STONE OF DOUBT
Margaret Izard
GENRE: Paranormal Romance
BLURB:
In the absence of doubt, only faith is found.
A human with Fae powers living like an oddball has its ups and downs until Evie MacDougall’s dream Fae boy pops back into her life after she thought another was “the one.”
One dark and devilish, the other her long-lost love. Evil forces trap her for a magic Fae stone, but which man can she trust? As a teen prophesied to be Fae king, Aodhán viewed the girl of his dreams through an Eye of Ra.
Once, he risked all to help Evie MacDougall find a magic Fae stone, only to end up imprisoned. Kept from his true love for years, he finds her at risk from an evil Fae hunting a magic stone.
Is a single vow strong enough to save true love, to save the human and Fae realms?
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Excerpt:
Her head shot up, and he stood before her. “Hello, Evie.”
Her hand lifted as she moved it toward him, expecting it to pass through. When she touched his warm chest, she jerked back.
He captured it in his hand. “Aye, I’m real, Evie.”
He brought her hand to his lips and brushed the back, kissing her. Tingles shot from her hand to her heart. Only one person affected her that way. Aodhán.
His grin grew as he lowered her hand. “I’ve been away, and for that, I am sorry. But I’m finally freed. Free to revisit the human realm.”
Tears gathered in her eyes as he gazed into her eyes, her heart. Her Fae love, Aodhán, stood before her and held her hand.
“Evie, please let me make up my absence to ye. Let me show ye new hope and erase all doubt about yer feelings for me.”
She whimpered as a tear fell. “Aodhán?”
His hand came up and caught her tear. He rotated his palm and held it open, presenting a clear gemstone shaped like a teardrop.
Handing it to her, he whispered, “I can only stay a moment, but tomorrow I shall come to ye. I’m glad ye kept the sphere. I heard yer call every time. No more tears, Evie.”
He brushed a kiss on her lips. “Look for me tomorrow night in yer dreams. Don’t lose hope.”
Aodhán faded from her view.
Evie blinked. She turned around once, scanning the area. No one was about.
She turned again, calling out, “Hello?”
No one appeared on the street.
She pulled her camera up and pressed the button. Aodhán’s smiling face and ethereal glow came into view. Proof he’d visited and she’d not seen a ghost.
Her fingers brushed her tingling lips at the promise of tomorrow night.
Interview with Margaret Izard
What is your favorite part of the book?
All of my stories in the Stones of Iona Series have a lot of folklore and fairy tales in them. Stone of Doubt, book 5, Stones of Iona Series, is a twist of Swan Lake playing upon themes of the magic stone that the main characters must find – Doubt. Putting a twist on a familiar trope is what I find exciting in storytelling.
Does your book have a lesson? Moral?
In the absence of doubt, only faith is found.
Are your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
The characters are all from my imagination and crafted specifically for each book. Evie is named after Loch Etive, near Dunstaffnage Castle in Scotland, where the series is based.
Of all the characters you have created, which is your favorite and why?
The main characters who started the Stones of Iona Series, Brielle, and Colin, who are Evie’s parents, will always hold a special place in my heart.
What character in your book are you least likely to get along with?
Manix Skene Evie admired from afar since he transferred to her college three months prior. He’s a drama major who prefers goth like her and carries a darkness about him that all the girls find irresistible. When Manix invites her to his estate for a masked ball, she becomes curious about the dark and handsome man every college student dreams of dating. Some say he held a temper as if another lived inside him, but for Evie, he was everything a girl desired, or was he?
What would the main character in your book have to say about you?
Change my scene/dialogue again, and I’ll have a fit!
Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
While I’ve written each book with enough information they can be read alone, there is so much interconnectivity between the books in the series. The stories are so much richer if read in order.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Margaret Izard is an award-winning author of historical fantasy and paranormal romance novels. Her latest awards are 2024 Reader’s Favorite Honorable Mention for Stone of Love and 2024 Spring BookFest Silver Award for the same title. She spent her early years through college to adulthood dedicated to dance, theater, and performing. Over the years, she developed a love for great storytelling in different mediums. She does not waste a good story, be it movement, the spoken, or the written word. She discovered historical romance novels in middle school, which combined her desire for romance, drama, and fantasy. She writes exciting plot lines, steamy love scenes and always falls for a strong male with a soft heart. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and adult triplets.
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4 comments:
This looks like a very good book.
Spectacular cover
Do you have any advice for new writers?
What fantasy world would you go to?
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