Book Review
of Love Chosen:
The Fae Dragon Chronicles, book 1
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Love Chosen
The Fae Dragon Chronicles
Book One
By Marne Ann Kirk
By Marne Ann Kirk
Genre:
Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Crescent Moon Press
ISBN: 978-1937254490
ASIN: 978-1-937254-50-6
Number of pages: 277
Word Count: 86,100 words
Blurb
:
For
millennia, dragon and fae have peacefully co-existed, but the fae themselves
have lived segregated and very different lives.
Now
a malevolence threatens to separate them all permanently. Can a Queen's guard
and a rebellious outlaw join forces to defeat this common enemy?
Tyler's
touch sparks fierce desire, drawing Issie to him, but she despises his way of
life and all that palace society represents. If he learns she wields magic to
help the less fortunate escape the kingdom, he'll charge her with treason. Her
punishment - death.
Issie is a sassy rebel who is constantly
looking for ways to circumvent the conventions of their society. Tyler's head
warns that she's a non-magical lower, beneath him. His heart sees by her inner
strength and outer beauty. Only a binding love will lend them strength to save
her life - their world.
About the
Author:
Marne
Ann Kirk grew up wild, exploring the vast high deserts and mountains of the
West with her family as a child. Marne Ann loved making up stories and, well,
lied about just about everything. Thankfully, she grew out of the lying
stage...now she calls it story-telling.
Her
debut novel, “Love Chosen: Book One of The Fae Dragon Chronicles,” is available
now. “Love Dared: Book Two of The Fae Dragon Chronicles,” is coming soon.
“Goddess on the Run,” a paranormal romance, will be available September 17,
2012. You can find out more about Marne Ann through her publisher, Crescent
Moon Press, or visit her at: www.marneannkirk.com or www.cowboysndragonscafe.blogspot.com
Contacts:
Twitter:
MarneAnn
Excerpt:
Tyler pushed his way through the
onlookers. They reeked of sex and sweat. The foul odor made his eyes water and
his vision blur as he forced his way to the front of the crowd, almost stepping
on the female lying in a heap on the floor. He turned, saw his guards at the
rear of the crowd, and addressed the unfortunate Lowers. “Leave now.”
He turned back to the scene,
expecting them to follow his orders. Disgust filled him as he assessed the
scene. Blood pooled on the bed where two bodies laid holding each other. The
heads from both bodies were missing. He wouldn’t bother searching for them now.
He wouldn’t find them. The killer, it seemed, liked to keep the heads as
trophies.
Tyler sighed, becoming aware again
of the others crowding the room. When he found those heads, he’d find the sick
bastard who did this.
“But what ‘bout Lenore?”
“I ‘eard Issie scream.”
“She all right?”
One chattered over the next in their
efforts to find out what happened. They weren’t listening to him.
His eye twitched. He hated when that
happened.
How could he make these dullards
leave? Did they not see the violent murders on the bed? Or did they not care?
Were their lives so barren and meaningless, death didn’t bother them?
His gaze fell on the female at his
feet. Her face covered by her mass of honeyed tresses, she lay in a limp pile,
her robes undone and revealing a creamy swell of ample breast.
The two victims in the bed were
beyond help, but this unconscious female held the concern of the others.
He knelt by her side and lifted her
in his arms. She smelled clean, like moss and sea air, instead of the sweaty
body he’d expected. Her hair caressed his arm when he stood with her nestled to
his chest. It fell like a lowered curtain and hung almost to his knees. A
waterfall of honey.
She felt right in
his arms; her neck fit into the crook of his shoulder, her breath warmed his
chest like she belonged there.
Where had such a
thought come from? He didn’t associate with the powerless Lower class. Ever.
He pushed aside a
rising need to draw her even nearer.
Tyler faced the
crowd again. “As you can see, she sleeps. She’s not injured. Now go. All of
you.” He fixed a few of them with the glacial silver stare which always yielded
results. “Go back to your beds. I’m Tyler, of the High Council. My warriors
will take care of this.”
“But, Issie. Is she
hurt?” one barmaid asked, wrapping her arms around her waist as if she feared
retching.
“You, take me to
Issie’s rooms. The rest of you, go. She’ll be fine.” Or at least I’ll be, if
I can have some quiet to think.
“But--”
”What ‘bout Lenore?
She pass through the gates?”
Everyone began
speaking at once, like a gathering of Lower younglings after a sweet. They had
no regard for his orders. Such disrespect was unacceptable. He had to get this
under control.
”Go,” he roared,
silencing the room.
The crowd shuffled
down the hall and disappeared behind different doors. Bits of conversation--
“Can’t believe Lenore’s gone,” and “who could do such a thing?” --floated back
to him.
Who indeed? The fae were peaceful caretakers for the dragons. Murder didn’t
happen among them. It was a coarse crime of the mortals--until three moons ago.
And now, it had happened again--to another messenger and another whore-maid.
Book Review:
I love books about the Fae,
especially romances. This book has a fun
history that I haven’t seen in a Fae book.
I am enjoyed seeing the new or different back drop because I like the
way different authors see different back stories. This is definitely a different background.
The basic story plot is that only
some Fae have magic, and those that don’t are lower class. Only some people lie or hide their magic and
live with the lowers and fight the against the prejudice in the fae community.
I give this story a 4.5 out of 5
clouds. A definite recommendation for
anyone who enjoys reading about the Fae or about dragons or romance and
mystery, then this is the book for you.
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