"...a Drakewyck witch and a Clairmont knave will awaken me from my lonely grave..." so chants the lovely enchantress Morgana Fey as a sleeping spell is placed upon her, and she's silenced for more than 200 years. Her tormentors, Edward Drakewyck and Henry Clairmont, are frightened enough to record Morgana's curse to warn their descendents.
Lucinda Drakewyck is the latest in a long unbroken line of Drakewyck witches. Lucinda recently has been receiving visions of a terrifying future. Determined to learn more, she calls on her powers to reveal her fate more clearly. A man appears to her, wounded in body and spirit. He is to be her salvation and her lover, but at a great price to them both.
When Richard Clairmont comes into her life, Lucinda knows he's the man she's been waiting for. But convincing the skeptical Richard takes some doing. Richard has no patience for Lucinda and her wild stories of family curses, 200-year-old witches and true love-all ideas that are equally implausible to him. However, Lucinda knows time is of the essence. Morgana, now reawakened, grows strong. When her powers reach their zenith, will it be too late even for true love to save them?
I'm a big fan of Ms. Fobes first novel, Touch Not the Cat, and I really enjoyed this one too! The hero and heroine are likeable and believable. And the villain, so often in novels portrayed as one-dimensional and purely evil, is done very well. While she's always a threat to ALL the other characters, Morgana herself comes across with many facets to her personality. I wouldn't have minded seeing more of her! A definite keeper on my supernatural shelf.
Book Description
Brilliant new talent Tracy Fobes' first book, Touch Not the Cat, received overwhelming critical acclaim. "Ms. Fobes' debut is a stunning novel...clever, evocative, and magical," said Romantic Times. Her new book is as bewitching, a mesmerizing tale of magic -- and a love foretold centuries before....
Lucinda Drakewyck, one of a long line of Drakewyck witches, has foreseen her own death. Desperate for answers, she calls upon the magic in her cherished crystal dove, hoping for visions of the warrior whose love would first save her then destroy them both. When wounded Crimean cavalry officer Richard Clairmont walks into her secret forest glen, Lucinda recognizes him as her promised hero. Destiny has determined that only he can rescue her from a ghastly fate, and yet Lucinda fights the attraction between them, knowing if they love, both their lives are forfeit.
Richard Clairmont doesn't believe in love, magic, or even himself. A captain in Her Majesty's Eleventh Hussars, he charged into the mouth of Hell and returned scarred forever. But from the moment he meets Lucinda Drakewyck, sunshine enters his life, throwing light on the shadows in his heart and making him question the possibility of magic. Together, they must stand against a malevolent presence and test the true power of their love.
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