The ninth and final book in the Celtic Journeys series, GODDESS OF EIRE, will be a February 2006 release from Leisure LoveSpell.
Parlan has been tested and found worthy by the goddess Eriu to become High King of all Eire, the land which was named for her. But when he falls in love with Eriu and insists he will have no other as his queen, Parlan inadvertently brings down the Curse of the Black Dragon upon the land and upon its goddess.
Now he must have Eriu's help to find the four Sacred Artifacts left by the ancient gods so that he might defeat the Black Dragon. He insists that he will destroy the dragon and in doing so win Eriu as his queen, but Eriu warns him that no mortal man can love a goddess and survive.
GODDESS OF EIRE will be available in bookstores nationwide in February of 2006.
The eighth book
in the
Celtic Journeys series, DAUGHTER
OF
GOLD, is an October 2004 release from Leisure LoveSpell
and remains available in bookstores everywhere.
Niamh (neev) is a beautiful young woman traveling with her simple farm family to the Lughnasa Fair, the great summer gathering of five kingdoms. Everyone goes to the Fair to trade horses, compete in sports and games, and find partners for love and for marriage. Niamh, too, hopes to find a man to love and marry, but is determined to find the right one. She will ask him what three things a woman wants most from the man in her life, and will accept no man unless he can answer her riddle.
Bryan, a noble-born man of the Fianna, is at the Fair to prove his worth to become the next king -- but he has a rival for the kingship and their competition could prove deadly, for no bloodshed is allowed at the Fair on pain of death. Bryan and Niamh are soon drawn together, but Bryan is a man who does not want a permanent marriage -- except, perhaps, to get a queen when he becomes king -- and Niamh is sure she could never leave her forest home for the high solid walls of a king's fortress.
But when the wild, dangerous, and supernatural
creature called the puca begins
plaguing the Fair, Bryan and Niamh must work together to solve the
mystery of this terrifying beast. And when Bryan's rivalry for
the kingship ends in a death, his life will depend on his own courage,
his love for Niamh, and her ability to charm the monster known as the puca.
Janeen O'Kerry
4410 West Union Hills Drive #7-95
Glendale AZ 85308
EXTRA!SPIRIT OF THE MIST has been translated into Dutch!
Here is the beautiful cover art from the Dutch edition.
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ancient pagan festivals of Ireland and the modern holidays which many of us celebrate today.
I found this to be a fascinating topic and decided to take a look at
all eight of the Irish festivals in a line of novels called the "Celtic Journeys" series.
Each novel is either an historical or a time-travel romance focusing on one of the ancient festivals.
Each is a complete story in itself, so these books can be read and enjoyed in any order.
GODDESS OF EIRE DAUGHTER OF GOLD MAIDEN OF THE WINDS
Historical/Fantasy Romance Historical/Fantasy Romance Historical/Fantasy Romance
February 2006 October 2004 July 2003
KEEPER
OF THE LIGHT SPIRIT OF
THE MIST SISTER OF THE MOON
Historical/Fantasy
Romance
Historical/Fantasy
Romance
Historical/Fantasy Romance
January 2003
July
2002
December 2001
MISTRESS OF THE WATERS
QUEEN OF THE SUN
LADY OF FIRE
Time-Travel
Romance
Time-Travel
Romance
Time-Travel Romance
May
1999
July
1998
August 1996
My writing career began in 1984 when I sold the first of over 100 non-fiction articles written for the national and regional horse magazines. A few years later, a friend and I decided to try our hand at novels. We wrote three and sold the third one, APRIL'S CHRISTMAS, to Avalon Books in 1994.
My own first novel was LADY OF FIRE, a time-travel romance published by Leisure Books in 1996. I've always had a great interest in Ireland, history, horses and fantasy, and truly enjoy combining all these things in my novels.
free introductory offer!
I now live in beautiful Arizona with my family, my cat, and my five-gaited American Saddlebred pleasure horse . . . and I know that “home” is with the people you love, no matter where that may be.
E-mail your address to me and I'll be happy to send you autographed bookplates.
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DAUGHTER OF GOLD Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52584-4 October 2004
MAIDEN OF THE WINDS Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52534-8 July 2003
KEEPER OF THE LIGHT Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52528-3 January 2003
SPIRIT OF THE MIST Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52496-1 July 2002
SISTER OF THE MOON Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52466-X December 2001
MISTRESS OF THE WATERS Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52309-4 May 1999
QUEEN OF THE SUN Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52269-1 July 1998
LADY OF FIRE Leisure LoveSpell 0-505-52115-6 August 1996
APRIL'S CHRISTMAS Avalon Books 0-8034-9083-6 Nov 1994