Equinox

by Katherine Kingston, Vonna Harper, Annie Windsor

Katherine Kingston, "Walpurgis Night"- England, 950 C.E.: On the night of the Equinox, all eligible adults must choose a partner to celebrate the night. Lovely, part-fey Fianna is both desired and feared. On the equinox, prudence dictates Fianna choose one of the young men who've been stalking her for an Equinox companion. But impulse guides her otherwise. Vonna Harper, "Night of Fire" - The virgin known as Maia steps from her time into the present to find Taurus, the man destined to protect her people from cruel invaders. But although he's blown away by the uninhibited young woman who throws herself at him during the excuse for seduction and merrymaking known as Beltane, Taron is very much a man of today with a business to save. A little roll in the hay is as far as it goes--or is it? One moment he's in his world, the next he's jumped through fire with Maia and into the past. Annie Windsor, "Handle with Care" - The women of Earth have a major problem: a genetic virus has all but eliminated men. Tia Belmont, director of Project SEARCH, spends late nights in her laboratory combing satellite grids for signs of intelligent response. As Eostre approaches, Earth's women practice the ways of the ancient Goddess, adding magic to the hard science of saving their world. But Tia Belmont doesn't believe in magic. Not until an artifact from her foremothers, an ancient ceremonial dagger, finds its way to her desk drawer. And not until that dagger helps Brok of Kaerad, First Priest of the People, answer SEARCH's long-ranging signal.in person.

Genres: Erotic Romance, Anthologies, Erotica

ebook

First published November 1, 2003

About the author

I’m really very ordinary, you know, so it’s hard to know what to say here. I’m a mom and a grandma. I do laundry and clean house (well, sometimes) and wash dishes like everyone else.

I grew up in New York (the city, that is) and moved to North Carolina some thirty years ago. I discovered books early and buried myself in them as much as possible as a child and a teenager. I still love sinking into a good book and getting swept away.

I’m an unabashed reader of genre books. I love mysteries, romance, science fiction and fantasy. Horror, not so much. I wrote my first short story at the age of ten, but I didn’t take up writing seriously until many years later.

I love the Medieval period and did a great deal of research into it while in college, even though it wasn’t my field. That’s why my historical erotic romances are set in that period.

I dream a lot, too, which makes writing the perfect vocation for me. How else can you claim to be working when you’re sitting in an armchair staring out the window?

Reviews

[Mandy Beyers · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable anthology, this includes stories set in the past, time-traveling past and present, and set in the future, all with a common theme set around spring ceremonies. In each story a couple comes together in unexpected circumstances. Very hot! My favorite of the three was the futuristic story by Annie Windsor, that included a mostly female society meeting a mostly male society and reminding each of what is different between the genders!