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Great review for The Witches of Denmark
I would be lyin' if I said I'm not absolutely thrilled by this latest review from Huntress Reviews.... And, it comes for the book that leads off a new five-book series (Clash of Covens), as well as serves as the prequel series for the brand new Gabriel Files series I'm coauthoring with JR Rain! :-)
Check it out, my friends--have a wonderful weekend! :-) ~ Aiden
TITLE: The Witches of Denmark (Clash of Covens #1)
AUTHOR: Aiden James
13 ISBN: 978-1-077-50574-2
10 ISBN: 1-077-50574-4
KINDLE: B07TXBMXSN
5 STARS!
Sabastian “Bas” Radu looks like your typical eighteen-year-old male, but he is actually one-hundred-thirty-years old. He and his family are Romanian witches and warlocks now living in America. These semi-immortals often live past age six hundred. The Radus have long been in a feud with another family with dark gifts, the Mateis. The Mateis want nothing more than to wipe the Radus from the world. Bas and his family flee Chicago and move to Denmark, Tennessee.
In Denmark, the family now owns an old plantation house (Twin Magnolias) and try to blend in with the other neighbors on Old Dominion Road. As with most neighborhoods, there are mostly good, normal neighbors with only one bad apple. Denmark seems the perfect place to settle d own and use magic only when necessary. More importantly, Denmark is the place where an ancient ring has been hidden – one that can save the Radus from the Mateis. The Radus are only in Denmark a few weeks when the Mateis also move into town, bringing the feud with them. The deadly conflict begins anew.
Bas is at the movies when he spots Daciana. Until then, Bas never believed in love at first sight. His feelings are returned. But Bas is a Radu and Daciana is a Matei. Should the families find out their feelings for each other, the streets of Denmark may very well run red with the blood or mortal and immortal alike.
***** FIVE STARS! Though I believe this to be a book all adult Fantasy lovers would adore, it also has the flavor of a Young Adult book. I probably feel that way because Bas is (or looks like) and acts like an eighteen-year-old. Or perhaps it is because the story is told as if it were a long journal entry. The star-crossed lovers story has been said and done thousands of times, but this is the first one I have read during a coven war.
The author really takes the time to flesh out his characters, making them feel more real to me. The novel is written in the First Person, following Bas. There are a variety of secondary characters, within the family, as well as outside of it. Yet all are well developed and each has their own personality.
Aiden James has a diabolical mind that can take a long overdone scenario and transform it into something new. I can think of only one bad thing to say about this author: He needs to learn to write faster. (I do not care if he manages to write one or two books per year. I want one per month.)
HUNTRESS REVIEWS
Reviewed by Detra Fitch
Check it out, my friends--have a wonderful weekend! :-) ~ Aiden
TITLE: The Witches of Denmark (Clash of Covens #1)
AUTHOR: Aiden James
13 ISBN: 978-1-077-50574-2
10 ISBN: 1-077-50574-4
KINDLE: B07TXBMXSN
5 STARS!
Sabastian “Bas” Radu looks like your typical eighteen-year-old male, but he is actually one-hundred-thirty-years old. He and his family are Romanian witches and warlocks now living in America. These semi-immortals often live past age six hundred. The Radus have long been in a feud with another family with dark gifts, the Mateis. The Mateis want nothing more than to wipe the Radus from the world. Bas and his family flee Chicago and move to Denmark, Tennessee.
In Denmark, the family now owns an old plantation house (Twin Magnolias) and try to blend in with the other neighbors on Old Dominion Road. As with most neighborhoods, there are mostly good, normal neighbors with only one bad apple. Denmark seems the perfect place to settle d own and use magic only when necessary. More importantly, Denmark is the place where an ancient ring has been hidden – one that can save the Radus from the Mateis. The Radus are only in Denmark a few weeks when the Mateis also move into town, bringing the feud with them. The deadly conflict begins anew.
Bas is at the movies when he spots Daciana. Until then, Bas never believed in love at first sight. His feelings are returned. But Bas is a Radu and Daciana is a Matei. Should the families find out their feelings for each other, the streets of Denmark may very well run red with the blood or mortal and immortal alike.
***** FIVE STARS! Though I believe this to be a book all adult Fantasy lovers would adore, it also has the flavor of a Young Adult book. I probably feel that way because Bas is (or looks like) and acts like an eighteen-year-old. Or perhaps it is because the story is told as if it were a long journal entry. The star-crossed lovers story has been said and done thousands of times, but this is the first one I have read during a coven war.
The author really takes the time to flesh out his characters, making them feel more real to me. The novel is written in the First Person, following Bas. There are a variety of secondary characters, within the family, as well as outside of it. Yet all are well developed and each has their own personality.
Aiden James has a diabolical mind that can take a long overdone scenario and transform it into something new. I can think of only one bad thing to say about this author: He needs to learn to write faster. (I do not care if he manages to write one or two books per year. I want one per month.)
HUNTRESS REVIEWS
Reviewed by Detra Fitch
The Soul Taker with J.R. Rain and a new website! :-)
Hello everyone!
I hope your new year is off to a great start! :-)
Just a couple things to announce. J.R.Rain and I have embarked on a new paranormal mystery series, entitled "The Gabriel Riles". The first installment, "The Soul Taker" is available now (since November 21st, 2019), and the second book (The Ghost Maker) will be coming out in early to mid spring.
Also, after a year without having one, I have a new website that features all of my books currently available, and will be a great spot to check on my latest news. :-)
The links to both "The Soul Taker" and my new website (AIdenjameswriter.com) are enclosed below.
Enjoy your week!
Aiden
My website: https://aidenjameswriter.com/
The Soul Taker: https://amzn.to/37aPBZN
I hope your new year is off to a great start! :-)
Just a couple things to announce. J.R.Rain and I have embarked on a new paranormal mystery series, entitled "The Gabriel Riles". The first installment, "The Soul Taker" is available now (since November 21st, 2019), and the second book (The Ghost Maker) will be coming out in early to mid spring.
Also, after a year without having one, I have a new website that features all of my books currently available, and will be a great spot to check on my latest news. :-)
The links to both "The Soul Taker" and my new website (AIdenjameswriter.com) are enclosed below.
Enjoy your week!
Aiden
My website: https://aidenjameswriter.com/
The Soul Taker: https://amzn.to/37aPBZN
New Website--AidenJamesNovelist.com
Finally, after a few months of custom design and learning how to utilize the new website, it is finally ready! :-)
This is the creation of my talented brother-in-law, Charles Seiberling, and I am extremely pleased at how it turned out. And, the best thing is he has shown me how to update the site myself, so future changes (new books, news updates, etc) will be realtime. :-)
Let me know what y'all think, when you get a chance--and enjoy a safe and happy holiday weekend! :-)
Aiden
https://aidenjamesnovelist.com/
This is the creation of my talented brother-in-law, Charles Seiberling, and I am extremely pleased at how it turned out. And, the best thing is he has shown me how to update the site myself, so future changes (new books, news updates, etc) will be realtime. :-)
Let me know what y'all think, when you get a chance--and enjoy a safe and happy holiday weekend! :-)
Aiden
https://aidenjamesnovelist.com/
The Ghost Maker is now available! :-)
I am delighted to announce that the highly anticipated sequel to "The Soul Taker" is now available! YES, "THE GHOST MAKER" is ready for purchase Worldwide on Kindle, and I've included the new book's description with the purchase link below it!
Happy reading to you all, my friends! Aiden
Supernatural investigator, Gabriel Radu, is back! This time, he's asked to look into a very strange case of... doppelgangers.
On the heels of a deadly confrontation with the fallen angel, Abaddon, Gabriel and his family face a new immortal menace that has invaded their beloved and quirky town of Denmark, Tennessee.
When a handful of Denmarkian women fall inexplicably into comas, Gabriel is once again asked to look into the mystery. Even stranger, their spirits roam the town square as doppelgangers.
Things quickly escalate to include more victims... and with each one comes a single Tarot card. Most include threatening messages addressed to none other than Gabriel Radu himself.
A deadly cat and mouse game has begun, with an implied promise to bring Denmark to its knees by the next full moon—just days away.
Gabriel and his family are once again in a race to keep the innocent from being slaughtered as literal sacrificial lambs.
But is it too late already? And what will it personally cost Gabe this time? These questions, and more, await answers in The Ghost Maker...
https://amzn.to/2ZSFuXR
Happy reading to you all, my friends! Aiden
Supernatural investigator, Gabriel Radu, is back! This time, he's asked to look into a very strange case of... doppelgangers.
On the heels of a deadly confrontation with the fallen angel, Abaddon, Gabriel and his family face a new immortal menace that has invaded their beloved and quirky town of Denmark, Tennessee.
When a handful of Denmarkian women fall inexplicably into comas, Gabriel is once again asked to look into the mystery. Even stranger, their spirits roam the town square as doppelgangers.
Things quickly escalate to include more victims... and with each one comes a single Tarot card. Most include threatening messages addressed to none other than Gabriel Radu himself.
A deadly cat and mouse game has begun, with an implied promise to bring Denmark to its knees by the next full moon—just days away.
Gabriel and his family are once again in a race to keep the innocent from being slaughtered as literal sacrificial lambs.
But is it too late already? And what will it personally cost Gabe this time? These questions, and more, await answers in The Ghost Maker...
https://amzn.to/2ZSFuXR
"Witch out of Water" is live!
Greetings everyone! 🙂
The long awaited sequel to "The Witches of Denmark"--and my first solo novel in almost two years--is finally here! 🙂
Yes, "Witch out of Water" is live and available for purchase via the links below! ❤
***For those curious or unfamiliar about this story--which I can honestly state is the most fun novel I've worked on in many years--I've enclosed the description beneath the purchase links.***
Thank you for your patience, my friends, and Happy Reading to you all! 🙂 ❤
Aiden
Paperback: https://amzn.to/3tBVScx
Kindle ebook: https://amzn.to/3a0x9qz
After being sentenced to a purgatorial world known as Bajenie in July 2019, for the crime of falling in love with a sworn enemy’s daughter, Sebastian Radu is finally allowed to return home to Twin Magnolias....
Filled with the hope of somehow reuniting with his beloved Daciana Matei, Sebastian soon discovers that what he assumed was merely a two-month incarceration has turned out to be fourteen months. It’s now September 2020... and much has changed in Denmark, Tennessee, as well as throughout the world. Especially, in the realm of practitioners of magic.
A tenuous truce has been hammered out between the local Radus and Mateis, and overseen by the EEC (European Elders Council) along with their extended families throughout the Earth. In addition, EEC ‘constables’ have been assigned to Denmark, in order to ensure both families comply with the treaty’s terms.
But the wild cards are ‘Bas’ and ‘Daci’, who must remain permanently separated for the fragile peace to be finalized. At present, Sebastian is restricted to his local neighborhood in Denmark, while Daciana is kept under lock and key in an ancient castle, just outside Bucharest, Romania—more than five thousand miles away. Worse, she is set to wed a Romanian noble who happens to be the descendant of one of the world’s most powerful wizards.
Sadly, it appears Sebastian is left only with the option of trying to move on with his life.
But you know what they say about the power of true love....
Amid challenges of navigating a pandemic that has gripped the world of mortals, Bas is drawn to the encouragement from a mysterious benefactor offering a path to attain his heart’s desire. But at what cost?
Caught between forces and factions bearing down upon him from all directions, the worrisome possibility of being thrown back into a far lengthier prison sentence increases with each perilous decision Sebastian is faced with. Loyalty to family and the greater good versus devotion to one’s heart can bring dire consequences.... Consequences that await resolution in Witch out of Water.
The long awaited sequel to "The Witches of Denmark"--and my first solo novel in almost two years--is finally here! 🙂
Yes, "Witch out of Water" is live and available for purchase via the links below! ❤
***For those curious or unfamiliar about this story--which I can honestly state is the most fun novel I've worked on in many years--I've enclosed the description beneath the purchase links.***
Thank you for your patience, my friends, and Happy Reading to you all! 🙂 ❤
Aiden
Paperback: https://amzn.to/3tBVScx
Kindle ebook: https://amzn.to/3a0x9qz
After being sentenced to a purgatorial world known as Bajenie in July 2019, for the crime of falling in love with a sworn enemy’s daughter, Sebastian Radu is finally allowed to return home to Twin Magnolias....
Filled with the hope of somehow reuniting with his beloved Daciana Matei, Sebastian soon discovers that what he assumed was merely a two-month incarceration has turned out to be fourteen months. It’s now September 2020... and much has changed in Denmark, Tennessee, as well as throughout the world. Especially, in the realm of practitioners of magic.
A tenuous truce has been hammered out between the local Radus and Mateis, and overseen by the EEC (European Elders Council) along with their extended families throughout the Earth. In addition, EEC ‘constables’ have been assigned to Denmark, in order to ensure both families comply with the treaty’s terms.
But the wild cards are ‘Bas’ and ‘Daci’, who must remain permanently separated for the fragile peace to be finalized. At present, Sebastian is restricted to his local neighborhood in Denmark, while Daciana is kept under lock and key in an ancient castle, just outside Bucharest, Romania—more than five thousand miles away. Worse, she is set to wed a Romanian noble who happens to be the descendant of one of the world’s most powerful wizards.
Sadly, it appears Sebastian is left only with the option of trying to move on with his life.
But you know what they say about the power of true love....
Amid challenges of navigating a pandemic that has gripped the world of mortals, Bas is drawn to the encouragement from a mysterious benefactor offering a path to attain his heart’s desire. But at what cost?
Caught between forces and factions bearing down upon him from all directions, the worrisome possibility of being thrown back into a far lengthier prison sentence increases with each perilous decision Sebastian is faced with. Loyalty to family and the greater good versus devotion to one’s heart can bring dire consequences.... Consequences that await resolution in Witch out of Water.
Cades Cove #4 is here! :-)
Greetings my friends!
Just wanted to take a moment to let you all know that the Fourth installment of The Cades Cove Series--"THE OBSIDIAN CURSE"--is now available for the Kindle and Paperback versions! ❤
This latest chapter in the saga featuring John Running Deer and his 'shaman-medium' granddaughter, Evelyn"Two Doves Rising" Sherman, pits the pair against a legendary entity long feared in the Smoky Mountain region: Spearfinger.
Below is the books description, followed by the Amazon book links for those interested to learn more.
May the holidays be a safe and blessed time with your loved ones, my friends! ~ Aiden
More than a year has passed since shaman John Running Deer and his equally gifted granddaughter, Evelyn Sherman, battled Brigindo and Teutates’ other three siblings in Cherokee, North Carolina. At the time, John and Evelyn prayed this would be it for dealing with violent ancient entities that supersede the normal realm of ghosts and other mischievous spirits. They naively equated the Hobbs family’s return to peaceful lives in Colorado as the end of their own misadventures with the supernatural.
They couldn’t have been more wrong.
When the sudden appearance of an obsidian spearhead fused to fossilized finger bones shows up at a brutal crime scene in western North Carolina, where six young adults have been horrifically slaughtered, John and Evelyn are soon pulled back into the realm they had hoped to avoid revisiting. But this time it is an entity quite familiar to them—a long-feared demoness from their Cherokee heritage: Utlunta... better known as Spearfinger.
The ancient spearhead and finger bones are unwittingly reintroduced into Utlunta’s ancient hunting grounds after a UNC professor brings the ‘relic’ to John’s home in Tennessee. Dr. James Rosenthal’s stated hopes that John and Evelyn could rebury the macabre item in the very same tomb the demoness was originally laid to rest by Cherokee warriors three centuries earlier is an effort in vain. Once Spearfinger regains a foothold into our world, a bloody campaign begins as the demoness seeks to reestablish her realm in the heart of Blount County where her famed tomb is located, and which is also home to the legendary Smoky Mountain mecca, Cades Cove.
Can John and Evelyn find a way to stop Untlunta’s merciless bloody rampage before she becomes fully established in our world? Or, is this the menace that finally brings John and Evelyn—along with the modern world—to their knees?
These answers and more await discovery in The Obsidian Curse.
Kindle: https://amzn.to/3opiU5L
Paperback: https://amzn.to/2ZUlmrA
Just wanted to take a moment to let you all know that the Fourth installment of The Cades Cove Series--"THE OBSIDIAN CURSE"--is now available for the Kindle and Paperback versions! ❤
This latest chapter in the saga featuring John Running Deer and his 'shaman-medium' granddaughter, Evelyn"Two Doves Rising" Sherman, pits the pair against a legendary entity long feared in the Smoky Mountain region: Spearfinger.
Below is the books description, followed by the Amazon book links for those interested to learn more.
May the holidays be a safe and blessed time with your loved ones, my friends! ~ Aiden
More than a year has passed since shaman John Running Deer and his equally gifted granddaughter, Evelyn Sherman, battled Brigindo and Teutates’ other three siblings in Cherokee, North Carolina. At the time, John and Evelyn prayed this would be it for dealing with violent ancient entities that supersede the normal realm of ghosts and other mischievous spirits. They naively equated the Hobbs family’s return to peaceful lives in Colorado as the end of their own misadventures with the supernatural.
They couldn’t have been more wrong.
When the sudden appearance of an obsidian spearhead fused to fossilized finger bones shows up at a brutal crime scene in western North Carolina, where six young adults have been horrifically slaughtered, John and Evelyn are soon pulled back into the realm they had hoped to avoid revisiting. But this time it is an entity quite familiar to them—a long-feared demoness from their Cherokee heritage: Utlunta... better known as Spearfinger.
The ancient spearhead and finger bones are unwittingly reintroduced into Utlunta’s ancient hunting grounds after a UNC professor brings the ‘relic’ to John’s home in Tennessee. Dr. James Rosenthal’s stated hopes that John and Evelyn could rebury the macabre item in the very same tomb the demoness was originally laid to rest by Cherokee warriors three centuries earlier is an effort in vain. Once Spearfinger regains a foothold into our world, a bloody campaign begins as the demoness seeks to reestablish her realm in the heart of Blount County where her famed tomb is located, and which is also home to the legendary Smoky Mountain mecca, Cades Cove.
Can John and Evelyn find a way to stop Untlunta’s merciless bloody rampage before she becomes fully established in our world? Or, is this the menace that finally brings John and Evelyn—along with the modern world—to their knees?
These answers and more await discovery in The Obsidian Curse.
Kindle: https://amzn.to/3opiU5L
Paperback: https://amzn.to/2ZUlmrA
