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World Gates #1
Not Quite Camelot
Book One of the World Gates series Angie Blanchard never felt that she fit in, preferring instead to lose herself in books and dreaming of the pageantry and passion of Camelot. But when she is magically transported to the kingdom of Nord D'Rae, instead of enjoying an idyllic world of knights and ladies, she finds herself a pawn in a deadly game of court politics. Escaping from the wizard who planned to sacrifice her for his rituals, Angie is forced to take refuge with the enigmatic Prince Reynart. But Reynart's own existence is precarious - despised by the courtiers for his bastard birth, he struggles to prove himself a loyal son to his tyrannical father. His task is made all the harder by the Queen who is determined that her son, Reynart's half-brother, should be the one to inherit their father's throne. Reynart has learned the folly of trusting anyone, and Angie is no exception. Convinced she is part of some nefarious plot, he offers her refuge in his private chambers so he can learn her secrets at his leisure. Won over by her innocent trust, he finds it increasingly difficult to keep up his guard. Slowly, distrust turns to understanding, and eventually to love.
194 pages, Paperback
First published May 25, 2005
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About the author
Jennifer Dunne
35 books8 followersJennifer Dunne wrote her first “book” at the age of four, telling the story of a lost little girl and the helpful elephant who leads her home. She was all set for a career in the literary arts, to begin in that far off misty future after kindergarten — then she discovered a book about “the new math” on the coffee table, and fell in love with numbers instead. After getting a degree in math followed by a masters degree in artificial intelligence, she joined IBM and devoted herself to doing neat things with computers, all the time continuing to write stories as a way of balancing so much logical brain activity.
She is the author of over a dozen novels and novellas spanning the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and romance. (She’s either a unique individual who is difficult to categorize, or easily bored – you decide.) Beyond that, there’s no point describing her hobbies or activities, since they’ll have changed by the time you read this. (Score one for “easily bored”.) She recently relocated to Colorado, to play the lead role in her very own love story, thankfully with fewer explosions, occult happenings, and dire situations than in her fiction. Although, there was that one time...
She is the author of over a dozen novels and novellas spanning the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and romance. (She’s either a unique individual who is difficult to categorize, or easily bored – you decide.) Beyond that, there’s no point describing her hobbies or activities, since they’ll have changed by the time you read this. (Score one for “easily bored”.) She recently relocated to Colorado, to play the lead role in her very own love story, thankfully with fewer explosions, occult happenings, and dire situations than in her fiction. Although, there was that one time...
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February 18, 2008
Jennifer Dunne, Not Quite Camelot (Cerridwen Press, 2005)
Angie Blanchard, high school student, doesn't seem to fit in too well in twenty-first-century America. So it's not a total disaster when she drops off for a nap in the back of the family station wagon one night and wakes up in Nord D'Rae, another world, and quickly finds herself under the care of Reynart, one of the crown prices of Nord D'Rae, and a looker to boot. Reynart seems as confused by her appearance as she is (though the reason for her sudden appearance in his realm is uncovered relatively quickly), but once he's convinced she's not a spy from another land, he notices she's quite the looker herself. Romance, etc. Problem is, all is not well in Nord D'Rae, as Reynart's wicked stepmother (yes, there's always a wicked stepmother, wot?) would rather see her own kid, Reynart's half-brother Alaric, on the throne when the current king shuffles off his mortal coil, and she's enlisted the somewhat shady mage Gervaise to help him succeed with as little mess as possible...
Pretty much every unanswered question I had at the end of this book could be explained away by this being the first book in a series. I wasn't entirely sure that was the case until I just looked. The second book has been released, but starts ten years after the first finishes, so now I'm wondering again. What's with the sister who just plain never shows up? I had thought it was setting up for book two, but once again it looks like a plot thread that just never went anywhere. Little things like this pop up now and again, and do detract somewhat from enjoying the book, but overall, it's another fun Dunne. Looking forward to book two. ***
Angie Blanchard, high school student, doesn't seem to fit in too well in twenty-first-century America. So it's not a total disaster when she drops off for a nap in the back of the family station wagon one night and wakes up in Nord D'Rae, another world, and quickly finds herself under the care of Reynart, one of the crown prices of Nord D'Rae, and a looker to boot. Reynart seems as confused by her appearance as she is (though the reason for her sudden appearance in his realm is uncovered relatively quickly), but once he's convinced she's not a spy from another land, he notices she's quite the looker herself. Romance, etc. Problem is, all is not well in Nord D'Rae, as Reynart's wicked stepmother (yes, there's always a wicked stepmother, wot?) would rather see her own kid, Reynart's half-brother Alaric, on the throne when the current king shuffles off his mortal coil, and she's enlisted the somewhat shady mage Gervaise to help him succeed with as little mess as possible...
Pretty much every unanswered question I had at the end of this book could be explained away by this being the first book in a series. I wasn't entirely sure that was the case until I just looked. The second book has been released, but starts ten years after the first finishes, so now I'm wondering again. What's with the sister who just plain never shows up? I had thought it was setting up for book two, but once again it looks like a plot thread that just never went anywhere. Little things like this pop up now and again, and do detract somewhat from enjoying the book, but overall, it's another fun Dunne. Looking forward to book two. ***
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