Rhys MacDonald is pissed. Owning and managing Velvet Haven has lost its challenge. The bar caters to many forms of being and, more importantly, sits smack dab on top of the portal to Annwyn. Even sharing mind-blowing sex with any female that piques his interest is palling. Needing to engage sexually on an almost daily basis is more than a pleasure, it is a duty. His guardian since birth is Keir, a Shadow Wraith who gains his sustenance through the energy exuded by passion, and Keir's only route to dinner is through Rhys. What Rhys wants more than anything is to go through the portal and discover what has been drawing Keir from his side, and perhaps to seek the woman who has been haunting his dreams. He is, after all the part-Sidhe nephew of Bran, the Sidhe king. The passage to Annwyn is as much his birthright as the bar, and Bran's banning is not enough to keep him from it.

Bronwnn, Goddess of sexuality and fertility, is handmaiden to Cailleach, the Supreme Goddess and the most powerful being in Annwyn. Her visions are of use to her goddess, but Bronwnn does not share everything. The dreams and visions of a handsome man who consumes her with lust she keeps to herself. She knows he will have a part to play in the coming Dark Times. The powers in Annwyn are shifting, the time of the Goddess is waning and the King is in ascendance. Bronnwnn knows life as they know it must change, or all will be destroyed.

MISTS OF VELVET is book two in the Immortals of Annwyn series and does a great job answering some of the questions raised in Velvet Haven last year while upping the ante danger-wise. Sophie Renwick has a facile and vivid imagination and succeeds in weaving a strong and vital plot while giving us plenty of the erotic thrills we have come to expect from her other series.

Book Summary

Hidden from mortals, Annwyn, the Otherworld, is home to shapeshifters, wraiths and dragons. Rhys MacDonald, the mortal great-grandson of a banished prince races to Annwyn to offer help when his ancient homeland is threatened by a dangerous Dark Magick.

There he encounters a young goddess and shapeshifter, who thinks he is the mate foreseen in her dreams. Bound together by the flames of desire, they discover that destiny-and the Dark Magick- has other plans for them...

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