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The Amethyst Amulets

Fantasy Faery Rose (Time Travel )

Rating: Spicy

Page Count: 368

Julie Summers, a teacher of medieval history, acquires a knight in shining armor, but not in her own time. When a magical amulet whisks her to thirteenth century England, she finds herself the pretend wife of a handsome baron. At first, she demands to be returned to her own century, but as time passes, she begins to fall deeply in love with him. Will she give up her twenty-first century life to remain in the past with Nicholas?

Baron Nicholas de Montclair thinks he needs help protecting his son from his evil brother-in-law. But when he brings Julie back to his time, he finds it’s a year earlier than he left and there’s no child to protect. He and Julie are forced to overcome sieges, abductions and pregnancy with the aid of the amethyst amulets. Then Julie is forced to return to the future. Has he lost forever the woman he’s come to love?

Reviewer: TheBookQueen
Review: Jan 5, 2010
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Time-Travel
Despite a promising enough beginning, The Amethyst Amulets only managed to leave me wanting something more than what it had to offer. Based upon the plot, which managed to peak my interest even before starting the book, I had high hopes for this novel. But although it was not a waste of time, nor a completely disaster, I was still disappointed long before the end of the novel. The fault lies not so much in

The Selkie and the Siren

Biologist Duncan MacDonald, a Scottish Selkie shapeshifter, is developing a strain of oil-immune fish to help his clan—the Shetland Island seals. When Carli MacLeod asks him to model for her magazine, he accepts because he needs mortgage money. As they spend time together, he falls in love with her. However, he must find a way to be completely human if he wants to follow his heart. Otherwise, he might be trapped in his seal form forever. Carli thinks she wants a career, not a man. Her magazine is her life until she meets Duncan. Although she is attracted to him, some strange nocturnal happenings at his laboratory pool cause her to wonder if he is a Selkie or a human? Will the answer to this destroy their love?

Reviewer: Lisa_
Review: Mar 27, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Sci-Fi / Fantasy Romance
In The Selkie and the Siren, Cillian Burns skillfully weaves Scottish lore with modern science and romance. A selkie is. Duncan MacDonald, a marine biologist, and his brother Alex, are selkies (seals who can transform into a human but also possesses telepathic ability with both humans and seals). Their research is secretly based on saving the fish for their native seal colony in Scotland. Everything is normal

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