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King’s Daughter by M.A. Abraham – Review & Giveaway

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King’s Daughter by M.A. Abraham – Review & Giveaway

 

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King’s Daughter
Elven Chronicales series.- Book #6
by M.A. Abraham
Release Date: September 20, 2014

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A flicker of eye contact is all King Liessen needs to know he has met his Life Mate and he realizes he knows her, not personally but through prior missions they have completed together. The biggest surprise comes with the knowledge that she is Garoldth’s daughter. The second surprise comes when he finds she is waking emotions he thought himself incapable of feeling. In the past, he laughed at the possessiveness of male Life Mates, but he quickly realized they were mild in comparison and how close he wants to keep his.

Aredhel didn’t notice the Dark King Liessen standing beside Daroth. She has always held men in contempt, only willing to acknowledge them if they deserved it. So why is this male different? Why does he make her heart skip a beat whenever he comes near? She doesn’t have time for this. She needs to stay focused. She is on a mission and it doesn’t include an Elf with a bad reputation.

 

 

Review:

King’s Daughter by M.A. Abraham is the 6th book in her wonderful Elven Chronicles series. We knew from the last book that the rescue mission was on for King Garoldth’s brother being held a prisoner by Demons for over a thousand years. Garoldth’s daughter, Aredhel has already begun her own rescue, before Lothrariel, Rotheil and Eol, with the Elven warriors on their way. It is the Dark King Liessen who has been secretly following Aredhel from a distance, to protect her, as she is his Life Mate.

These demons are very powerful, wizards, who have captured and tortured the prisoner all these years. Just when Aredhel makes a rare mistake, and gets herself captured, Liessen has to reveal himself to save her. By then, Lothrariel and the others have come to help rescue both of them

What follows is an exciting adventure, with a lot of humor to lessen the tension. Aredhel has no interest in men, especially a lifemate. Liessen, at first forces his attentions on her, and despite her determination not to get involved, she finds herself attracted to him. Before we go to the exciting adventure, I do have to say I was not a fan of Liessen early on. They were in the midst of a dangerous war, and all he could think of was bedding his lifemate, forcing his attention on her. That did change a bit later, when Aredhel recognized that she is bonded to him. But early on he kind of annoyed me. Aredhel is a warrior, one Gabriel’s female elites, and though Liessen admired her, he wanted Aredhel to become his Queen, and not be the warrior she was. Another somewhat annoying macho attitude

The rescue attempt was very exciting, with lives on the line often. Besides Aredhel, Liessen being in danger, the other elven warriors, including  Lothrariell, Eol were also in deep in those dark caves. What the demons did to the prisoners was horrific. It will take all the power and magic of these Elves to hope to rescue the prisoner and survive.

During those tense moments, it was Eol who always made us laugh and lighten the moment. M.A. Abraham gives us a wonderful exciting and tense storyline that will require the survival of the fittest. This was a somewhat different type of story, and very well done. M.A. Abraham has an uncanny ability to blend humor in her stories that will make you laugh, even when you are in the midst of extreme intense situations. If you are reading the Elven Chronicles, you must read King’s Daughter, as it is one of the best, though a bit darker.

Reviewed by Barb

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Guardians of the Future by M.A. Abraham – Review & Giveaway

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Guardians of the Future by M.A. Abraham – Review & Giveaway

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Daroth is at wits end to know what to do to control a generation of children he believes is out of control. What is a King to do?

The rowdiness he can accept, but when it gets too far out of hand he hands over the training of their offspring to Gabriel. The children take to military training like ducks to water, but the parents find they are missing their babies. Their darlings are being drilled to fight, morning, noon and night and no longer smile. They need a chance to be children. Only Daroth can release them from his edict, and he won’t.

With Daroth showing signs of being stubborn, the women decide they are going to help their King reconsider his decision and he soon learns not to under-estimate the power of the bond between a mother and her children.

 

Review:

Guardians of the Future by M.A. Abraham is a welcome addition to her Elven Chronicles series.  I started this novella, knowing it was going to be a fun book to read, and I was not wrong.  We get to see most of our original lovable Elves, which is always fun, but the children had a major part of this story, and it was a blast to read.  It seemed like I had just started the book, when it was over.   This was a fast and perfect book to read, when you just need something to enjoy, with no stress factor at all and just plain fun.  M.A. Abraham has an uncanny knack, especially in her fun novellas to do just that.

I do have to say, it’s bad enough to have all these kings and their sons (thankfully most were not part of this story), and not know who was who. Well in Guardians of the Future, there are more children then Kings.  Lol  But surprisingly, I wasn’t confused at all. 

Having powerful parents, the children, with the oldest being 8 years old, are slowly coming into age where they are learning about their true powers.  But they are also children, and children like to have fun.  The adults find themselves looking over their shoulder quite often when they are quietly walking.  It is too dangerous to be complacent, as the children are always competing and racing around, not caring who is in the way. 

Daroth has had enough, and orders Gabriel to gather his men and train all the children what discipline is, as well as to respect their elders.  A few hundred children are then trained to prepare them how to act like warriors, and learn how to defend themselves.  With Daroth being very adamant about this training, it is the women who once again come forth with a plan to lighten up on the children and let them be what they are…children. 

This was a fun story from start to finish.  I enjoyed the games the children played, with the wolves and cats.  There was some danger and a near miss mid way that caused us a little worry, though we knew nothing could possibly happen.  You will need to read this book to know what I mean.  M.A. Abraham has a wonderful imagination.

The end was fun, as we watch how these children, when they grow up, are most certainly the Guardians of the Future.  Wonderful story!

Reviewed by Barb

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Second Anniversary Celebration: M.A.Abraham Giveaway package

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Today’s SECOND ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY prize package has been generously donated by the fantastic M.A.Abraham. M.A. is offering the Complete Set of her Elven Chronicles series in paper back.

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Return of the Legend

About the Book: The Elven world is evolving and Daroth is set to guide in a new era, but not as King of the Empire. With the Grey Elven King Ingwër, the Crown Prince Elrohir of the High Elven Kingdom, and King Garoldth at his side they are preparing to recall the Counsel of the Elves. It is a new beginning for their world and they have every intention of reclaiming the glory the Elven Empire had once enjoyed. Can they do it without the knowledge and talents their people once took for granted? Will the fates smile on the Empire and grant them their fondest wishes?

As Kingdoms begin to come together and they begin to rebuild the world as it was known before the wars the Empire reforms. New Life Mates are brought to light and the Elves begin to question how much has been lost through the millenniums and since the time of the ancients. There is no one who can answer the questions forming in their minds. The library of the ancients, which could give them all the information they need, has been lost and with it the knowledge it holds. Or is it?

A random discovery made in a pile of scrolls. Choices with unforeseen ramifications acted on in haste. It all comes to a head as the Elven world evolves, and a message from the past is carried from Garoldth’s Kingdom into the Elven Empire. It brings the words of an ancient warrior to the attention of the Kings who would rule the Empire. It is a missive from one Warrior King to another. There is no questioning whom the message is from. Only one held the name written within the scroll, and he was King of the Empire when the ancients were at the pinnacle of their power. A King meant to rule over Kings. In the history of the Elven people his name was and still is legend.

LOTHRARIEL, WARRIOR KING OF THE ELVEN EMPIRE

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M.A. Abraham has done it again with Return of the Legend, a fabulous story that joins all the leaders from each kingdom together to help bring the Elven Empire back to their original glory.  But it will take a legend from the past to put the pieces together.  It is an excellent and fun story, with almost everyone from previous books participating.  Though at times, I had no idea whom many of the sons belonged to which king. Lol  I do enjoy being able to spend each book with our heroes from the previous books, like Eden, Gabriel, Marious, Serinity, Daroth, Haylo, Tamarak, just to name a few.

All the Kings are still in Daroth’s kingdom, and shortly after scrolls are discovered in the Library of the Ancients, with some read to the Kings; they begin to notice that something has changed.  It seems the veil is dropping, causing deep concern.

Gabriel is the first to sense something coming through veil, and we meet someone from the past, Lothrariel, the Warrior King of the Elven Empire from long long ago.  But he is alive, and with his brother, they pass through the veil and join the Kings.  The story focuses on how Lothrariel wrote some of those scrolls to protect all from the then rising demon attacks.  Now that after all these years, the demons have for the most part been defeated, and he comes back to help rebuild the Elven Empire to what it once was.  Together, Lothariel will work with all the kings, but there are some issues that need resolution, including saving Garoldth’s brother being held prisoner for a thousand years by the demons.   The majority of the story revolves around the kings uniting together to share the knowledge to restore the lands to its previous glory, as well as coming up with a plan for rescue.

As is Abraham’s trademark, these books are lots of fun, as more of the young sons of the kings are finding their mates.  With the successful spell by Eden a couple of books ago, Daroth’s elves are all having children and the land is becoming more prosperous.   Each of the Kings want Eden, Tamarak to come to their lands to enact the spell, so their people will start producing children, which has been missing for years.

The story ends well, but also opens the door for Lothariel to be a main part of the next book in this series.   As I noted above, M.A. Abraham writes a wonderful light story of elves, with romance, action, and just plain fun.  Return of the Legend continues this trend.

Reviewed by Barb

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Lifemate To a King by M.A. Abraham – a Review and Giveaway

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Lifemate To a King by M.A. Abraham – a Review and Giveaway

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Life Mate to a King
Elven Chronicles #4
by M.A.Abraham
Release Date: July 24, 2013

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Garoldth is a warrior King or great stature, and he can have no vulnerability. With that in mind he has lived his life. Marriage is for convenience, to make sure he will have sons to follow in his footsteps. He has twelve sons, and all are warriors of great power. He rules his family as he does his people in this he must be firm. He loves his people, loves his family, but still he is alone. All of his life he has known nothing but war and strife. He is King Garoldth and he rules the lands beyond the portal.

Five hundred years before the wars across the boundary are brought to an end Tári meets an Elf who she recognized is her Life Mate. She knows their time is not now, for she has the sight. The call of the bond that declares them one, however, would not be denied. Despite knowing their love was not meant to be in this time they act on it, after, she disappears into the shielding rock caves of her land, refusing to speak the words they must to complete their bond. One hundred years later they meet again, and again the call of their souls to unite is too powerful to resist and they spend their time together in love. This time he can offer his love nothing, caught in an alliance not of his choosing. He is joined with another, one he does not love or want. To offer to take the one he does love to his world would be a great dishonor to her, as well as dangerous.

As Garoldth stands beside his peers on the day peace is brought to his land he sees a movement in the forest beyond. Is it his love, his Life Mate? Has she has come to him again? He is sure of it. He is quick to give chase, but she has disappeared once more. This time he will not be denied. He will seek her to the end of the world. This time he is free to offer her everything, body, soul, heart, mind. They can be one. She will be his Queen, and he will have no other. He will never be forced to live without his love again. This time he can offer her a safe haven, his home and his arms.


Review

Lifemate to a King is M.A. Abraham’s 4th novel in her wonderful Elven Chronicles series. 

If you have not started this series, you should begin with Gabriel, so that you can meet all the main characters, as Abraham introduces them.  She continues to get better and better in her storytelling with each book, and she has created such wonderful fun characters you come to care about. The amazing thing about her writing, is she makes them all feel like your own family.  You are invested in what happens to your favorites, and there many for me…Eden, Marious, Tamarak, Gabriel, King Daroth, Serenity, Haylo; just to name a few, and in Lifemate to a King, we can add Garoldth and Tari to our family.

In Lifemate to a King, we learn more about Garoldth and his relationship with his lifemate, Tari.  Because of his kingdom in the midst of long long war, Tari refused to commit totally to Garoldth, and he married someone else, having 12 sons.  We get to meet all the sons.  But centuries later, with his wife dead, and the end of the demon war, Garoldth is now free.  While his kingdom needs to rebuilt, he and all his people are staying in King Daroth’s portal.  Because of Daroth’s foresight, Garoldth and Lexior are sent to help some maidens.  It turns out they are two of his daughters that he did not know about.  Gilraen was happy to see her father, and she also has the sight.  But the other daughter, Aredhel, is a warrior and even if her mother was the one who kept this secret, she did not open her arms to her father.  But Aredhel is another story, as she is destined for someone else in a future book. 

What takes place thereafter is Garoldth, his sons and some of Daroth’s warriors make haste as Gilraen’s vision shows Tari in danger.  The focus of the story is when they discover a group of young female elves caged by slavers.  But something is not right, so they have to thread carefully to rescue the maidens. 

We will meet a few more Elven Kings from different kingdoms, one being the Grey Elves, who come to Daroth’s kingdom to find his two missing daughters.  This leads to an exciting last half of the book, with sides being taken, betrayals, a revolution in the making, and a possible war.  Do you want to know what happens?  Buy this book. 

What I loved about this book, was seeing all of our favorites again, especially Eden, who is still great, with special powers; Marious, who continues to be a riot; Gabriel, who is still the master general; Serenity and her White Dragon; and the rest of the family.

If I have to make one comment that I would have preferred, it would be the introduction of so many new characters at once.  I loved meeting Garoldth’s sons, but there were way too many to keep up with.  I got confused a few times as to who was who.  Then we meet the other Kings and their warriors.  It was just a bit hard to keep up with who belonged to who. However, I am sure Abraham is setting the stage for more wonderful characters in this fun and entertaining Elven world. 

Lifemate to a King is another wonderful addition to M.A. Abraham’s Elven Chronicles series.  As she continues this series, each book gets better, more intricate, filled with excitement, entertainment, and lots of humor.  If you love romance, fantasy, wonderful fun characters,and unique Elves, with different powers, then the Elven Chronicles is for you.  

Reviewed by Barb

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M.A. Abraham lives in a rural area of Canada, where she creates her Elven stories and is ruled by her sidekick, Snoop. She is attempting to control the Elves around her, but they are a bunch of party animals. Diabolically working to retake control of her life she is busy trying to marry the little troublemakers off and settle them in happy family units.

 

 

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Reading Order
Gabriel
Angel’s Haylo
The Price of Betrayal
Marious’ Story
Lociel’s Elite Guardian
King’s Champion
Celebration of Light
Life Mate to a King
Embracing the Light (December, 2013)
Return of the Legend (February, 2014)

 

 

Elven Chronicles Synopsis

Daroth, King of the Light Elves has seen a day when all Elves are once more united under one King, though he does not want to be the one who bears that responsibility.  The Demon Wars are over and it is time to begin to bring his people home and start restructuring the Elven Empire.  With his visions to guide him, Daroth begins by working on his own Kingdom, but things keep happening, nothing is running smoothly.

With peace comes the complication of living life, falling in love, securing bonds, raising children, rescuing other Kingdoms, and dealing with a growing power base that no one understands.  Where are all these new talents coming from?  How do they deal with them?  There are legends of Elves who once welded enormous power, but the Library of the Ancients that can answer all their questions has been lost for millenniums. 

Secrets abound in the Elven world that no one expects and even a seer as powerful as Daroth cannot begin to envision… walk with me through my world and I will tell you of things only whispered of throughout the realms.  Tales of Dragons and the Elves who ride into battle upon their backs, tales of hidden treasures lost and found, tales of love and beauty, tales of Kingdoms reunited in friendship and the brotherhood of the Elves, and tales of an Empire waiting to be reformed by the new world forged by the blood and visions of an ancient past still waiting to be found.

From out of the past a vision comes of a King, and a world where Elves are free and secure to raise their children in a time of peace.  Will it be as safe as they hope?  Or will their children be forced to relive the battles that made the Empire strong?  Only time will tell the tale.

 

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King’s Champion by M.A. Abraham – a Review

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King’s Champion by M.A. Abraham – a Review

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For over four thousand years he has been an Elf to command respect from warriors and Kings alike. He is Torrent, Kings Champion and one of the few to go fearlessly into the dangers beyond the portal to form a bond with the Elven Empire there. He is held in great honor there, friend to the King and his sons. He has been sent by the Light King to relay an offer of friendship and help to bring the wars there to an end, for the King has seen a day when the boundary between their worlds will fail.

Serenity has shrouded her life in mystery. None save the King knows what she is or what she has done, for she walks a path she would rather none know of. She is an Elf of great beauty and great talent and with one look of her silver blue eyes she has brought one of the greatest Elves her people have known to his knees, for they are Life Mates, and though he would charge into her life and take it over, she would only have him once he has come to learn her ways. Theirs is a battle of wills and learning to bend with the raging winds of fate.

Review:
King’s Champion by M.A. Abraham is the 3rd novel in her Elven Chronicles series.  This story revolves mostly around Torrent and Serenity, as they are this book’s lifemates, though every character we have loved from the start of this series, plays a major role in the story. 

As much as Torrent is the King’s Champion, and a worthy match for the magnificent Serenity, this book belongs mostly to her.   I loved most of the women of the Elven Chronicles, with Eden being my favorite. However in King’s Champion, Serenity rises up to match Eden as my favorite heroine. 

As the story begins, Daroth gives Serenity an assignment to meet with King Garoldth.  Torrent has already left for the portal to bring the villian of Marious Story, Brennor home to meet his fate.  They will eventually meet, but Serenity is on a private mission that even Torrent cannot know.  Torrent is very forceful in showing Serenity how he feels, and his determination to rule her to his way.  He has met his match in Serenity. Lol 

The main story though is to help King Garoldth, and his kingdom, which is in a different portal.  It is being destroyed by demons, and the female population is almost gone, having been captured and destroyed by the demons.   Daroth has offered his help to save Garoldth’s people, with his warriors, and the Dragon fleet.  Serenity is the major player, as she will handle bringing all the Dragon riders, and Dragons forth to fight and destroy the demons in Garoldth’s kingdom.  To ensure the elves from this kingdom are safe, Serenity informs them they must all leave through the portal, before the Dragons arrive for battle. 

Spells by Eden to help increase the population will cause some havoc, but this is a fun part of the story.  Seeing Serenity with her Dragon Riders, and mostly meeting the wonderful Dragons was great.  I loved Alleria, the White Dragon, who belonged to Serenity, and enjoyed reading about the Red, Black, Silver, & Gold Dragons.  For whatever reason, I was not a big fan of Torrent, who does not match Gabriel, Marious, Daroth, Larek as lifemates, but I adored Serenity.   It is wonderful to see all of our favorites again, and the storyline was fun, exciting and I enjoyed reading this book very much.   In King’s Champion, M.A. Abraham keeps the flow and fun going in this wonderful series.

Reviewed by Barb

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Celebration of Light by M.A. Abraham – a review

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Celebration of Light is a cute and fun Christmas short story by M.A. Abraham. This follows Abraham’s latest book Kings Champion, which is part of her Elven Chronicles series.   Below is the official description, followed by my review.

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Haylo has grown up in the human world where each year they celebrate the Christmas season. There is; however, no Christmas in the Elven world. Instead, the Elven females have decided to take the idea and change it into something for their own people. They are not about to tell their Life Mates and sweet hearts though. Keeping their plans secret is proving to be too much fun. The Elven male population can tell something is being plotted. Gabriel is sure of it, Eden is keeping secrets and it doesn’t take them long to figure out what is going on. Sevil confirms it. Watch how the season comes together, the planning, the games, the craftiness practiced, all in the name of bringing the Elves together for the Celebration of Light.

Review:

Having read the entire Elven Chronicles series thus far, I thought this would be a perfect read, as we all seem to be getting into the Christmas mood.  M.A. Abraham does not disappoint.  It was fun to meet up with all characters we have come to love from this series, and they were all there.  

Winter is here, end of year is coming, and we learn early that the men suspect their wives of plotting something, and they try everything to find out what they are up to.  From Gabriel, to Daroth, to Marious, Larek, they all try to get their lifemates to slip, to no avail.  The ladies are working together and they know their mates are trying to discover what they are planning. 

What are they planning?  Since Haylo grew up in the human world, she talked about how much fun Christmas was for children and for adults.  But the Elven world does not celebrate anything like this.  The ladies figure the men would stop them, so they plot to create a festivity for all, similar to the human Christmas but different, created more for the Elves.  They plot all the things they have to do:  the gifts, the food, the baking, the decorations.  Eventually the men do find out, through Sevil’s sneakiness.

But this is fun story, and they decide to help their mates, and they too go out to buy gifts.  It was fun as I said to see them together, to watch their camaraderie, the closeness of the ladies.  Rather then mention a spoiler, if you have not read Kings Champion, the ladies do have something else in common. 

There was one section that caused some grief, endangering one of them, but in any
Christmas story, all should and does turn out well.  They all come together in a Celebration of Light.   M.A. Abraham allows us to share some holiday fun time with her heroes and heroines.  This is a fun short story, in the Christmas spirit and a fast read. 

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Reviewed by Barb

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Marious’ Story by M.A. Abraham – a Review

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Marious is an Elven diplomat and a favorite of the Light Elven King Daroth. It was he who had been chosen to accompany his uncle Gabriel to gather their people to bring back home and now he has once more been chosen to escort his uncle and new life mate Eden to rescue the Sentinels in the Dark Elven King’s lands. Not all has gone well though and he is now being dispatched by the King to travel into the Wild Lands to bring back an Elven maiden that has been seen in visions helping the now very pregnant Eden in her task.

Tamarak has lived in the wild lands almost her entire life, she has been left alone to face the dangers of land and inhabitants and she has done well just to be able to survive. Where she goes her birds follows, her snow owl Elsa and those others that she calls to her aid in times of danger. She is wily and the prettiest little Elf Marious has ever seen outside of his homeland. She is also his soul mate, but she will need time, time to get used to the changes being brought out of her solitary life in the wild lands and in the midst of the Elven Empire. Time to accept that she no longer has to be alone, and he finds she is willing and eager to learn, though not with just anyone.

Review:
Marious’ Story by M.A. Abraham is the second book in her Elven Chronicles series. When we left off from Gabriel, the first book in the series, Marious had left to find the girl who talks to birds, as Eden needs her help to save the Sentinels in the land of the Dark Elves. 

We pick up in Marious’ Story, with him looking for the girl, Tamarak, with his travel companion Sevil, a dark elf.  Both have had a hard time, being attacked by a bear, birds, snakes, and Mariouis suspsected that it was Tamarak, who has an infinity with animals, who was behind the attacks, to make them leave her territory.  The attacks were not meant to harm them, more to annoy or scare them away.  When they finally capture her, Marious does all he can to keep Sevil away from Tamarak, as Marious knows right away she is his lifemate.  What ensues for a short period, is the trip back to the dark lands, that is somewhat similar to Gabriel bringing Eden back to his homeland.  Tamarak is sarcastic to both, and despite Marious sense of humor, she still tries to find ways to run away.  But because Sevil is not nice, and she recognizes that he is a dark elf, anytime he comes near her, Tamarak runs to Marious for safety.  

Once they return to the dark land, where Gabriel and Eden await them, she runs into her mother and uncle, whom she hasn’t seen in 500 years.  Her mother has changed, and Tamarak senses this.  But her uncle welcomes her with open arms, and such love.  But because she is a valued member of his family, he wants her to mate with one of the Dark Elfs.  Everytime they come to meet Tamarak, she runs to safety to Marious’s arms.  He is the one she feels free and safe with.  He is the one she knows in time is her lifemate.  Gabriel and Eden took a lot longer then this.  However, it isn’t easy for Tamarak or Marious, as Torrent, Tamarak’s uncle does not approve of Marious and is determined to keep them apart.

While in the Dark Lands, Tamarak works with Eden to bring in the birds to save the Sentinels, and Eden now needs to go back home, as she is due momentarily to give birth to triplets.  Of course, Tamarak goes with them, and so does Torrent.  It was nice to spend time with many of the characters from Gabriel, such as Eden, Gabriel, C’liandra, King Daroth,Haylo, as well as meet some new characters such as Torrent, Serenity.  The villain in this book is Prince Brennor. 

Once again, M.A. Abraham continues the story of the Elven Chronicles, and gives us another wonderful romance.  I loved Marious and Tamarak together; loved seeing Eden have her triplets; enjoyed Gabriel with his children, his nephew, and his strength to help fight off the oncoming evil villain that threatens Tamarak.  I totally loved learning about all the things Tamarak can do with the birds, how she can talk to them, and their protection and loyalty to her, as well as loving Elsa, the owl. 

M.A. Abraham takes us back to the world of Elves, but most importantly, she brings us back to a story that is fun, entertaining, and total pure romance.  I thoroughly enjoyed Marious’ Story.

Reviewed by Barb

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Angel’s Haylo by M.A. Abraham – a Review

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Angel’s Haylo by M.A. Abraham – a Review

Having read M.A. Abraham’s first book, Gabriel (Elven Chronicles), I quickly purchased Angel’s Haylo, which is a short story. Haylo, whom we met in Gabriel’s book, is Eden’s twin, and if you had read Gabriel, you know they did not find out about each other until they met in that story.  I loved Haylo, and wanted to learn more about her.

In Angel’s Haylo, we get to see how the twins were separated at birth, as well as learning all about Haylo’s upbringing. We get to meet her family, the grandmother who stole her, and how Haylo learns of her Elf abilities, and about her real elf family.  After reading Angel’s Haylo, we come away with a new insight as to why Haylo is the calm opposite of Eden. 

I really enjoyed reading this short story by M.A. Abraham. It was very well written, and it does answer anything we wanted to know about Haylo, that was not explained in Gabriel.  I can’t wait for the next book in the Elven Chronicles..Marious’ Story coming in August.

Reviewed by Barb

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