Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn

Salome tries to remain hidden from Raphael’s sight during his visit, but when she slips into the kitchen for a nighttime meal, she finds him waiting for her.

Unfortunately, Salome and Raphael are old enemies. And no one represents romance and adventure more than the angels. She longs for romance and adventure as much as Salome craves security and safety for her. Salome wants nothing more than to raise her niece, Sheba, in safety and peace, and thinks that one of Sheba’s best prospects is a devoted young man named David.īut Sheba is a pretty, flirtatious seventeen year old, not ready to settle down. The story is narrated by Salome, a woman whose distant past was colorful but who has settled down and become a cook in the farm’s kitchen. As the novella begins, Raphael and some of his fellow angels from the angel hold of Windy Point arrive at a farming community in Samaria’s Jordana province to pray for sunlight after many days of rain. Since “Flight” takes two years before the events of Archangel, the archangel at this time is Raphael, a selfish and corrupt man. This makes them some of the most powerful people on Samaria, although they are as fallible as anyone else.Įven more powerful is the archangel, who rules all the angels. The angels, as they are known, also have the power to sing prayers for weather intercessions from the god Jovah. A few of Samaria’s people have wings and live in the high reaches of the angel holds. “Flight,” the first novella, is set on Samaria, the world popularized by Archangel and its sequels.

I’m happy to report that I enjoyed all the novellas in Quatrain to varying degrees. I remember being very excited when I first heard about your plans to write an anthology of four novellas set on four different worlds, the places first introduced in Archangel, Heart of Gold, Summers at Castle Auburn and Mystic and Rider. Janine A Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews angels / Faeries / Fantasy Romance / friends-to-lovers / good-description / interracial-romance / Magic / reunited-lovers / Romantic SF / romantic-elements / Royalty / Samaria / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses 22 Comments

Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn