Tempest (Wings of War) - Softcover

Karen Ann Hopkins resides in northern Kentucky with her family on a farm that boasts a menagerie of horses, goats, peacocks, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats. Karen's main job is home schooling the kids, but she finds time to give riding lessons, coach a youth equestrian drill team, and of course, write. She was inspired to create her first book, Temptation, by the Amish community she lived in. The experiential knowledge she gained through her interactions with her neighbors drove her to create the story of the star-crossed lovers, Rose and Noah.

Karen grew up about a mile from Lake Ontario in Upstate New York. She was bitten by the horse bug at the age of five, and after diligently taking riding lessons for several years, was rewarded with her first horse when she turned eleven. The feisty horse's name was Lady, a Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred cross, who became Karen's steadfast companion. Through the years, the constant force in her life was horses. Eventually, she found her place as a riding instructor herself. Before accepting her fate in the barnyard, she worked a short stint as a paralegal, traveled abroad, and guided tourists on horseback riding tours in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.

Karen is currently working on her Amish mystery series, Serenity's Plain Secrets, along with the YA paranormal/fantasy series, The Wings of War. Karen is also excited to announce the Temptation series has been optioned for TV by Pilgrim Studios and is available on Audible. More books in the Temptation series are in the works.

Gr 8 Up—Ember and her companions, two demons, one growler, and a de-winged angel, must find a way to stop the apocalypse from happening. With rifts between worlds occurring, it is up to Ember and her friends to rescue the dragons who can help them pass into the in-between world. Therein lies the hope of finding a dolphin growler who can help them. The in-between is full of dangerous things, however—plants that lash out, demons that have come through the rifts, and many people with hidden agendas. Narrators Michelle Ferguson's and Aaron Abano's engaging, energetic voices bring to life Hopkins's unique characters and settings. VERDICT Fans of supernatural apocalyptic fiction will have a hard time putting this audiobook down. They will, however, need to listen to Embers and Gaia first.—Kira Moody, Whitmore Library, Salt Lake City