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Fresh Pick | SILVER SILENCE by Joy Nash
Fresh Pick / September 30, 2010

Druids of Avalon #3 November 2009 On Sale: October 27, 2009 Featuring: Rhys; Breena 336 pages ISBN: 0505527170 EAN: 9780505527172 Mass Market Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Paranormal, Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Silver Silence by Joy Nash Dark Magic dooms Rhys to wander the endless roadways and wild forests, searching for druids strong enough to battle the coming evil. Duty demands that he lead a solitary life, taking women to his bed but not into his heart. Dark Passion drives Rhys to commit acts that shame him, especially when he believes they’ve been witnessed by the innocent druidess he’s sworn to protect. Breena is young and pure, and Rhys hates himself for his dark longing. A Dark Spell steals Breena away, leaving Rhys to follow her through the Lost Lands to Britain’s grim future, when the danger Breena has foreseen threatens to extinguish the Light of Avalon. Only together can Rhys and Breena unravel the secret linking their past with a future King, and break the… Silver Silence. A powerful, passionate and intense story in the Druids of Avalon series. Excerpt Breena’s voice trembled. “I don’t want anyone else, Rhys. Can’t you understand that? I love you. I…

Shelley Munro | Why Write A Gothic Historical Romance?
Author Guest / September 30, 2010

My parents introduced me to books and reading at a young age. As kids, my brother, sister and I knew our nursery rhymes off by heart and loved our parents reading to us. As we grew older, our love for books continued and we branched out, reading by ourselves. I distinctly remember receiving a copy of Enid Blyton’s FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND, book one in the Famous Five series, in my Christmas stocking. This was my introduction to mysteries. I devoured this book, reading it many times, along with the other Famous Five adventures. I was hooked, graduating to Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy mysteries, along with anything else that contained mystery and suspense. During my teenage years, on a beach holiday, I ran out of books to read. Disaster! In desperation, and to keep the peace, my mother gave me one of her Mills & Boon romances. They were pretty tame in those days and the hero and heroine were lucky to actually kiss during the course of the book. I enjoyed the book and read several more during the course of our holiday. Back at school again, my friends and I discovered Victoria Holt. (Wikipedia) A combination…