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"Can love conquer death?"
Reviewed by Flora Bell
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted October 20, 2002

It started when Tranorva went in search of a way to bring back from death Elandine, a member of the Fey and her love. Balthaine, a mercenary, didn't belong here with these people. Though not unwelcome, he was not needed by any of them, especially General Tranorva, High Matriarch of the Read more...

"The Potato Chip of Fantasy Romance"
Reviewed by Ann Leveille
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted October 31, 2002

Tranorva, High Matriarch of the Bear Clan, is on a journey to restore the soul to her lover Elandine's dead-seeming body. With her travel others of the Bear Clan, among them Balthain, a mercenary raised in the sewers and filth of Elahandara, and Dahlai, a Fey child. Their destination is Read more...

"Can love overcome death?"
Reviewed by Sensual Romance
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Posted November 23, 2002

When Tranorva finds that she cannot accept her lover's death, she decides to begin a quest to find his soul. She refuses to believe her mother, who claims that Elandine's spirit has gone to another place. She begins the journey with some of her Clanmates. They are quite a motley Read more...

"Wonderful Fantasy Series"
Reviewed by Chere Gruver
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Posted May 3, 2004

MERCENARY'S PRIZE: SONG OF THE BEAR 1 picks up with our intrepid warriors on a boat. They are trying to find the Island of Tir na nOg, the home of the Sidhe King and Elandine/Shammal's father. Tranorva will not rest until the Sidhe King reunites Elandine's body and spirit. All Read more...

Sexual Content: Hard R/borderline NC-17

Summary

All Tranorva had to do was cart a dead man half way around the globe to an island no one knew how to find, persuade the King of Faerie to grant her an audience, restore Élandine's spirit to his body, and waive the prohibition against Fey and Mortal marriages.

Right. Simple enough until restoring her family made Tranorva heir to a dead house and a captive people. Now the King of Faerie has set her an even greater challenge. The price of Élandine's freedom is the price of her own, and she must rely on the aide of a Rogue and a thief to clear Élandine's name and bring her people home. Can she trust Balthain to find the truths hidden deep in the heart of Élahandara or does the Mercenary have an agenda of his own?

Everyone has a price...