A Blanket of Bitter Frost
Philippa Grey-Gerou and Emery SanborneParanormal erotic romance
Available from Liquid Silver Books
ISBN: 978-1-59578-663-0
February 2010
| Dr. Graeme Sheperd is ancient studies professor at a small college, and a former wizard. He has a passion for words and his partner andfellow professor, Diana Glendower, watches in horror as his ability to write, speak, or understand those words in any form diminishes slowly but steadily. There is no medical explanation for his condition. An old flame shows up unexpectedly and suggests that Graeme's problem isn't physical, but rather magical. He should know: Peter Oberon is a wizard himself. As he and Diana look for the cause of Graeme's condition, it turns into a race against time when the condition begins to spread. As dark secrets and old hurts threaten to surface, evil reveals itself.
Fans of Philippa Grey-Gerou and Emery Sanborne's work know this book is the third in the Arcana Ancien series. I make it a point to NOT read a book from the middle of a series without having read the others that lead up to it. Wow, am I glad I made an exception because this was a terrific book! I couldn't resist reading it based on the premise: brilliant, educated, wizard/professor slowly loses ability to communicate via written or spoken word. He can't understand, and he can't explain. For those of us who love reading (and writing), that's our worst nightmare. His frustration is very clear. Diana's fear as she watches the man she loves fall into non-communication is palpable. This book stands on its own well enough, but much has happened before that shapes and colors this story. This is most clear when Peter Oberon appears on the scene. He has a history of some kind with Graeme and Diana, and an even longer one with Graeme. We're not exactly sure what that history is. I loved the sweep of this book. It's good versus evil wrapped in magic and tied up with one hot love story. I only hope the two previous books in the series are enough to keep me busy until the next book comes out.
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Reviewer: Pearle LeVenin |
