Margo Bond Collins

Myths & Legends

Nicola Sarah Brooks

Earth Borne by Rachael Slate

I am a total Greek History and Mythology geek so this hits so many of my buttons! I loved book 1 and have been waiting with bated breath for this baby! 

Thereus has finally returned to his homeland. He had had an arranged marriage but his wife was cold towards him and he ran off to sea to become a pirate. But on his return he finds that his wife is strangely welcoming and smells...different. Maybe the separation has messed with his memories of his shrew like wife.

Melita is in a whole lotta trouble. Her gentle subterfuge has come back to roost!!! When she and Thereus met last time he didn't know who she was but now she is pretending to be his late wife, her sister. They look enough alike to pass with servants but with her husband???? Add in the fact that she is hiding another loss from him and she knows she won't come out of this unscathed when he realises what is going on. But she loves his son as much as he now does and she won't go until she knows he has fully committed to being a father. 

I loved this little peek into centaur life! The passion, intrigue and subterfuge are all wonderfully layered within a very strong storyline. Wonderfully empathetic characters and a real life feel passion between Thereus and Melita. I loved the whole mistaken identity thread through the book and just loved how willing a certain servant was to help out. Only a former nanny has that kinds gumption LOL

Myths & Legends

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