Title: Apocalypse Rising   Author: Maria  Zannini, Publisher: Carina Press   Pub Date: 05/09/2011     Category:  ADULT: Romance. Fantasy . Carina Press is publishing a steady diet of interesting fantasy titles like this one,  and  I’m really glad to see them in print. What I like about these books is that they don’t rely heavily on their romantic element to succeed. They have good plots and plenty of action to hold the novels together so the romance/sex isn’t too in-your-face, thus they can appeal to readers not usually into the romance genre. Blurb  The only place left to hide was in the past. Fire Elemental Leda and her plainfolk companion, Grey, are running from a demented time traveler, a man obsessed with creating a creature who can read thoughts. Convinced that Leda can produce this unnatural child, he has threatened to hunt her down to the ends of the earth-and he has kept his word. Their only escape is a one-way trip through the time portal. With death on their heels, … [Read more...]