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The Wolf Queen: Book 2: The Arcadia Series Kindle Edition

by Kelley Heckart (Author), Nicole Zoltack (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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Do you like werewolf tales with magic, intrigue, and mystery? The Wolf Queen will captivate you. This is a standalone story.

A tormented wolf man. A mysterious girl with a terrible secret.

Alara, a princess from a foreign land, is forced to wed the sorcerer-king Aramon, a power-hungry warlord, who discovers her dark secret and wants to use her to create an invincible army. When she meets Lycaon, she must decide if she should trust the cursed, tormented half-man half-wolf who might be her enemy or her true mate.

Lycaon, once a great king until he was cursed by Zeus to be a werewolf, is drawn to the mysterious princess. He is torn between helping Alara escape and using her to gain power over those who despise him.

Secrets abound and old enemies are reunited to battle Aramon before his terrible plan is unleashed. Time is running out as the dark moon approaches. Soon, Arcadia will be overrun with an unstoppable, vicious army unless Aramon can be defeated. To prevent his victory, the cost is high. As Lycaon’s affection for Alara grows, it becomes more difficult for him to decide which to save: Arcadia or her.

˃˃˃ A darker twist on Beauty and the Beast and the Greek myth of Lycaon the werewolf.

Although she had been warned of Lycaon’s band of misfits, seeing them watching her with cold eyes made her skin crawl. “Y-you are a goat man.” She stared in astonishment at the horns, the pointed ears, and goat legs with hooves covered in thick brown hair. Despite being half goat, he was the most handsome man she had ever seen with bright, slanted blue eyes and shoulder-length dark brown hair, some strands knotted into warrior braids. A belted loincloth covered little, revealing a muscular upper body.

He raised a bushy eyebrow. “I prefer satyr.”

The other odd-looking people laughed.

She opened her mouth to speak again, but the circle parted and a man stepped forward. A hood covered his head, so she could only see glimpses of his face, a flash of fang-like teeth, fierce eyes, and lots of dark hair. She shrank back from the man who looked like a mix of human and wolf.

“Who in Tartarus are you, and what are you doing in my lands?” His voice sounded like a vicious snarl.

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˃˃˃ A Bronze Age fantasy, adventure, and romance set in Arcadia, the wild forests of the goddess Artemis. Game of Thrones meets The Iliad.

His eyes narrowed into menacing, blazing slits. “This is what I think. You are not a slave, and you have a secret that endangers us all. I have no desire to start a war with a man like Aramon.”

“I never said I was a slave, and if I think you are in imminent danger, I will alert you.”

*

“You should know I do not pick my mate based on what he looks like.” She pulled his hood back. “And I think you are quite handsome.”

“You do?” He smiled. “Then you must be blind, Princess.”

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    The Arcadia Series
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  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    December 16, 2015
  6. Grade level
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The Bear Goddess, Arcadia series Book 1, Greek myths, magic, romance The Wolf Queen, Arcadia series Book 2, werewolves, horror, romance The Crow Maiden, Arcadia series Book 3, shapeshifters, magic, romance
The Bear Goddess, Arcadia series Book 1 The Wolf Queen, Arcadia series Book 2 The Crow Maiden, Arcadia series Book 3
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Powerful Supernatural Female Lead ✓ ✓ ✓
Hunky Alpha Male Lead ✓ ✓ ✓
Steamy Romance, Adventure, Suspense, Twists, Happy Ending ✓ ✓ ✓
Enemies to Lovers, Forbidden Love, Secret Baby Romance ✓
Werewolf Romance, Horror, Dark Fantasy ✓
Revenge Theme Romance ✓
Crippled Hero Romance ✓
Beauty and the Beast Theme Romance ✓
Greek Myths, Shapeshifters, Warrior Nymphs, Centaurs ✓ ✓ ✓
Separate Love Story ✓ ✓ ✓
Arcadia series, Greek myths, steamy romance, paranormal fantasy, magic, adventure, strong females

The World in My Arcadia Series

My series is set during the Bronze Age in Arcadia in the Erymanthos Mountains, Artemis's mythical, wild veiled forests, where an abundant number of otherworldly creatures—nymphs, satyrs, centaurs, werewolves, vampires, gods, goddesses, sorcerers, and crow women— exist within the pines, oaks, and hidden waterfalls. Artemis's nymphs were fierce warriors who guarded her secrets.

Once ruled by priestess-queens and used to worshipping a Mother Goddess, the Minoans and other native peoples of the Aegean came under the rule of the patriarchic Hellenes (Greeks) who worshipped Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades and sought to destroy the reign of the Great Goddesses, which included Artemis.

Though the Achaeans embraced some of the old “Cretan” ways and worshipped goddesses alongside their gods, the goddesses were given a lower status.

It was the iron-wielding Dorians, the last of the Hellenes tribes, who managed to conquer the old ways of the goddesses.

Artemis and her beliefs still exist in Arcadia.

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About the Author

"I write strong female heroines because I never wantedto be a helpless princess waiting for a prince to save me. I wanted to be ableto save myself."
Multi-published author Kelley Heckart writes romances withfantasy/paranormal elements set in ancient, medieval, and contemporary timeperiods. Her compelling stories reflect her passion for history, mythology, andthe supernatural. Experience her fierce warriors and alpha males, bold women,otherworldly creatures, magic, and romance.
Her latest series, Shadow-walkers, is a contemporaryparanormal romance series inspired by her time as a rock-n-roll musician. Inthese stories, the women are the rock stars.
When not writing or editing, she enjoys practicing targetarchery, and writing and recording music with her musician husband. She can befound online at kelleyheckart.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B019HML564
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kelley Heckart (December 16, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 16, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3627 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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"I write strong female heroines because I never wanted to be a helpless princess waiting for a prince to save me. I wanted to be able to save myself."

With nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience, Kelley Heckart’s writing focus is steamy paranormal romance and historical fantasy novels. The author of 14 full-length novels, Kelley cleverly plays on the page using supernatural elements throughout ancient, medieval, and contemporary timelines. And she fills her romance novels with history, mythology, and mysticism. Her bold characters tell stories through the eyes of fierce warriors, powerful women, gods and goddesses, faeries and vampires, and beyond. These characters are intertwined with one another through captivating, sensual storytelling, and she thrives when using her gift of fantasy and romance.

When not writing or editing, Kelley enjoys practicing target archery, and writing and recording music with her musician husband. For more than 10 years, she has acted as a book editor who specializes in developmental, content, and copy edits and who is known by “Eagle Eyes.”

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Rochelle Weber, Roses & Thorns Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2016
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Alara escapes from Aramon, the evil king to whom she is betrothed. He has learned the secret of her people and plans to use her to create an unstoppable army that will enable him to conquer the territory surrounding his kingdom. She passes through Artemis’s enchanted forest and enters territory protected by Lycaon, a former king who was cursed by Zeus and is now a werewolf. Strangely, Alara shows no fear of him in either of his forms, and he finds himself strangely drawn to her. He decides to help her avoid Aramon, and prevent him from raising his evil army.

Historical/fantasy is not my favorite genre. There is too much room for anomalies and modern jargon to slip in, but in The Wolf Queen: Arcadia, Book Two, Ms. Heckart has done a good job of keeping to the period, and not jarring me out of the mind-set. I’ve even studied some mythology and she seems to be accurate there. Finally, her pacing and character development were great. She sucked me in from the first page and kept me burning through to the last. So, considering my normal reluctance to read these books, I greatly enjoyed The Wolf Queen. If I didn’t have a rather long “To Be Reviewed” list, I’d grab the first book in the Arcadia series. I’m sure I’d enjoy it.
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Booknerd0618
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story - loved the main character
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016
I received this book so I could give it an honest review and help spread the word. I was very intrigued with the book because I have a huge soft spot for fairy tales and Greek mythology. (No spoilers in this review)
I did like the plot line of the story. You have a beauty (Alara) with a huge secret that could destroy the world and falls for a Beast (Lycaon). But what made me like the story more is that he stayed a beast and she still loved him. She loved him for his heart and not his looks.
The story had a lot of twist and turns but it fell flat at the end for me. It seemed to be rushed and the author wasn’t sure which way she was going to go with the story. I thought the book was going to end several times but it seemed to drag at the end. Do not get me wrong I loved the story but this is my only real critic about the book. There are some intimate scenes in the book that are ok, I felt that it didn’t need to be a part of the books, but hey to each there own.
Alara is a head strong girl who only wanted to return to her homeland and get away from her betrothed Aramon. While she runs back to her home, she runs into Lycaon and his band of warriors. Alara struggles with her feelings for Lycaon but as fates decide it they have a connection that keeps bringing them together. She makes some decisions that keep bringing her in danger but she never backs down.
Lycaon is a pain in the neck. You love him and you hate him. He makes some really really dump decisions that made me want to punch him in the face, but what can I say he is a man and I will leave it at that. The more I read the book, the more I began to love him as a character.
If you love Greek mythology and a twist on a Beauty and Beast then you will love this book. I laughed, cried and got angry at times with the book, but I will definitely be reading this book again.

Quotes:
• “I have never felt the kind of affection I feel for you with anyone. I have no desire to lose you,” he said softly. Still reeling from the pleasure that had engulfed her entire body, she responded in a ragged voice, “I have no desire to lose you either.”
• “No one really knows how our people were created, but it is believed we were created by the gods and that we carry both dragon and wolf blood in our veins. It is possible my clan carries more dragon blood than wolf blood. Your clan has the purest of wolf blood, which is why your blood is so powerful.”
• “He will never control what is inside of me.” She straightened her posture in defiance. He smiled faintly. “In a strange way, I admire your fiery spirit.” His expression turned somber. “But you cannot defeat him.” Anger burned inside her, a rising, unwavering flame. “Baloric, when someone tells me I cannot do something, I am more determined to do it.” “Spoken like a true princess of The Golden Wolf Clan,” he said with a wry grin. He strode away from her toward the waterfall.
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wiccawitch4
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2016
This book Was Given To Me By The Author In Exchange For An Honest Review

This was an amazing story full of twist and turns. Kelley Heckart is an incredible author and I found myself lost in the story from the start. Alara was a feisty and proud woman who bowed to no one, and Lycaon was a fierce and noble person hell bent to protect her at any cost. I fell in love with the characters and the story right away. Heckart writes with an artistic beauty and grace that captures the imagination and grabs the soul.

I love all stories about battles and stories about gods and goddesses. This book has it all! the sorcerer-king Aramon was a great and fierce enemy and I couldn't ask for a better villain! He never gave up and he never gave quarter. He was ruthless and deadly and had no remorse. He was the perfect villain. Lycaon was much like him but in the Hero aspect, He grieved deeply for his men each time they were lost and went after Aramon all the more ruthlessly. He loved Alara so much that the thought of her in pain pained him so much that he ripped men to pieces. Both were deadly one cared too much the other not enough.

Heckart did a smashing job on this and the love story within holds you and wouldn't let go. It is passionate and deep and sinks its claws in and marks you for its own. I love shifter stories and this one is one of the most interesting one I have read to date, there is magic , intrigue, mystery, and a whole lot of chance. Don't find yourselves missing out, go get your copy today!
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