until he meets a woman who changes the rules
Rian is used to the enchantment that yanks him through time to rescue people—just so long as he makes it home for his adopted son’s holiday visits. When a new lady-in-waiting shows up at his boss’s castle, Rian sees immediately that Maura is from another time. He’s exhausted, but he’ll do what his armlet demands. First flirtation, then danger, then rescue. Check.
But then…his armlet doesn’t force him into action, and Maura keeps defying his expectations. As kind and sensible as she is pretty, she might see through his mask to the tired, passionate man underneath.
When Rian’s boss (legendary Fionn McCool) drags Maura off on a dangerous cross-country trek, Rian has to decide if he’s going to stick with Maura—even though the armlet doesn’t force him…and even though this might be his last chance to see his son.
Read now, to journey to ancient Ireland with a warrior who has to decide if his heart is ready for love.
Characters you connect with. Adventure. Love. Family… And endings that are more than a sugar rush.
When Christy Matheson is not throwing ordinary characters into fairy tales, she is busy raising five children. (Very busy.) She writes character-driven historical fiction with and without fantasy elements, and her “fresh, smart, and totally charming” stories have won multiple awards.
Christy is also an embroidery artist, classically trained pianist, and sews all of her own clothes. She lives in Oregon, on a country property that fondly reminds her of a Regency estate (except with a swing set instead of faux Greek ruins), with her husband, five children, three Shelties, one bunny, and an improbable quantity of art supplies.