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Review: Bride of Fae by LK Rigel
A love more powerful than magic or time.
Beverly Bratton has a safe, mundane life. No drama. No magic. Since her parents died, she’s cared for her little sister Marion and worked at the Tragic Fall Inn. When a fairy’s charm sends Beverly a hundred years into the past-and into the path of a banished fairy prince-nothing will ever be mundane or safe again.
The regent of the Dumnos fae is turning the court from light to dark, and there’s nothing the rightful king, Prince Dandelion, can do about it. The mystical coronation cup which he needs to become king has fallen into human hands. When he meets a human woman with access to the cup, everything changes. Beverly is fascinating as well as useful-but of course Dandelion doesn’t love her.
Love for a fairy is rare. Love with a human, impossible. But when Beverly and Dandelion are thrown together in a battle against both wyrd and fae, they learn that in Dumnos the impossible happens every day.
This is the second book in LK Rigel’s the Tethers series
- Publisher: Beastie Press (July 23, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- ASIN: B008OJ8D9O
- My Copy: ARC provided by author
Ms Rigel has created characters that are so realistic: the fae were beautiful but flawed, the humans weren’t perfect, the goblins were the misunderstood “lower class”. The world building was wonderful. The political scheming, the plotting, and the twists were all very well done.I would have appreciated seeing what happened while Beverly was with Elyse, I really felt cheated with the quick wrap up. However, that may be because I didn’t read the first one in this series. None of this stopped me from really enjoying this book and I will be reading the first book, Give Me very soon!
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Bleeder by LK Rigel (Excerpt + GIVEAWAY)
[Mallory tries to channel her feelings for Edmund into lust, which is permitted. This proves difficult!]
Lust wasn’t big enough. Some feelings refused to be reshaped or channeled into mere desire. Gratitude and admiration and delight made Mal want to give, not receive. She was on dangerous ground. She’d been on dangerous ground since she’d come to Allel.
Edmund lifted her chin and looked into her eyes. He seemed about to ask her something, and she stopped him with a kiss.
I am so happy to be here, she wished she could whisper.
Thank you for saving me, she longed to say.
But Edmund had had no thoughts of saving her or making her happy. He’d made it clear: he’d bid on her because she was a bargain. He’d be relieved when she was gone and he wouldn’t have to worry about keeping her safe. The best way to show her gratitude was to stay on track and follow the rules.
So she kissed him and teased him with her tongue, running it over his lips. She ran her fingers up the back of his neck and through his hair.
He murmured his enjoyment and opened her robe, his hands welcome on her bare skin as he pressed her body to his. She arched her back so the robe fell away. She was naked in his arms. Like a chivalrous knight in the old stories, he lifted her hand to his lips and touched the gold bracelet.
“I was honored you wore this tonight.” His voice was serious but gentle – and quiet. He wasn’t going to make this into a performance for the observers.
Ordinarily, she would undress him playfully, but he wasn’t in that sort of mood. She said, “I think of Allel when I wear it.” And of you.
He lifted her chin and looked at her doubtfully. Hesitation made him seem vulnerable, and her heart cracked opened a little further. Such very dangerous ground.
“Tonight you made a gift to Jannes.” He pulled off his tunic and laid it on the valet. His physique was as magnificent as she had fantasized. Elegant. That was the word. Not so huge to be grotesque, like a certain king of a certain filthy city of the middle northern hemisphere.
Great gods, Mal, don’t let that monster into your mind.
“A gift? Oh, no.” She could feel the Nights straining to hear from behind the gauze curtains. “That was a small subterfuge on my part. I acted as Counselor’s proxy.”
It was nothing, being observed. The practice was first started to certify that the king and brood queen had actually done the deed, to ensure no tricks were used to cover up undisclosed infertility. These days the ladies were there to ritualize the act and represent society’s interests. In a way, they legitimized the commercial aspect of the transaction.
Edmund loosened his pants. “Counselor?” He really didn’t know.
Mal put her hands around his waist and kissed his bare chest. She moved down, licking and tasting his skin, and sank to her knees. She reached up and eased his pants over his hips and down. He stepped out, and she cast them aside.
He was so beautiful. She rose to her feet, running her hands over his thighs, up his sides. He was ready for her now. She remembered how well they fit together. It might be nice to just climb on for a quick ride and then have another more leisurely go. She took told of him, and he grew larger and harder.
She stood up on her toes. “Counselor and Jannes are in love.”
“Never!”
Mal backed away, her body fleeing the violence in his response before her mind could process that Edmund was angry.
“But, if she loves him …”
“She has no right.” He glanced at the curtains and again lowered his voice. “We have obligations. She’s Allel’s counselor, as I’m Allel’s king. We’re not allowed the luxury of …” He wouldn’t look at her. “You better than anyone should understand.”
Of course. He was right. What had she done?
“I didn’t think.”
“Obviously.” She tried a cleansing breath, but it didn’t work. She felt miserable.
She saw it now. Edmund had the discipline to refrain from ever loving anybody – from loving anything but Allel. It was the obligation that came with the privilege of rank. He expected the same strength and sacrifice from everyone so high on the Great Chain.
“When we’ve … when this contract is complete, you’ll take a wife.”
“Yes, to provide Allel with a queen and to give the future king and counselor a proper mother.”
“Will Counselor be allowed to follow her heart then? Or is she to be your slave all her life, without even a dog to love?”
“You go too far. Counselor knows her duty.”
“And do you know yours?” This wasn’t how Mal had wanted this night to go.
“I’ll show you duty.” He swept her into his arms, ignoring the gasps from behind the curtains. He scoffed. “You’re heavier than you look.”
“Muscle weighs more than fat.”
LK Rigel Author Bio:
LK Rigel lives in California with her cat, Coleridge. She was once a singing waitress, scored the independent science fantasy karate movie Lucid Dreams, and was a reporter for the Sacramento Rock ‘N Roll News. Her BA is in humanities and religious studies. Her work has appeared in Literary Mama and Tattoo Highway. Her short story “Slurp” will appear in Anne Frasier’s 2011 Halloween anthology Deadly Treats published by Nodin Press.
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Review: Hero Material by LK Rigel
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B0041T59IY FTC Disclosure: The book was provided by the author for review
Hero Material (formerly Space Junque) is a novella, about 28,000 words or 112 pages.The DOGs want to destroy the world. The gods want to make a new one. The trick is to survive both.
The world is on the brink of ecological cataclysm set off by the Oil Spill of 2010 and the Great Sea Level Rise of 2070. Hydroponics agronomist Char Meadowlark has become a recluse since her fiance was killed by a terrorist bomb and her twin sister Sky went underground to protect a top secret alternative energy project. Warned about an impending eco-terrorist attack, Char tries to get off planet, but the Defenders of Gaia strike while she’s at the airport. Shuttle pilot Jake Ardri might offer her only hope.
I’m not normally into Sci-Fi type books. Or movies. Or… anything really (or books that just happen to take place in space). Ok, Star Wars and Star Trek: The Next Generation are exceptions to that rule. But can you really pass up either of those? Yeah, me neither.
So, when LK Rigel contacted me to review her book, my first thought was “Nuh-uh”. But then I read the blurb and thought “Hmm, this sounds interesting. And maybe it’s time to expand my horizons a bit…”
Hero Material pulled me in from the get-go and held me there until the very end. There’s drama, some intrigue, and characters I ended up caring very much for.
Char is called up to the space station by her sister’s fiancé. She’s to be moved off earth immediately. Because we didn’t get any details as to why she’s being moved off earth NOW and there’s no time to go through the proper channels, it piqued the hell out of my interest. Let’s face it: I’m a nosy bitch and I wanna know everything about everything.
The chemistry between Char and Jake is instantaneous and doesn’t stop. I was rooting for them from minute one.
I did see one plot twist coming, but I didn’t see another part of that twist, which was a very pleasant surprise. Not the twist, because that part was actually kinda sad, but the part about me not seeing it coming. I hate being able to predict a book & LOVE when a book can keep me on my toes.
I’ve received the sequel to Hero Material, and I’m sorely tempted to skip through my requests list to read it. I guess I’d better get on top of reading more before I give into temptation!
Rating: 4 meows
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