In BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HEART PLACE, Daphne Forbes is
trying to get away from her druid father and mother who are
making her life miserable with their constant warring. She
has no druid powers, and just wants to have a normal life
as a CPA somewhere other than where they are. Spying on
her parents in a sacred grove, she accidentally catches a
cornerstone that was tossed. Minutes after the catch,
Daphne turns into a cat. It seems the cornerstone
contained Puca powers, and now, whenever emotional, she
turns into an
animal, and has no idea how to turn herself back.
Tremayne
is the guardian of the stone, and he advises Daphne she
needs to stay with him until she can control her powers.
She agrees, with reservations. She just wants to start her
new job in California and leave this mess alone. Tremayne
was a nature sprit, summoned by an ancient druid two thousand
years before to cage the magical half of a condemned puca
inside a sarcen stone, and his job now is to see that if
Daphne goes insane with the powers she now holds, she will
be eliminated. When Tremayne goes to sleep, she leaves and
heads to the airport so she can start her new life, but she
is mugged in the airport parking lot. Under stress, she
turns into a goat and scares the muggers off, and in a fit
of rage, tears up her car tires and luggage. When Tremayne
discovers her, he convinces her that she really needs to
get the puca powers under control before she takes off
again. The longer she and Tremayne are together, the more
attracted they are to each other. What follows is a
hilarious tale of love and magic that is so very
entertaining that I couldn't put the book down until it was
finished.
Daphne Forbes always knew the world was an odd place.
Unlike most CPAs, she grew up the daughter of a druid.
Unlike her father, she eschewed the supernatural. But magic
was coming to trip her up. In the form of an enchanted
cornerstone, it was set to knock Daphne's socks off--or at
least one of her shoes--and the rest of her clothes were
soon to follow.
Magic filled Daphne, empowered her, shifted her shape and
raged wild as a summer storm. Enter Tremayne. Whether the
tormented newcomer was truly her guardian or something more
sinister, one thing he wanted was clear. Daphne wanted him,
too. She had spent her whole life with control but little
power; this was just the opposite. She was suddenly between
a magic stone and...someplace harder. And we're not (just)
talking about Tremayne's abs.
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