Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Release + Review - Stateless - Meli Raine




When you’re born without a trace, no one knows you’re a weapon.

I lie for her.
I hunt for her.
I kill for her.
And above all, I betray my mission for her.
She doesn’t know why. She doesn’t care why.
I do.
Treason comes in many forms.
Love is one of them.
Our training taught me to be a sociopath. A machine. A pawn. Nothing more than a tool for a larger goal, without attachments or feelings.
Our teachers forgot one important detail:
Pawns shouldn’t have hearts.
Yet we do.
It turns out our emotions are our greatest weapon.
And I know exactly where mine are aimed.







The Stateless Series also includes:
Traceless (releasing 11.19.19)
Fateless (release date TBA)












PURCHASE LINKS
Google Play: http://bit.ly/31XTRJz

Also available in audio
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ATM5Ex


Jennifer's Review 
When do I get the next one? This was a great first book in a series. It gave us everything we needed. It set up perfectly for the next book and left us wanting more.

The plot if this book was unique. It is modern day life meets sleepers. I am very interested to see what happens next. I liked the characters for the most part. The main female annoys me a little bit, but not enough to be a turn off. There is some heat in this book as well.

What I really liked was the writing style. The author writes in a dual point of view. I loved how the author revealed layers of this world, including where they ended up. This book was a bit slow for me, but I feel like the next books will speed up.

In conclusion, I liked this book. I am dying to read the next one. It is a great novel for those who like to see the world in a different light.

Ratings:
Plot: 5/5 Characters: 4/5 Heat: 4/5 Writing style: 5/5 Overall: 4/5


EXCERPTS
#1
I do not sleep.
Kina does, though, and that matters more.
Sleep is a luxury when we are in Woods. She knows it. I know I should catch an hour or two, especially with my five-night punishment and determination to go for six, but I can't.
What did I just say?
What did I just do?
Kina has the dreams. I have the dreams. I've never told anyone else anything that wasn't one hundred percent part of The Mission.
To confess emotion, to confess my own dreams that do not fit The Mission, could be punished by death.
Or worse. What if I really am so weak? Emotion is shameful. It’s disgusting.
We fail every time we feel.
She knows this. I know this.
And yet we both spoke. Shared.
Confided.
Why?
What does this mean?
With her sleeping beside me, I let my mind wander, giving in to the luxury of imagination. For years, the dream has been the same.
A burning wood fire.
A screaming boy.
A woman with long hair being shot.
A man with a shaved head and blue eyes like mine beaten by another man with a log.
And me with my bow and arrow. My hands are tiny, the skin around the knuckles dimpled. I've worked with the four-year-olds here at the compound. I know what young hands look like.
Why would I dream like that?
#2
“Thank you,” I choke out.
“For what?” His eyes cut away. The air between us has changed. I can't explain it. Suddenly, I'm uncomfortable.
And yet I just want to be with him.
“For killing for me.”
As the words come forth from my mouth, I cringe inside. I did not mean to say for me. “For me” implies that he killed the bunny out of some attachment to me.
We are not allowed to have emotions for one another. It puts us at risk.
“I did it for me,” he says, louder than he should need to.
“You did?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“To challenge Romeo.”
“Why would you do that?” My voice goes up to a sharp squeak at the end, incredulous.
He laughs. “Because we are taught to destabilize power structures.” He looks around. “What do you think the compound is?”
#3
The word feel is foreign. It's as if Callum speaks another language. My heart jumps inside the cage of my chest.
“Feel,” I murmur.
Just then, Callum's hand brushes against mine.
My organs have become trampolines, it seems, because my heart jumps into my throat.
He slides his index finger against mine, the touch no more than an inch of skin.
Revealing a mile of need.
COMING SOON
#2 Traceless – Releasing November 19, 2019
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2LVYVZ8
AUTHOR BIO
Meli Raine writes romantic suspense with hot bikers, intense undercover DEA agents, bad boys turned good, and Special Ops heroes — and the women who love them. Meli rode her first motorcycle when she was five years old, but she played in the ocean long before that. She lives in New England with her family.
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