Nicole Luiken, Author & Editor
Words & Worlds:
SF, Fantasy, Paranormal
Current Books
Violet Eyes series
Book one: Violet Eyes
Book two: Silver Eyes
Book three: Angel Eyes
Book four: Golden Eyes
Otherselves series
Book one: Through Fire & Sea
Book two: Amid Wind & Stone
Book three: In Truth & Ashes
Dream series
Cross over into the world of dreams...
Years ago, Lissa decided she could either have friends or secrets, but not both. Now there's a new boy in town who sees past her social outcast label, but is he someone Lissa can trust, or a spy for the wulfdraigles?
The wulfdraigles are ancient enemies of humanity who are trapped in the world of dreams. Eight years ago, Lissa helped her sister Brianne stop a wildfire from burning Grantmere to ashes, but now the wulf- draigles have returned. They have a new plan to spill their nightmares into our world, and live again. It is up to Lissa to stop them. It is her destiny; what she was born for. And quite possibly, what she will die for, too.
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Johnny Van der Zee is a talented hockey player and seems to have everything going for him in the town of Iqaluit, Nunavut. But Kathy knows something is very wrong.Click here to read an excerpt from Frost.
My werewolf short story 'Feral' will be in YA anthology Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales from EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publications. The editors are Susan MacGregor and Julie Czerneda.
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E-books
Two of my out of print titles are available as e-books.
Violet Eyes. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2001.
I'm the Idea Girl, the one who can always think of something to do.
Angel Eastland knows she's different. It's not just her violet eyes that set her apart. She's smarter than her classmates and more athletically gifted. Her only real competition is Michael Vallant, who also has violet eyes--eyes that tell her they're connected in a way she can't figure out.
Michael understands Angel. He knows her dreams, her nightmares and her most secret fears. Together they begin to realize that nothing around them is what is seems. Someone is watching them, night and day. they have just one desperate chance to escape, one chance tofind their true destiny, but their enemies are powerful--and will do anything to stop them.
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Silver Eyes. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2001.
Angel had no memory of the secret message, but the handwriting was hers. It read, "Violet eyes lie."
In a world where humans work on Mars and loyalty is controlled by a brain chip, eighteen-year-old angel Eastland can't retrieve her memory. Violet-eyed from the effects of a genetic experiment, she is hired as an investigator by the SilverDollar Mining Company. When she captures a fugitive named Michael Vallant, Angel senses an intimate connection with him--one that disturbs her, especially when they kiss.
Angel's chip and her silver-eyed boss, Anaximander, one of the Augmented, tell her that Mike is a threat and must go through Loyalty Induction. But more secret messages compel Angel to resist and help Mike.
As Spacer terrorists attack SilverDollar, Angel and Mike race to findout who's really behind the unrest. Against an enemy who will kill to win, Angel has one chance toregain her memory--and to save her life.
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Book One Gate to Kandrith
Sarathena Remillus, daughter of the newly-elected Primus of the Republic of Temboria, has been given a mission: discover the secret of slave magic. Anxious to escape the corruption and treachery of the capital, Sara welcomes the chance to finally prove herself far away in Kandrith, the tiny nation of former slaves.
Accompanying her on her journey is Lance, a Kandrithan to whom Sara owes her life. Lance despises the nobility and is determined to resist his desire for Sara and keep the secret of his magic.
Soon their travels become fraught with peril, and Sara falls victim to the ultimate betrayal. To end a war between two nations, she will have to make the ultimate sacrifice...
RT Book Reviews: 4 1/2 Stars
"Filled with plotlines that range from the political to the fantastical, the adventure is what keeps readers engrossed..."
Audio book.
Excerpt.
Click here to listen to an interview of Nicole on Other Worlds of Romance, including an excerpt.
Book two: Soul of Kandrith
The conclusion of the Kandrith duology
Lance is a healer and wielder of slave magic, a power that demands sacrifice. He gave up his health to gain the ability to heal others, but he's powerless to cure his beloved Sara, who sacrificed her soul to save Lance and all of Kandrith. Returning her soul would negate her gift, at the cost of his life and the freedom of his homeland.
Now Sara is but a shell of the noble, spirited woman she once was. All that Lance saw and loved in her is gone, but he refuses to give up on her. Charged by his sister, the ruler of Kandrith, with a mission to encourage a budding rebellion within the aggrandizing Republic of Temboria, he leaves with Sara in tow. But not before Wenda's soulsight detects a spark within her.
Amidst the escalating dangers in hostile territory, Lance will have to risk both his beloved and his homeland in a final gambit to save them both…
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