Under These Restless Skies by Bryan, Lissa ISBN B00IJLQVL4 instant download

Under These Restless Skies by Bryan, Lissa ISBN B00IJLQVL4 instant download

Journey back in time to Tudor England with a tale of romance, intrigue, and the Celtic legends of the selkies.
Will
Somers has spent his life alone, thinking himself unlovable. Emma is a
selkie; a creature of myth and magic, one of the immortal fae-folk of
the sea. When Will finds her sleeping on a beach, he recalls the tales
his grandmother told him of selkie maidens taken for wives. He seizes
this unexpected chance to have a wife and family of his own and steals
her pelt, binding her to him. Only when it is willingly returned will
she be free.
Emma has never experienced life on land and
can barely contain her excitement and curiosity. She has to learn to
adapt quickly to human customs, for Will is headed to the glittering,
dangerous court of Henry VIII to serve as the king’s fool. It’s a world
where careless words can lead to the scaffold and the smallest gesture
is loaded with political implications.
Anne Boleyn is
charmed by Emma’s naïveté and soothing selkie magic and wants Emma for
her own fool. Anne is soon to become a wife herself, and the Queen of
England. But wearing the crown does not ensure her own safety, and at
Anne’s side, Emma becomes entangled in the dark intrigues of the court,
trying to stay afloat in the turbulent seas swept by the storms of the
mercurial king.
Can Will protect the woman he loves from
the dangers that lurk in every shadow? Emma uses her selkie magic to
soothe the king’s temper, and Will uses his humor, but Henry’s moods
become increasingly erratic. Theirs is a vocation that provides them
some protection, but in Henry VIII’s court, no one is safe. Circa regna
tonat: Around the throne, the thunder rolls.