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A Song of the Sidhe ~ An Encore!

Jeanne Barrack on Aug-12-2008

A Song of the Sidhe
available at Liquid Silver Books
 

This is an encore of the story that originally came out from another publisher. With a new arrangement, more voices in the chorus, and a brand new cover by the incredible April Martinez!

Here’s the blurb:
The place: Ireland, a long, long time ago when the Sidhe walked among mortals
Donal Bawn was the most handsome man in all of Tipperary with a voice that could lure the birds from the trees. But that all changed when he angered Ogma, High King of the Tipperary Sidhe. Doomed to wander as a hunchback with a voice as thin as a reed, Donal keeps to the forests away from human companionship until one day he hears a melodious female voice singing a fragmented tune over and over.
Ceoleen, a beautiful female of the Galway Sidhe has also been cursed for her vanity and foolhardiness. Blinded and exiled to a fairy ring deep in the woods, she can only repeat a broken phrase of music until that fated day when Donal finishes the song for her.
But their curses are only partially broken. It will take a great deal more than music to decide their fate.
Will their love be strong enough to finally free them?
Visit my Celtic Blog and scroll down just a bit to read an excerpt here
 
When I wrote A Song of the Sidhe, I was inspired by Gaelic music and the Gaelic language, but my love affair with Ireland started a long time ago when I was a little girl. So enamored was I then - and now - that I learned Gaelic. Even the sound of it excites me. And the wondrous tales of Ireland continue to inspire me. The Shimmering Flame, my other work with Liquid Silver Books, is also rooted in Ireland, though set in the Terran Realm
One of the most amazing sites in Ireland is known as The Burren, Irish for “gray rocky place”. The Burren is fifty square miles of great irregular slabs of limestone with deep cracks. Located in County Clare, this humid, eerie moonscape is a natural rock garden, where plants native to the Arctic thrive next to subtropical flora. Beneath the scarred surface are spectacular caves and streams.

There are a number of dolmens (prehistoric gravesites) in the area. The most famous being Poulnebrone Dolmen.

Folk legends associated with the Burren say its holy wells can cure bad vision and its caves are home to ghostly horsemen. It is also reputed that mysterious lakes appear and disappear there, taking with them maidens who have been turned into swans.
Visiting the Burren was one of the most magical moments in my trip to Ireland so many years ago.

 So I’m curious to know. Have you ever visited a place that you felt was magical?

A new home for the BOYS DOWN UNDER

Maggie on Jul-30-2008

Great news everyone!

The Boys Down Under anthology has a new lease of life!

Aspen Mountain Press has contracted the whole anthology featuring fellow Aussie authors Kate Murphy, Jess Dee, Angela Verdenius and Sarah Dickson.

My story “The Executioner” had been revised and extended and is sexier with more thrills than ever!

The release date is still to be announced, but I will let you know as soon as I do!

Here’s the Blurb for The Executioner:

A team building exercise at a remote location reignites the heat between former lovers Madeleine Smith and Nicholas Garabaldi .When team members start dying they must learn to trust again so they can outwit whoever is killing off the group one by one. Is this the Executioner from the indigenous Dream Time legend of the local Bilbulmun tribe? Or is someone closer to home responsible?

Maggie Nash
www.maggienash.com
www.maggienash.blogspot.com/
www.australianromancereaders.blogspot.com/

First Review for “The Sweet Flag”

Jeanne Barrack on May-27-2008

I am so pleased to receive the first review from Elisa Rolle: My Reviews and Ramblings. Elisa is a reader from Italy and often reviews m/m books, so I’m happy she enjoyed Brandon and Ron’s story!
Here’s a snippet from the review:

“The book is written if first point of view and follows Brandon’s thoughts. Like Brandon, also Ron seems to be a very “easy” man regarding sex, and so their relationship is from the start down and dirty. Ron has not a simple behavior, he sometime acts like a domineering man, and wants to be the Alpha of the moment, and soon after he seems to need the strenght and the reassurance of Brandon. Brandon instead is simpler, he has his scope in mind and he will do anything to reach it.

The story is not very long, little more than 100 pages, but it flows smoothly and enjoyable….But one of the strenght of the book is also to have perfectly mixed present and past, making enjoyable both stories.”
Thanks, Elisa!
 
“The Sweet Flag” available at:
http://www.loose-id.net/detail.aspx?ID=712

Spaceport:Bounty

Dawn Montgomery on Mar-20-2008

Spaceport BountyI’m a huge fan of science fiction. Have been since I can remember. So I’m thrilled to announce my release of Spaceport:Bounty from Changeling Press.

ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-936-1

Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi , Erotic Romance

Theme(s): Interracial, BBW, Men and Women in Uniform, Spaceport

Series: Spaceport

Length: Novella

No one knows better than Alexis Donovan how the universe turns around IAS patrols. You play or you’re spaced. When she’s given an offer she can’t refuse, she has no choice but to bring in the bounty, alive. A mark’s a mark, right? But what’s a girl to do when the man she has to bring in is the man who haunts her sleep at night?

A courier exchange gone wrong has sent Mack Hernandez into a whirlwind of chaos. Torn from the family he tried to save and thrust into Spaceport Adana, he does what he can to survive. An incredible encounter… or two… with a bounty hunter has him walking a fine line between life and death. What starts out as a struggle for freedom between the two sends them careening headfirst into a cover-up big enough to blow the Haze patrol sector apart.

When the heat turns on and the adrenaline rides high, can they keep their hearts strong and steady?

Here’s a free read about their first encounter.   Enjoy!