2-in-1 Romance Novellas by Karen Wiesner
2-in-1 Inspirational Romance Novellas
The Amethyst Angel {Traditional Romance Novella}: Elena Lopez’s father has decided to play matchmaker with his long-time friend and neighbor, Marta Delgado, when Marta’s nephew comes to town. Elena has a secret though: She’s always loved Marta’s own son Pablo. An amethyst angel belonging to a dying boy reminds Elena that spending her life waiting for something to happen isn’t living and that love must be shared. Can she take the risk of telling Pablo her feelings even if he doesn’t share her love?
A Home for Christmas {Inspirational Romance Novella}: All Christie Renata Zondervon has ever wanted is a family, especially at Christmas-time. Craig Stevens has dried her tears, held her hand, listened to her talk about her hopes and fears at any time of day or night. She’s never looked at him romantically before…until he invites her to spend Christmas with his family. How does a painfully shy man reveal his heart without voicing the words that could lead to rejection? Craig has given himself twelve days to convince Christie he can be the man of her dreams. Now it’s a countdown to win her heart or bust!
GENRE: Inspirational Romance Word Count: 28, 947
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2-in-1 Supernatural Romance Novellas
The Amethyst Star {Futuristic Romance Novella}: They live in a time when humans have become an endangered species…
Thirty years ago, the men and women of Earth went off to fight in an intergalactic war. In the time since, carnivores have flourished and slaughtered most of the human race. Answering Earth’s call for help to avoid extinction, Hunters have ultra-strength, speed and instincts, allowing them to destroy the carnivores. Human women have become invaluable prizes in their roles as Procreators. Pair-bonding is rare and families no longer exist. Lady Sher of the Amethyst Star is mankind’s last hope for survival though her heart’s desire can never be fulfilled…especially not with the hunter Randolf. On Randolf’s home world, a vision of the rare star of amethyst was revealed along with the prophecy that if he loses this star, the hunter will become the hunted for all time. Will destiny and desire prove impossible goals?
Creatures of the Night {Paranormal Romance Novella}: Loner and Night-owl painter Susanna Heath has just married her exotic-foreigner husband. Nicholai Rostislav disappears all day, coming to her only at night. Now she finds out that he’s a bloodsucking vampire. And you thought your marriage had problems.
GENRE: Supernatural Romance/Science Fiction/Fantasy Anthology Word Count: 33, 512
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4.0 out of 5 stars Two Unusual Paranormal Novellas
The first of these two stories is science fiction rather than supernatural, but that's a minor quibble. Both of them focus on intensely passionate relationships and include intriguing variations on their tropes. THE AMETHYST STAR takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth with the surviving human remnants under constant attack from the intelligent but utterly merciless Carnivores. The vivid emotional lives of the Hunters contrast effectively with the efficient but sterile culture created by the human rulers to maximize reproduction and preserve the "purity" of the species. Of course the Hunter hero and his human destined mate, a procreative "Queen" living in what amounts to continuous protective custody, will unite with each other, but their struggles in getting to that point grip the reader's attention. In CREATURES OF THE NIGHT, the relationship between the heroine and her vampire lover isn't quite like any treatment of vampires and her kind that I've seen before. Although the atmosphere of most of the story is dreamlike and mysterious, all will be revealed in the end. There's a twist concerning the heroine that I don't want to spoil. In both novellas, I would have liked to read more details on, for instance, the evolutionary connection between humans and Hunters (there probably is one, since they can breed together) or the biology of the vampire hero's family heritage.
Margaret L. Carter
July 5, 2021
