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This Dangerous Magic (Sonnet Books)

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In 1172, Malinda Brinlow becomes a favorite of Queen Eleanor of Aquitane. However, the impish Malinda, who has faery ancestry, foolishly turns herself invisible to spy on her Majesty. Knowing the trouble Malinda can get into especially with the Queen suspecting she is a witch, her parents send her home accompanied by mercenary Tarquin FitzBruel as her protector.

Tarquin and Malinda have had visions of each other and quickly fall in love. However, though she is a sorceress, he believes what his mother has told him since birth that he is a demon that no human or partial mortal could love. Tarquin has lived up to his mother's expectations, as violence is his sole companion. As war threatens to engulf them, his beloved must persuade Tarquin that his mother was the demon for her unkindness towards him because Malinda believes that she can only love someone with a pure soul.

THIS DANGEROUS MAGIC, the sequel to the delightful A FALCON'S HEART, continues the medieval sorceress tales with the story of the daughter of the debut novel's lead couple, who appear in this book too. The plot uses fantasy elements to add depth and intrigue to the twelfth century romance. Malinda behaves more like a modern day teen, as she is unable to heed the obvious advice of her mother until she meets her beloved. Tarquin is an interesting soul who is a classic example of the Pygmalion Effect having attained the level of humanity that his mother barraged into his head. Fans of medieval fantasy romance will enjoy Jayel Wylie's enchanting novel.

Harriet Klausner

Now this is SOME book. I don't usually like faery type books but this one is "GREAAAAAAT". I stayed up 'til 3:30 A.M. to finish it. Couldn't put it down. Tarquin was one of the persons I liked so much from the first book, "A Falcon's Heart". I would recommend this book to anyone that likes faery type books. It is also a sizzling romance. I am so looking forward to "Wicked Charms". Hope it is as good as this book.

I decided to read Jayel Wylie's second book as I loved her first novel "A Falcon's Heart". I did enjoy the story of Malinda and Tarquin. Their love for one another was endearing but did not give me the same feeling as I read "A Falcon's Heart". Alista and Will's story seemed to have more fire, more passion. I would have liked to have seen a little more of Druscilla and Raynard. But then again this was Malinda and Tarquin's tale. I guess by now you have figured out that I really loved the first book. Rarely do sequel's outshine the first installment in anything but this did come close. I was glad to see that the author gave us the chance to find out how Alista and Will turned out after two decades of marriage. The magic between them burned ever so
brightly even after all these years.

I did enjoy it and look forward to Ms. Wylie's next novel out in September. She writes beautiful romances.