Heart of the Sea
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“Do you think he’ll stay away?” Nerites asked when he leaned back. He left his arms twined around Poseidon’s neck.
“If he doesn’t, I’ll make good on my promise. I think the kraken would like a new plaything.”
Nerites grinned. “Then let’s go watch the turtles swim.”
Every day from then on, the sun beat hard on Poseidon’s shores despite how far away Helios stayed. When Poseidon walked the earth, his skin burnt—Helios’s retribution for running him off. But he healed every night, getting more accustomed each time until it was a constant ruddy, dark tan. He alone of his siblings was weathered and wind beaten, but burns faded. His immortal body adapted. And when Nerites pressed himself against his rough skin, he loved him all the more for it.
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Cast & Glossary
Poseidon: Olympian god of the sea.
Nerites: the only male Nereid.
Nerea: one of the fifty Nereids.
Helios: Titan god of the sun. Just released from Tartarus.
Zeus: Olympian god of the sky. King of Olympus.
Hades: Olympian god of the underworld.
Thetis: leader of the Nereids.
Cronus: father of the first six Olympians. He ate them. Was defeated by the Olympians after a ten-year war.
Nereids: Fifty-one sea nymphs who live in the Aegean. Children of Nereus and Doris.
Prince of Darkness
For more godly goof ups and divine love, check out Prince of Darkness, a new contemporary urban fantasy romance cowritten by Sam Burn and W.M. Fawkes, available March 7, 2019.
Gifted power over life and death, Lysandros has spent millennia in the underworld, listless and alone. The youngest child of Hades and Persephone, he’s been sheltered from the threats in the world above.
Theo Ward hasn’t been so lucky. After watching his mother wither away, he’d do almost anything to have her back. When a messenger appears at the Banneker College of Magic and offers the young professor a chance to save her, Theo can’t pass it up, even if it means going straight into the underworld and dragging her home. But Theo gets more than he bargained for when he crosses paths with the prince of Hades.
Set against the king of Olympus, they must shed their past burdens and learn to trust in each other, so they can face down a storm that threatens to wipe the nation’s capital off the map.
About the Author
W.M. Fawkes is an author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. She lives with her partner in a house owned by three halloween-hued felines that dabble regularly in shadow walking.
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www.fawkeswrites.com