SOUL DANCE SERIES
by Ann Gimpel
Tarnished Beginnings is the prequel to the
Soul Dance series. Novella length, it's shifter fantasy, but not a romance. The
other three books in this series are full length romances with HEAs. Join
Tairin as a young woman struggling to survive in 1700s Egypt. You'll meet her
again in Tarnished Legacy, book two of Soul Dance.
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . .
SOUL DANCE SERIES . . .Where are my words
to describe the entrance in to this enchanted world of myths and magic. We
start with an introduction to Tairin and her wolf. The struggles and reality
for her as she traverse life being more but not. She was loved by both parents
but not ready for what life had in store for her. Tarnished Beginnings was a
brilliant start to this new series. I was excited to learn of Tairin without
having romance cloud my perspective. This was my chance to understand her and
her background in a quick read that flowed nicely in to the next. Which allowed
me to love her even more when I read her romance journey in Tarnished Legacy.
Tarnished Legacy
brings us back to Tairin and her struggles to continue on undetected. She has traversed
between countries and caravans for many years. One day leads to her being place
in a situation that could get her killed, but at the same time she can’t let
anyone know what she is. Elliott catches her but there was just something about
her that stayed his hand. He wanted something else from her. The mixing of race
was forbidden and this intensified what was going on between Tairin and
Elliott. There was more and yet it was hard to just push forward. I was not
read to have it end but I wanted to know how things were going to progress.
This historical PNR was magic. I was transported and lived the life as if I
were there with them.
Tarnished Prophecy
gives Ilona a seer for her people, but her skills did not help her with a very
sticky situation she finds herself in on more than one occasion. Jamal comes in
the picture and fate has not be so kind to him over the years. There was to be
no mixing of the races and here he was again at that path in life where his
emotions were trying to take over. He would not have the life of another
innocent woman on his hands. This read felt so real that I was transported back
to the camps and the feel, stench, pain, sorrow and despair of the era. I could
feel myself digging in while these brave people fought to have their freedom.
The path clear was for an alliance between Romani and shifters but they had to
get past their own hatred and distrust to see that would be the most suitable
action. Ilona and Jamel were more or less forced into spending time together
this was where it all took place. The cautions glance here and there. The passion
igniting. There were surprises along the way. This was no straight forward read
that went with the flow of things. You had to stay on your toes and catch it
all as it came your way.
Soul Dance series:
Tarnished
Beginnings – Soul Dance, #1
Tarnished
Legacy – Soul Dance, #2
Tarnished
Prophecy – Soul Dance, #3
Tarnished
Journey – Soul Dance, #4 Coming July 2017
Tarnished
Beginnings
Soul Dance
by Ann Gimpel
Tairin’s wolf is more than just a
dream creature. She hates it, but it’s also her only friend.
1700s Egypt is a haven for
magic-wielders of all kinds. Vampires hold court, staying one step ahead of the
priests and priestesses who want them dead. Gypsy caravans roam the Nile from
north to south and back again, plying their wares, telling fortunes, casting
Tarot cards, and stealing from the gadjos.
Tairin Jabari was born in a
caravan and has always believed she’s Romani. Why wouldn’t she? Her mother and
father never suggested otherwise. The Rom have harsh rules. When Tairin’s first
shift catches her unaware at thirteen, her father disappears, and the elders
move with deadly speed to punish her mother for mating outside the blood.
Hurt, lost, confused, and fearing
for her own life, Tairin runs away, leaving her mother’s smoking funeral pyre
behind. If she could only find her father, he’d welcome her. He’s always loved
her, hasn’t he? Only problem is he’s in a shifter settlement. With her mixed
blood, they won’t welcome her any more warmly than the Romani. It doesn’t take
long before Tairin discovers how desperately unprepared she is for life outside
her protected caravan. With her survival on the line every single day, she and
her wolf have some hard choices to make.
Tarnished
Beginnings, the prequel to the Soul Dance books is only available in the Magic
After Dark Boxed set.
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Tarnished
Legacy
Soul Dance
by Ann Gimpel
Germany, 1940
Half Romani, Tairin’s no stranger
to hiding her mixed blood from gypsy caravans. What she can’t hide is her
perpetual youth, courtesy of her shifter heritage. Every few years, she drops
out of sight, resurfacing in a new country to join a caravan where no one knows
her. She’s overstayed her welcome where she is, but Germany is at war, and
travel has become all but impossible for everyone targeted by the Reich.
Elliott’s clairvoyance is strong,
even for a Romani. Seer for all the caravans in Germany, he catches Tairin
eavesdropping outside their leader’s wagon one night. He should turn her in,
but it would mean her execution, and he can’t bring himself to do that.
Instead, he interrogates her. Her magic is different, but he can’t figure out
quite what she is.
Any association between Romani
and shifters is forbidden, and Tairin shields herself from Elliott’s probing.
She should leave right now, tonight. It would be easy enough. Shift to her wolf
form and run, keeping out of hunters’ gunsights. She’s on the edge of flight
when Elliott suggests a covert task to prove her loyalty. Tairin agrees
immediately, kicking herself for being weak where he’s concerned. Shifters and
Romani have no future together. Zero. Zilch.
She should be smart about this
and vanish into the night—before he discovers what she is and destroys her.
Tarnished
Beginnings, the prequel to the Soul Dance books is only available in the Magic
After Dark Boxed set.
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Tarnished
Prophecy
Soul Dance
by Ann Gimpel
Germany, 1940
Magic runs strong in Ilona, a
gypsy seer. Powerful ability isn’t valued in Romani women, so she focuses her
fortunetelling on inconsequential details. Nothing that could come back to
haunt her caravan if a prediction went bad. Rounded up and dumped in Dachau
prison camp, she has plenty of time to rue her decision to downplay her
ability. If she’d taken the time to scry her own future, she’d still be free.
A wolf shifter, Jamal made the
mistake of wedding a Romani woman centuries ago. His arrogance caused both
death and heartache, and he’s been alone ever since. The recent threat of
vampires joining the Third Reich has provided ample reason for shifters and Rom
to lay their ancient enmity aside and work together, but their détente is
fragile.
Jamal and a group of shifters
come across Ilona after her escape from Dachau. Vulnerable, terrified, she’s
fully prepared to fight. Her courage and mettle touch places in him he’d
thought were dead, but she’s Romani. His last relationship ended so badly, the
last thing he needs is to fall for another gypsy woman. He wrestles his
tumbling emotions into submission, but when she trains her enigmatic, gray gaze
on him, his resolve first weakens and then vanishes entirely.
Tarnished
Beginnings, the prequel to the Soul Dance books is only available in the Magic
After Dark Boxed set.
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Magic
After Dark
A Collection of Urban Fantasy and
Paranormal Romance Novels
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Each book within this collection
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*** Contributing Authors ***
New
York Times bestselling author Rebecca Hamilton
USA
Today bestselling author Caryse Locke
New
York Times bestselling author Margo Bond Collins
USA
Today bestselling author Ann Gimpel
USA
Today bestselling author J.L. Weil
USA
Today bestselling author J.A. Culican
New
York Times bestselling author Tom Shutt
Melle
Amade
USA
Today bestselling author T.F. Walsh
Dean
F. Wilson
Miranda
Hardy
Award-Winning
author D.N. Leo
David
J. Normoyle
Megan
J. Parker
Monica
Leonelle
P.E.
Padilla
Ainsley
Shay
Megan
Linski
Award-Winning
author Julie Morgan
Cait
Reynolds
Chloe
Garner
Paris
Andren
Cate
Farren
Felicia
Starr
Award-Winning author Nathan Squiers
Author Info
Ann Gimpel is a mountaineer at
heart. Recently retired from a long career as a psychologist, she remembers
many hours at her desk where her body may have been stuck inside four walls,
but her soul was planning yet one more trip to the backcountry. Around the turn
of the last century (that would be 2000, not 1900!), she managed to finagle
moving to the Eastern Sierra, a mecca for those in love with the mountains. It
was during long backcountry treks that Ann’s writing evolved. Unlike some who
see the backcountry as an excuse to drag friends and relatives along, Ann
prefers solitude. Stories always ran around in her head on those journeys,
sometimes as a hedge against abject terror when challenging conditions made her
fear for her life, sometimes for company. Eventually, she returned from a trip
and sat down at the computer. Three months later, a five hundred page novel
emerged. Oh, it wasn’t very good, but it was a beginning. And, she learned a
lot between writing that novel and its sequel.
Around that time, a friend of
hers suggested she try her hand at short stories. It didn’t take long before
that first story found its way into print and they’ve been accepted pretty
regularly since then. One of Ann’s passions has always been ecology, so her
tales often have a green twist.
In addition to writing, Ann
enjoys wilderness photography. She lugs pounds of camera equipment in her
backpack to distant locales every year. A standing joke is that over ten
percent of her pack weight is camera gear which means someone else has to carry
the food! That someone is her husband. They’ve shared a life together for a
very long time. Children, grandchildren and three wolf hybrids round out their
family.
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