{"id":1581,"date":"2015-04-13T16:06:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T16:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2015-04-13T16:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T16:06:44","slug":"arcs-for-the-mages-of-bennamore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/04\/arcs-for-the-mages-of-bennamore\/","title":{"rendered":"ARCs for &#8216;The Mages of Bennamore&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! I\u2019m looking for people to read and review my latest epic fantasy, \u2018The Mages of Bennamore\u2019, due out May 15th. It features a woman with secrets, two very different men and a fragile political alliance that rapidly unravels. And plenty of magic, naturally!<\/p>\n<p>One beta reader said: <em>\u201cThere was a good balance of action, adventure, drama, and comedy, and of course romance. Fen is a refreshing character. Her sass and her no-nonsense attitude make her appealing and funny.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 443 pages long. If you\u2019re interested, <a href=\"mailto:brightmoon@paulinemross.co.uk\">email me<\/a> with your preferred format: mobi, epub or pdf.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the blurb:<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/magesofbennamorecover2500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"387\" \/>A fragile peace. A clash of magic. A woman with secrets. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The war between Bennamore and the coastal region was over almost before it began. But the uniquely powerful mage who forged the alliance is dead, and the coastal folk are restless. Now the victors are bringing their spellcraft to the Port Holdings, unaware that the locals have their own less conspicuous magical ability. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fen<\/em><em>\u2019s new job with the mages of Bennamore seems pleasant enough, but their powers threaten to expose her shady little habits. And then she can\u2019t shake off the attentions of the flirtatious and uneducated guard, Mal. Nothing, it seems, will deter him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The mysterious disappearance of a mage uncovers a dragon<\/em><em>\u2019s nest of deceit. Mal needs Fen\u2019s help to figure it out, but she has divided loyalties and her past drags everyone into the middle of a violent conspiracy. Yet she may be the only one who can stand between the two countries, and stop them plunging back into a war which, this time, would destroy all of them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! I\u2019m looking for people to read and review my latest epic fantasy, \u2018The Mages of Bennamore\u2019, due out May 15th. It features a woman with secrets, two very different men and a fragile political alliance that rapidly unravels. And plenty of magic, naturally! One beta reader said: \u201cThere was a good balance of action, adventure, drama, and comedy, and of course romance. Fen is a refreshing character. Her sass and her no-nonsense attitude make her appealing and funny.\u201d It\u2019s 443 pages long. If you\u2019re interested, email me with your preferred format: mobi, epub or pdf. Here\u2019s the blurb: A fragile peace. A clash of magic. A woman with secrets. The war between Bennamore and the coastal region was over almost before it began. But the uniquely powerful mage who forged the alliance is dead, and the coastal folk are restless. Now the victors are bringing their spellcraft to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1583,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions\/1583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}