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"The long awaited sequel to HEARTMATE!"
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted May 8, 2003

I must admit I began to read this book with much trepidation as to how this second book in the Celta series could measure up to HEARTMATE. I am happy to say it not only measured up but went well beyond my highest expectations! This is the story of Ruis Read more...

"Incredible follow-up to HeartMate - a keeper!"
Reviewed by Sue Burke
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted May 16, 2003

On Celta, a world where psi power is taken for granted, Ruis Elder is shunned as a null. Eventually convicted for a string of thefts, he's banished from Druida City. Instead of leaving, Ruis and his fam (cat), Samba, take refuge in the only whole spaceship left in Druida, Nuada's Read more...

"Tremendous science fiction romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 21, 2003

In Druida City, Celta, Ruis Elder feels worthless, yet remains diligent trying to stay alive knowing his uncle sends assassins to kill him. Ruis also struggles to avoid the destructiveness of self pity as he bitterly thinks of how he should have been the Heir and ultimately the Lord Read more...

"Can a former thief and a judge have a future together?"
Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted June 2, 2003

Ruis Elder is a Null, a person who negates Flair, the psi powers developed after colonists settled on the planet Celta centuries ago. Shunned by his peers (the noble families of Celta), stripped of his birthright, and abused by his uncle Bucus T'Elder, Ruis just wants to work with old Read more...

Author Interview

Winner of 2003 PEARL Award
- Best Fantasy/Magical Paranormal Romance

Honorable Mention for 2003 PEARL Award
- Best FUTURISTIC Paranormal Romance

Returning to the planet Celta, the world of psychically gifted people first introduced in the RITA Award-winning HeartMate, Owens spins an entrancing tale...

Summary

Ruis Elder never asked for his unusual trait - the ability to neutalize other's psychic talents. Because of it, he has always been hated in his own homeland, destined to roam the harsh planet alone. But trouble finds him in front of the ruling Council - and face-to-face with the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. There's only one problem: Ailim is on the opposite side of the bench...

Ailim has never before felt such passion coursing through her as she feels in Ruis's presence. And she never thought she would - at least not with a man so far beneath her station, a man who does not even have psychic powers. But even on the planet Celta, love is blind to such details. Separately, Ailim and Ruis must forgo their old lives. But together the can take on the world...