Ravensburger The Last Goddess, Band 1: A Fate Darker Than Love

The darkest secret often lies within yourself.

Powerful, immortal and mysterious. Valkyrs are the descendants of the Norse gods and the only ones who can save humanity from final doom. Their mission: to escort the souls of fallen heroes to Valhalla. Blair, who as the daughter of a Valkyre has no powers of her own, has nothing to do with any of this - until her mother dies in a car accident. But Blair is certain it was no accident. Her mother was murdered. However, no one wants to believe her, not even her best friend Ryan, for whom she has long felt more than friendship. Left to her own devices, Blair sets out in search of the truth and soon realizes that her fate is intimately tied to that of the Valkyrians - and to that of Ryan.

Volume 1 of the new romance by bestselling author Bianca Iosivoni.

***A scene from THE LAST GODDESS, Volume 1***.

I held his gaze and swallowed hard. Despite the cold, despite the circumstances and the fighting nearby, I still responded to him. My skin prickled and my stomach jumped. "You can't protect me forever. I'm a part of this."
Something changed in his gaze, softened, almost gentle. "I know ..."
That was the moment we had said it all. The moment we were supposed to break away from each other and return to the fight. Instead, we stood still until our breaths melted together in the frosty winter air.
Ryan was the first to stir. But instead of moving away from me, he stroked my cheek. Gently, as if I were an illusion that could dissolve before his eyes at any moment. His warm breath brushed my lips and I felt the hammering of his heart under my hand. I had no idea what was happening here, I just knew I didn't want it to stop. Not now. I was.