Courtly Masquerade [Kindle Edition]

Terry Spear (Author)

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Product Description

Arabella, Duchess of Foxmoor Castle, is given a mission by her cousin, Princess Lynet--make the prince she's betrothed to give up any notion of wedding her. But Arabella faces danger at every turn when she discovers her magical talents mean others believe her to be "The One" who will fulfill the prophecy to take down the most evil wizard of all time.

Arabella shouldn't have used her magic.

She shouldn't have given into her spoiled cousin.

She shouldn't have escaped Lord Conlan.

Or stolen from the Dark One.

But she did.

About the Author

Award-winning author of urban fantasy and medieval historical romantic suspense, HEART OF THE WOLF named in Publishers Weekly's BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR, NOR Reader Choice for BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

Terry Spear also writes true stories for adult and young adult audiences. She's a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and has an MBA from Monmouth University and a Bachelors in Business and Distinguished Military Graduate of West Texas A & M. She also creates award-winning teddy bears, Wilde & Woolly Bears, to include personalized bears designed to commemorate authors' books. When she's not writing or making bears, she's teaching online writing courses.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 182 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004VNMJN8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,000 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Award-winning author and creator of award-winning teddy bears who have found homes all over the world including Australia, Switzerland, China, and Russia, and a retired officer of the US Army Reserves, I love to plant trees and flowers and if I could, I'd turn all the deserts green. Time travels are my favorite read, although I love to read most anything, and the Bourne series, Romancing the Stone, Sixth Sense, Legend, The Princess Bride, Stardust, Inkheart, LOTR, and tons of other movies are my favorites.

I love to research, to make urban fantasy worlds real, to bring a little of the paranormal into our world. Even in "Winning the Highlander's Heart" the heroine feels she is cursed and she has second sight. But I try to do it in a way that feels real, and not fantasized. :) Currently, I'm working on the first of the new jaguar shifter series, but still am working on wolf book number 11, 12 and 13! So more hunky wolves to come! Dreaming of the Wolf was just released! Book 8 in the series.

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Lacking..., April 28, 2011

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Windi "book-a-holic" (Some where in the Mid-USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Courtly Masquerade (Kindle Edition)

This book lacks many things in my opinion. It has a good bases but it seems like a rough draft that you would send to your editor. It lacks depth in just about all its characters. I mean Arabella is told she is The One and is like okay. When in trouble she conveniently has people on her side or she "magically" knows the right magic. When told something for the first time she excepts it at face value and doesn't question it. (Making her seem a little naive to me.) Then the author decided that when she need to change locations in her book, Arabella would either be sick/hurt/knocked out and wake up in a totally new place. I would be worried if I was this character to open my eyes and see where I was. Then we get to the romance and really I didn't feel the attraction. The sparks that were attempted fizzled for the most part.

This one needs a major over haul before I would recommend it to people.

The reason I did give it 3 Stars is because it has a good base.