If you don’t know who Ivy Taylor is then you are missing out on one helluva good series!! Be sure to read the amazing by none other that the amazing new author H.M. Ward, I assure you it is absolutely amazing!!

Description: The Valefar boy tricked Ivy Taylor into kissing him, but he took much more than a kiss – he stole her soul and left her within inches of death. By surviving, Ivy is drawn into the conflict between the Martis and the Valefar. The war between these two immortal forces has raged for millennia without distraction. Until now.

Ivy is an anomaly—she is the only person who has ever walked away from a demon kiss alive. Her survival gives her unique and deadly abilities. Too powerful to ignore, Ivy is a threat to both armies. These two ancient enemies will stop at nothing to kill the seventeen-year-old.

If you are already a fan of the series, how do you like the book so far? Are you excited for Book 3 ‘Torned’ to come out hopefully within the next month or so!?

Michelle Monaghan is spotted out as she leaves lunch with friends in Beverly Hills on June 16, 2011.

Michelle Monaghan was seen out in Los Angeles running errands with her daughter Willow on May 24, 2011.

Michelle Monaghan attends the “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011 in New York City.

Michelle Monaghan arrives at an Evening of Cocktails and Shopping to Benefit the Children’s Defense Fund hosted by Coach at Bad Robot on April 20, 2011 in Santa Monica, California.

Michelle Monaghan attends InStyle’s “Dinner With A Designer” for Tory Burch held at SoHo House on April 14, 2011 in West Hollywood, CA.

Actress Michelle Monaghan arrives at the premiere of Summit Entertainment’s “Source Code” at ArcLight Cinemas on March 28, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Michelle Monaghan knows her action movies. Unlike many of her contemporaries, the actress kicked off her Hollywood career rather quickly in high profile movies like “The Bourne Supremacy,” “Mission: Impossible III,” “Eagle Eye” and more.

Now, she co-stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the mind-bending thriller “Source Code,” and once again she’s front and center in the action. Under the direction of Duncan Jones (“Moon,” son of Bowie), “Code” follows Colter, a solider (Gyllenhaal) sent on board a train that will blow up eight minutes after he arrives, and using some cool gadgetry, is able to relive the events final eight minutes to uncover the cause.

We talked to the enthusiastic Monaghan after the South by Southwest premiere of “Source Code” about wrapping her brain around the twisty plot and what it was like reliving the same eight minutes everyday with Jake Gyllenhaal.

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