Serenity [Kindle Edition]

D. Renee Bagby (Author)

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Product Description

Their uneasy alliance could lead to love-if the demon will allow it. A Gezane Universe Novel Melchior, King of the Bhresyas, is quickly growing tired of the war between his kind and the humans who view them as demons. He proposes a peace treaty with the most powerful human kingdom. His only stipulation? Once she comes of age, the human queen’s daughter must be his bride.

Serenity has spent her entire life preparing for her role at Melchior’s side. Other women might be frightened, but she embraces her destiny, knowing in her heart that she and Melchior have been twined together by fate.

While he wants cooperation between their two peoples, his union with Serenity cannot and should not lead to love. The more she tries to bring them together, the harder he pushes her away—until she lands in the arms of those who would do her harm.

Love is the answer. But before Melchior admits to his, it may be too late.

Author’s Warning: This title contains cursing, a sociopathic heroine, horny males and copious amounts of gratuitous violence.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 184 KB
• Print Length: 248 pages
• Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (March 25, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0016IXMFU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,921 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Renee is a military brat turned military wife who is currently stationed in Hawaii with her husband and two cats.

Whether writing as D. Renee Bagby or Zenobia Renquist, she is a world-builder. She loves inventing new cultures and shaping their histories and laws because it beats researching the existing ones.

Her stories span the fantasy gamut but she dabbles in sci-fi and contemporary from time to time. While her main characters tend to be of different races, she doesn't let skin color rule or limit her stories. For her, it's all about how much she can torture her characters so they earn their happily-ever-after ending.

The rules are all new and pre-conceived notions will slow you down, so when reading Renee's stories, she asks only one thing -- Leave Your Reality Behind.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining story. Not much romance, but some interesting relationships with heroine's guards., July 26, 2009

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Jane (Chicago, IL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Serenity (Gezane Universe Novels) (Paperback)

REVIEWER'S OPINION WITH HINTS OF SPOILERS:
If you're looking for a traditional romance novel with a guy to swoon over, you won't want this one. He is rude and insensitive. He demeans and humiliates her in public. He is married but takes a lover in front of his wife. He won't sleep with his wife, but he refuses to allow her to sleep with anyone else. He also refuses to see certain truths.

However, there are beautiful, romantic, loving and nonsexual relationships between Serenity and her guards. I enjoyed seeing how assassins came to kill Serenity and ended up being her teachers and guards. The guards were bhresyas (a type of demon - tall humans with horns). I enjoyed the name she gave to them, the Hell Hounds. The name was an insult to others of their race, but the guards were proud of it. I also enjoyed reading about Serenity and Lorcan, her guard dog/creature. I liked this story. It was different.

STORY BRIEF:
There had been war between the humans and the bhresyas. Melchior is king of the bhresyas. Rhiannon is queen of the humans. Rhiannon is pregnant with triplets (2 boys and 1 girl). As part of a peace treaty, Melchior wants the girl child to be his wife in 19 years. Rhiannon agrees. The child is named Serenity. Serenity spends her entire 19 years preparing to be Melchior's wife. She looks forward to it. There are many assassination attempts on Serenity's life by those wanting to restart the war. After they marry, she realizes that Melchior does not love her, respect her or want an heir with her. He plans to wait until she dies and then marry a bhresya woman to have children. Serenity is not allowed to do things she was prepared for and planning to do. She is not allowed to do other things that she wants to do. She is miserable, but she has her Hell Hounds who are with her at almost all times. The big questions are: What will happen with Serenity and Melchior? Will they stay together? Will they ever love each other?

DATA:
Story length: 236 pages. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: 1, six pages long. Setting: Cheslav and Nexeu, two kingdoms on an unspecified planet. Copyright: 2009. Genre: fantasy sci-fi romance.

OTHER BOOKS:
To date, I've read one other book by D. Renee Bagby. My 4.5 star review of "Adrienne" copyright 2008 was posted 7-26-09.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Serenity, July 8, 2008

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This review is from: Serenity (Kindle Edition)

Melchoir is King of the Bhresyas, a demon-looking group of humanoids, who come in many colors and with many different horn placements. They live longer than regular humans and he has tired of the wars that are taking place between his race and the humans on a constant basis. So he proposes a truce. To do this, the daughter of the Queen will become his bride upon her eighteenth birthday.

Serenity, the Queen's daughter, has spent her entire life preparing for her role as Melchoir's Queen. She has attended special classes to help her not only learn about ruling, but also about the history and ways of the Bhresyas people. Many might be frightened by this prospect, but Serenity has always embraced her future and is looking forward to it.

But Melchoir is convinced that his marriage should be in name only. He is convinced that his people will never truly accept her as their Queen and they definitely would not accept any of their offspring. This becomes a huge problem as Serenity has fallen in love with hum. In the end, will he push her away? Will their enemies take advantage of their separation? More importantly, will Mechoir admit his love before it is too late and all is lost?

Serenity was a very intriguing story and view of the author's newly created universe. In this realm, both humans and other species live and interact together. I thoroughly enjoyed D. Renee's writing and look forward to seeing more stories in this series in the future. There is humor as well as devotion and ultimately love in this story. The story intrigued me from the synopsis through the final pages. I kept wondering if Melchoir would stay a jerk or if he would finally see the real Serenity and his feelings. If you are a big fan of fantasy romances, then Serenity might just be the next book you want to pick up.

Tanya
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sequel to Be Written, August 10, 2011

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This review is from: Serenity (Gezane Universe Novels) (Paperback)

This was a very interesting book. I enjoyed it. Author is writting a sequel, for those of you that didn't think it had enough romance, Read Eris. She does not write a lot of every two page sex scenes but I can do without all of that. I like to read a good story about good characters. She does touch on the romantic side with taste.

Read Adrienne as well. Her concepts are so different in each book. You never get a same version rewritte with name changes. I think I will put her on my Author to buy list.