Tempest's Fury (Jane True) [Mass Market Paperback]

Nicole Peeler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 26, 2012 | Series: Jane True (Book 5)

Jane's not happy. She's been packed off to England to fight in a war when she'd much rather be snogging Anyan. Unfortunately, Jane's enemies have been busy stirring up some major trouble -- the kind that attracts a lot of attention. In other words, they're not making it easy for Jane to get any alone time with the barghest, or to indulge in her penchant for stinky cheese.

Praying she can pull of a Joan of Arc without the whole martyrdom thing, Jane must lead Alfar and halflings alike in a desperate battle to combat an ancient evil. Catapulted into the role of Most Unlikely Hero Ever, Jane also has to fight her own insecurities as well as the doubts of those who don't think she can live up to her new role as Champion.

Along the way, Jane learns that some heroes are born. Some are made. And some are bribed with promises of food and sex.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Praise for the Jane True series:

" Peeler pulls out all the stops in this heart-stopping tale with a cliffhanger ending that will leave you gasping!" - RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!) on Tempest's Fury

"Jane is sure to endear herself to new readers with her charm, sass, and vulnerability, while longtime fans will be thrilled by her magical and emotional growth." --- Publishers Weekly

"Witty and fun, with a dash of dark suspense." --- Scifichick.com

"A new star is rising in the urban fantasy world. With her Jane True character, Peeler launches a first-person series that's an exciting journey of self-discovery and murder mystery." --- RT Book Reviews (4-1/2 Stars)

"Grounded equally in ancient myth and the challenges of modern life, Jane True lives up to her name ... true, and truly unique! A fascinating, fast-paced, sexy storm of a book." --- Rachel Caine

About the Author

Nicole D. Peeler received an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Boston University, and a PhD in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. She's lived abroad in both Spain and the UK, and lived all over the USA. Currently, she resides in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to teach in Seton Hill's MFA in Popular Fiction. When she's not in the classroom infecting young minds with her madness, she's writing Urban Fantasy for Orbit Books and taking pleasure in what means most to her: family, friends, food, and travel. To learn more about the author, visit www.nicolepeeler.com.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Orbit (June 26, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316128112
• ISBN-13: 978-0316128117
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nicole D. Peeler is off on another adventure! This time, she's moving to Pittsburgh to teach in Seton Hill's MFA in Popular Fiction. Yes, folks, she'll be mentoring up and coming urban fantasists as they try to break into the publishing world. Or, as she likes to call it, "infecting them with her madness." In the meantime, she's still writing Urban Fantasy for Orbit Books and taking pleasure in what means most to her: family, friends, food, and travel.

You can find her on her own site, http://nicolepeeler.com, blogging at the League of Reluctant Adults, on facebook as Nicole Peeler, and on twitter as NicolePeeler. She's getting very high tech, people, and it's all for you. That said, she'd love to hear any suggestions or requests. Go ahead and email her at IHeartSelkies(at)gmail(dot)com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow ending June 26, 2012

By Jen TOP 500 REVIEWER

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I'll admit it. I am having serious trouble with this review. All I want to talk about is the ending. I know that's not fair. I can't spoil people. I can't rob them of that feeling I got when Nicole Peeler totally ripped the rug out from under me in the last chapter. Unfortunately, my brain just won't let me move past it. So I must tell you off the bat that the ending to this book is a shocking/ amazing/ horrible punch-in-the-gut cliffhanger. But I won't tell you what it is.

That being said, let's go back to the beginning. The story starts with Jane on a mission to Great Britain to help Blondie deal with a new supernatural threat. Ancient elemental entities similar to the underground creature in the last book, are threatening to make a comeback. And unlike the being that imbued Jane with her new fancy ax, these beings are murderous and fierce. Blondie actually hacked up the Air and Fire beings, also known as the Red Queen and the White King, back in the day --when she was the champion of the magic ax. Their pieces were scattered around the world, but now someone is gathering the pieces to put the monsters back together again. Jane, Anyan, and Blondie have to stop it.

It's a cool story arc. It's fast moving and full of action. It takes unexpected twists and turns and it incorporates some familiar faces from past books. All this while continuing to expand the established world building.

The book is really good. I only had one complaint. That was the ridiculous number of near-sex encounters between Anyan and Jane. I was already stretched to my limit before I started the book. While I appreciate the need and desire to keep sexual tension alive, I was just flat out annoyed with all the stops and starts.

Back to the plus side... I love Anyan. Love.... Anyan. We get to know him better as Jane does, both through his actions and through a peek into his history. --Jane continues to be a funny, earnest, and all-around great heroine. She is really growing here, yet she still manages to hold on to the core of who she is. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I have no idea when the next book comes out, which makes me even more of a wreck about the ending. But knowing Nicole Peeler it will be one heck of a series finale. I can't wait to see how she fixes this. Because she must fix it. Read more ›

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite in the series June 26, 2012

By A Book Obsession.. TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Jane is still relatively new to the supernatural world, so the last thing she ever expected to be was the Champion, someone chosen above all others to fight the good fight against evil. But sometimes fate likes to play her twisted little game and right now Jane's up to bat. She'd much rather be spending time getting to know the yummy Anyan in their new relationship, but when duty calls, someone has to step up to the plate. Unfortunately getting everyone to follow her won't be easy as she is seen as anything but powerful. Now she has to prove to herself and others that she has what it takes or everything they know will be lost. Failure is not an option.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I was really frustrated with how much focus was placed on Jane and Anyan's relationship rather than the actual action and series plot progression. Actually, the relationship itself wasn't the problem as I am a huge fan of the two of them together. In fact, I have been practically salivating for the two to FINALLY get together. And therein lies the problem. Tempest's Fury continued the trend of Jane and Anyan trying to be together, but anytime they started to even remotely get physical some major event would interrupt them. Then they would "fix" that immediate problem and then try again to be together only to have something else happen to muck things up. The pattern continued like that for most of the book, and after the third time I literally yelled at my book saying "Oh come on already!!" To make matters worse, Jane got the brilliant idea in her head for them to take things slow to get to know what another. What? I mean the past few books haven't been enough really? Build up and tension in a book can be a good thing, especially when it pulls the reader further into the story.... However, in this case, I think it was just taken too far to the point where once the gratification finally came, I was so far frustrated that it wasn't really worth all the build up.

So with all the major interruptions between Anyan and Jane, you would think there would have been some major developments in the war. It was more along the lines of run here, stop this bad guy, breathe for an hour then run somewhere else where there was trouble. Basically they were putting out a lot of fires and basically just temporarily band-aiding everything. Honestly that won't work for much longer, which was made incredible apparent by the terrible cliffhanging ending events. However, that being said, at least Jane seems to be making some major headway with her confidence in herself and the role she must play. I just hope that confidence doesn't go a step too far into arrogance, as everything that makes Jane so awesome would be lost.

Even though this installment frustrated me a great deal, I'm still a huge fan of the series. I just absolutely love Jane as she is pretty much guaranteed to double me over in laughter multiple times in each book. I mean the arguments in her head between her virtue and libido are nothing short of hilarious. Aside from the hilarity of Jane, this also series boasts an awesome cast of characters that I have really come to love. So while Tempest's Fury may be a slight road bump in the overall scheme of things, I still have to recommend it for fans of the series. Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Unhappy...for the reader and Anyan! September 14, 2012

By K. D. Davie

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Fifth in the Jane True urban fantasy series revolving around a half-human, half-selkie woman and her friends out to save the world.

My Take
Hmmmm, interesting warning about the use of Facebook...!

It's sweet that Jane wants to date Anyan, get to know him. And he does come up with some sweet, thoughtful dates. It's Jane's reticence that drives me nuts and just makes the end worse! I cried so hard. And she keeps calling this warrior "puppy"...too cute! I just love Anyan's T-shirts and that he trusts Jane to teach him how to swim. Peeler has such a great sense of humor.

The truth about Dr. Who!!

Yet again, the winners (also know as "those in power") write the history. Although the consequences of their, ahem, adjustments certainly make a good reason to stop re-writing it!

Typical, the powers-that-be are more concerned with appearance than protecting their citizens. I love that Jane just goes for it. And the Creature supports her! He also suggests Jane take on a new role for the supernaturals. It's "baby seal to the rescue", LOL.

I get that the Alfar are angry and deny Jane and company the use of their helicopter, but then why is Griffin with them on the train?


Jane makes a good point about the difference between Morrigan's troops engaging in battle practice while their side is just a bunch of leather daddies and harpies talking fashion.

Anyan's history with the Indian princess and how the Alfar treated her certainly explains Anyan's hatred for the Alfar.
It makes no sense for them to wait for Morrigan to get inside the cathedral. Why didn't they just take her outside? It would have been safer for the relic.... In fact, why not replace the relics with other bones and not allow Morrigan anywhere near them???

Oooh, Graeme has delusions of grandeur!

Clever bit with the White's blood! How dumb can Jane be when the whole point is the bones!!?? It's a whole lotta oopsies in this...and not just by the characters---Peeler, please explore the difference between "whup" and "whoop(s)" and "taught" and "taut".

The Story
The Creature has sent Jane, Anyan, and Blondie to Britain on a mission to discover what's happening with the Red Queen and the White King. And destroy them more permanently this time around!

It's certainly a touristy exploration.

The Characters
Jane True is half-human, half-Selkie and has been chosen as the Creature's champion. She's in love with Anyan, but keeps putting him off. I want Jane's metabolism, that girl can EAT. And Peeler certainly has her fun (and me drooling!). Jane's dad is going back to work--filling in for Jane at Read It and Weep owned by Tracy and Grizzie. He's been healed of his heart condition and the whole town glamoured into believing he's always been healthy. Scarily, he can now indulge in caffeine again and he's learning how to work the coffee machine at the store.
From America

Anyan is a barghest who shifts into a dog form AND a fierce warrior with quite a reputation stretching for years behind him. And he's in love with Jane. Blondie is an Original, one of the first humans to have access to magic. ALL magic. The Alfar can manipulate the four elements, but are not as powerful as an Original. The Creature is a child of Earth and Water and he has chosen Jane to be his champion who will wield the labrys. Ryu is co-leading the Alfar in America with Nyx since Orin's death.

The English contingent
Magog is a Raven shifter partnered with Gog Coblynau, an earth elemental. Hiral is a perverted three-foot, witchy-looking creature, a gwyllion, with some extremely useful skills. If you can trust him! Cyntaf was the champion who last put the Red and White away. Sarah is the librarian brainwashed by the Alfar. She's also Blondie's girlfriend and a doppelgänger. Condemned to write the locations of the parts of the Red and the White in a secret book and knowing her mind would be wiped, she's tried to hide even this knowledge. She can never be allowed to leave the library. Jack Young is a wyvern who leads the British supernatural rebels. He--with Phil, a naga, and Lyman Moore, another wyvern and Jack's brother--kidnap Jane and Anyan. Luke is the de facto leader of the Alfar in Great Britain, but, I think Griffin, his second, is the true leader. David Rankin is the Military Intelligence liaison with the supernaturals at York.

The Red Queen and White King are the product of a rape by Fire of Air. They are also two of the biggest bugaboos in supernatural lore. Graeme is a rapist succubus who just can't get take a hint. I did love "listening" to Jane hack him off! Jarl and Morrigan are the Alfar guilty of regicide and they intend to resurrect the Red and the White.

The Cover
The cover is has broken away from the earlier formats which is a shame. Some two-thirds of the front is a cartoon of Jane in a knee-length dark purple coat and form-fitting lilac top with purple pants and a bling of a belt around her hips. Her big cartoon eyes are wide, her black hair blowing in the heat of battle as she swings her double-bladed ax of champions at the limbs and tail of the Red Dragon while Anyan snarls in support from their precarious position on the Brighton Pier. The remaining third is split between a wide band of lime green at the top with the remaining lime green at the base.

The title is all about Jane's anger and it is a Tempest's Fury. Read more ›