A smiling welcome to fellow author and online chum Daisy Banks. What a gorgeous cover! Do those eyes mesmerize or what?
A Happy New Year to you and your readers, Flossie. Thank you so much for hosting me and helping me celebrate the release of my new book To Eternity, the second book in the Timeless series.
I hope those of you who enjoyed meeting Magnus and Sian in Timeless will enjoy this next step in their story. I hope those of you meeting them for the first time in To Eternity will want to find out about their past in Timeless.
I am presently in the process of writing Out of Time, Book Three in the series and hope to have it completed this year.
I couldn’t have been more pleased when I discovered this book released on a full moon, and a moon traditionally know as the Wolf Moon. You can check the moon phase here. http://www.dacre.net/moon/moonphase.html
In the northern hemisphere January is one of our coldest months, not only cold, but although the year has turned there is little sign of the return of summer. Sometimes we have snow and ice to contend with. In our times this is uncomfortable and dangerous, it would have been much more so in times gone by, when food might be getting short, when the dark cold nights were long and people huddled around their small fires. In those times the howling of wolves in the night must have frightened people. And so the legends of the wolf grew in the winter shadows.
The next step was the creation of the Wolf-man or Werewolf stories. I studied some of them as I was writing Timeless and To Eternity. Some of the things that stuck with me was the pathos of the feared condition of the Werewolf as the beast and their awesome power. I hope you will find reference to both in Timeless and To Eternity.
I do hope you enjoy this little excerpt below.
Thanks for reading.
Xx
Daisy Banks
To Eternity-wild beneath the moon- Book Two in the Timeless Series.
Blurb:
For four centuries Magnus has lived according to the dictates of the moon, his heart isolated by the domination of his wolf nature. Now fate has brought the beautiful, independent Sian to his house at Darnwell and their irresistible attraction has exploded into a white-hot passion. Yet she is not wolf, and the time has come for her to embrace the change. But once she completes the ritual and claims her place next to Magnus, the rivals will appear on the horizon…
Excerpt:
The chapel proved as beautiful as he’d said. The exquisite stained glass captivated her. The delicacy the craftsmen of a distant age had created spoke of eternally relevant emotions, hopes, and fears.
“Are you ready to go?” she finally asked after they’d stood to admire the windows.
He took her hand in his to lead her out into the autumnal sunlight. She stretched her paces as he hurried her down the path. A fitful breeze swirled leaves, creating a flurry of shadow dancers in the afternoon light.
She breathed fast in the effort to match his swift long stride. “Is there a reason to hurry?”
“No, I wanted to wake myself up a little.” He slowed his steps. His eyes gleamed as he turned to her. “It’s good to taste the fresh air.”
A shiver raced down her spine. Somehow, his mood had changed. She fought off the desire to run, to sprint off toward the distant trees, offering him the challenge to catch her. The last time she’d felt like this they’d shared the kind of lovemaking she’d thought just fantasy. “Magnus?”
“No,” he replied. “I want you to see the trees. Once you have, we’ll talk about permanence.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. You know why.” His gaze fixed on hers. “Help me, please, don’t tease. It’s not a good idea, not today.”
She longed to roll with him in the bed of leaves, but the image in her mind closed under the shutter of his words. Another time. Another day. She focused on the trees, all of them beautiful in the last phase of this year’s leaf. “I’ve never seen such magnificent colors or such shapes.”
“These are probably the oldest oak trees in the grounds. They’ve had lots of time to grow in the way they wish.” Tucking her hand through the crook of his arm, he smiled. “Some of these are century’s old, one or two may be more ancient still.”
Looking up to his smile, she nodded. His need to feel a part of time should be fed. Perhaps she might find a way. Now he’d mentioned it, she’d work hard to try to arrange a visit to Egypt for them. He’d traveled in his youth and could again. Surely, in Egypt he’d have a sense of time greater than his own.
“Yes, that would be an adventure we both might enjoy.” He strode on beside her.
“You heard my thought?”
“Did I?”
“Yes, I didn’t say anything aloud, yet you answered me.”
He nodded. “I did tell you our link would deepen.”
“Yes.” She stifled the new rash of concerns this brought. “So you did.”
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Thanks for stopping by, Daisy! It was lovely to see you. Best of luck with your wonderful book.
Cheers & Happy Reading!
Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Fantasy Romance
Awesome excerpt! And Flossie is right, those eyes can mesmerize you on the spot.
Best of luck with your writing, Daisy!
I miss your Tarot posts.
Carmen
Thank you for you good wishes, Carmen. The tarot posts will reappear at the end of the month. I kind of dedicated most of January to To Eternity. I have some guest posts lined up and the usual, Tuesday Treats and tarot will be back.
Another wonderful excerpt, Daisy! And I quite agree that the howling of wolves must have been utterly terrifying in times when villagers huddled in their homes or around small fires. It’s no wonder the werewolf legend was born. And what a great legend to spin your series around! Wishing you the best!
Thank you, Mae. Thanks for commenting. I have enjoyed the research and the writing while working on Timeless and To Eternity. Out of Time is proving as much of a challenge but I am loving it.
Thank you so much for hosting, me. Flossie. I have enjoyed my visit with you. I hope to link up to the other groups you sent me information about soon. I’ve been swamped with Mom being in hospital and all the blogging going on too. Hopefully things will relax a little now.
I always enjoy having you visit, Daisy! Here’s hoping 2015 proceeds on a more even keel for all of us. Huge wishes for your mesmerizing wolf.