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Virginia Kantra is one of my favorite authors.
Teresa Medeiros,New York Timesbestselling author
PRAISE FOR
Sea Lord
Brilliantly sensual and hauntingly poignant, the Children of the Sea novels are on my keeper shelf!
Alyssa Day, New York Times bestselling author
Oh, this was a marvelous coming of age story, and the best in a truly excellent paranormal romance series. This book had it all: passion, magic, conflict, and a truly amazing heroine.
ParaNormal Romance (Top Pick)
Virginias selkies are some of the most fascinating paranormal creatures around... Lucy and Conns romance is both epic and wonderfully intimate, and Sea Lord really deliversboth on the emotional front and on the action front. The stakes are high in Sea Lord, and readers will feel every moment.
Dear Author
With lush writing, vivid descriptions, and smoldering sensuality, Kantra skillfully invites the reader into the heart of the selkie sanctuary and into the hearts and minds of her characters.
Romance Novel TV (5 stars)
Fast-paced, tense, sizzling, and romantic! Much like the previous books, Sea Lord kept me absolutely enthralled.
Errant Dreams Reviews (5 stars)
Highly recommended!
The Erotic Reader
You will find yourself so engrossed in this story, you will hate to put it down until you have read the last page. Ms. Kantra has become an auto buy and this book is one for the keeper shelf.
Night Owl Romance (Top Pick)
A fantastic romantic fantasy.
The Best Reviews
Sea Fever
An especially fine paranormal with strong characters, logical plotting, and a great sense of place. Dont go to the shore without this bit of selkie romance.
Romantic Times (4 stars)
An exciting and spellbinding addition to this phenomenal paranormal series.
Fresh Fiction
Theres no second-novel slump for this trilogy... Moving, heartbreaking, and beautiful.
Errant Dreams Reviews (5 stars)
Sea Witch
A paranormal world that moves with the rhythm of the waves and the tide... Kantra tells Margred and Calebs story with a lyric, haunting, poetic voice.
Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author
Full of excitement, humor, suspense, and loads of hot, hot sex. Anyone who enjoys a good paranormal should not miss this one!
Fresh Fiction
An absolutely fantastic paranormal/fantasy read... Gorgeous, complex, and fascinating.
Errant Dreams Reviews (5 stars)
What a refreshing and unique world Virginia Kantra has created for Children of the Sea! Full of sensual magic, intrigue, and compelling characters, Sea Witch is a book to be savored.
CK2S Kwips and Kritiques (4 clovers)
A bestseller arises from the depths of the sea and floats to the top of the romance/paranormal list! Sea Witch is enthralling!
A Romance Review (5 roses)
Home Before Midnight
Sexy and suspenseful... A really good read.
Karen Robards, New York Times bestselling author
Virginia Kantra is a sensitive writer with a warm sense of humor, a fine sense of sexual tension, and an unerring sense of place.
BookPage
Close Up
Holy moly, action/adventure/romance fans! You are going to love this book! I highly, highly recommend it.
Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author
Kantras first foray into single-title fiction is fast-paced, engrossing, and full of nail-biting suspense.
Sabrina Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author
Honest, intelligent romance.
Romance: B(u)y the Book
MORE PRAISE FOR VIRGINIA KANTRA AND HER BESTSELLING NOVELS
Smart, sexy, and sophisticatedanother winner.
Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author
An involving, three-dimensional story that is scary, intriguing, and sexy.
All About Romance
Kantra creates powerfully memorable characters.
Midwest Book Review
Virginia Kantra is an autobuy... Her books are keepers and her heroes are to die for!
Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author
Packs a wallop!
Elizabeth Bevarly, New York Times bestselling author
Berkley Sensation Titles by Virginia Kantra
The Children of the Sea Novels
SEA WITCH
SEA FEVER
SEA LORD
IMMORTAL SEA
HOME BEFORE MIDNIGHT
CLOSE UP
Anthologies
SHIFTER
(with Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, and Alyssa Day)
OVER THE MOON
(with Angela Knight, MaryJanice Davidson, and Sunny)
BURNING UP
(with Angela Knight, Nalini Singh, and Meljean Brook)
To my readers.
Thank you.
And for my children.
You have my heart.
Hence in a season of calm weather
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea
Which brought us hither,
Can in a moment travel thither
And see the children sport upon the shore,
And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a the seas gang dry.
Till a the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o life shall run.
ROBERT BURNS
Foreword
IN THE TIME BEFORE TIME, WHEN THE DOMAINS of earth, sea, and sky were formed and fire was called into being, the elementals took shape, each with their element: the children of earth, the children of the sea, the children of air, and the children of fire.
After earth had flowered and life crawled from the sea, humankind was born.
The children of fire rebelled against this new creation, declaring war on the children of air and humankind. Forced to cohabit with the mortals, the other elementals withdrew: the fair folk to the hills and wild places of earth and the merfolkselkie and finfolkto the depths of the sea.
Over the centuries, the children of fire grew strong, while the children of the sea declined in numbers and in magic. Now the very survival of the merfolk hangs in the balance. A closer alliance with humankind might save the children of the sea. Or destroy them.
Yet all acknowledge that some contact is inevitable between the elementals and mortal men and women. From such encounters, souls are redeemed and lost, wars are waged, great art is created, empires are raised.
Of such meetings, legendsand childrenare born...