Lucan by Susan Kearney – Guest Post and Giveaway

by Carol40 Comments
I want to thank Susan Kearney, author of Lucan, for taking a page in my notebook today to tell us a little about why she loves fantasy and about her Pendragon trilogy. Read on for a chance to win Lucan, the first in the trilogy. I just finished it yesterday and it was great. Why I love Fantasy As a child I grew up reading science fiction.  As an adult I loved romance.  Nothing makes me happier than combining the two genres and writing futuristic romance. Take Lucan, the first book in my Pendragon Legacy trilogy.  The hero is an archeologist who finds a star map that may lead him to the Holy Grail.  I mean that’s cool.  And after he crosses the galaxy, he never expects to find a planet called Pendragon, or to fall for the High Priestess of Avalon.  Of course, she’s special.  And she has a secret.  She’s a dragon shaper.  She can morph into a fire breathing dragon. ...
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Laced with Magic by Barbara Bretton

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    Laced with Magic by Barbara Bretton Even if you're a sorceress-in-training, finding your true love does not guarantee your problems are all over. In fact, it's just the opposite in this follow-up to Casting Spells, which I reviewed last week. This story picks up where it left off. Bretton does a good job of giving enough of the background, though, that readers new to the sereis could catch right on. Chloe Hobbs, sorceress-in-training and owner of Sticks & Strings knitting shop, has fallen head-over-heels for Luke MacKenzie, a human cop staying temporarily in Sugar Maple, Vermont. Of course, he's the only human in Sugar Maple, but for the most part he manages to get along with vampires, werewolves, etc. But trouble's just around the bend. Luke's ex-wife shows up talking about their dead daughter, Steffie, trying to contact her. Another human is exactly what the townsfolk don't want. To top it off, Luke's daughter's spirit is being held hostage by a Fae leader we already know...
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Seduce Me by Robyn DeHart

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Seduce Me by Robyn DeHart From the cover: The Men of Solomon's meet in secret, their very existence only a rumor among the best of Victorian society. They are treasure hunters, men of wealth and title, seekers of myths and legends. And no legend is as alluring as the tale of Pandora's box... Feilding Grey is a treasure seeker with a taste for danger and experienced women. His latest mission: wrest Pandora's fabled box from a notorious criminal mastermind. Not in the job description: save an innocent damsel in distress. A bookish miss, Esme Worthington has favored dusty tomes over society balls, and thrilling tales over flirtations. But when two scoundrels break into her home, she is thrust into a real-life adventure. Pursued and suddenly possessing the forbidden box, Esme can't resist peeking inside. Under the spell of Pandor's seductive curse, she's soon offering herself to Fielding—body and soul. With her reluctant rescuer determined to resist her charms, can the two outwit an enemy who...
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Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts

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Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. All he knew was that ever since he first saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted-and obsessed-with it. So when the opportunity to buy the house comes up, Declan jumps at the chance to live out a dream. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. He is seeing visions of days from a century past, and experiencing sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief-sensations not his own, but those of a stranger. Local legend has it that the house is haunted, and with every passing day Declan's belief in the ghostly presence grows. Only the companionship of alluring Angelina Simone can distract him...
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My Forbidden Desire by Carolyn Jewel

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  My Forbidden Desire by Carolyn Jewel Description: Alexandrine Marit is a witch in mortal danger. An evil mage craves the powerful, mysterious talisman that supplies her magic, and the only person who can keep her safe is a dark and dangerous fiend called Xia. With his fierce animosity toward witches, he's hardly the ideal bodyguard. Yet as days turn into nights, she can't deny the white-hot passion between them. Xia hates witches. They enslave and mercilessly kill his kind. But he's been ordered to protect Alexandrine, who, to his surprise, has a spirit he admires and a body he longs to possess. With the mage and his henchmen closing in, Alexandrine and her protector must trust the passion that can unite them...or risk losing everything to the enemies who can destroy them both. My thoughts: I love a good paranormal romance and this one kept me hooked the whole time. Dinner was late at least once because I couldn't put it down. It's steamy, but nothing...
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Lie By Moonlight by Amanda Quick

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Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick, read by Anne Flosnik Description: The curriculum for Miss Concordia Glade's classroom has expanded from languages and social graces to explosives because that's the only way she can think of to get her charges out of their castle/prison before something terrible happens. Concordia not only destroys the building but also has to kill a thug who attacks her and her girls as they try to escape. Gentleman thief turned private investigator, Ambrose Wells, who's at Aldwick Castle to look into other matters, can't believe what he's seeing, and spirits Concordia and the four teens away to the safety of his London townhouse. Concordia, like other heroines created by Quick, is a strong feminist who gets herself into a plethora of trouble and is equally adept at saving herself. These traits frustrate alpha male Ambrose, even as he reluctantly admires her courage, ingenuity, and resourcefulness. As the heinous tale unfolds, villains appear at every turn, from the...
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