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2009-05-20 06:48 am
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The Fire Rose, Mercedes Lackey

Title: The Fire Rose
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: Bael
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Times Read: 1
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Summary: Lackey's story of a young turn of the century female who is brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet forbids her to view him. For the monster here is a magician caught in a werewolf spell, and the young girl is a destitute young woman with no other choices. ~ Midwest Book Review

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2009-05-19 06:15 pm
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The Black Swan, Mercedes Lackey

Title: The Black Swan
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: DAW
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Times Read: 1
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Summary: Baron Eric von Rothbart, a powerful sorcerer, hunts down women who have betrayed men and transforms them into swans who can only resume their true forms by moonlight. His lonely daughter Odile, who watches the flock and studies spells, longs vainly for his approval. One day von Rothbart tells Odette, the swan princess, that she can break the spell by winning and holding a man's faithful love for one month. He's even chosen a candidate, Prince Siegfried. Unfortunately, the prince is a womanizing hedonist. Should Odette succeed nevertheless, von Rothbart secretly plans a trap for them and the prince's ambitious mother, Queen Clothilde, who schemes to rule in her own right. But he must use Odile, who has befriended Odette and is no longer her father's puppet. ~ Amazon.com

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