Tapestry (story collection)

To Kiss in the Shadows (Lynn Kurland)

Jason of Artane has his heart set on a noble quest - but his plans change when he meets a mysterious young woman who hides behind her tapestry frame yet manages to capture his heart.

An Interrupted Tapestry (Madeline Hunter)

A noblewoman beset by her brother's creditors offers a cherished tapestry to a man with more on his mind than settling her debts.

Dragonswan (Sherrilyn Kenyon)

A lovely scholar's dream of deciphering a mysterious tapestry comes true when she meets an enigmatic stranger.

Into the Dreaming (Karen Marie Moning)

A young woman mysteriously receives an ancient tapestry then is transported to medieval Scotland to break an evil spell cast by a wicked wizard.

Some of these stories had a good base but the authors failed to deliver in a way that kept my attention. I enjoyed To Kiss in the Shadows but was disappointed in the other stories. The authors had great ideas for their stories but I wont waist my time reading this one again.

Stardust of Yesterday (Lynn Kurland)

Genevieve Buchanan inherited a castle - and a ghost to go along with it. But Kendrick de Piaget was no typical ghost. He was a handsome and infuriatingly arrogant thirteenth-century knight. At first he wanted to frighten Genevieve, though she was more charmed than scared by his ghostly tricks. But when his thoughts turned to wooing her instead, Genevieve had to face her greatest fear: falling in love.

This is a beautifully written love story about a castle, a girl and a ghost. A great book to lift the spirits for the romantically inclined!

I highly recommend this one.

Mortal Danger ; Night Season (Eileen Wilks)

Mortal Danger (book 2 of World of Lupi Series)

Former homicide cop Lily Yu has a lot on her plate. There's her sister's wedding, a missing magical staff with unknown powers, and her grandmother's sudden decision to visit the old country just when Lily coul use a little advice. Maybe she should turn to the man she's involved with, but for all the passion tht flares between them, she doesn't really know Rule Turner. Yet she's tied to him for life, both of them caught in an unbeakable mate bond.

That Rule is a werewolf, a prince of his people, only complicates matters...

Now an agent in a special unit of the FBI's Magical Crimes Division, Lily's job is to hunt down Harlowe, a charismatic cut leader bent on bringing an ancient evil into the world. But what Lily doesn't realize is that Harlowe has set a trap- for her. And then the unthinkable happens.

In the blink of an eye, Lily's world divides and collides, and she is thrust into a new and frightening reality. Her only hope will be to trust Rule - and herself- or Lily will be lost forever...

This story is more paranormal than romance which is fine. The relationship between Rule & Lily is already set...they're just trying to get used to it.

The whole "split Lily" thing was a bit of a stretch for me. It made for an interesting story.

Night Season (book 4)

Pregnancy has turned FBI Agent Cynna Weaver's whole life upside down. Lupus sorcerer Cullen Seabourne is thrilled to be a father, but what does Cynna know about kids? Her mother was a drunk and her father abandoned his family. Or so she's always believed...

As Cynna is trying to wrap her head around this problem, a new one pops up in the form of a delegation from another realm. They want to take Cynna and Cullen back with them - to meet her long-lost father and find a mysterious medallion. But when these two born cynics land in a world where magic is commonplace and night never ends, their only way home lies in tracking down the missing medallion - one also sought by powerful beings who will do anything to claim it...

This story had a good combination of romance and intrigue. Lots of deception and soul searching.

Not a bad read. Love the relationship between Cynna and Cullen.

(both R)

Tempting Danger (Eileen Wilks)

Lily Yu is a San Diego police detective investigating a series of grisly murders that appear to be the work of a werewolf. To hunt down the killer, she must infiltrate the clans. Only one man can help her - a werewolf named Rule Turner, a prince of the lupi, whose charismatic presence disturbs Lily. Rule has his own reasons for helping the investigation - reasons he doesn't want to share with Lily. Logic and honor demand she keep her distance, but the attraction between them is immediate and devastating - and beyond human reason. Now in a race to fend off evil, Lily finds herself in uncharted territory, tested as never before, and, at her back, a man she's not sure she can trust...

A good beginning for the World of the Lupi series.

(R)

Blood Lines (Eileen Wilks)

Touch-sensitive FBI agent Lily Yu and her werewolf bond-mate are recruited by the Secret Service to help identify elected officials who have accepted demonic pacts. But Lily must turn to fellow agent Cynna Weaver for help when Cynna's former teacher, a demon master, emerges as the main suspect behind the pacts.

After a demon commit a gruesome murder, sorcerer Cullen Seabourne joins the team racing the clock to find the apprentice of evil who uses demons to kill. Cynna and Cullen must work together- a challenge indeed when each has good reason to ignore the desire simmering between them. But passion and events both spiral out of control as an ancient prophecy is fulfilled - and the lupi's greatest enemy sets her sights on total devastation...

This is book 3 in the World of the Lupi series by Eileen Wilks. It is a good stand alone novel but I am planning on readin the first 2 and the 4th and 5th.

This is a good Fantasy story with some romance weaved in. It has a lot of good, didnt see that coming moments.

If you're curious about the tattoos on the cover...that's where Cynna holds the power to her spells.

(soft R)

Imminent Thunder (Rachel Lee)

The secluded old house on the edge of town, shrouded by ancient oaks and Spanish moss, seemed like the perfect place for Honor Nightingale to make a fresh start, to find the peace she had never known. But then the voices came, voices from somewhere beyond the edge of reason, whispering of unspeakable horrors.

One man, and one man alone, believed her nightmare was real - her enigmatic neighbor, Ian McLaren. Strange and compelling, he had clearly seen far too much of the dark side, and it had marked him forever. And yet she found herself hungering for him, even as the voices - and her fragile heart - whispered to her to flee...

This was a definite change for me.

You know that feeling when you were a kid and you were afraid to get out of bed because there was something under it...I had that creepy feeling through most of this book. I stayed up to an insane hour reading this because I didnt want to go to sleep with that kind of feeling still lingering.

(R)

Veils Of Time (Story Collection)

And the Groom Wore Tulle (Lynn Kurland)

A Scottish nobleman drifts off to sleep in a fourteenth-century dungeon, only to awaken in a twentieth-century Manhattan bridal salon, and the arms of a beautiful designer.

This book was also in Love Came Just In Time. I enjoyed the story of Ian, a medieval Scottish warrior and fabled lover, who finds he's spoiled one virgin too many and winds up in the dungeon of his worst enemy. Thinking he is going to die, he wishes he could have found the way to the future and his cousin and ends up finding the one woman he can be faithful to.

I love how Jane isnt some drop-dead-gorgeous-model-type yet she's the one that gets the guy.

The Con and the Crusader (Maggie Shayne)

Fleeing thugs, con man Jack McCain jumps into a well - and into the past. Mistaken for a criminal, he's headed for prison, until he's freed - with a wedding proposal. The widow Hawkins marries him to get help for her farm, but the attraction between them makes Jack wish he'd never escape this sweet captivity.

I personally felt the story was too short but that just tells you how much I liked it.

A Bride Most Common (Angie Ray)

A time machine hurtled Lucy Taylor back in time to Regency England - and into the middle of a wedding to a dashing gentleman. Could she change history to save her future, without falling in love with her handsome new husband?

Very sweet story!

Conyn's Bride (Ingrid Weaver)

On the evening of her wedding, museum curator Alanna Moore is cataloguing antiquities, when suddenly a Celtic warrior appears - claiming to be her long-lost betrothed.

I fell hard for Conyn in this one! He's just so cute and patient.