"Another gem of a book in Robin D. Owen's crown!"

You know a book is good when your skin goosebumps and your scalp tingles immediately after reading the final page. This is one such book. I believe Robin D. Owens is a master magician in disguise as a writer. I know she has the power to mesmerize me with her stories to the point that I can hardly wait until she has another book written.

Callista (Calli) Torcher doesn't see eye to eye with her dad and never had. Finally as a last straw her father informs her since her fall and subsequent injury he knew she couldn't ride horses again so he sold her prized horse. She is devastated especially since she has been the one to keep the Rocking Bar T in business with her rodeo prizes all these years. She runs to her special place and is amazed when she leans back against the crystal mountain and keeps going. What is happening?

Calli is the next Exotique summoned to help with the Dark. She is well versed in Equine and the Volarians have chosen her to be their Exotique. Now she has to learn a whole new way of life and she also has to choose a partner. Marrec Gardpoint is a lowly Chevalier and knows that he doesn't have a chance with Calli but still he'd like to try. It would mean a whole different life for him.

This book is yet another gem in the crown of all that is Robin D. Owens. I keep telling myself that she just can't get much better but with every book she amazes and surprises me! I eagerly await another gem from Robin D. Owens.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 20, 2007

Summary

If horses could fly...then Calli Torcher might ride again. But a devastating accident left her in such pain she thought the chimes and chanting in her ears were a hallucination...until she found herself transported to another world, and met the Lladranans who had Summoned her.

Lladrana was a parallel, magical earth filled with exotic creatures, noble humans and enchantments—all threatened by an encroaching evil.

And when the mighty volarans stopped obeying the Chevaliers, the flying horses' unexpected rebellion had thrown Lladrana into an uproar. In desperation, the sorcerers had sought help from afar—and gotten Calli.

If she could fulfill this mission, perhaps she would also finally find all she had longed for—a mate, a home, a family. But against this great darkness, she had no battle experience, no strategy plans. She had only a bond with horses....