Salvation: The Vengeance Series

By Ashlynn Monroe

Audra Jacobs finds herself alone and uncertain, her overwhelming power keeping her from her family, and her lover. The mysterious Phoenix has revealed things about her power that she can’t believe are true, yet she was brought back from the dead for a reason, she just doesn’t fully know what it is yet. How can she be a hero when her life is falling apart? Could she even accept being normal again if she’s given the chance?

Cain Maddox loves Audra—the demon living inside of him loves her, too. The Phoenix within her wants to keep them apart, but he’s determined to save her—again. When a higher power gives him an ultimatum, Cain has to choose between Audra and his freedom. Their enemy is closing in, and hurting the innocent people who love her. Who can a hero call when he needs a hero? How can Cain keep her safe when he can’t even touch her?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Decadent Publishing
• Release date: Dec 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781613331491

Ashlynn Monroe

Ashlynn Monroe is a busy wife and mom. She’s been writing since she was a teenager for her own pleasure but in her thirties, she decided it was time to share her stories. She enjoys writing about anything and everything paranormal. When she is not lovingly raising her young family, she is dreaming up her next tale of romance. She’d love to hear from you at [e-mail]. Visit her website at http://ashlynnmonroe.com/ or for her YA books go to http://[e-mail]/.

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Salvation

Book Three of the Vengeance Series

Ashlynn Monroe

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © 2011 by Ashlynn Monroe

ISBN: 978-1-61333-149-1

Cover art by Dara England

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Chapter One

Audra Jacob was having one hell of an identity crisis. For the past two weeks, she’d been living in limbo. Overwhelmed by new powers, going home to her dying mother and young son wasn’t an option. The man she loved couldn’t touch her, or her body spontaneously burst into flames, burning him. As he was also her employer, she found herself homeless and jobless. She’d already turned to her friend, Emily, for help once, but she refused to put Emily or her daughter in danger again. Depressed didn’t even begin to describe how down she felt. She’d been saved from death by a ritual that merged her own spirit with that of a vengeful spirit. The woman inside of her burned like fire, so she’d called her phoenix. The phoenix was gone, but the long dead woman who’d once been the phoenix remained inside her. Occasionally, the small, sweet voice spoke encouraging words in her mind, and she welcomed the odd companionship. Insanity was the new sane, at least for her.

She’d been hiding out in an abandoned building, located in a not-so-nice part of Roman Falls. The crime in the big city was terrible, and she’d been using her power to help where she could. Her lover, or whatever Cain had become to her, wore a mask. She dressed in ratty street clothes. Costumes didn’t appeal to her, but neither did notoriety. She’d managed not to be recognized or photographed, and with the number of security cameras and cell phones in the city, she felt very lucky.

Soon she’d have to find some new clothes; she’d borrowed the ones she wore from Emily when she’d first gone on the run. She’d saved the man she loved, but discovered that even he wasn’t safe from her