StarDust
The Five Elements Book 2
by Nicole Wells
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
So you’ve got psychic powers, now what?
When superstar Aurora manifests telekinesis, her beliefs about everything
are put to the test, even the ones about herself. Can she heal enough to
let love in?
Brayden is an easygoing guy, until an Australian beauty steals his heart
and turns his world upside down. The stakes get even higher when she
threatens to expose a secret that’s been kept by his people for
millennia.
Can they recognize their precious love for what it is, and save the world
in the process?
Enter the world of the Five Elements with Aurora and Braydens
story.
This book contains some topics that may be triggering.
UpSpark
The Five Elements Book 1
Get ready for an award winning story that reached Amazon's top 500 for all
e-books (over 2 million), now fully revised!
Can they find themselves and each other before time runs out?
Enya's dreams of making a difference in the world are devastated the summer
after high school when she finds out she has a fatal disease.
A cross country road trip to Native American reservations helps her find
meaning. But Jacob, her best friend and traveling companion, has longed for
them to become something more.
Their expedition is just the start of an amazing love and spiritual journey,
but a one-in-a-million phenomenon changes everything.
"I get the feeling like I'm reading Fault In Our Stars Part 2."
Winner of the Readers' Favorite 5 Star Award
Reviews:
... In the captivating novel, UpSpark, written by Nicole Wells, many
essential themes - such as acceptance, forgiveness, trust, and love - are
fully explored.
This story has many exceptional aspects ... The author's ability to
interweave these various themes into one engaging, fascinating story is
truly amazing. She develops the main characters in likable and relatable
ways, and each one imparts important lessons. The last chapters are
unexpected and memorable. Author Nicole Wells notes the novel, UpSpark, is
Book One of the Five Elements Series. Everyone who reads this gem of a book
will certainly anticipate the second one!
- Deborah Lloyd for Readers' Favorite
Let me start by taking a moment to revel in the beauty of the name of this
story, you won't get it right away, I didn't either, but reading this story,
a story of absolutely everything. I'm at a loss for words.
The story follows Enya (another incredibly beautiful name) and her life, a
life marked by everything extraordinary. What starts out as heartbreaking
news to an experience of a lifetime (literally), this story covers it all.
The author Nicole Wells has portrayed a picture almost too good and too pure
to be true, and she is right, such hope, that too, set in a post-quarantine
world is all you could wish for.
As unrealistic as it seems for an 18 year old Jacob to have such deep
understanding of life and of love, Ms. Wells' writing makes it very
believable and very desirable too. It is a love story of the dreams and
stars.
The story in itself is complex, and that is expected, nothing of this
caliber could be any less; but the very understanding the author has put
into the life of her characters brings them to you in a very real sense.
[...]
Read this book, it is intense. But you need to, it will give you pain, and
it will give you hope.
- Oviya Nila Muralidharan, Book Blogger
Enya is 18 when she discovers she has Huntingtons, the same disease that
devastated her father. Grieving the diagnosis, she impulsively goes on a
road trip with her friends, and during the trip, she begins to have striking
visions. These visions lead her on a journey she could never anticipate.
I was surprised to love this book like I did. Firstly, the representation of
often overlooked characters was excellent. ... the author wrote extensively
about Native American communities and beliefs with such tenderness and
beauty.
I resonated with the spirituality of this book and was inspired by it as
well ... Enya works through these and many other spiritual components
without the writing becoming boring or heavy.
I always surrender to books, without trying to jump ahead or analyze them,
but still, many books are written with a much-used formula you can see a
mile away. In "Upspark" the author made several (big) unpredictable choices,
which surprised me.
... She clearly knew Enya inside and out, and loved her characters, which
made it a compelling read. I would highly recommend this book!
- Bookstagram.reviews
UpSpark is a new inspirational fiction novel geared toward young adults or
anyone looking to develop a sunnier outlook. ... The story spans years of
her unique life and details her lows and her highs. The inspiration comes as
Enya comes to terms with the hand she's been dealt. With the help of some
supportive friends, she gains perspective. With that perspective, she also
gains an extraordinary gift. This gift, as much as the Huntington's,
dramatically changes the course of Enya's life.Enya is not your typical
superhero. Her ability to see visions is pretty low-key. She doesn't want a
flashy life or fame, and her modesty is charming. ... This highly
introspective novel will cause you to take a step back and look at what's
really important. Via some complex characters with their own unique set of
obstacles, Nicole Wells has crafted an inclusive novel that deals with some
hard-hitting issues. The sensitivity is obvious, exploring the raw emotions
surrounding coming out in a religiously devout family, and in dealing with
the process of Native Americans being adopted into non-Native families.
UpSpark is an elegant character-driven drama that will make you sob and
smile, but mostly it will instill a sense of gratitude for whatever time we
have.
- Amanda Murello for Indies Today
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The Gift of Writing
So there I was with a newborn
in my lap, sleep deprived and awake between nursings. Writing. There was a
story I was gifted with that suddenly wanted to be told, and whether I cobbled
it together during the day on my cell phone or wrote in the wee hours of
morning while my little one slept, I managed to get it all down in three weeks.
For almost a year prior, I had
seriously dallied with the idea of writing, and since high school I had fancied
the idea of one day becoming an author. While I was pregnant, however, the
starts and stops on the world I’d honed since I was a sophomore never tugged
the full idea out of me. Instead, I found myself with a complete, and completely
unexpected, novel. It was a gift, and my welcome to the world of pantsing.
You see, I am a planner. A
we-need-to-turn-this-car-around-because-I-forgot-the-kitchen-sink type of
planner. I am not accustomed to waiting to see what my characters had planned,
or discovering them as they slowly choose to reveal themselves. With UpSpark, I
had only the first scene and the last scene, and it was a full tilt ride
filling in everything in-between. What an exhilarating experience to let go of
control! I had no idea I was capable of indulging this creative muscle,
following it down whatever dark alleys it lead me, to come out the other end
into euphoric sunshine.
And now the floodgates are
open. I have so many ideas. More so, I have an addiction now. There is no comparable
meter stick in my life to this whirlwind of simultaneous wonder, creation, and
pride when I strap myself into the sofa, fire up my laptop “control panel”, and
dive in to explore new stories, no holds barred.
Well, I guess you could say my
kids are wondrous creations I’m proud of, and that’s certainly true, but my
stories don’t make dirty dishes or laundry, and when they talk back, it only
makes me laugh.
Speaking of, don’t tell my
kids, okay? This is just between you and me. They have no idea I can let my
hair down and go with the flow. And as much as I love and enjoy the community
and friends that I’ve found with this endeavor, the stories that I have been so
blessed to be able to share, and the opportunity to touch people with my words,
it’s this discovery of these new pieces of me, at the ripe old age of forty
something, that I truly treasure. What value would you put on loosing the binds
that held you back all your life? I didn’t realize what constriction was, but
I’ve gotten a glimpse of who I’ve been and who I am. For a little bit longer,
just to be between you and me, this is my precious secret gift from writing, a
new superpower of possibility: Mommy can do anything.
Nicole Wells had been guiding people spiritually for over 10 years. In
UpSpark, she weaves in everything she's learned in an emotional
heartwarming journey, with a psychic paranormal fantasy twist. An observer
of people and life, she crafts inspirational romance stories that make you
laugh and cry, reflecting our human condition with tenderness and hope.
This New Adult contemporary romance is her debut novel.
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I love books about the Paranormal and being a romance story also bonus. Sounds great.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover
ReplyDeleteI like the covers. I enjoy reading paranormal. The blurb sounds good. Thanks for the chance. I like that it is a series.
ReplyDeleteI like the colors in the cover.
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