To Kill a King
About this ebook
“Hawkin seamlessly weaves prehistoric Irish history (200BCE) and Celtic mythology in this compelling historical fantasy." — Gail M. Murray, Blank Spaces/Ottawa Review of Books
Sorcha just wanted to warn Ruairí of his fate until she saw him and fell in love. How could she leave him to be ritually murdered and cast in a bog to cure for two thousand years?Though he's lost and grieving the loss of his lover, when Estrada realizes his fiery friend, Sorcha O'Hallorhan, is trapped in Iron Age Ireland, he demands that Cernunnos take him and Dylan back through time to rescue her. The Horned God obliges but states the rules: you cannot change history or develop bonds with anyone. How can Sorcha, the spirited archaeologist, survive this prehistoric warrior culture? Assuming she's fey, Ruairí's unscrupulous rival wants her power; but worse still, Ruairí's lover, the wicked Crow Queen, wants her dead.Can Estrada use his Wiccan powers and magician's skills to defeat these Iron Age Druids and bring his friends home without changing history?
A spin-off of To Sleep with Stones, Book Four tells the story of archaeologist Sorcha O'Hallorhan's deepest desire. Buy this romantic, time-traveling, prehistoric thriller today and find out what it takes To Kill a King.
"Her fingers flew to the fey butterfly tattooed on the back of her neck. Her friend, Yasaman, had designed it for her when she finished grad school. It was her symbol of freedom. Sorcha never wanted to be a professor bound to lecture halls—all she ever craved were the wild places and their stories. Now she was deep inside Ruairí's story. Sometimes the butterfly brought her joy; other times, inspiration . . . but always a sense of hope. And she needed all three in this moment for her heart was breaking to see her man so broken."
About the author
W. L. Hawkin is an award-winning author from the West Coast of Canada. Because she’s a genre-blender, you might find crime, mystery, poetry, romantic suspense, fantasy, adventure, and even time-travel interwoven in her stories. Her books have been described as “heart-pounding, cinematic, enchanting and sensual, LGBTQ mysteries and thrillers.”
Her Hollystone Mysteries series features a coven of West Coast witches who solve murders using ritual magic and a little help from the gods. The books—To Charm a Killer, To Sleep with Stones, To Render a Raven, and To Kill a King—follow Estrada, a flawed magician and coven high priest as he endeavors to save his family and friends while sorting through his own personal issues. Her latest, Lure: Jesse & Hawk, is small-town romantic suspense set on a Chippewa reservation in the American Midwest.
Wendy graduated from Trent University with a B.A. in Indigenous Studies. She went on to study English literature at S.F.U. in British Columbia, and then teach high school. Wendy is now an author/publisher at Blue Haven Press and regular reviewer for the Ottawa Review of Books.
As an intuitive writer, Wendy captures on the page what she sees and hears, allowing her muses to guide her through the creative process. She needs to feel the energy of the land, so although she’s an introvert, in each book her characters go on a journey where she’s traveled herself. If you don’t find her at Blue Haven Press, she’s out wandering the woods or beaches of Vancouver Island with her beautiful yellow dog.
