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Djinn #3
Enchantment
Sultry. Alluring. Tempting.
The woman in the New Orleans bar was pure sin and sex in a stunning package. And for once, hardworking, practical-minded Jack Montgomery let himself be charmed. He had sworn he would not let magic hold sway over him again, yet passion was another matter. But no sooner had he taken the beautiful stranger in his arms than he discovered his mistake: Lovely, dark-haired Leila was far more than exotic; she was a genie. When he kissed her, heat lightning flashed around them, the air sparkled with color and a whirlwind transported him out of this world. Literally. Trapped with Leila in the land of the Djinn, Jack would have to choose between the principles of science that had defined his life and something dangerously unpredictable and unsettling…
The woman in the New Orleans bar was pure sin and sex in a stunning package. And for once, hardworking, practical-minded Jack Montgomery let himself be charmed. He had sworn he would not let magic hold sway over him again, yet passion was another matter. But no sooner had he taken the beautiful stranger in his arms than he discovered his mistake: Lovely, dark-haired Leila was far more than exotic; she was a genie. When he kissed her, heat lightning flashed around them, the air sparkled with color and a whirlwind transported him out of this world. Literally. Trapped with Leila in the land of the Djinn, Jack would have to choose between the principles of science that had defined his life and something dangerously unpredictable and unsettling…
384 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2002
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About the author
Kathleen Nance
17 books27 followersI can't say that I'm one of those authors who announced to their mother at the age of six that they were going to be a writer. My first declared career choice was detective. I was reading Nancy Drew at the time, and half in love with Ned Nickerson. A distinct aversion to eminent bodily harm, however, made the career choice an impractical one.
The notion I could be a detective, though, came from a book. Books have always been a treasured companion, a source of knowledge, and a means to travel beyond my world and experience since I first discovered The Poky Little Puppy and The Little Engine That Could in Golden books. It wasn't a far hop from a love of reading to a love of creating my own stories as well.
When that practical streak (the one that steered me away from private detection) reared its head, I began a career in pharmacy. An admittedly varied career, for I've worked in just about every field of pharmacy except sales. My years of writing drug monographs, however, strengthened a heartfelt appreciation for the joys of fiction. When I became a stay-at-home mom, it seemed a perfect time to take the stories I'd been spinning and do something about putting the dream of getting published into practice.
I discovered creating characters and plot an irresistible challenge. Especially when it meant I got to live with djinn, elves, and meddling Greek gods. And I got to be the detective, the magician, the chef, the villain, hero, and heroine.
Five manuscripts and six years later, my first book, Wishes Come True, was published in 1998. Since then, my books have won a Golden Heart, a SARA Rising Star Grand Prize, the Holt Medallion, the Colorado Award of Excellence, the PRISM Award, and the National Reader's Choice Award and been a finalist RWA's RITA. After living for eighteen years in New Orleans, I've returned to my birth state of Michigan with a husband, three children, and two cats. Along with learning the ins and outs of empty nesting now that all three kids are in college, a commitment (again) to really sticking with an exercise program, and a home health care variation to the pharmacy career, I still find that creating characters and plot is an irresistible challenge.
Only, in my books, Ned and Nancy are all grown up and falling in love.
Kathleen (sourced from authors website)
The notion I could be a detective, though, came from a book. Books have always been a treasured companion, a source of knowledge, and a means to travel beyond my world and experience since I first discovered The Poky Little Puppy and The Little Engine That Could in Golden books. It wasn't a far hop from a love of reading to a love of creating my own stories as well.
When that practical streak (the one that steered me away from private detection) reared its head, I began a career in pharmacy. An admittedly varied career, for I've worked in just about every field of pharmacy except sales. My years of writing drug monographs, however, strengthened a heartfelt appreciation for the joys of fiction. When I became a stay-at-home mom, it seemed a perfect time to take the stories I'd been spinning and do something about putting the dream of getting published into practice.
I discovered creating characters and plot an irresistible challenge. Especially when it meant I got to live with djinn, elves, and meddling Greek gods. And I got to be the detective, the magician, the chef, the villain, hero, and heroine.
Five manuscripts and six years later, my first book, Wishes Come True, was published in 1998. Since then, my books have won a Golden Heart, a SARA Rising Star Grand Prize, the Holt Medallion, the Colorado Award of Excellence, the PRISM Award, and the National Reader's Choice Award and been a finalist RWA's RITA. After living for eighteen years in New Orleans, I've returned to my birth state of Michigan with a husband, three children, and two cats. Along with learning the ins and outs of empty nesting now that all three kids are in college, a commitment (again) to really sticking with an exercise program, and a home health care variation to the pharmacy career, I still find that creating characters and plot is an irresistible challenge.
Only, in my books, Ned and Nancy are all grown up and falling in love.
Kathleen (sourced from authors website)
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August 1, 2013
Ok, more of a 3.5 actually. Both the H and the h have issues with being controlled by others - she's a weak djinni, and he was a sickly child who was kidnapped at age 5. So he, brilliant scientist that he is, has come up with a talisman that negates djinn ma at. She has decided she wants a baby and because for whatever reason, it's easier for a djinn/human pairing to have them, she's decided on him.
She attempts to drag him back to Kaf and mostly succeeds but he activates his talisman which disrupts the whole thing and renders her powerless. Also inadvertently drops them in a particularly desolate area on Kaf where it takes 4 days of hiking in the burning desert to find civilization. Note to H - don't activate things like that when someone is teleporting you. It could spread your molecules all over the cosmos. Also, for a bright guy, you were pretty dumb there...
Many miles and blisters later, they reach civilization, he activates his toy a few more times, disrupting malicious magics and... they run into her friend. Only, her friend is a power hungry psycho who pulls an Emperor Palpatine and the h falls for it, shutting off the talisman and nearly getting the H killed.
Ok, so what bothers me is while I can understand that heroes should theoretically be the stronger partner, sometimes in the PNR world, that's just not possible. So why did the h have to be stripped of what little power she had? Oh, not the stripping for the duration of the nature walk as that provides a convenient method of making the H and h stick together. It's the permanent stripping that occurs at the end. I guess it's to conveniently allow her to live on earth (where she discovers she has a greater affinity to earth magic than typical Djinn magic anyway but still...
She attempts to drag him back to Kaf and mostly succeeds but he activates his talisman which disrupts the whole thing and renders her powerless. Also inadvertently drops them in a particularly desolate area on Kaf where it takes 4 days of hiking in the burning desert to find civilization. Note to H - don't activate things like that when someone is teleporting you. It could spread your molecules all over the cosmos. Also, for a bright guy, you were pretty dumb there...
Many miles and blisters later, they reach civilization, he activates his toy a few more times, disrupting malicious magics and... they run into her friend. Only, her friend is a power hungry psycho who pulls an Emperor Palpatine and the h falls for it, shutting off the talisman and nearly getting the H killed.
Ok, so what bothers me is while I can understand that heroes should theoretically be the stronger partner, sometimes in the PNR world, that's just not possible. So why did the h have to be stripped of what little power she had? Oh, not the stripping for the duration of the nature walk as that provides a convenient method of making the H and h stick together. It's the permanent stripping that occurs at the end. I guess it's to conveniently allow her to live on earth (where she discovers she has a greater affinity to earth magic than typical Djinn magic anyway but still...
March 4, 2017
Of the entire djinn series, this is the most forgettable. She's painted badly in the 2nd novel of the series and in this book she's pretty much TSTL most of the time. The Hero, Jack is really uptight and not a very good Hero in my opinion. Held my interest, but not a memorable book.
April 21, 2008
This book was totally wimpy. The guy is rigid and the girl was a flake. I really like Nance's newest book Phoenix Unrisen, but all the others have been a bust.
January 3, 2011
An enjoyable but forgettable. It had terrific moments but not a keeper.
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