HEIR OF DANGER completely took me by surprise. New to the
series I was not sure that I was going to like this book.
However, Alix Rickloff has captured a magnificent blend of
Angels & Demons with a little National Treasure. Throw in a
little Harry Potter and you may just have an idea of what
you are in store for! HEIR OF DANGER kept me on my seat
racing across countries and into the world of Mages, Other,
and Duinedon.
Elizabeth Fitzgerald was ready to be married again. Not that
she had been married before, oh no that one ended in
disaster before she walked down the aisle. This time she was
not marrying the man she loved, instead she was settling for
steadfast. There was nothing else that could be said about
Gordon Shaw. He didn't make her heart beat faster, he didn't
make her breathless, and he definitely was not Brendan
Douglas. Brendan, who had left her at the
altar, possibly killed his father, and was presumed dead.
Only he wasn't. Brendan has returned to Dun Eyre and
returned to Elizabeth to find a stone he left in her
possession years ago.
The one stone that had the power to save the world from a
man who was once his mentor and his friend, Maleodor. Once
they were each one of the Nine who had tampered with magic
far beyond their means. They had delved into the black magic
of the Unseelie and they had each paid for it with a piece
of their soul. All but two had paid with their lives.
Brendan had to live with his guilt for the rest of his life.
For he had betrayed not only his friends, but his family in
his quest at redemption. There would never been enough
redeeming for Brendan. He was left with only the hope that
possibly he could get the stone and keep it from Maleodor
before the mage unleashed Author and war upon the world of
man.
Elizabeth has once again escaped marriage, not by her choice
either time. This time she was kidnapped by the man who left
her at the altar the first time. Surely the fates were
laughing at her plight. Thrust into a world that she did not
fully understand Elizabeth is sure of only one thing... she
will stand beside Brendan no matter what crimes he is
accused of nor what crimes he has truly committed. After all
these years nothing has changed for Elizabeth her
heart is still set on one man and one man only. Brendan
Douglas be warned.
I was fascinated by the world that Rickloff created; the
characters each had their own depths to add to the story and
there was not one that didn't somehow belong. Rickloff
swept my imagination into places that it has never been
before making HEIR OF DANGER a true treasure to read.
After seven years outrunning enemies, friends, and his own
soul crushing memories, Brendan Douglas is risking
everything on a desperate mission. He has vowed to thwart
the evil mage Máelodor’s plans to unlock the past and
reshape the future; unfortunately, the precious treasure
that is his key to success lies with a woman Brendan jilted
seven years before.
A woman determined to find a life of her own . . .
When her golden-eyed childhood hero abandoned her at the
altar—disappearing in a storm of magic and mayhem,
destruction, betrayal, and disaster—Elisabeth Fitzgerald
struggled to put away her humiliation and loss. Finally, she
has found a new fiancé and a comfortable future. Then, the
one man she thought she would never see again appears—among
her wedding guests. Brendan Douglas has returned.
An inescapable destiny . . .
It’s not just that Elisabeth is promised to another; Brendan
knows he is drawing her into terrible danger. But he cannot
resist the bewitching, brave, wholly unexpected woman his
youthful nemesis has become. He promised to sacrifice
everything, but is he willing to sacrifice Elisabeth?
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