Sorchia's Universe

Novel Magic guest Alice Renaud talks about the inspiration behind her latest release, the award winning paranormal romance Mermaids Marry in Green , and her favourite Welsh monsters! You know how I love legendary critters–especially those who are said to loiter about in ‘this blessed plot” which I (in typical American fashion) think of as including England, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Wales, the Hebrides, the Isle of Man…and you get the idea. Alice gives us a peek into her process and how she weaves folklore into her tales. Read on for an excerpt and don’t forget to check out the giveaway at the end. Welch Inspiration by Alice Renaud Today I would like to share some sources of inspiration for my latest novel, Mermaids Marry in Green , in the Sea of Love series. Both this book and the series won their categories in the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer’s Choice Award . Caltha is a secondary, but important, character in the first and second books of my Sea...

The Letter for today is M! A ménage à trois of magically mysterious morphing merrymakers. Caltha the feisty shifter mermaid has no time for romance… but Jonty the warlock has a few tricks up his sleeve! Caltha Dooran is the toughest, fiercest shape-shifting mermaid in the western seas. She has three Clans to rule, and no time for romance. But when a warlock, Jonty, turns up and asks her to come with him to London to capture a water monster, she can’t say no. In London, away from her duties, her attraction for Jonty grows… and they soon fall under each other’s spell. But will his past and her responsibilities pull them apart, or can they find the only true magic, the one that binds two souls together? A magician and a pilgrim on a rescue mission find more than they bargained for! Aveline, a magician, is posing as a lady-in-waiting to protect Princess Inessa from court intrigues. When a wicked duke tries to force Inessa into marriage, Aveline uses a spell to hide the princess...

Sorchia’s Universe dives into the ocean this week. Take a long walk off a short par with this week’s Novel Magic Feature–the second book in Alice Renaud’s Sea of Love series.   Music for a Merman, Book 2 in the Sea of Love series (fantasy romance) by Alice Renaud Rob Regor knew that humans were trouble. All the shape shifting mermen of the Morvann Islands knew it. And human women were double trouble… especially when they were lying on the road in front of a digger. Rob has a mission. Go to the mainland. Work as a policeman. Spy on humans. Report back to his father, the head of the Regor Merman Clan. It should be easy. Until he has to arrest Charlie. Rob can’t fight his attraction to the sexy eco-warrior, and it puts him on one hell of a collision course with his family and his Clan. Will he break the rules – or break her heart, and his? Love ‘em and leave ‘em, that was Charlie’s motto. It had served her well until now. But Rob is different… Can she ope...