Author: Jean Johnson
Title: Shifting Plains
Series: Sons of Destiny Prequel
Description:
Centuries before the time of the Sons of Destiny, a female shapeshifter became the leader of the people of the Shifting Plains...
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Tava Ell Var never really knew her mother, but she did know her tragic fate at the hands of a band of cruel shapeshifters-a history set down by Tava's father as a warning about life on the Shifting Plains. But after her father is murdered, Tava encounters a Shifterai warband fighting to rid the Plains of the terrorizing bandits
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Shifterai leader Kodan Sin Siin is sympathetic to Tava's suffering, but he's determined to bring the wary young woman to the Plains. Because he knows her secret: She, like he and his men, is a shapeshifter. Once she joins them, he knows that she will see for herself the true fate that awaits her on the Plains, and most of all, lose her fear of his people. And, in time, he knows she will find her place is in their fight-and by his side.
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Sword
Series: Sons of Destiny Book I
Description:
SABER
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INTRO: Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day -- they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy.
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To avoid tempting Destiny, they're exiled to Nightfall Isle, where females are forbidden. But when the youngest of the mage-brothers rescues a woman from another universe, their world is altered forever.
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Kelly Doyle wasn't just having a bad day, she was having a bad decade. Threatened, attacked, and accused of witchcraft, Kelly is fed up with her narrow-minded small-town neighbors. And now she's landed in another dimension -- the only woman in a magical realm inhabited by eight men who are desperately in need of a woman's touch.
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With Kelly in their midst, Saber, the eldest of the eight, is forced to confront the Curse that plagues them -- if he falls in love, disaster is imminent. But in the aftermath of an attack, and despite the threatening Prophecy, Saber and Kelly's passion only grows stronger. If only the Fates didn't take such things so seriously...
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Wolf
Series: Sons of Destiny Book II
Description:
WOLFER
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Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. To avoid tempting their destiny, the brothers are exiled to Nightfall Island, where women are forbidden. When a childhood friend seeks refuge among the brothers, it triggers a confrontation with their mysterious enemy.
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Alys arrives desperate and afraid, but welcomed by Wolfer, the second-born brother who harbors deep feelings for Alys. But she harbors a secret: her own uncle is tormenting the exiled brothers, and seeks to kill them to secure their ancestral inheritance for himself.
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Confessing her uncle's plan to the brothers puts them at even greater risk, for their resistance against the evil mage has stirred his wrath. Alys fears her uncle is determined this time to exterminate the brothers once and for all-destroying the star-crossed lovers as well.
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Master
Series: Sons of Destiny Book III
Description:
DOMINOR
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Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-- they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. To avoid tempting their destiny, the brothers are exiled to the Isle of Nightfall, where women are forbidden. But when the abducted third-born brother is taken by a powerful and beautiful mage, he wonders if she is his own Prophesied Disaster, his foretold wife-to-be...
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Kidnapped from the Isle of Nightfall and taken captive by slavers, Dominor is sold to a lovely mage who promises freedom. But Lady Serina has plans for him; she needs another powerful mage to reenact a mating ritual, to help reverse a Tantric spell cast centuries ago. Agreeing to help her, Dominor doesn't suspect the secret she holds back from him: there is more to this magical mating than the Arithmancer has revealed.
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Once the ritual is complete, he will be returned to Nightfall. But when that secret finally shatters, baring the truth behind the misunderstandings now separating them, Dominor is determined to retake possession of the woman who is his Destiny ...
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Song
Series: Sons of Destiny Book IV
Description:
EVANOR
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Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-- they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. To avoid tempting their destiny, the brothers are exiled to Nightfall Isle, where women are forbidden. This presents a challenge for the brother whose magic has been destroyed ...
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Evanor, fourthborn of the Sons of Destiny, lost his voice-- and with it, his powers-- in the violent battle that free his family from their greatest enemy. Thankfully, with the safe return of his twin, Evanor now knows precisely who can bring his songs back to life.
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She is the enchanting widow Mariel, a Healer brought to Nightfall to help the brothers in their hour of need. For Mariel and her young son, that means leaving their beloved homeland for the unfamiliar island of Nightfall and its still-forbidden shores ... and with it, risking the passion she stirs in her intriguing patient's heart. But a new danger looms when the Council of Katan learns there might be women on the Isle ...
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Cat
Series: Sons of Destiny Book V
Description:
TREVAN
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The Cat by Jean Johnson
Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-- they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems. For the fifthborn son, it is getting his Destined bride to trust him ...
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Amara of the Shifterai has good reason to be wary of mages, because mages were responsible for chasing her and her sister out of their homeland. Being on the run for so long hasn't put her in a trusting mood, yet there is something about Trevan of Nightfall-- mage or not-- that Amara finds difficult to resist. But can he be trusted with her most fiercely guarded secret?
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Courting such a pretty yet prickly outlander won't be easy, but Trevan is determined to try. She may be fierce, proud, and from a different culture, but he is the Cat, and none but the most fascinating and challenging of women could satisfy him. Of course, it would help if she stood still long enough for him to court her properly ...
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Storm
Series: Sons of Destiny Book VI
Description:
RYDAN
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Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-- they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems. Now the sixthborn son must find a way to trust his Destined bride ...
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First, his most heavily guarded refuge is breached. And now, the worst of all crimes against Rydan of Nightfall: Rora, a pesky, privacy-invading foreigner, likes him and won't leave him alone! Rydan knows he's as appealing as a rosebush stripped of its blooms, so why does she persist? Any normal maiden should be seeking less thorny company than his.
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But Rora isn't normal. She alone sees the secret of what torments Rydan. And only she can persuade him to put it right before it destroys him. But Rora has her own secret as well-- one of such vast power that other mages would kill in order to possess it. It once drove Rora and her sister into exile, and, in the wrong hands, its power could annihilate their world. In the right hands, it could change her and Rydan's fate forever.
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Flame
Series: Sons of Destiny Book VII
Description:
KORANEN
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Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day-- they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems. Now that it's his turn to look for a bride, the seventhborn brother burns with curiosity and anticipation ...
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Koranen of Nightfall is tired of the Curse-- in his case, a destructive flame that courses beneath his flesh. His brothers have wives and lovers, but all Koranen has are blistering reminders of a touch that burns ... unless he can find a woman able to endure the literal heat of his passion. Then the Aqaumancers arrive, at least affording Koranen the chance to find his Destined bride.
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Ostracized for being too good at her job, Danau is resigned to her punishment: never knowing love. But fire and water always create steam, and things do get steamy as Danau and Koranen gradually realize they were meant for each other-- even as Nightfall's future becomes flooded with more trouble than either of them could have imaged.
Author: Jean Johnson
Title: The Mage
Series: Sons of Destiny Book VIII
Description:
MORGANEN
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Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day--they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems. The worst of those troubles now falls upon the last of the Sons of Destiny.
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Hope, Morganen's foretold bride, has finally arrived on the island. She hasn't been telling the full truth about herself, and the consequences will stretch further than even she anticipates. Just as Morg gets used to Hope's revelation, new enemies arrive on the Isle, seeking to steal away the brothers' chances at creating a new nation. During the attack, an old foe resurfaces and strikes amid the confusion, kidnapping the final bride-to-be.
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Either Morg will rescue Hope and help his faimly complete the Prophecies of the Seer Draganna and the last Duchess of Nightfall, carving a new kingdom in the process...or their enemies will be free to slaughter them all....
