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Destiny Defied (The Destiny Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by J.A. Marx (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
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Trapped on a mysterious island, eighteen-year-old Riki finds refuge with four odd college boys. Isaac, the rugged EMT, insists no one else is around, but Riki cannot ignore her fear that someone is stalking her. Unless she finds a power truly great enough to overthrow Darkness, Riki will choose death over returning to captivity.

Lord Vétis, high priest of a cultic underground, will stop at nothing to reclaim the chosen one, but he must do so before her introduction to the real world ruins her royal destiny. Using black magic, he manipulates Riki and her self-assigned bodyguards, triggering a battle that consumes the entire island. The underground will never allow Riki to live out her dreams of a normal life…something she has never known
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    386 pages
  2. Language
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  4. Publication date
    October 8, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00OBYL3V6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Embattled Spirit (October 8, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 8, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3592 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 386 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 40 ratings

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J.A. Marx

J.A. Marx

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Author J.A. Marx writes from Texas but dreams of Colorado. She's crazy about her critique group, goes wild over acrylic painting, and she loves 70% dark Chocolate almost as much as she loves her family. And Jesus is her best friend.

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The Book Queen
5.0 out of 5 stars Not my typical kind of read, but...
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2013
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I'm not really a fan of supernatural stories. Honestly, they creep me out. But Destiny Defied, though I had chills a few times, never made me hurl the book across the room and duck under the covers.

No, I was actually captured from the start and couldn't put it down until the end. I like the potential in the characters Marx has presented and am eager to watch them grow throughout the series. The Fearsome Foursome are young men that teens can admire and cheer for. Girls will fall in love with them and boys will be able to admire real down-to-earth, yet fierce heroes who stand for what's right and show how true friendship means being willing to lay your life down in love for others as Christ teaches us. And the female protagonist is a bad-ass heroine I think many will want to cheer on and love as the series progresses. Yes, I just wrote that and mean it!

This was a fantastic story. I'm not going into details. Go read the synopsis or other reviews. What I'm saying is if you enjoy stories that energize and encourage you to be better, then read on. Destiny Defied will thrill, chill, and touch your heart. It did mine.
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Donna J. Ross
4.0 out of 5 stars Marx does an excellent job of building and developing the characters and taking ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2014
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I read this book when it was first released and I was hooked. J.A. Marx does an excellent job of building and developing the characters and taking the story to places unimagined. She seems to have special insight into the reality of what transpires that we often don't see. I'm anxiously awaiting book 2.
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Angela Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Read
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2013
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I absolutely loved this book. In this hard to put down book, J. A. Marx has the ability to connect the reader with the characters in this story where 4 men enforced Etiquette Academy and Riki experiences kindness, compassion, and a new 'norm' in a way she didn't know exist. Will the kindness and unconditional love the men provide to Riki be enough?

Hands down, this is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Normally, I only read at night before going to bed. However, when the characters are calling out to you, you can't help but take the book with you everywhere you go just so you can learn the character's outcome.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful balance.
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2016
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Marx blends a captivating story about four friends finding a mysterious stranger washed up on the beach of their island with relatable dialogue and voice.

If I were to use one word to describe this work, it would be "unique." While treading into deep waters, the reader never feels bogged down with content. From the very first, it engages and draws in. I can't wait to read the next book!
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Misslissy
3.0 out of 5 stars I gave it three stars simply because there were parts of it that I loved and parts of it that I didn’t care for
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2014
I’m not sure how I feel about this book, even after thinking about it for a while. I gave it three stars simply because there were parts of it that I loved and parts of it that I didn’t care for. The book is very overtly about spiritual warfare and sometimes I felt like parts of it didn’t jive with what I believe, but I also do know that the devil and his angels are very real. I came to love and care for the characters, even though in the beginning I had trouble keeping them straight and the book took me a while to get into. I felt like there was something I could identify with in almost every one of the characters (excluding the evil one). I also thought that Marx has a very beautiful writing style and there were a few times that I had to read a sentence twice because I just loved the way that she put something or she made me think about something very common in a different way. It also totally ended in a cliffhanger and even though it wasn’t complete love, it was good enough that I want to know what happens next. I would probably recommend this book to Christian fans of the show Supernatural, since it is very clearly a Christian book but from the episodes I’ve seen of Supernatural, I think that this book might appeal to people who like that show.
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Wonder Woman
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2013
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Julie has written a unique book in a genre all it's own. Great character development. You won't forget these characters and won't want to because their stories continue. In this book, the foursome hunky guys meet Chiara. [nothing over pg in this book] And she is something else! Here genre of Embattled Spirits is teamed up with psychology and spiritual warfare and make this an interesting read. Come along and give it a try. I think you'll like it. : )
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Jaymeister69
3.0 out of 5 stars Free
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2013
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... and on my to read pile. As I say, Free and on my to read pile (word count requirement)
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