"Sometimes small magick can produce great things."

In a family of powerful mages, Drey lacks Talent. She only commands some small magick. After visiting her family, Drey ponders on the type of man she would like to share her life with and comes up with three different types. Finding a special place on the mountain, Drey executes a ritual in thanksgiving for "finding this special place and joy in being alive." What she produces is a man who is a combination of the ones she created in her imagination. However, he is not a man, at least not a mortal one, but a wind spirit. Unfortunately, he now wants to return to being a spirit, and it's up to Drey to return him, she just doesn't know how!

As Drey works to discover how to return Cyrus to his natural state, she also discovers that her "small magick" is developing into something more powerful. When a new mage comes to the area, Drey asks for his help in controlling her Power. He agrees, but the price she ends up having to pay may be more than she is willing to give.

This is a marvelous story. Taking place in the Dark Ages, it's full of magic. An unusual hero and a resilient heroine make this a great tale. It concentrates mostly on the heroine, but the scenes with the hero are superb. Animal lovers, especially those partial to cats, will enjoy Drey's Mousebane. This one is just as good as the first in this series.

Sensuality: descriptive sex; oral sex. Monogamous sex. Sexually explicit scenes: 6.

Reviewed by Flora Bell
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted November 17, 2002

Summary

Drey is descended from a long line of female mages, but she herself only commands SMALL MAGICK. Her aunt and grandmother have sent her off by herself to unlock the power they know lies within her. Frustrated with her inability to perform even the basics of magick, Drey finds solace outdoors, playing her pipes while the breeze tangles her hair and tugs at her skirt. She explores the mountain that looms above her cottage and finds an isolated meadow that long ago served a mage as a natural circle. With joy at her discovery surging through her, she casts the circle and raises power for the first time in her life. She also conjures a wind spirit and binds him to mortal form.

Cyrus believes she has called him to pleasure her and applies himself diligently to the task. Their mutual delight dissipates when they realize she has no idea how she called and bound him. Only the mage who bound him can release him. How can she reverse what she did unwittingly? While she works to devise a ritual that will return him to his world, Drey helps Cyrus explore the physical world while he shows her glimpses of his realm. To her dismay, she finds herself falling in love with him. That revelation makes her desperate to send him back to the skies. Desperate enough to apprentice herself to a powerful mage with an agenda of his own. Desperate enough to promise him anything in exchange for the knowledge she needs to free Cyrus.