Book Review of Vicious
Moon
Book 3 of Earth Witches Series
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About the series:
Dynamic Urban Fantasy by
Lee Roland
The Earth Witches, the keepers of the
world’s magic, find chaos and desire in the hidden ruins of the Barrows.
Servants of the enigmatic Earth Mother, they battle men, monsters and personal
conflicts to protect the world. With magic, modern weapons and strong
companions, they persevere to save mankind from evil.
Blurb :
Vicious
Moon
(Earth
Witches #3)
ISBN-13: 978-0451238269 (320
Pages)
Expected
publication: July 2nd 2013 by Signet
Ex-soldier
and Earth Witch Nyx Ianira is working as a PI in San Francisco when she sees
the last thing she ever wanted to see: the Sisters of Justice—the mysterious
Earth Witch police force. Three Sisters, a Triad, is usually a squad of
executioners. This time, thought, the Sisters mission is to capture
and escort an unwilling Nyx back to Twitch Crossing, Georgia. Nyx ran
away from Twitch Crossing ten years ago to escape the stiff rules and duties of
being a true Witch. She wanted a life of her own. Now she’s been dragged back to
her swampy hometown because another life is in danger—her little sister is
missing, and Nyx is the only one who can go to Duivel, Missouri and
track her down. But the key to finding her may lie with the dark and
tempting Etienne—a sinister criminal with a fearsome reputation, a ruthless
attitude, and a total immunity to magic…
Viper
Moon
(Earth Witches #1)
ISBN-13: 978-0451233769 (352 Pages)
Cassandra
Archer is the huntress. She has faithfully served the earth Mother for years,
rescuing kidnapped children from monsters—both human and supernatural—dwelling
in the ruins of the Barrows District. But when two children are kidnapped under
similar circumstances, all clues point to a cataclysmic event on the next dark
moon. Aided by police Detective Flynn and Michael, mysterious and dangerous
resident of the Barrows, Cass must race against the clock and prevent a
sacrifice that could destroy the entire town…
Vengeance
Moon
(Earth Witches #2)
ISBN-13: 978-0451236432 (352
Pages)
Madeline Corso can’t rest until she
hunts down the three men who killed her father and witch mother. Two of them
are now dead by her hand. Unfortunately, her second kill had
witnesses. Sent to prison, she is rescued Sisters of Justice—a mysterious
order of female warriors with ties to her mother. Her fighting skills are honed
by the Sisters, and they have tracked the last murderer to Duivel,
Missouri. He is hiding in the dark underworld of the Barrows. Once in the
Barrows, she discovers that things aren’t what they seem. The danger goes
far beyond her need for revenge. Can she rely on Michael, a handsome and
possibly deadly stranger, to help her navigate a world of men and beasts? Or
will she lose her heart before the mission is complete?
About the Author:
Lee Roland
began her writing career in middle school when she wrote a short story for her
brother. He turned the story in to his teacher as his own work. To his
amazement and terror, the teacher was so impressed that she read it aloud to
the class—and asked him to write another one.
Lee notes that,
other than motherhood, she’s never had an exciting job. She might have
dreamed of being a lawyer, nurse or police officer, but finding the right
person to share her life with changed her plans. Her only credentials for
writing are a terrific imagination, life experience and the love of words in a
good story. She reads voraciously, but particularly loves Urban Fantasy
and Paranormal Romance.
Lee lives in
Florida and is a full-time writer. She is a member of RWA National and
the Florida based First Coast Romance Writers.
Before being
published, Lee won many RWA Chapter contests and garnered a Golden Heart
nomination in 2008 with her post apocalyptic novel, LILITH’S CHILD.
Lee is the
author of the Earth Witches series published by NAL, beginning with VIPER MOON
in 2011.
Contacts:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeRolandM
Excerpts:
The Earth Witches Series
Vicious Moon
Ex-soldier and Earth
Witch Nyx Ianira is working as a PI in San Francisco when she sees the last
thing she ever wanted to see: the Sisters of Justice, the mysterious Earth
Witch police force. Three Sisters, a Triad, is usually a squad of
executioners. This time, though, the
Sisters mission is to capture and escort an unwilling Nyx back to Twitch
Crossing, Georgia. Nyx ran away from Twitch Crossing ten years ago to
escape the stiff rules and duties of being a true witch. She wanted a life of
her own. Now she’s being dragged back to her swampy hometown because another
life is in danger. Her little sister is missing, and Nyx is the only one who
can go to the Barrows section of Duivel, Missouri and track her down. But the key to finding
her may lie with the dark and tempting Etienne—a sinister criminal with a
fearsome reputation, a ruthless attitude, and a total immunity to magic.
Nyx, like all earth witches, serves the Earth
Mother. The ancient female deity, maiden,
mother, and crone, signifies the progression of life from cradle to the return
to her heart in the grave. The Earth
Mother bestows power and her witches and they serve her all their lives. It doesn’t take long for Nyx to realize that
the Barrows is a special place in which the Mother takes great interest.
In direct opposition to the Earth Mother in the Barrows is the incredibly
beautiful Aiakós, often referred to as the demon. Nyx says of him: I
couldn’t stop staring. No spell had ever
caught me, but my first sight of him overwhelmed my senses. It was
his eyes that broke the enchantment.
He’d dropped his guard to study me and those perfect golden orbs turned
black as a basement in hell. Only an
instant, but all the earth magic in me shrieked and broke free. All the warnings I heard held true. Something deadly, something evil approachd.
Excerpts – Vicious Moon
The
Beginning
Disaster loomed like an
earthquake-born tsunami. The moment the
woman climbed into my car, that watch
your back feeling kicked me in the ass and I wanted to hunch my shoulders
and duck. I ignored it, as I had many
times in the past. I based my decision on the often flawed theory that
catastrophe wasn’t so bad if you saw it coming.
She’d stood waiting in front
of a convenience store, right where I’d been told to pick her up. She said her name was Mara, but she didn’t
offer a surname and refused to make eye contact.
I’m Nyx Ianira. I’m a
licensed private investigator in San Francisco. I’m twenty eight years old, a
former soldier, armed guard, and an earth-witch with magical powers that
unfortunately don’t include the ability to discern lies. I stretched my legs, trying to ease the
tension. Waiting is something every PI
gets used to, but this time I couldn’t relax.
At least I’d changed from my suit
into more comfortable jeans and a T-shirt. I did wish this job was over with,
though. I had a date with the owner of a
dive shop later. He wants to give me
lessons. Actually, he wants to take me
to a sunny beach in Mexico and talk me out of my bikini. He’s not a deep, philosophical thinker but he
likes what he sees.
I have gold-brown hair with
lighter blonde streaks, nice perky breasts, and a tall slim body that curves in
the right places. There will be no great
soul-mate meeting of the minds, but he’s attractive and it promises to be
fun. Foggy San Fran vs. Sunny
Mexico. I’m already packed.
Harold, my erratic and
occasionally inebriated partner at Single-Eye Investigations had called last
night and asked that I take a pro bono case for him. I was to retrieve a child from a
non-custodial father. While I’m always happy
to help a kid in danger, the agency has firm rules against that kind of
high-risk intervention. I helped write
the rules when I became a partner in the firm.
Those situations are best handled by the appropriate official authorities,
the kind with warrants, guns and badges.
Harold said he’d made an exception for this one because the father was
an abusive, drug-dealing fiend. Apparently he feels I’m more qualified to face
abusive, drug-dealing fiends than he is.
He’s right, of course, but that didn’t make it less dangerous or less a
violation of the rules.
Nyx
Meets Etienne
Herschel raised his head and
growled. Something dangerous approached.
I’d brought my backpack in
with me, but extracting my gun or the knife I always carried there would be
difficult. That left only magic to deal
with a threat.
A man stepped through the
doorway. He stood over six feet and had a rugged body, slim and lean, but at the
same time well muscled. Jet black hair
curled slightly against his neck and around his ears, and his eyes…oh, those
eyes…cold, dark and dangerous as black ice on a frozen highway. He had copper-colored skin with sharply
defined black tattoos from elbow to wrist.
Not pretty colored tattoos, but inked midnight curved like pieces of a
puzzle. His jeans fit that impressive body,
as did the gun he wore openly in a shoulder holster over his T-shirt. There are places in the world where that
might be done, but this was Middle America. Most everyone owned a gun of some sort—they
usually kept it out of sight. He
obviously didn’t give a shit.
I’d
met men like him before—powerful, dangerous.
They were usually either lovers or enemies. The look on this one’s face said he didn’t
have love on his mind.
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Review:
I loved this book.
I’m not sure if I have read the first two books in the series, but they
definitely on my TBR list now. Such a
fun mythology to read. The originality and
unique voice in these books makes them a new favorite. I hope you will read them for yourself.
I give these books 4 out of 5 clouds.
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