Journey to the quaint small town of Chancellor where fairy tales live, dreams come true, and happily-ever-after always reigns supreme. More than anything, I want to be part of his world.before it’s too late. I should leave him alone, but the curious mermaid in me can’t let that shiny bauble go. And Cooper seems to have secrets of his own. I have no business falling in love with a human. Nothing in this vast world has sparked my attention as much as him. He comes to the beach every day to paint the sunrise and sunset. I resigned myself to the fact that there’s nothing more for me. On the shore of Lake Erie, I spend my final days hunting beach glass, making jewelry, and waiting for my mermaid glamour to leave me. She is duty-bound to wed a powerful lord, if not the Prince himself however, she's not sure she can stop her heart when she meets Banquo, a gallant highlander and druid.Fans of Outlander and the Mists of Avalon will relish this sweeping Scottish Historical Fantasy that tells the tale of Gruoch, a woman struggling to escape her fate without blood on her hands.ĭive into this thrilling historical scottish fantasy romance by New York Times best-selling author Melanie Karsak.

Her encounters with the otherworld, however, suggest that magic runs stronger in Scotland than she ever imagined.Haunted by dreams of a raven-haired man she's never met, Gruoch soon feels her fate is not her own. Her father's untimely death, rumored to have been plotted by King Malcolm, leaves her future uncertain and stained by the prophecy that she will avenge her family line.Įscaping to one of the last strongholds of the old Celtic gods, Gruoch becomes an adept in arcane craft. Read Moreĭestined to become Queen of Scotland.Bound by blood to the Celtic gods.Scotland, 1026-Descendant of the line of MacAlpin, Gruoch should have been born into a life of ease. Lily soon finds herself at the heart of an ancient mystery which has her running from her past and chasing true love and the stars along the way. Lily’s lover, Lord Byron, encourages her to make the trip to Venice. What’s a girl to do? For Lily, the answer is easy: drink absinthe and smoke opium. To top it off, a harlequin fleeing from constables shoved a kaleidoscope down her pants, told her to fly to Venice, then threw himself from her airship tower. She just lost the London leg of the 1823 Airship Grand Prix. It all begins on one of the worst days of Lily’s life. Lily Stargazer, a loveable but reckless airship racer with a famous lover and shattered past, reluctantly plunges into a centuries-old mystery in a steampunk romantic adventure best described as Dan Brown meets Mary Shelley. Melanie Karsak's CHASING THE STAR GARDEN takes readers on a thrilling adventure from the gritty opium dens of gaslamp London to the gem-colored waters of the ancient world. An ancient treasure about to fall into the wrong hands.

An infamous poet living in self-imposed exile.

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