{"product_id":"circle-of-nine-novella-collection-circle-of-nine-series-book-2-9780990645061","title":"Circle of Nine: Novella Collection (Circle of Nine Series Book 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturn to the Celtic magic that began with the suspenseful, award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eCircle of Nine - Beltany.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescended from a legendary Celtic tribe that guards the secrets of the ancient stone circles, the Quinn women have a great responsibility to protect their pagan rituals and way of life. As members of the formidable Circle of Nine, they celebrate the holidays of the year from Yule to Samhain, keeping the traditions of the Tuatha de Danann alive through the centuries against insurmountable odds. We first met these women in \u003ci\u003eCircle of Nine - Beltany\u003c\/i\u003e, and now a set of three novellas reveals more of their engaging stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Bressa's Banishment the power struggle between Father Banan and village healer Bressa Gormley unfolds amidst accusations of treachery, heresy, and murder. Can the Circle protect their trusted healer and the path of the Tuatha against a growing religious fervor?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDervla's Destiny brings us to medieval Ireland where the beloved character Dervla Quinn learns of her gifts and fights tremendous loss, betrayal, and violence, all the while never giving up on finding the love she deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Phoebe's Mission, when an evil force on a quest for ultimate power threatens the Circle of Nine, Phoebe Quinn must leave Ireland for the first time and travel to the United States to protect their way of life. Along the way, she meets the handsome Macklin Scott, taking her mission, and possibly her future, on a far different course than expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerie Biel's debut novel \u003ci\u003eCircle of Nine - Beltany\u003c\/i\u003e has been honored as a 2015 Kindle Book Award Finalist, a finalist in the Gotham Writers' YA Novel Discovery Contest and the Readers' Favorite Book Award Contest as well as being a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. She has continued the \u003ci\u003eCircle of Nine\u003c\/i\u003e series with a set of novellas and is looking forward to the release of the sequel \u003ci\u003eCircle of Nine - Sacred Treasures\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen she's not writing, she edits manuscripts, develops marketing materials, and implements publicity plans for other authors via her agency Lost Lake Press (LostLakePress.com). She frequently teaches about writing topics at conferences, libraries, and schools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAway from the computer, you might find Valerie working on community theater projects or local history preservation, wrangling her overgrown garden, traveling the world, and reading everything she can get her hands on. She lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband and children and dreams regularly of a beautiful cottage on the Irish coast where she can write and write and write.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou can find her blog (The Three Rs: Reading, wRiting, and Roaming) and more about her writing adventure at ValerieBiel.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Lake Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50925007470866,"sku":"9780990645061","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4203f5e-cc4a-4090-a90c-d3714a34a4f4.jpg?v=1738974659","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/circle-of-nine-novella-collection-circle-of-nine-series-book-2-9780990645061","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}