Immortal Rider - Softcover

Larissa Ione

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749955473 ISBN 13: 9780749955472

Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2011

Synopsis

Sexy, powerful, and immortal, Limos is on a crash course with destiny. She’s been marked as Satan’s bride and her jealous fiancé wants her all to himself. The only way this Horseman can keep herself—and everyone else—safe is to keep her distance. But not even Limos can save herself from the secrets she’s kept . . . or resist the seductive allure of one very brave human.

Arik Wagner knows the saying “love hurts” better than most, yet he never thought stealing a kiss from Limos would land him in Hell. Literally. It takes all his military training to survive the demon torture, but once he’s topside, Arik realizes that the agony has just begun. With the Apocalypse looming and Satan demanding his bride, will Arik and Limos surrender to the desire smoldering between them? Or will giving in to their passion unleash hell on earth?

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Review

Author Essay: Of Angels and Demons

When I first came up with the idea for the Lords of Deliverance series, which features the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, I knew I was going to have to make these guys, who have a horrific reputation, not so...horrific. But how? The answer hit me immediately; give these guys something to battle, both internally and externally.

So I gave them a demon mother and an angel father, curses that make them both powerful and miserable, and lives that they would have to fight for. One wrong move, and they would risk turning into humanity's worst nightmare.

During the course of the books, they struggle with their dual natures and their basest desires, walking a fine line between good and bad. But... who defines good and bad? These males and one female aren't human, so today's societal boundaries and cultural moral values don't apply. Yet they do have rules they must follow, rules that chafe at both their demon and angel sides.

As Horsemen, they have spent five thousand years in a balancing act, knowing that someday they will become either fully demon or fully angel. The balancing act is exhausting, frustrating, and at times they've been tempted to force the breaking of the Seals simply so they can experience something different, or something they've been missing. Their approaches to life and death are as varied as their personalities.

Ares, the Horseman who will become War when his Seal breaks, has never wanted to experience his demon side, but he also knows he's no angel. He cares little for humanity, so does he fight the evil half, or embrace it?

Limos, the only female Horseman, used to glory in evil. She fought her angel side for centuries...but her brothers have changed things, and now she finds that being an angel might not ever be possible.

The Horseman known as Death, Thanatos, is probably the closest to his demon self. He fights it, but because celibacy is what keeps him from turning evil, he's been tempted to go to the dark side. Five thousand years of loneliness have taken their toll, and sometimes, his angel side falls to shadow.

Reseph, who bears the name of Pestilence, is the most "angelic" of the four siblings. Oh, he spent five thousand years wallowing in what humans would consider sin, but he never had a malicious bone in his body. At least, he didn't until his Seal broke. Now his demon side is fully engaged, and his angel side is struggling to break through. Can he defeat the evil?

The answers to these questions and more can be found within the pages of the Lords of Deliverance books.

I hope you enjoy learning more about the Horsemen! --Larissa Ione

Photo credit: Paul Harris

From the Author

Rogue Rider is book 9 in the combined Demonica/Lords of Deliverance series. The reading order is:
Pleasure Unbound July 2008 (Book 1)
Desire Unchained March 2009 (Book 2)
Passion Unleashed April 2009 (Book 3)
Ecstasy Unveiled February 2010 (Book 4)
Eternity Embraced ebook (Book 4.5) (NOVELLA)
Sin Undone August 24, 2010 (Book 5)
Eternal Rider April 2011 (Book 6)
Supernatural Anthology September 2011 (contains Vampire Fight Club, Book 6.5) (NOVELLA)
Immortal Rider Dec 2011 (Book 7)
Lethal Rider June 2012 (Book 8)
Rogue Rider November 2012 (Book 9)
REAVER December 2013 (Book 10)
AZAGOTH ebook June 2014 (Book 10.5)
REVENANT Late Winter 2014 (Book 11)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749955473
• ISBN 13: 9780749955472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304