The Alpha Promise [Paperback]

Hayat Ali (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 14, 2009

Wonderfully sublime and altogether sexy, The Alpha Promise by Hayat Ali reinvigorates the tired genre of vampire tales. While the enticing action and bloodletting remains, this debut novel takes a smart look at the undead—their legions and their way of life. It is not at all as simple and unplanned as one might imagine. Vampires have a method, and even in a modern day London, the undead still have a high prince who ubiquitously rules over all the creatures of the night just as he has for centuries. Jin is the most recent prince due to be crowned; he has been groomed for an entire lifetime. Poised to take his rightful place, a dissenting tribe tries to assassinate him and if it wasn’t for the unwitting energies of a compassionate stranger—an American woman named Adina Carr—the tribe would have succeeded. What follows is an erotic and mesmerizing adventure, a fight for survival and, ultimately, a love story.

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About the Author

Hayat Ali is a lover of political dramas and supernatural tales. She likens herself to a storyteller rather than a writer. She lives with the night things in New York City. This is her first book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (January 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439211841
• ISBN-13: 978-1439211847
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,051,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Story!, March 11, 2010

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jenjaylynn (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Alpha Promise (Paperback)

Hello everyone! I just got finished reading "The Alpha Promise" by Hayat Ali and I really want the second installment of this story. It hasn't come out yet; however, according to the author's Facebook page, she hopes to have it completed by the year's end. :) I truly hope so because this book was awesome! Without giving away too many spoilers, here's what it's about:

Adina Carr moves to London with her boyfriend. Said boyfriend turns into ex-boyfriend and ditches her in London. Adina tries not to feel blue about that and continues to work so enough money can be saved so she can move back home to the States. Coming home one evening, Adina finds a bloody and torn-up man in her apartment building. Turns out that the man is a vampire and really needs her assistance in hiding from his enemies. The remaining story is about how they fall in love, are separated, and then reunited again.

Positives:
*This book involves many races (African American, White, Asian, and so forth) and the author does a fantastic job of blending them together and has respect for each
*The characters are well developed but not boring and predictable
*This was the author's first book and it can only get better (No pressure if you read this Ms. Ali-lol)

A couple of downsides:
*this story has an extremely abrupt ending
*a few spelling/grammar errors (it doesn't take away from the story at all but I can be a little picky when it comes to errors like that)
*the next installment is a little over a year away :( - I know, I know, I already mentioned that

The author does mention on her Facebook page that the next book may be "self-published" so hopefully some big-wig publishing company will read this and realize that they can have a star/money-maker in this author if they give her a chance.

I know that this is a lot but it's so nice to have a fresh face in the book world.

Sincerely,
Jennifer

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alpha's Promise delivers, January 29, 2009

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J. L. Landry "vampire lover" (Richmond, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Alpha Promise (Paperback)

I originally read the shorter ebook version called Mating Season and thought it was excellent enough to read numerous times, which I did by the way. Now I've finished the expanded and re-titled version and am thoroughly impressed with Ms. Ali's updated version. Jin and Adina are wonderful star-crossed lovers. I've fallen in love with Flaxon. If you're into vampire stories, this is an excellent one and if you're into I/R vampire romances, you definitely won't be disappointed. I am really looking forward to the next book in the vampire saga.

I liked this so much I will have to read it again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars alpha promise, February 9, 2009

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kathleen - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Alpha Promise (Paperback)

I orignally purchased the shorter ebook version and impatiently waited for the release of the expanded version for approximately a year. This is an excellant book vewith good characterization (all the characters have human failings) which make them easy to identify with and emphatize with their plight. Anyone can read this book and enjoy.