Damien's Destiny
Jean Hart StewartParanormal romance
Available from Cerridwen Press
ISBN: 9781419921636
June 2009
| As a fifteen year old girl Victoria Carlisle lost her parents and is brutally raped by her guardian. Trying to kill herself ,she comes to the attention of Damien Townsend, Earl of Sinclair, a descendent of the famous mage, Merlin. In a vision he sees Toria as part of his destiny. If only he can protect her from her evil guardian and from his own growing feelings for her. The Baron of Heath who attacked her is a man who won't take no for an answer. Damien is hard pressed to protect her when so many things and people call for his protection and help.
Jean Hart Stewart starts a new series about Mages that promises to be as fascinating and well crafted as the previous series about Druids. Her characters always show a depth of humanity and strength that gives us some powerful role models, both in the heroes and the heroines. Damien, Toria, Raphael, Jason, and Damien's sister Debora are no exception. No matter what the pain they go through they refuse to give in to baser desires and become like the villains in the tale. Sometimes they need a little help to be as good as they want to be but that doesn't make us think less of them. Through it all Ms. Stewart weaves bits of history to help the times come alive for us. Her word power in building pictures of the characters and the places is exceptional. If someone is a villain it's easy to see the nasty look in their eye as she paints a vivid picture of them. The beauty of the castle, the lands around them as they travel, are easy to visualize. Ms Stewart continues to give me books that have a sense of rightness about them. A belief that the characters deserve the good that may come to them or the bad depending in the outcome they earn with their behavior. I can't wait for the next one in this series.
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Reviewer: Dee Dailey |
