DESIRE (A Dystopian Fantasy) : Desire Series #1

by Kailin Gow

Overview

From the ALA YALSA Award-winning author and multi-award-winning filmmaker Kailin Gow comes...a fantasy dystopian called the DESIRE Series.


A Dystopian world where everyone's future is planned out for them at age 18...whether it is what a person desires or not. Kama is about to turn 18 and she thinks her Life s Plan will turn out like her boyfriend's and friend's as they desired. But when she glimpse a young man who can communicate with her with his thoughts and knows her name...a young man with burning blue eyes and raven hair, who is dressed like no other in her world, she is left to question her Life's Plan and her destiny. Knowing the truth can destroy everyone...

DESIRE is the first book in the international bestselling YA Dystopian Fantasy Series. Other books in the series are:

DESIRE
Summer Wishes (DESIRE #1.5)
SHATTERED (DESIRE #2)
PASSION (DESIRE #3)

Frenzy (DESIRE #4) - Years later. - Sign Up at Sparklesoup.com to find out when this Separate Novel will release.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013150737
Publisher:	Sparklesoup.com
Publication date:	07/29/2011
Series:	DESIRE , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	653 KB

About the Author

Kailin Gow is an award-winning international bestselling author of over 300 book titles in over 50 series. She is also a film/television producer and global speaker, who spoke at BEA, Colleges, Girl Scouts, Women’s Organization and more. Having traveled to over 25 countries, lived in the American South, in California, Las Vegas, and briefly in England; Kailin Gow feels blessed to be able to use her experiences and inspirations to bring characters and stories from the places she visit, to life.

From visiting Romania, she was asked to write stories about vampires; visiting the Black Forest in Germany and seeing the castles of Europe inspired her to write fantasy; visiting Asia's mystical mountains inspired her to write action adventure and mythological dystopians. From her experience in college as a peer counselor and her volunteer work with women's shelters, she was inspired to write contemporary romance with social issues for women, new adults, young adults, and teens. Having faced adversity, including battling stereotypes and bullying, Kailin Gow has become a well-known speaker and figure in media. Her adventurous bold spirit has taken her around the world, where she has ridden on top of elephants through jungles, hand-fed sting rays, studied kung fu from a Shaolin Temple monk, and learned cooking from a celebrity chef.

She is also an international global award-winning filmmaker, tv personality, producer, director, and speaker.

Editorial Reviews

The first book in a fantasy romance series featuring a heroine who must choose between two very different men and two very different destinies. [Desire will] entertain romance lovers. Kama Johnson, a high school senior living in the utopian town of Arcadia, couldn t ask for more; beautiful, well-liked and intelligent, she has nothing to regret and everything to look forward to. As teenagers on the verge of adulthood, Kama and her friends eagerly await the discovery of their Life s Plan, a docume

Kirkus - Kirkus Reviews

"Literary Genius..."

Reviewer - Misty Baker

Desire was a new and interesting story in the YA genre. It has you wondering about the true nature of this so-called perfect world. Will Kama discover the truth about her life? Will her life's plan give her freedom or just cause more problems. Desire was mysterious and engaging with an ending that leaves you wanting more.

Book Shelf - Melissa Silva (The BookShelf)

Very sweet, lovely story about an eighteen year old girl Kama who lives in a perfect, settled future with a perfect boy, Liam, soon to be her future husband.
However, her world turns upside down when an enchanting, desireable boy Torrid appears in her life. Is the life she was supposed to be living really not what it looks like? Is there another pad she is destined for to live? Is her love toward Liam not as strong as she thought it was, is Torrid the love of her life? Step by step Kama dis

TV Zemst - Xandra Van Welden (from TV Zemst)

Desire was a new and interesting story in the YA genre. It has you wondering about the true nature of this so-called perfect world. Will Kama discover the truth about her life? Will her life's plan give her freedom or just cause more problems. Desire was mysterious and engaging with an ending that leaves you wanting more.

Melissa Silva

Very sweet, lovely story about an eighteen year old girl Kama who lives in a perfect, settled future with a perfect boy, Liam, soon to be her future husband.
However, her world turns upside down when an enchanting, desireable boy Torrid appears in her life. Is the life she was supposed to be living really not what it looks like? Is there another pad she is destined for to live? Is her love toward Liam not as strong as she thought it was, is Torrid the love of her life? Step by step Kama dis

Xandra Van Welden