Honey Queen
Release Date:
05/31/14
Summary from
Goodreads:
Love is honey
sweet, but it comes with a fatal sting . . .
Melaina Maris needs wings to fly the gap between loving Sam and her family’s ancient curse that forces carnal love and then kills the male lovers. She won’t let the same fate that killed her father befall another. She refuses to allow her goddess-created bloodline to continue. But there’s no easy way out, especially after the curse turns her into the Honey Queen—savior to honey bees—intensifying her charms.
To help her fulfill the curse’s demands in the least harmful way, her grandmother takes her to mate with terminally ill Boyd. But Boyd’s gay. And an expert in mythology. Instead of having sex, Melaina learns how she might summon the goddess who created the first ancestor bee-charmer and cursed her bloodline. Melaina's magic—tears to save honey bees from endangerment—could be enough to persuade the goddess to end the curse. But an unexpected discovery soon changes that hope, spinning Melaina into a swarm of love, friendship and death.
Melaina Maris needs wings to fly the gap between loving Sam and her family’s ancient curse that forces carnal love and then kills the male lovers. She won’t let the same fate that killed her father befall another. She refuses to allow her goddess-created bloodline to continue. But there’s no easy way out, especially after the curse turns her into the Honey Queen—savior to honey bees—intensifying her charms.
To help her fulfill the curse’s demands in the least harmful way, her grandmother takes her to mate with terminally ill Boyd. But Boyd’s gay. And an expert in mythology. Instead of having sex, Melaina learns how she might summon the goddess who created the first ancestor bee-charmer and cursed her bloodline. Melaina's magic—tears to save honey bees from endangerment—could be enough to persuade the goddess to end the curse. But an unexpected discovery soon changes that hope, spinning Melaina into a swarm of love, friendship and death.
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Praise:
“HONEY
QUEEN will
leave you tingling. Mercer delivers an unforgettable character
connected directly to nature with a twist of mythology that
exemplifies the power of love, and with enough courage, the power to
change ones destiny.”
Rachel Allen Dillon, award-winning author and illustrator of Through
Endangered Eyes
“In
prose so delicious, you can taste it, Christina Mercer’s HONEY
QUEEN captures
the genuine angst and yearning of YA fiction with a powerful
honey-sweet twist of Mythic proportions. Readers will catch the buzz
of Melaina’s riveting journey to convince a Goddess to save her
bloodline, the love of her life, and all the bees. A wonderful
reminder of the indelible bond between humanity and nature.”
-Jordan E. Rosenfeld, author of Forged
in Grace, Night
Oracle and Make
a Scene
About
the AuthorChristina Mercer is an
award-winning author of fiction for children and young adults.
Honored titles include Tween Fantasy ARROW OF THE MIST and its sequel
ARMS OF ANU, and YA Fantasy/Romance HONEY QUEEN. Christina enjoys
life in the foothills of Northern California with her husband and
sons, a pack of large dogs, and about 100,000 honeybees. For more
about her and her writing, visit:
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Giveaway: 1 $10 Amazon Gift Card (INT) 1 "Honey Bee" swag pack (USA).
Swag will be bookmark, buzz card, beeswax lip balm, honey sticks, honeybee charm. a Rafflecopter giveaway
This book has everything,a women carrying around a curse who is looking for love but can't have soul mate because of what she will do to any man in her way. She is afraid of her blood line but more afraid of love. I can't wait to see what happens to Melaina Maris after she finds true friendship and what impact that will have on the curse. I will be on pins and needles.
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