Obsessed with conducting time experiments, experiments
illegal in Druida, Dufleur Thyme has no time to think of
her HeartMate. She knows she has one, even though she's
quick to deny it to anyone who asks. Even though she
doesn't know who he is, she's certain he's identified her
and has stepped up his efforts to possess her.
Dufleur's HeartMate sent his HeartGift out into the
streets, literally, to find her. And with the help of her
traitorous cat, Fairyfoot, find her he did. Even as she
resists and denies him, he moves closer to claiming her.
She knows it and it frightens her. Her family has been
ruined and is still in disgrace following a terrible
accident that resulted in her father's death. All Dufleur
wants is to clear her family's name and practice her Flair
in the open. Instead, she's forced to keep her Flair
secret, like it's something shameful and not the wondrous,
magical thing she knows it to be.
Banished and denied his place in the family, Saille
T'Willow has finally come into his own. His MotherDam lies
in a cryonics tube, waiting to be revived and cured of her
disease, helpless to keep him from his rightful place as
GreatLord and Matchmaker. Many in Druida are happy to have
the troublesome, vicious woman remain comatose. Matchmaker!
How ironic that as successful and talented as Saille is,
he's unable to claim his own HeartMate. First she was
unlawfully hidden from him and now the woman refuses him,
her unknown HeartMate. To make matters worse, she knows and
hates his family for his grandmother's part in her father's
downfall.
But Saille is committed and he has Fairyfoot as an ally.
When Dufleur learns the identity of her HeartMate, she is
stunned. The Willows would be her last choice for an
alliance, even if she were thinking about bonding with her
HeartMate...which she isn't. Her GreatLord has learned to
be
patient. But Dufleur's pain is still fresh and she isn't
over her father's death, her mother's decline and the
destruction of her residence, as well as the shame and
gossip that followed, much of what came from Saille's
MotherDam. Some matches just aren't meant to be. And this
is Druida. There's family fighting, petty jealousies and
dangerous Flair at work everywhere. Sometimes it's all two
lovers can do just to survive, much less expect a happy
ending.
I look forward to my yearly holiday in Celta. It's always a
dangerous and fascinating trip -- so much to see and do, so
many old friends to revisit, so many Fams! Dufleur's Flair
is probably the most interesting of any I've encountered so
far. She's a complicated heroine. Her pain is fresh and
real and easy to understand. This is no "big
misunderstanding" between two silly lovers. Even though
I've already read HEART DANCE, I can't wait for July 3rd
when I can sell it, share it and talk about it with my
customers and friends.
DuFleur Thyme is a scientist who's secretly experimenting
with time. She'll allow no distractions from her work-not
even from a HeartMate. Meanwhile, Saille T'Willow has sent
his HeartGift out into the world in hopes of finding his
HeartMate, who, it turns out, is DuFleur. Still, DuFleur
wants nothing to do with Saille, especially when she
discovers that it was his grandmother who brought about her
father's ruin. Unfortunately, her body can't help but
submit to the passion he stirs in her. But when a scandal
threatens Saille's position as head of the family, will
DuFleur stand by his side?
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