Ilona of the Born from Death Series by M.S. Kaye

Please welcome guest writer M.S. Kaye sharing about her adventurous romance heroine.

What makes your heroine adventurous?

Ilona, a seventeen-year-old girl, has been sheltered her entire life by a loving but overly protective mother. Ilona sneaks out simply to take a walk by herself, and that’s when everything gets crazy. She isn’t necessarily inherently adventurous, but she’s stubborn and driven to find truth, to understand.

What is her favorite location?

Throughout both books 1 and 2, she explores Brooklyn, and in past lives, she’s lived across the globe. Her favorite place has always been wherever Atomis is, though that’s also usually where the most danger is.

What inspires you write about adventurous heroines?

Honestly, I don’t always write adventurous heroines, but I do always write strong females who know what they want. That’s what sometimes makes them adventurous.

If you could visit any place in the world, where would that be, and why?

Cologne, Germany. I learned about the Kölner Dome (Cologne cathedral) in German class in high school and have been enamored with it since. That German class is also where I learned and fell in love with Ilona’s name.

Awaken from Death

Book 2 of the Born from Death series

by M.S. Kaye

The only emotion Ilona can muster is anger for the death of her mother. Barely engaged in life, she focuses all of her energy on finding and punishing her mother’s killer.

Since Ilona can see ghosts, Archer has to find unique ways to hide while watching over her. When Ilona is in danger of being mauled by a dog, he desperately tries something that shouldn’t be possible. And yet he succeeds. This is just the beginning of his discovery of who—what—he truly is.

Lettie continues to interact with Ilona, her one friend, even when a Messenger warns her. Eventually, Lettie remembers the ancient connection Archer and Ilona share, as well as her part in the punishment Archer bore as a result of that connection.

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Author Bio:

M.S. Kaye has several published books under her black belt. A transplant from Ohio, she resides with her husband Corey in Jacksonville, Florida, where she tries not to melt in the sun. Find suspense and the unusual at www.BooksByMSK.com.

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Strong as Death, Book 1 in the Born from Death Series

Ilona runs from her sheltering mother in order to find the truth, why she’s seeing people who are invisible to everyone else. A mysterious boy named Archer guides her through Brooklyn and introduces her to Hendrick, the man who claims to be her father—though he died in 1890. Ilona must discover not only what she must do to rid the city of Soll, a sadistic and powerful spirit, but also what it means to be half ghost. She proves what her mother told her—love is stronger than death.

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**Sneak Peek at Awaken from Death:**

The blond boy didn’t walk up to a urinal or into one of the stalls, or even up to the mirror. He stood in the middle of the room.

Invisible, Lettie watched curiously.

Something moved backward away from him. Out of him.

She recognized Archer’s shiny black hair and strong frame even before she could see his face.

She gasped. But ghosts can’t inhabit people.

The blond boy shook his head and looked around. “Fuck.”

“I’m sorry,” Archer murmured so the boy wouldn’t hear.

Lettie stared at both of them.

The blond boy turned, leaned his hands on the counter, and looked at himself in the mirror…not the way people usually looked at themselves. It was more like he was trying to see something more than was in the reflection.

Archer watched him, as if waiting for him to see something.

Then Lettie understood. Archer hadn’t merely inhabited the boy—he’d possessed him. But there were only a couple ways that’d be possible—if he were half ghost, or if he…

A memory struck Lettie like a horse galloping across a battlefield. An ancient memory. Lettie had been around since the beginning of time on Earth, but most of those thousands of years she let slink around the crevices of her mind. It was mostly just walking the bridge with the newly deceased. There were a few memories, though, that burned into her every time she let herself pull them forward. And burned was precisely the right word.

She knew—or rather, remembered—why Archer would never leave Ilona.