immersive and capture all the senses. This isn't too heavy on the science fiction side of things but it's really fascinating and has a great balance with the romance...
Reviewed by Jasmine G
This was a good read
on Jun 8, 2020 12:06
...This was a good read. I can totally see this a movie.
Reviewed by Aleana Harris
Weird but good
...Weird but good. This is the second book in Esther's Portal series. I do want to first mention that I would highly recommend reading book one, Uninvited first...
This series is definitely weird. It is sci-fi and really oddball at times, but it is more sci-fi lite so I think readers who are not big sci-fi fans could still enjoy this...
... this story was more about if the characters could make a relationship work, and also trying to save a teenager from homophobic extremist parents. I love sci-fi, but the romance and the everyday life scenes that could be in a regular romance or contemporary fiction book, were much more enjoyable than discussing a piece of alien tech. The change of flow this book had really worked for me...
Reviewed by Lex Kent
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