Marked for Magic - Daisy Banks - New Release
Welcome to my blogspot Daisy,
Thank
you so much, Diane, for helping me celebrate the release of my latest book,
I
decided that as palmistry was the initial inspiration for this fantasy romance
I’d offer you and the readers a little something on palmistry marks. This image
below shows you the main lines that can be found on a person’s palm.
1:
Life line - 2: Head line - 3: Heart line - 4: Girdle of Venus - 5: Sun line -
6: Mercury line - 7: Fate line
These
main lines above are fairly well known, but the lesser lines are not quite so
well understood and it was these I was studying when I got the idea for Marked
for Magic.
There
is a mark some people have on their hand, a curved line on the percussive side
of the palm like a kind of vertical semicircle and it can be quite large. This
unusual mark is known as the line of intuition. This is said to be one of the
signs someone with clairvoyant skills can have.
Do
let me know if you find this mark on your hand.
Blurb:
The witch mark on Nin’s hand is a curse.
She has no magic powers, whatever the lore says. But the village believes. The
old crone’s wisdom is to see her banished. Ragged and hungry, she must serve
the Mage. Alone in his tower, she is his chattel. But Mage Thabit is not what
Nin expected—the bright green eyes and supple form under his cloak are not the
stuff of nightmares, and kindness hides in his brusque heart. Thabit senses
that Nin is more than she seems, too. When true nightmares haunt the land, it
is precisely her elusive powers that might deliver them…
Excerpt:
What
could he do with her? Gods of the water, why me?
He
scanned the streambed for shells, picked up a handful, and rolled them in his
palm as he thought through the problem. One path beckoned the solution, and she
would never know. A glamour to change her appearance. With her charms
disguised, he would be able to teach her, and those pert little attractions
wouldn’t get in the way. He skimmed a stone down the stream.
Yes,
it might work, so he wouldn’t be distracted.
Perhaps,
when he took her to the castle, he might be able to persuade Lady Cassandra to
take her. Even though it was late for Nin to join the other students, it might
be a possibility. If she’d been found earlier, she would be in Cassandra’s
care, learning from her skills. He closed his eyes. This was the best idea he’d
had since yesterday afternoon. Cassandra would understand the problem. She
could take Nin out of his life, at least until his maiden developed her skills,
knowledge, and control. When had she become his maiden? He couldn’t tell, but
after today, he’d never see her as a grubby little wench again. He’d need the
stepping skills of a sword dancer to avoid her snare. Tilting his head back, he
looked up to the clear blue sky as he tried to work out what he truly wanted.
The
spring birds soared and circled, and no answer came to his questions. It seemed
he must improve his self-awareness. Scraping his hair back, he tied the leather
loop back in place before making his way to the tower.
By
the time he walked into the kitchen, she had set dishes out on the table, ready
to serve the food. From the look of her, she’d found peace with her sorrow for
now.
One
eye still on her, he trickled the shells from the stream into the small jar
where he kept his collection. When she turned to stir what was in the cauldron,
the glamour cloaked her. She moved to the table with the pot.
He
stepped back in surprise. Oh! Perhaps he’d been a little extreme, but he’d get
over it. Now, her image could not tempt him.
“Dinner’s
ready,” she said with a gap-toothed smile.
“Good.
I’m hungry.” He settled opposite her and picked up his spoon.
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About
the author.
Daisy Banks writes sensual and spicy romance
in the Historical, Paranormal and Fantasy genres. She is an obsessive writer
and her focus is to offer the best tale she can to readers. Daisy is married
with two grown up sons. She lives in a converted chapel in Shropshire, England.
Antiques and collecting entertain Daisy when she isn’t writing and she
occasionally makes a meal that doesn’t stick to the pan.
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