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Olympus #3
The Seeker
HIDE
Stuck with her sister’s two sets of teenage twins and a magic show about to go on tour, Dia Trelawny needed help fast. Her irresponsible sibling had disappeared as inexplicably as a rabbit in a hat, but Dia had learned of a man who specialized in finding missing persons, no matter how lost.
AND SEEK
Hug Pendragon’s piercing green eyes appeared to look right into Dia’s soul, reading her anxiety about her sister, her unexpected attraction to him. Dark and mysterious, he seemed a creature of moonbeams and nighttime, while she lived in the spotlight. But as he drew her into his web of seduction, she wondered which of them was the true magician. She might be a mistress of illusion, but Hugh had performed real magic in bringing her heart back from the dead.
Stuck with her sister’s two sets of teenage twins and a magic show about to go on tour, Dia Trelawny needed help fast. Her irresponsible sibling had disappeared as inexplicably as a rabbit in a hat, but Dia had learned of a man who specialized in finding missing persons, no matter how lost.
AND SEEK
Hug Pendragon’s piercing green eyes appeared to look right into Dia’s soul, reading her anxiety about her sister, her unexpected attraction to him. Dark and mysterious, he seemed a creature of moonbeams and nighttime, while she lived in the spotlight. But as he drew her into his web of seduction, she wondered which of them was the true magician. She might be a mistress of illusion, but Hugh had performed real magic in bringing her heart back from the dead.
390 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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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January 12, 2023
A talented magician who is driven by ambition and a desire to be the best, the heroine has no time for dating, or marriage or kids. She dedicated to her career-a free spirit who travels the country, a woman without any ties holding her down. Then her sister runs off to some god forsaken jungle leaving her 4 kids with the heroine. Having zero clue as to how to deal with teenagers, she instead tries to hire a private detective to track her sister down and get her back to the states. She met the hero previously at a friends wedding and they shared an instant and passionate attraction. She's heard that he's the best at finding people so she goes to him for aid. The hero however has vowed to retire and prevent the pain he experiences with the disappointment regarding his missing powers. Always he had the ability of psychometry but lately it's fizzled out. He couldn't help the heroine even if he tried. But that doesn't stop him from desiring her, or asking her out. They go on a few dates, he gets to know her nieces and nephews and they get hot and heavy every free chance they get. But the relationship between them is not so easy. The heroine is being blackmailed by a rich and powerful woman who duped her into unwittingly stealing the hero's jewel. When the heroine finds out that the man she loves is the victim, she's even more disgusted with herself. And when the hero finds out that not only is one of his priceless jewels missing but the woman he loves was the one to take it he's devastated and feeling betrayed. But regardless of the lack of trust between them, he can't let her go. For her he feels a soul deep attraction that burns like a fire within him. And when she tells him the whole story, he comes up with the plan to trick the other woman into taking that fall for the thief. While this is happening, mythological gods are waging a secret war for the fate of the hero and heroine's love.
The story plays heavily around the Greek Myths and the hero himself is deeply involved in a world he never truly imagined to be real, even though his life has been filled with the supernatural. And the heroine must find the courage to trust him and to search herself to figure out what she truly wants in life. I thought this book was well written with clever dialogue and an interested plotline.
I found the heroine a healthy mix of strong and vulnerable which is something I love in all my characters. Her hypocrisy to make a living during magic yet to be completely against the idea that anyone could possess magical powers was frustrating at times and she was also stubbornly against the idea of a life where she had ties to one place. Though she eventually realized that she lived a lonely and unfulfilling life, she truly was passionate about her career and her joy when doing magic came through the pages. The hero was great. It was heartbreaking to read about him keeping a box of objects to missing people and to touch them everyday with the hope of his ability returning only to be disappointed. He was so in love with the heroine even from the jump that he was willing to just be near her, to have her on her terms yet he was no push over. He fought for what he wanted and he did it without making an ass of himself or coming across as a demanding alpha male. Nice book with great chemistry between the characters.
The story plays heavily around the Greek Myths and the hero himself is deeply involved in a world he never truly imagined to be real, even though his life has been filled with the supernatural. And the heroine must find the courage to trust him and to search herself to figure out what she truly wants in life. I thought this book was well written with clever dialogue and an interested plotline.
I found the heroine a healthy mix of strong and vulnerable which is something I love in all my characters. Her hypocrisy to make a living during magic yet to be completely against the idea that anyone could possess magical powers was frustrating at times and she was also stubbornly against the idea of a life where she had ties to one place. Though she eventually realized that she lived a lonely and unfulfilling life, she truly was passionate about her career and her joy when doing magic came through the pages. The hero was great. It was heartbreaking to read about him keeping a box of objects to missing people and to touch them everyday with the hope of his ability returning only to be disappointed. He was so in love with the heroine even from the jump that he was willing to just be near her, to have her on her terms yet he was no push over. He fought for what he wanted and he did it without making an ass of himself or coming across as a demanding alpha male. Nice book with great chemistry between the characters.
September 17, 2007
Worse then the second book with tons of errors and awkwardly worded sentences up the wahzoo.
June 16, 2009
Sometimes I unashamedly read trashy romances!
November 20, 2013
Love mythology and this book was great explaining the descendants of the Gods and how Zeus and Hera are portrayed in the modern world.
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