Although I was still trying to figure out exactly what being the rainbow meant, mostly I found that the desire to know conflicted with my continuing need not to think about it at all. I didn’t ask to be, but I made my choices and I stand by them. For me even more so, since they gave me such a colorful nickname. Rolling with the punches is necessary when you are a Grigori-a human–angel hybrid-a weapon against the ever–increasing numbers of exiled angels on earth.

Sure, the additional muscle would hurt, but only in the physical sense, and I could cope with that. The past two years had taught me not to let the everyday hiccups get to me. I still had the element of surprise on my side.

I watched quietly as the exiles came into the center of the massive terminal–style space, vaguely interested to note that there were six of them, instead of the four I’d expected. The Smithfield Market was currently in vogue, but a gritty sense of history thickened the air, giving it a density that made me sure this wasn’t the first time the site had been used for wicked intent. There is something rank about a meat market at night-especially when you’re wedged into the eaves wondering what, over the years, has been sprayed about and never cleaned away. It’s not as if the cold bothered me, not when I was the very definition of cold. I barely noticed the constant drizzle anymore. My sweater was coated in a layer of mist-again-a by–product of life in London. “But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.” But who will Violet surrender to? chapter one It has all come down to this, the final battle. But doing so means facing her past and her soulmate, Lincoln. Here is a sneak peek at the jacket cover and first chapter of one of Sourcebook’s hot new titles releasing in spring, EMPOWER by Jessica Shirvington.ĮMPOWER is the final installment in Jessica’s darkly romantic paranormal series that Entertainment Weekly calls “addictive” and a “must read.” Spence is gone, and Violet knows she is the best person to go after him. The Children’s Book Review | December 11, 2013

Empower by jessica shirvington