Book Review: Death and Beauty by Samantha MacLeod

Death and BeautyDeath and Beauty by Samantha MacLeod

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Definitely recommended for fans of mythology romances — Norse, in particular!

At first, I wasn’t sure if I could get onboard with Baldr’s very modern way of speaking, but before I knew it, I was falling in love with him and Hel and the world MacLeod crafted.

The romance between the love interests is sweet, tender, and desperate. I think what resonated most with me about it was that these are two people no one ever really acknowledges — two people no one truly knows. Hel is basically the ice queen of her domain, solitary and hard to onlookers. Baldr, meanwhile, is just this beautiful thing the Aesir have used time and time again. Hell, he dies because they’re all playing a game called Let’s Throw Heavy Shit at Baldr and Laugh When He Doesn’t Die. I mean, do any of them even know who he is? Nope.

I love the trope of two lonely people finding each other and falling in love because they really see each other, and that’s exactly what you’ll find here.

Price Change Pending: Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars Series

Price Change Coming Soon

Hi cuties! This is just a reminder that I’ll be changing the prices for Court of the Phantom Queen and Apollo’s Priestess soon! Court of the Phantom Queen is currently reduced to 99c for the month of December, and Apollo’s Priestess jumps up to full price ($2.99) at the end of the weekend. Don’t miss out!

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Release Day: Apollo’s Priestess (Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars, #2)

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Apollo’s Priestess: Sample ARC Available!

Hi beauties! Because I love ya, I’m offering a sample from Apollo’s Priestess for you to read via Instafreebie. You will be required to sign up for my paranormal romance mailing list in order to read it, but I like to offer samples as a way for readers to decide if my tone/writing style/whatever will work for them before they purchase the book.

Apollo’s Priestess will go live December 18th! Please note that this sample includes content that might be triggering to some readers, and that this is JUST the prologue, which is about 2000 words.

Snag your copy below:

Sample OnlyApollo’s Priestess (Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars, #2)

A story about a kidnapped priestess, the lone wolf shifter who rescues her, and a god desperate to prove his sister wrong.

336 AD. Constantine II rules the Roman Empire, and the Cult of One gains a foothold with the common people. A clash of belief systems is at hand.

Fresh from her misadventures in the western isles, Athena’s fears for the fate of her godly family fall upon deaf ears–particularly with carefree Apollo. As she ignores her father’s orders to stay within the empire and heads north for Asgard, Apollo, god of music, medicine, archery, and plague, immerses himself among the people to prove her concerns baseless.

Two years earlier, Lor, a devout priestess of Apollo, was kidnapped and sold illegally into slavery. Seven hundred and thirty long days of suffering at the hands of monsters haunts her, and she now fears her newest master plans to sell her to the highest, foulest bidder. Her heart burns with defiance, but surrounded by her master’s soldiers, she has little hope of escaping her fate…

Until a figure emerges from the shadows. Handsome, rugged barbarian one moment, a great black wolf the next, this mysterious stranger whisks her away from her captors–but has Lor traded one cage for another? Little does she know, there is more to this wolf shifter than meets the eye.

Apollo’s Priestess is the second novella in the Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars series. While there is an overarching plot to the series about the old world gods going to war with one another, it can be read as a standalone paranormal romance. The novella centers around a former priestess and a wolf shifter. Contains a slow burn romance, graphic violence, and sexual content. Also includes a HEA and no cliffhanger for the love interests.