Eternity
(The first book in the Eternity series)
(1998)
A novel by Maggie Shayne
Three hundred years ago, the good citizens of Sanctuary believed there was a Witch in their midst...
Her name was Raven St. James, a woman whose unearthly beauty and beguiling charms inspired rumors of Witchcraft. Only one man tried to save her from the hangman's noose -- Duncan, the town minister, who thought it strange that anyone could acuse this lovely and vibrant woman of anything wicked. Stranger still was the fact that Raven was a Witch. And even though she held the power to save herself, she could not rescue Duncan -- who died trying to help her...
Three hundred years later, the immortal Witch searches for the one soul who truly loved her...
At last, after centuries of loneliness and longing, Raven has found him. Her precious Duncan has returned -- reborn in the body of a man who has no memory of the past they shared. Yet Raven knows that the heart can never forget true passion. Their souls are destined to be together. But as Duncan reawakens to the power of Raven's love, so too does the evil that tore them apart three hundred years ago. Now Raven and Duncan must prove their love -- for all enternity...
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Infinity
(The second book in the Eternity series)
(1999)
A novel by Maggie Shayne
A Bewitching Romance
Last year, Maggie Shayne delighted readers with her bewitching tale ETERNITY, a mystical blend of romance and fantasy that introduced Raven St. James, an Immortal High Witch. This captivating story of a love that reaches across centuries and becomes as immortal as the lovers themselves resonates with timeless passion, powerful magic, and haunting heartbreak. Now Shayne returns with the next chapter in the saga of the Immortal High Witches. Infinity is the spellbinding story of Arianna and Nicodimus -- a story of love found, lives lost, and the heartbreaking effects of the ultimate betrayal.
It is the year 1511, and in the Scottish Highlands a young woman named Arianna Sinclair is devastated by the drowning death of her beloved sister, Raven. She seeks solace among three women known as the Crones, village outcasts who practice mysterious rituals. While Arianna has yet to discover the truth about herself, the three women know she possesses a power far beyond anything they, the mortal Crones, have.
Someone else knows of Arianna's powers, too, and her life is forever changed when he rides into town one day. His name is Nicodimus Lachlan, and with his help Arianna will discover the truth about her past, her future, and her heart. She will discover true love only to lose it, find an inner peace that will be lost to the ravages of war, and die a bloody and violent death only to be reborn again. For she is an Immortal High Witch, one of a secretive and magical group both gifted and cursed with eternal life.
Nicodimus is an Immortal High Witch as well and thoroughly bewitched by the lovely young Arianna. As a respected member of the community because of his relationship to its leader, he weds Arianna in hopes of protecting her from the paranoid, witch-hunting villagers. And while he vows not to love her for fear of reliving the heartbreak he still suffers from the loss of his wife and sons 700 years before, Arianna is otherwise determined.
Before their love can be fully realized, warring factions who have pursued Nicodimus through centuries of time exact their revenge on the tiny village he calls home. Arianna learns the truth about herself when she is killed and comes back to life. Before she can react to this newfound knowledge, she is kidnapped and imprisoned by one of the dark witches, who intends to use her as a lure for Nicodimus, his true quarry.
Shayne's style of writing is engaging, intelligent, and sophisticated. Her characters are poignantly real and her stories utterly mesmerizing. The love between Arianna and Nicodimus is exquisitely drawn, their star-crossed fates both heart-wrenching and heartwarming. Infinity is both romance and fantasy at their best, all of it wrapped up in a tidy package of lyrical prose that makes for an unforgettable and highly pleasurable reading experience.
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Destiny
(The third book in the Eternity series)
(2001)
A novel by Maggie Shayne
Maggie Shayne continues her bewitching series of paranormal romances, which began with Eternity and Infinity, with the third book in this captivating saga of immortal witches who battle for love and life. Shayne lends a whole new meaning to the word "timeless" as she spans thousands of years and casts a spell of her own with this mystical blend of romance and fantasy.
Building on characters who were briefly introduced in Infinity, Shayne takes her readers back and forth between present-day Boston and the ancient civilization of Sumer, which existed some 4,500 years ago. Journeying into the past, we meet the young witch Nidaba, a temperamental adolescent who is being raised to assume the role of high priestess among the Sumerian people. Learning at her side is the young prince of Sumer, Eannatum. Both bear the mark of the Immortal High Witches, but neither is aware of their heritage as they are far too busy falling in love. However, the king of Sumer dictates that Eannatum marry Puabi, the princess of neighboring Ur, so that the two may combine their forces to fend off attacks from the nearby land of Umma. What follows is a tragedy of heart-wrenching proportions, the effect of which will last for millennia to come.
In the present, Eannatum is living a quiet, reclusive life as an antique dealer in Boston when he reads a news article about an unknown woman in a nearby mental hospital who went berserk after miraculously surviving a fall from a 40-story building. There is a picture of the woman, and Eannatum is shocked to realize it is Nidaba, who he thought perished in a fire 4,500 years ago. He rescues her and takes her to his home, not knowing that Puabi has also survived all these years and is hot on their trail, crazed for revenge. Puabi's ability to assume anyone's likeness makes for several hair-raising moments during the poignant reunion of Nidaba and Eannatum, who are only now fully realizing the strength of their love.
Shayne blends present and past in a seamless narrative marked by a deft sense of pacing, riveting suspense, and some blisteringly hot sex. Her unique blend of history, witchcraft, and passion blurs the boundaries between romance, horror, and fantasy, creating a bewitching bit of literary magic every bit as spellbinding as the High Immortal Witches themselves.
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