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Blood Fae Chronicles #4
Banshee Quest: Renna's Curse
A steamy fated mates, second chance paranormal romance
My body. My choice. Or at least, it was, until the Fae Winter King hit me with binding magic and insisted I make banshee-human babies. If I refuse, the binding magic will likely kill me.
I have no choice but to comply with my sovereign’s order. Not if I want to live.
But when I meet my fated mate and discover he is no human man, but instead, a mighty dragon shifter, everything changes.
Now I am expecting a beautiful fae-shifter child, and I could not be more excited. Ben and I are headed for our happy-ever-after and I can’t wait to be a mother to his son.
Until the Fae Winter Queen sends our lives into a spiral of horror and destruction with her curse.
Will Ben ever forgive me? Will my frozen heart ever have the chance to thaw?
If you enjoy hot paranormal romance stories containing fae, dragon shifters, fated mates, redemption and second chance romance, then this is the story for you.
Banshee Quest: Renna’s Curse, is both prequel and epilogue to the Blood Fae Chronicles trilogy. This novella can be read as a stand-alone, though the following order is recommended for maximum reading pleasure:
Book 1 – Banshee Cry
Book 2 – Banshee Song
Book 3 – Banshee Power
Book 4 – Banshee Quest: Renna's Curse.
Reader Advisory/Trigger Warning:
For readers who might be triggered by sensitive subject matter, please be aware that this story contains scenes about grieving the death of an unborn child.
My body. My choice. Or at least, it was, until the Fae Winter King hit me with binding magic and insisted I make banshee-human babies. If I refuse, the binding magic will likely kill me.
I have no choice but to comply with my sovereign’s order. Not if I want to live.
But when I meet my fated mate and discover he is no human man, but instead, a mighty dragon shifter, everything changes.
Now I am expecting a beautiful fae-shifter child, and I could not be more excited. Ben and I are headed for our happy-ever-after and I can’t wait to be a mother to his son.
Until the Fae Winter Queen sends our lives into a spiral of horror and destruction with her curse.
Will Ben ever forgive me? Will my frozen heart ever have the chance to thaw?
If you enjoy hot paranormal romance stories containing fae, dragon shifters, fated mates, redemption and second chance romance, then this is the story for you.
Banshee Quest: Renna’s Curse, is both prequel and epilogue to the Blood Fae Chronicles trilogy. This novella can be read as a stand-alone, though the following order is recommended for maximum reading pleasure:
Book 1 – Banshee Cry
Book 2 – Banshee Song
Book 3 – Banshee Power
Book 4 – Banshee Quest: Renna's Curse.
Reader Advisory/Trigger Warning:
For readers who might be triggered by sensitive subject matter, please be aware that this story contains scenes about grieving the death of an unborn child.
94 pages, ebook
First published March 25, 2021
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About the author
Jen Katemi
100 books84 followersJen Katemi is a USA Today bestselling author of steamy contemporary and paranormal romance. She is published with Evernight Publishing, and also has forged a successful indie career with her popular HELLHOUND PROTECTORS, GODS OF LOVE, BLOOD FAE CHRONICLES and FORBIDDEN series.
When she’s not writing, Jen runs an editing and proofreading service, looks after the family and pampers various cats. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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June 10, 2022
I think this one was my favourite. I was intrigued by Lady Rhenna since book 1.
Her story was heartbreaking and i'm so happy that she got to have her happy ending.
Definitly gonna read more from this author.
Some Quotes:
"It's my womb, I thought. I should be able to choose for myself if, when, and with whom I have children."
"The problem with feeling, is that sometimes it hurts. So damn much."
Her story was heartbreaking and i'm so happy that she got to have her happy ending.
Definitly gonna read more from this author.
Some Quotes:
"It's my womb, I thought. I should be able to choose for myself if, when, and with whom I have children."
"The problem with feeling, is that sometimes it hurts. So damn much."
May 8, 2021
Banshee Quest tells the Story of Renna, the curse/task set upon her by royalty and her journey towards true love.
Broken in 2 parts. The first tells her story prior to her children’s birth (featured in the trilogy of books previously published and finishes with a section post the trilogy.
Enjoyable read, and nice to hear her backstory further and to learn her motives.
This was a bookbub advance copy read.
Broken in 2 parts. The first tells her story prior to her children’s birth (featured in the trilogy of books previously published and finishes with a section post the trilogy.
Enjoyable read, and nice to hear her backstory further and to learn her motives.
This was a bookbub advance copy read.
March 26, 2021
BANSHEE QUEST : Renna’s Curse is the four instalment and novella in Jen Katemi’s adult, BLOOD FAE CHRONICLES paranormal/fantasy romance series focusing on the hybrid children of Winter Fae Renna. This is banshee Renna and dragon shifter Ben’s story line. BANSHEE QUEST can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: A banshee is part of Irish mythology; a fae or sprite whose keening wail warns of impending death.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Renna and Ben) following two time lines (present day and thirty five years in the past) BANSHEE QUEST follows Winter Fae Renna as she is ordered by the King and Queen of the Winter Fae to personally repopulate the Banshee line with half-human hybrids, as she is one of the few remaining Banshees alive. Sent to the Earth realm, Renna finds herself up close and personal with Ben, a dragon shifter, and the man with whom Renna will fall in love but a curse against our heroine by the Winter Fae queen forces Renna to leave Ben, and embark on a journey to repopulate her kind, a task meant to reinforce the Winter Fae queen’s power and control. Fast forward to present day wherein Renna has been reacquainted with three of her daughters, and is determined to find the man whose heart she destroyed years before.
BANSHEE QUEST is a story of family, loss and acceptance; of revelations and love. The relationship between Ben and Renna begins as an assignment but our heroine never expected to fall in love, let alone with a dragon shifter and her future mate. The fast paced premise is entertaining; the romance is passionate and hot; the characters are powerful, determined, colorful and captivating.
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NOTE: A banshee is part of Irish mythology; a fae or sprite whose keening wail warns of impending death.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Renna and Ben) following two time lines (present day and thirty five years in the past) BANSHEE QUEST follows Winter Fae Renna as she is ordered by the King and Queen of the Winter Fae to personally repopulate the Banshee line with half-human hybrids, as she is one of the few remaining Banshees alive. Sent to the Earth realm, Renna finds herself up close and personal with Ben, a dragon shifter, and the man with whom Renna will fall in love but a curse against our heroine by the Winter Fae queen forces Renna to leave Ben, and embark on a journey to repopulate her kind, a task meant to reinforce the Winter Fae queen’s power and control. Fast forward to present day wherein Renna has been reacquainted with three of her daughters, and is determined to find the man whose heart she destroyed years before.
BANSHEE QUEST is a story of family, loss and acceptance; of revelations and love. The relationship between Ben and Renna begins as an assignment but our heroine never expected to fall in love, let alone with a dragon shifter and her future mate. The fast paced premise is entertaining; the romance is passionate and hot; the characters are powerful, determined, colorful and captivating.
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December 2, 2024
Malefica81 - per RFS
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Bentornate Fenici!
Il libro è un prequel-sequel delle tre storie precedenti. In nove capitoli si descrive come Lady Renna, ultima delle Banshee, vivesse libera alla corte Faerie, ma legata con l’inganno alla magia, affinché potesse partorire solo ibridi umano-Banshee in grado di tenere il potere di vita e di morte.
Renna si innamora della sua ennesima preda, l’ignaro maschio umano che dovrà darle il seme per generare l’ibrido. Ma Ben non è del tutto umano: è un mutaforma drago, anche lui raro e ultimo della sua specie. Genereranno insieme il figlio che li unirà. C’è però da fare i conti con la crudele regina Rhiannon: lei ha maledetto Renna, facendo sì che tutti i suoi figli fossero sterili, da prendere e uccidere per propri scopi, oltre che resi privi dell’affetto di una madre che non doveva provare amore neppure per gli uomini con cui avrebbe concepito.
Il Libro si legge in due ore e fornisce un’ampia visuale sui motivi del modo di essere di Renna, per poi regalare finalmente, nella seconda parte, la felicità per la povera Banshee, dopo tante sofferenze.
Giudizio totale della serie: 3 e mezzo. Non potrei dare di più, considerato che anche in questa serie, come nelle altre, il canovaccio di base della storia è più o meno uguale, con la protagonista femminile che odia la madre, il protagonista maschile bello e coraggioso, il colpo di fulmine e la trama principale che unisce tutte le altre per poi arrivare all’epilogo.
Posso aggiungere che, se desiderate storie semplici, senza troppi problemi di sorta, dove le protagoniste per una volta sono Banshee e non altri esseri magici, questa serie allora è quella che fa al caso vostro.
Alla prossima
Un saluto dalla vostra Mal
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Bentornate Fenici!
Il libro è un prequel-sequel delle tre storie precedenti. In nove capitoli si descrive come Lady Renna, ultima delle Banshee, vivesse libera alla corte Faerie, ma legata con l’inganno alla magia, affinché potesse partorire solo ibridi umano-Banshee in grado di tenere il potere di vita e di morte.
Renna si innamora della sua ennesima preda, l’ignaro maschio umano che dovrà darle il seme per generare l’ibrido. Ma Ben non è del tutto umano: è un mutaforma drago, anche lui raro e ultimo della sua specie. Genereranno insieme il figlio che li unirà. C’è però da fare i conti con la crudele regina Rhiannon: lei ha maledetto Renna, facendo sì che tutti i suoi figli fossero sterili, da prendere e uccidere per propri scopi, oltre che resi privi dell’affetto di una madre che non doveva provare amore neppure per gli uomini con cui avrebbe concepito.
Il Libro si legge in due ore e fornisce un’ampia visuale sui motivi del modo di essere di Renna, per poi regalare finalmente, nella seconda parte, la felicità per la povera Banshee, dopo tante sofferenze.
Giudizio totale della serie: 3 e mezzo. Non potrei dare di più, considerato che anche in questa serie, come nelle altre, il canovaccio di base della storia è più o meno uguale, con la protagonista femminile che odia la madre, il protagonista maschile bello e coraggioso, il colpo di fulmine e la trama principale che unisce tutte le altre per poi arrivare all’epilogo.
Posso aggiungere che, se desiderate storie semplici, senza troppi problemi di sorta, dove le protagoniste per una volta sono Banshee e non altri esseri magici, questa serie allora è quella che fa al caso vostro.
Alla prossima
Un saluto dalla vostra Mal
March 28, 2021
✴️✴️ONE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE✴️✴️
Bashing barnacles boo! Jen raises the stakes and keeping it real, delivering one tumultuous, tantalizing, rock-my-world earth quaking rollercoaster with this incredibly thrilling wild ride, breaking out the big guns, locked and loaded, skyrocketing this jewel to staggering heights. Rushing headlong into uncharted territory full riveting drama, gripping intrigue, underlying currents, heart-wretching curses, escalating danger, electrifying suspense and intense situations converge, catapulting this baby to life flawlessly. Attributes and temperament in each thread you unravel with every page, your drawn into this tangled web so intricately and precise, putting our characters through their paces, kicking this jewel into a tailspin with a mind-blowing culmination, wrapping this jewel up sleek, shiny and tight. The characters, dialogue, interactions and charged atmosphere along with relatable qualities and individual traits, blend and flow adding depth and diversity, transforming into outstanding personalities. Throw in 100% on point realism, raising the stakes with such graphic scenarios that are so colorfully descriptive and vividly detailed its like you're living it with them instead of on the sidelines, feeling everything the characters feel. Amazing job Jen, thanks for sharing this little treasure with us.
Bashing barnacles boo! Jen raises the stakes and keeping it real, delivering one tumultuous, tantalizing, rock-my-world earth quaking rollercoaster with this incredibly thrilling wild ride, breaking out the big guns, locked and loaded, skyrocketing this jewel to staggering heights. Rushing headlong into uncharted territory full riveting drama, gripping intrigue, underlying currents, heart-wretching curses, escalating danger, electrifying suspense and intense situations converge, catapulting this baby to life flawlessly. Attributes and temperament in each thread you unravel with every page, your drawn into this tangled web so intricately and precise, putting our characters through their paces, kicking this jewel into a tailspin with a mind-blowing culmination, wrapping this jewel up sleek, shiny and tight. The characters, dialogue, interactions and charged atmosphere along with relatable qualities and individual traits, blend and flow adding depth and diversity, transforming into outstanding personalities. Throw in 100% on point realism, raising the stakes with such graphic scenarios that are so colorfully descriptive and vividly detailed its like you're living it with them instead of on the sidelines, feeling everything the characters feel. Amazing job Jen, thanks for sharing this little treasure with us.
March 13, 2021
This book is both a prequel and a sequel to the Blood Fae Chronicles and it is the story of Renna, the mother of the hybrid daughters we get to know in the chronicles. We get to see why Renna birthed so many daughters and why she left them all motherless, back in the human world thinking she cared nothing for them. In this book we also see the mistake she had made which turned the Queen’s ire against her. We get to know her true love and to share in the pain of the loss of their son. I love the fact that she seeks forgiveness and closure and is not afraid to take a chance on love once Queen Rhiannon is dead and her curse is lifted. The curse had not only made her birth sterile daughters but had turned her heart to ice and when the curse was lifted the flood of emotions which she had been deprived of for so long nearly overwhelmed her. This is a much needed filler to the chronicles as I do believe many readers, myself included have hated Renna as a character, but this makes us see her in a different light completely. This book is aimed at a mature audience as the sex scenes are beautifully erotic and explicit. I really enjoyed this touching story and look forward to reading more tales set in the winter court setting.
March 26, 2021
Wow, this story was deeply moving! Having met the main female character as a secondary character in the previous three stories, I was excited to read her story and it was worth the wait. I felt the female lead’s pain as her life was co-opted by both the king and then the queen of winter fae in ways that definitely did not demonstrate any concern for her well-being.
The male lead was sympathetic as a character who was caught up in the midst of a whirlwind that he couldn’t see coming and had no influence over. I really felt that this story was primarily the female lead’s with even the male lead a secondary character, which did not detract from my enjoyment.
His pain after their separation was tangible and the work they put into reuniting was touching.
The story was dual POV, with a lean to female (reasonable), well written and edited, and a great finale to this set of stories. The author has indicated that she will likely write more in this world but this is a fantastic place to stop in the interim! I received an advanced reader copy and this is my honest review.
The male lead was sympathetic as a character who was caught up in the midst of a whirlwind that he couldn’t see coming and had no influence over. I really felt that this story was primarily the female lead’s with even the male lead a secondary character, which did not detract from my enjoyment.
His pain after their separation was tangible and the work they put into reuniting was touching.
The story was dual POV, with a lean to female (reasonable), well written and edited, and a great finale to this set of stories. The author has indicated that she will likely write more in this world but this is a fantastic place to stop in the interim! I received an advanced reader copy and this is my honest review.
March 21, 2021
Renna is finally free to make amends.
I read Book 1 & 2, before this which, although book 4, explains a lot. I feel bad now for disliking Renna, it all makes sense, I think you could read this first, daft as that sounds. It’s unusual for a story to cover such a long time frame too, and the ending blew me away.
I read Book 1 & 2, before this which, although book 4, explains a lot. I feel bad now for disliking Renna, it all makes sense, I think you could read this first, daft as that sounds. It’s unusual for a story to cover such a long time frame too, and the ending blew me away.
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