Kay Berrisford

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The world building in this book was absolutely excellent. The myths and lore that Ms Berrisford spun through out the story were worth reading alone. Melmoth Brien is deeply in debt so returns to his ancestral home which he hates deep in the Greenwood of England. When Brien arrives at his ruined home he finds that a young man named Scarlet has beaten him to the family jewels and other well hidden treasures and is about to set the estate ablaze. The year is 1817 yet this book does not read like a historical book but more like a fae story as almost all of it takes place in the Greenwood where time pretty much stands sill. Brien and his sister Jemima are the last of a long line of Protectors of the Greenwood but Brien does not want the duty and winds up being branded as a traitor. Scarlet and Brien have a lust/hate relationship going but Scarlet is unable to leave the Greenwood as it is his life force. The good versus evil theme runs heavily through the story and Scarlet is very caught up in it which makes his character interesting. The sex and the BDSM are hot enough to scorch your ereader and are tied to the story line. This book has it all from druid priestesses to talking spirit trees to murder. The characters are well developed and plot twists and turns abound but the HEA ending is spot on. I am looking to forward to book two in this well written series.… (mehr)

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This book was a bit of a let down after reading Bound For The Forest. It seems that this book should have come first. Herne the Hunter was given immortality and the ability to lead the Wild Hunt over fifteen hundred years ago by the goddess herself. Now he is mostly legend and woodsman living a lonely existence deep within the Greenwood. Tam is a young man from a village on the outskirts of the Greenwood who is about to become betrothed to a fairy maiden. Things go awry when Herne is called to the ritual and becomes betrothed to Tam instead. The betrothal must be consummated within five days or Tam will die. Tam, the fairies and Herne the Hunter do everything they can to find a way to break the betrothal but the answer evades them. Both Tam and Herne desire each other but Herne the Hunter is afraid of killing Tam by consummating their betrothal. Both Tam and Herne the Hunter were well developed characters and I liked both the exuberant Tam and the brooding Herne. The angst dragged out much too long for me which is why the rating is lower. The world building was pretty much in place so Ms Berrisford could have thrown more action into this story in my opinion. It would have been nice to know how most of the fairies were killed off because it was stated in book one that there were very few fairies left in the Greenwood. The plot twist at the end was interesting and made for the HEA ending most readers crave. I would still recommend this story if the reader has read book one but would not suggest the this book as a stand alone story.… (mehr)

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Christmas in Hawaii by Valynda King - 2,5 stars
Christmas Tree Magic by Amber Kell - 2,5 stars
Mistletoe and YouTube by Francis Gideon - 1,5 stars
Josh's Christmas Angel by A.T. Weaver - 1 star
Deefur and the Great Mistletoe Incident by RJ Scott - 2,5 stars
A Jaguar for Christmas by Caitlin Ricci - 2 stars
Christmas Reunion by AJ Henderson - 2,5 stars
Spiced Apple and Cinnamon by Meredith Russell - 2 stars
Ivy Park by Tom Alexander - 2,5 stars
Our Best Christmas by Gary Hendrickson - 2 stars
Two for Hooking by Christopher John - 2 stars
Once you go Black Friday by John Wiley - DNF
The Christmas Mansion by Hollis Shiloh - 2 stars
Love Delayed by Abigail Winters - 2,5 stars
Christmas Lightning by Diane Adams - 3 stars
Joyeux Noel by Aisling Mancy - 1,5 stars
Christmas Angel by Allan Jay - 1 star
Waiting for Snow by JC Wallace - 2 stars
Paid with a Full Moon by SA Garcia - 2 stars
Christmas Promise by Nicole Dennis - 2 stars
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