Set in Strathclyde, at the turn of the Ninth Century.  On a medieval backdrop of ancient fortresses, Viking raids, epic battles, traditional feasts, enchanted swords, warrior knights, and divining basins, Pressine must seduce King Elinas of Strathclyde and make him High King to rally the tribes and fight off the Vikings. But Pressine's very nature clashes with the religious fanaticism of Charlemagne's bishops. Despite a hostile stepson and a curse, she will dare to love and defy the Goddess she worships. Her indomitable passion will alter the course of History, until she gives birth to triplet daughters, Melusine, Palatina, and Meliora. Then the curse strikes the kingdom...

 
 

Melusine

of Luxemburg

 963 AD

Set at the foundation of Luxembourg in 963. Battling the church and hiding the curse that makes her a serpent from the waist down one day each month, Melusine meets Sigefroid of Ardennes, a shrewd, ambitious knight, son of the Duke of Lorraine, who wants to carve himself a kingdom. To obey the Goddess, Melusine seduces him and becomes the very first Lady of Luxembourg. As Melusine struggles along her beloved count, she will build fortresses and cities and give birth to kings and emperors.  But destiny never relents, and when Sigefroid turns religious, her very survival is at stake.

 

 

 

Melusine
of Forez
1022 AD

Still afflicted by the serpent curse, Melusine haunts the wild hills and the springs of Forez, near the Burgundy border, on the road of pilgrims, troubadours and merchants. The gold in the rivers instills greed in the powerful, and many envy the rich pagan Lord of Forez, including his most trusted vassals and the Bishop of Lyons. And they'll stop at nothing to crush Melusine, whose deal with the devil (or so it is said) keeps her lover unscathed through battles. Under Melusine's protection, Forez and her Count will thrive for a while, but rumors of a mythical monster in the swamps, one with a woman's torso and a serpent's tail, will initiate a hunt...

Condemned to guard her father's treasure in a cave under Mount Canigou in Aragon at the French-Spanish border, Palatina waited centuries for a righteous knight of her own lineage to claim it for a noble cause. When Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lorraine, claims the treasure of his ancestors to finance the First Crusade, Palatina will follow him on the greatest adventure of all times and discover life's pleasures. But unknown to the crusaders, the pagan treasure is tainted, and the damnation of their eternal soul is at stake...

 

Meliora, exiled to the sanctuary of the Hawk Castle on Mount Ararat in Great Armenia, on the road to Jerusalem, is a healer and a lover by nature. Her curse, however, forbids her carnal love. In her recluse abode, with an enchanted hawk for companion, Meliora gives shelter to Saracens, Byzantine and Christian knights alike. When the knight of her heart is wounded, she falls to the curse and defies the Goddess to save him. With the wrath of the Goddess, tragedy will strike, and the consequences will change the course of the Crusades... and of Meliora's life.
 

Set in Poitou, Anjou, Bretagne, and Aquitaine, in the Twelfth Century. Melusine, still cursed to become a serpent from the waist down, now once a week, founds with young Raymondin of Forez the all-powerful family of Lusignan. Wise and knowledgeable, Melusine uses supernatural powers and political intrigue to establish, with her many sons and daughters, a network of royalty throughout Europe and the Middle East. But the church is watching, and when Raymondin becomes suspicious...

 

 

 

 

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