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Upcoming new
series, starting in 2012
Curse of the Lost
Isle
From history shrouded in myths, emerge the tumultuous
lives of a post-Arthurian family of Magical Celtic
Ladies, who roamed the civilized world in search of
salvation from a curse. Wielding enchanted swords, they
stir in their wake passions, wars, and destruction. For
centuries they struggle for survival and acceptance in a
Christian world, fight the Viking hordes, found new
nations, build fortresses, send the first knights to the
Holy Land, give birth to kings, cities, and new
cultures.
Book I
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Book II
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Book III
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Book IV
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Book V
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Book VI
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Pagan Queen
806 AD
Set in Dumfries, on a medieval backdrop of
ancient fortresses, Viking raids, epic battles,
traditional feasts, enchanted swords, warrior
knights, and divining basins. Pressine of
Bretagne, born Fae and imbued with hereditary
gifts, is sent by the Goddess she worships, to
seduce King Elinas of Dumfries, and help him
unite the tribes of Alba against the Viking
invader. Head-strong and independent, Pressine
did not expect Elinas to awaken in her such
romantic feelings. He is noble, just and wise,
and very attractive for his thirty-seven years. But her Pagan
nature clashes with the religious fanaticism of
the king’s heir, who sees her as anathema.
Fighting the assaults of Charlemagne's bishops,
struggling for acceptance in an increasingly
Christian society, Pressine also seeks
redemption from a curse that could be her
undoing. Despite the dangers, for the love of
her king, she defies the Goddess by becoming
with child. But can her indomitable passion
overcome the Faery curse?
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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, daughter of Pressine,
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.
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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...
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Palatina
of
Mount Canigou
First Crusade 1096
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...
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 Meliora,
of the
Hawk Castle
Great
Armenia, during The Crusades
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.
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the famous and
infamous
Melusine of
Lusignan
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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