The Oathing Stone (The Rituals Trilogy, #2)
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Are you ready for a Faerie civil war? A race with time to save the ones you love?
After a year blissfully hidden together in a small village on Ireland’s lush green, Catherine and Bowen are ready to tie the knot. The joining of an ancient druid doctor and a woman blessed with druid magic from the sacred oak tree calls for nothing less than a traditional Celtic ceremony. For this, to connect them to their ancestors and the sacred place where they marry, a key item must be chosen for the ritual. The oathing stone.
Their need for discretion allows for only a gathering of Catherine’s closest friends and family. But after the couple’s first night together, strange and sudden events unfold. Blood mingles with fire, and Catherine’s magic becomes unstable.
Meanwhile, the mysterious Faerie Kings send a Fae spy to witness Catherine’s magic which disrupts not only her life but her best friend Bella’s when she becomes his sudden obsession. Just after Bella goes missing, it is up to Catherine to get her back, but it is only the beginning of their problems as she finds they’re embroiled in the middle of a Faerie civil war.
- Award-winning Official Selection book of 2018 New Apple Book Awards in Fantasy Category.
- 3rd Place Winner of the 2018 Irish Drunken Druid Awards
Praise for this book
...This is a stunning sequel to J.Z.N. McCauley's Oak and Mistletoe that brings to life the mischief and malice of faeries. McCauley perfectly captures the chaos and insanity of this magical world, drawing with ease from the classic tales of faeries...
Very nice opening and bringing us into the action of the story. Clear details to tell us where we are. ...Great job with the detail of the white lace draping over the White Satin. Very nice transitions between the fairy world and the present-day world. Excellent use of details, such as a wild mess of long red hair, long bat black braids, tenakill swooping out from the Dark Water, mystifying Beauty, and other terms and words specific for the genre. Very pleased with the word choices. Also, good job establishing the fairy world, however, the real world could have been established a little more. For instance, using scene-setting descriptions where the characters were, that would have helped the character actions, which the author did a fine job with. ...very good job with the story and you really knocked my socks off.