The Comet's Tail

The Swithin Chronicles #2

by Sharon Maria Bidwell

LGBT The Swithin Chronicles; Previous Uly’s CometMarkis Shavar, the Swithin Prince, has everything he ever thought he could want. He has Uly Samir -- his true love -- and he has found happiness again in the arms of Ryanac, his personal guard and best friend. He has Tressa, a woman any man would be proud to have as bride. He's also gained some control over the powerful comet. He should be happy.Uly has the heart of a wonderful man. Markis loves him. He has much to look forward to and more than he ever dreamed of obtaining. He should be in high spirits.Ryanac has succeeded in convincing Markis to embrace love and, as he always believed, it has freed him from abject misery. It has also rekindled their relationship. He should be contented.Tressa has a good man for a husband, three men to see to her considerable sexual needs and she has escaped the backward views of her own nation. She should be elated.The four of them have a tedious two-week journey to undertake. What else should they fill these boring nights with but passion? They should be ecstatic … if a little exhausted.Too bad their sleeping arrangements aren't their worst problem...Publisher's this book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find Male/male sexual practices, multiple partners.

Genres: M M Romance, Fantasy

195 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

During Sharon’s writing career she’s lived in a house with a Harry Potter cupboard under the stairs, shared a publisher with the creator of Roger Rabbit, and has taken a trip to Jupiter. Only one of these has been in her imagination.

The first short story she submitted — Silver Apples of the Moon — was accepted by Roadworks Magazine. The editor announced her as “a writer who is going places” and described the story as having “both a Sci-fi and horror element,” and being “strong on characterisation, and quite literary, in terms of style.” Subsequently, she was approached to write all reports and publicity material, including a piece for translation into Braille for The Really Wild Nursery and Arthritis Care Breaking Down the Barriers garden project, which took place at the Malvern Spring Show.

Since then, her work has appeared steadily in both print and electronic publications, such as Midnight Street, Aoife’s Kiss (Sam’s Dot Publishing), Night To Dawn, and Radgepacket (Byker Books). Her short story — Bitter and Intoxicating — was snapped up for inclusion in the anthology Red Velvet and Absinthe. This compilation, edited by Mitzi Szereto with a foreword by Kelly Armstrong, was designed to evoke the romantic ethos of classic Gothic fiction with a serving of eroticism. With a repertoire of twisted tales and a love of cross-genre writing, it surprised everyone (including herself) when she branched out into erotic romance. These works have been critically acclaimed and often described as ‘deeply passionate’.

Sharon’s worlds are vivid, unexpected and sometimes intensely magical. Sharon writes whatever her warped mind can come up with and is quite capable of writing something darker, grittier, and even outright twisted. Though her love for all things Myth and Legend has led her to write under more than one name, from 2019 she's using S.M.Bidwell for her Dark Fiction.

She was propelled into the Steampunk universe of Space, 1899 and beyond, winning approval of series creator and award-winning game designer, Frank Chadwick, with three books, one of which was co-authored with editor (and writer) Andy Frankham-Allen, and subsequently led to her writing for the Lethbridge-Stewart series, and a short audio story for Doctor Who, performed by Katy Manning.

She's also on Goodreads under the name Sharon Bidwell.

Reviews

[Joie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this series to be honest it could stand to lose a bit more of the fluff but it's really good. This last book did a good job with tying up all of the loose ends from the previous stories as well as weaving an interesting tale in the process. The chemistry between Uly, Rynanac and Marqis was just beautiful. I really loved how the three of them didn't just jump into there relationship it truly was a hard won process. To be time Uly's childishness got not only old but boring especially considering most times it seemed to be such a contrast to his character. But the personal growth of his character in particular was one of my favorites to read about. I must admit Teresa was a character that I could just not relate too reguardless of Bidwell's obvious attempts throughout this book. The passion between Marqis and Teresa always seemed forced and even when their relationship evolved the chemistry didn't seem to. For me it didn't work at least not with the two of them. However the chemistry between the other characters will have you fanning yourself. Overall this was a good series. To be brutally honest in all the three books they get off to a slow start and they do contain quite a bit of fluff but it's worth it. But I recomend reading this series in order.