Title: SoulShares Series
Author: Rory Ni Coileain
Genre: M/M Erotic Paranormal
Synopsis
The SoulShares are a four-book cycle, the first of
three, telling the stories of the Fae of the Realm and their journeys to the
human world. Leaving the Realm strips of Fae of half his soul, which is cast
out through space and time and is reborn into a human. And when Fae and human
SoulShares reunite, handle with asbestos gloves!
In Hard as Stone, we meet Tiernan Guaire, a Fae
Noble exiled from the Demesne of Earth for the murder of his brother, and Kevin
Almstead, the human who holds the other half of his soul. Tiernan’s vowed never
to love, but he can’t help his feelings for the handsome lawyer, and when they
encounter the Marfach, the ancient and bloodthirsty enemy of the Fae race, they
can only face it down united.
In Gale Force, Conall Dary, of the Demesne of Air,
the most powerful mage the Fae race has produced since the Sundering of the Fae
and human worlds thousands of years ago, is sent to the human world by a
vengeful and petulant Noble lady, and is accidentally stripped of his ability
to channel magick in the process. Human tattoo artist Josh LaFontaine has
inherited that ability, but Conall needs it back, along with the missing half
of his soul, as he’s the only hope of preventing the Marfach from returning to
complete the destruction of the Fae Realm.
In Deep Plunge, we meet Lochlann Doran, the first
Fae to come to the human world through the Pattern, the portal between the
worlds. He’s been looking for his SoulShare for over two thousand years, so
long that he’s lost all his magick. Garrett Lee Templar is a pole dancer at
Purgatory, Tiernan Guaire’s hot-as-the-hinges-of-Hades nightclub. And
unfortunately, the Marfach and its mostly dead human host have figured out that
a Fae’s human SoulShare is exquisitely vulnterable…
And in Firestorm, the impossible happens – two Fae
paired as SoulShares. And not just any two Fae. Cuinn an Dearmad is the last
surviving Loremaster, one of the original creators of the Pattern, and a
walking attitude problem. Rian Aodán, known in the human world as Rian
Sheridan, is the Prince Royal of the Demesne of Fire, kidnapped by Cuinn as an
infant and presently trying to fill the empty space in his soul with pain and
fire. Together, the two have to break the Pattern to restore magick to the
dying Realm.
Excerpt from Gale Force
Slowly – too slowly, more slowly than last time – the pain
loosened its grip on him. He sat motionless for a few moments, just breathing,
testing to see if it was really over; then, stiffly, he got up, went to the
door, and closed the locks the hard way.
It’s a good thing touching magick doesn’t have the same effect on me that
trying to channel it does.
Yes.
There was the problem. Trying to channel
magick. It was supposed to be as natural as breathing, as walking; magick was
what he was made of, him more than most Fae, and it was supposed to be an
effort for him not to channel it. And
that wasn’t supposed to change, in the human realm.
Conall
lay back on the bed, his weight on his elbows, staring at the window with its
translucent shade. He knew more about what had happened to him, what was
happening to him now, than he was willing to bet most of the luckless travelers
that had passed through the Pattern in the course of two thousand years had
known. Mages maintained histories after most Fae had long since forgotten about
the tales the history became.
He
should be able to use his magick here. All the histories said so. The only
problem with that was that any
attempt to channel anything beyond the abilities inherent in any Fae – rapid
healing, and in his case the gift of languages, the gift of the Demesne of Air
– brought an agony nearly as great as what he almost remembered of the Pattern.
Even after he stopped trying, his very bones remembered what a bad idea it had
been.
And the
reminder lasted longer each time. Damn, he needed something to take his mind
off this. He fell back on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Mirror. Queen’s tits. An image floated unbidden
into his mind, himself lying back on this bed, with Josh covering him. The way
the human had in his dream. Only this time he could see, in the mirror, and the
designs on Josh’s tanned back were amazing. Wings, almost real enough to fly.
Conall
shook his head, and the image fled; he groaned, and covered his eyes with a
forearm. The pain had started the moment Josh let go of his hand. He wasn’t a
romantic; no Fae was, not when you and your partner ar a lar, of the moment, were both going to live more or less
forever unless someone killed you, not when attraction was never forever, and
when there was no such thing as love, except the love of blood for blood, which
was a different thing entirely. No, romance was not in the Fae lexicon. Much
less so in his own.
And
yet, it had hurt when Josh released his hand. Down to the bone.
Scair-anam.
A Fae
who passed through the Pattern had his soul torn in half. Some truths had not
been preserved, and the whole truth about what happened within the Pattern was
one of those truths. It was known that half of the Fae’s soul went out into the
human world, to be born into a human. But as to where, and when, and how, that
human was to be found, the ancient texts gave not a fucking clue.
Good word.
Conall
rolled onto his side, curling in around the pain as another spasm seized him,
waiting for it to pass. And waiting some more, his arms crossed over his abs in
an attempt to stop the tremors. Trying to breathe. Damn, this time it felt like
something was dragging at his very breath, trying to keep it from his lungs. He
was smothering, a little bit at a time.
The
histories all said a Fae in the human world, without his Soulshare, could never
die. But the histories were wrong about other things.
Can I die?
Not alone. Maybe he could.
But he would not. He refused. Josh
would come back. Somehow, being with the human would stop the pain.
How
many times had he yearned for a normal life? To be free to channel, or not. To
take pleasure, with another, and not risk the destruction of that other, and
everything around him. To look into the eyes of a friend, or a lover, and not
wonder when he would be asked to pay in power for the gift of a moment’s
closeness.
Wisdom wishes not, the proverb said. For the only fate worse than to be denied
a wish is to receive it.
Reviews
About the Author
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This was my first time reading anything by this author so I really didn't know what to expect going into this series. But my oh, my.... great chemistry, well written, strong set of characters and HOTT!!!
Tiernan was exiled to the human world for committing murder. He comes with baggage and huge insecurities. He struggles with his feelings for Kevin and goes off and fucks women and men to try to get passed what obviously seems inevitable.
Kevin is looking to drown his sorrows. Turned down yet again to become partner in the Law Firm he works at, he ventures off to an all male nightclub. It was supposed to be one night. But the blond hair, blue eyed stranger won't stay out of his thoughts.
I loved Kevin. He was just so accepting of everything with
Tiernan. And no matter what obstacles were put in their path, he never let up.
Although, Tiernan struggles with his feelings and the fact that Kevin is indeed
his other half, I loved how he would take care of Kevin and being romantic by
setting candles and baths, making sure he got rest when tired and how they both
just had a way of reading one another.
This book was full of surprises that’s for sure. This story
is full of action, fantasy and lots and lots of hot sex. From demonic monsters
to demonic humans and a beautiful relationship that develops between Tiernan and
Kevin, this was a great story. At times it was a little confusing for me to
follow but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes to read
Urban Fantasy and a beautiful bond between two men.
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This is the second book in the
Soulshares series and it was just as good as the first, if not better.
Conall is the most powerful mage and
because he is so powerful he has to have a tight control over his powers and he
can’t ever be intimate. Exiled on Earth, his soul ripped in two and his magic
broken, he lands at the feet of a tattoo artist. Josh owns the tattoo parlour just
above Purgatory and he stumbles over an injured Conall. Unable to explain the
connection he feels towards Conall he takes him in and tries to help him heal.
Josh and Conall find themselves in
danger and an accident leaves Conall in a very difficult situation. They are
faced with several obstacles to hurdle in order to get to where they want to be.
In this book we are introduced to
several more characters and are able to get a little bit more understanding of
the Loremasters and the Marfach’s hunting of the Fae.
This was a great continuation to the
series and once again the sex was HOTT!! I was glad that this book was
different from the first book and based the men’s connection on a more
emotional level. It was a real love story and I enjoyed reading it. So far,
Josh and Conall are my favorite couple and I’m looking forward to reading the
next book.
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Wow,
this is the third book in the Soulshares series and is definitely deep and
emotional at times.
This book tells the story of Lochlann
Doran-the first Fae to be sent through the portal to the human world over two
thousand years ago-and Garrett Templar, the dancer who has been living with HIV
ever since he was infected by a john that he entertained on the side to help
pay his bills while dancing at Purgatory.
Lochlann no longer has his magick and
the gift of healing and finding his SoulShare is the only way he can regain it
back. When Lochlann sets his eyes on Garrett while he was performing at
Purgatory, he knows that he’s found his other half. But their journey is not easy.
Garrett is having a hard time dealing
with the fact that he now has full blown AIDS and tries to push Lochlann away.
But Lochlann isn’t willing to give up. They need each other. But with the
Marfach still trying to gain power, they have more danger to escape.
This book was more tender, more
passionate and another great addition to the series. Rory brings such great
imagination into these stories and such vivid descriptions. Very well written and
a great set of characters evil and good.
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Magic, fantasy, love, anger, hope…. This book has it
all.
Rian and Cuinn two men
that have their own set of baggage to deal with. Instantly attracted to each
other and Rian has a very unique sexual appetite that involves pain. Another
hot, sexual and passionate story of two men going through the struggles to be
together.
In the beginning, we
get to see how they were connected as Rian starts out as a newborn Royal Fae
and Cuinn is charged with taking the newborn and letting him go to the
mortal realm. And come now in the present day, Cuinn needs to locate
Rian in hopes of stopping the falling of the Realm.
There is so much
anger between these two but they have so much chemistry it sizzles right out of
the pages. Still a little confusing at times but again Rory brings to life such
vivid imagination and strong, sexy main characters. There were parts where I
was laughing and I may have shed a tear or two.
Overall, this was a
good erotic fantasy and would definitely recommend giving it a try.
I majored in creative writing, back when Respectable Colleges didn’t offer such a major, so I designed it myself – being careful to ensure that I never had to take a class before nine in the morning or take a Hemingway survey course. I was lucky enough to score the wonderful P.C. Hodgell as a major advisor, too, and to spend several years in a writer’s workshop with Eleanor Arnason. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa at the age of nineteen, sent off my first short story to an anthology being assembled by an author I idolized, got one of those rejection letters that you talk about with your therapist until you’re old and gray, and found other things to do, such as corporate law and nightclub singing, for the next thirty years or so, until I discovered, entirely by chance (except that I don’t believe in chance), the world of m/m erotic romance. Now I have a day job as a legal editor that I’m aching to quit, I’m the mother of a high school senior (when did THAT happen?) and a member of my church choir and the St. Mark’s Cathedral Choral Society, and I’m trying frantically to keep up with the adventures of a group of very randy Fae and tree spirits and the humans who can’t seem to help falling in love with them.
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