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Birthright (The Legacy Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jessica Ruddick (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 886 ratings

Book 1 of 4: The Legacy Series

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How do you live with yourself when you decide who dies?

Ava Parks would have killed for an iPhone for her sixteenth birthday. Anything would have been better than coming into her birthright of being a seeker for the Grim Reaper, an arrangement made by her fallen angel ancestor in exchange for his re-admittance to heaven. And she isn’t just any seeker—she finds souls that have the potential for becoming angels and sentences them to death. A year and two souls into her role as a seeker with her conscience overflowing with guilt, Ava comes up with a plan to thwart the system. When it goes awry, she is forced to submit the name of a classmate, Cole Fowler, an ornery, rough around the edges guy who always seems to come to her rescue, whether she likes it or not. Her feelings for Cole prompt her to intervene, and she saves him from death, upsetting the Grim Reaper’s agenda.

While Ava schemes to find a way to save Cole, she learns he has some secrets of his own. She lets him believe he is protecting her, and not the other way around, until a final showdown with the Grim Reaper forces Ava to make choices Cole may never forgive.

Birthright is the first in a romantic and captivating paranormal teen romance series that readers call "addicting." It is complete at four books.

Follow your fate. Read the COMPLETE series now!

Book 1: Birthright
Book 2: Retribution
Book 3: Sacrifice
Book 4: Redemption

Accolades for Birthright:

**National Readers' Choice Award Winner

**RWA Young Adult Chapter's Athena Award Winner (Paranormal Romance & Best of the Best)

**Golden Quill Award Winner

This series is perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout's Lux series, Jaymin Eve's Secret Keepers series, and Gena Showalter's Everlife series.

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"Birthright is an addictive, fast-paced read, with a strong and feisty heroine. I couldn't stop turning the pages until I reached the end!" -Readers' Favorite "Everything about this book is addicting." -Tiffany's Book Blog

About the Author

Jessica lives in Virginia with her college-sweetheart husband, two rambunctious sons, and two rowdy but lovable rescue dogs. Since her house is overflowing with testosterone, it's a good thing she has a healthy appreciation for Marvel movies, Nerf guns, and football. To learn more about Jessica, please visit her website at jessicaruddick.com.

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Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N23GISP
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jessica Ruddick Books LLC (March 20, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 20, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1729 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages

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tracy626541

So good actually amazing book

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020

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I love this book it has keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole entire book. I has so many highs and lows for the main characters. Then in between the adventure and action there lovely romantic moments for the main characters

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M. Kittles

An interesting spin on angels, demons, & the spiritual realm...

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2019

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This book put an interesting spin on the spiritual realm, angels, demons, etc. I liked the action and interaction between the characters and the plot is quite intriguing. I gave it four stars because I liked it, but it's not a book I'd read over and over again. I'm also not sure how I feel about the end of book one. It was certainly not what I expected so...good job, Jessica Ruddick? :) I mean it, though. Good job! I'd like to know how this series ends so I'll be hoping to read the rest of it soon.
My favorite character was Cole's boss. But the MC, supporting characters and villain are fleshed out well. There's enough info on each of them as per their role in the story without the reader losing the ability to fill in the blanks. I like how Ava's gift seems like a thing unknown, certainly unrefined. I look forward to seeing how this grows with her in the rest of her tale.
While the profanity in this book seems mostly spot on and well-fitted to the characters, it's just not my thing. I don't watch many modern TV series, generally preferring those which aired before I was born or was even old enough to realize TV was entertaining. But I am informed of many things through my kids. This story seems to belong to the same genre as Supernatural. If profanity doesn't bother you, and you enjoy stories and film like Supernatural, you should definitely give this book a try.

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K Adey

Original

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2023

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Birthright is a unique and original book that will keep you reading into the night. And after you finish, you'll be reaching for book #2!

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024

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The storyline was really good! There was just WAY too much language for.me.to appreciate it. I WILL NOT be buying the rest of the series.

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2023

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This book was enticing and unique. It was intriguing to say the least. Middle schoolers would love to read this book.

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2019

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This book was awesome! Looked forward to the next in the series and was so disappointed when I realized only the first book was free on Kindle unlimited.
If I had known than I never would have read the first one.

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023

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I was totally captured within the story on the first page. The characters and plot were well written. Stories like this makes me wonder how much is real and what’s made up. To many questions and not enough answered, and weird happenings in the world to not believe their are interventions whether good or bad. Great story would recommend to everyone

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2023

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I could not believe what I was reading UT I could not stop either. I live this book very much.

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Rebeca Adams

Omg

Reviewed in Canada on July 26, 2019

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It was so good and heart stringing it loot you in the edge of your seat I loved it !!!!!!!

Lesley Barklay

An interesting paranormal romance that hit all the beats

Reviewed in Australia on July 7, 2023

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This paranormal romance did everything it needed to do. An enjoyable read. I liked the premise, and it was better executed than other things I have read in the past.

Content warning:
- some kissing
- a couple of swear words (f---)
- mentions of gang connections

Rachel Whyte

Read the other books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2018

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Was brilliant

Miss Informed

Intriguing Tale.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2022

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At first I wasn't sure if I would enjoy this, but I did, very much. Seekers find pure souls to become angels, but for Ava, this means sentencing someone to death and their family to heartbreak. Then there's Cole. Well crafted and interesting.

Sandi

Fun read

Reviewed in Canada on February 9, 2018

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This is an engaging read that is fun, and exciting and well written. The story is well thought out And very engaging