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Dance of the Gods

Subgenre
romantasy
Edition year
2006-10-03
Rating
★ 4.0 · 29 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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In the second novel of Nora Roberts' Circle Trilogy, demon hunter Blair Murphy is chosen by the goddess Morrigan as one of a circle of six warriors destined to defeat the vampire Lilith and her army. Blair, a loner who has never trusted anyone, struggles to rely on her new circle but is drawn to larkin, a shapes-shifting nobleman from another era who can take the form of a horse or a dragon as well as a ruggedly handsome man. The circle travels through time to larkin's medieval world of geall to gather forces and prepare for the coming battle, where blair must decide whether to keep fighting her growing attraction to him or risk everything for a love across time.

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  • Chosen One: “chosen by the goddess Morrigan to defeat the vampire Lilith and her minions” source
  • Time Travel: “the circle travels through time to Larkin's world, where Blair must choose between battling her overwhelming attraction to him—or risking everything for a love that can never be” source
  • Shifter Romance: “a man of many shapes. As a horse, he is proud and graceful; as a dragon, beautifully fierce; and as a man…well, Blair has never seen one quite so ruggedly handsome and playfully charming as this nobleman from the past” source
  • Quest: “the circle of six will face Lilith and her army in Geall. To complete preparations and round up forces to fight” source
  • Strong Heroine: “Blair Murphy has always worked alone. Destined to be a demon hunter in a world that doesn't believe in such things, she lives for the kill.” source
  • Forbidden Love: “Blair must choose between battling her overwhelming attraction to him—or risking everything for a love that can never be” source

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