Goddess Fish Party Pavilion: Enchantment

Seductive, strong vixens + Excerpt from The Enchanted Meadow (R)

I’m not sure why but most of my heroines are more experienced sexually and more worldly than my heroes. This is mainly because my heroines are usually goddesses, faeries, vampires or some other kind of otherworldly being that is much older than the hero.
This isn’t typical of romances, or at least the romances I used to read that had helpless heroines. I can’t relate to helpless women so I can’t write helpless heroines. I like strong-willed heroines that don’t back down to opposition.
Alina, the tree faery in The Enchanted Meadow is more experienced than Taran, but she needs his help so in a way, she is vulnerable without being completely weak. She helps him as much as he helps her to overcome the curse, and the results of that curse in the meadow.
I realize some men don’t like strong women, which is why I like to write heroes that are comfortable in their own skin and don’t feel threatened by a smart, more experienced woman. Besides, it’s fun to have the confident heroine torment the hero a little bit when they first meet, to throw him off his guard. A little teasing and tormenting creates that sexual tension that romance readers love so much. I think characters like Scarlet O’Hara in Gone with the Wind influenced me. Her sharp tongue and wit left men open-mouthed with wonder. It didn’t hurt either that she was a beauty.
What hero can turn away from a seductive heroine that has it all—beauty, brains and butt-kicking attitude? Below is an excerpt from The Enchanted Meadow that introduces Alina, the seductive Tree Faerie.

Title: The Enchanted Meadow
Publisher: Freya’s Bower
Genre: Short erotic fantasy romance
Release date: 11/22/11
Pages: 46
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Excerpt from The Enchanted Meadow, Rated R

The mist crawled toward him, caressing his body like nimble fingers, stroking his lips, chest, and encircling his member. His shaft throbbed with arousal under the otherworldly caresses. The copper-haired beauty came to him again, bringing a welcome smile to his lips. Her green eyes peered at him beneath gold-tipped lashes, beckoning him. Without speaking, she allowed her tunic dress to slip off her shoulders. It fell around her ankles landing in a heap on the leaf-strewn ground.

Moonlight cast a bright silver halo around her head, giving her the essence of a love goddess. Moonbeams splashed down her naked body, revealing curvaceous hips and swollen breasts that tempted him, awakening his lust. His erection pushed against his trews, painful and urgent.

Smiling, she kissed him, brushing her hands all over his body. His crumpled clothes joined hers on the ground in a disjointed embrace.

Her long, lustrous hair spilled to her hips in a fiery plunge, teasing his naked skin as she planted kisses down his chest and to his throbbing member.

She made magic with her tongue that no mortal woman could master, flicking it across his shaft at lightning speed. It felt as if multiple tongues brushed along his skin, the dancing flames set his body on fire. The unquenchable fire sizzled into an inferno, threatening to burst. He came in a thunderous orgasm, his body rocking from the force of the mighty eruption.

“Now it is my turn to pleasure ye, my fiery lassie.” He stroked her clit, lightly rolling it between his fingers. Her wetness glistened in the moonlight.

With his mouth, he explored her sex, relishing her sweet womanly scent of apples, rosemary, and a hint of roses. The exotic blend intoxicated him. Caressing her silky thighs with his hands, he moved his tongue in circles, flicking her clit in soft strokes.

Moaning, she arched her milky white hips, moving against his mouth in an urgent rhythm that matched their rapid heartbeats. Quivers shot through her body, and her climax pulsated around him. He captured her essence, her sweet nectar.

They lay under the moon and the stars in a sated embrace.

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Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Tree Faeries

In my latest release, a short story titled The Enchanted Meadow, I decided to make my heroine, Alina, a Tree Faerie. The ancient Celts believed that since trees were the oldest living organisms in the forest that they were powerful and held the memories of the past. The Celtic Druids worshipped in forests, usually oak groves, and had a close relationship with trees.

Did their close relationship with the trees mean that they conversed with spirits living in the trees? Perhaps. And perhaps it was these tree spirits that taught them the secrets about tree magic, divination and astral travel.

Tree Faeries, or Dryads, are also called Tree Spirits, Tree Ladies, Druidesses, Hamadryads and in Gaelic are sometimes called Sidhe Draoi, which means ‘Faery Druids.’ Tree faeries appear as wisps of light, flitting from tree to tree. These playful, androgynous creatures are referred to as female. They prefer willow trees but can be found in all trees. Tree Faeries are associated with the element of air.

Since Tree Faeries are seen as wisps of light, I needed to figure out a way that my hero could see Alina. Some humans are more sensitive to otherworldly creatures and are able to see the unseen. I decided that my hero, Taran, had some druid training in his earlier years so he was able to see Alina as a human woman while his warriors could only see her as a bobbing light. Taran’s sensitivity to the supernatural also plays a key role in the plot.

Title: The Enchanted Meadow

Publisher: Freya’s Bower

Genre: Short erotic fantasy romance

Release date: 11/22/11

Pages: 46

Link to buy links: http://kelleyheckart.com/TheEnchantedMeadow.html

Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author

Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly

http://www.kelleyheckart.com

http://kelleysrealm.blogspot.com/Check out my long hair hotties!

http://twitter.com/CelticChick

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelley-Heckart/111838455604

My book page at Mundania Press:

http://www.mundania.com/author.php?author=Kelley+Heckart

My author page on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Kelley-Heckart/e/B002BMOQ3C/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

New short erotic fantasy--a Tree Faery, a warrior and a cursed meadow

Title: The Enchanted Meadow

Publisher: Freya’s Bower

Genre: Short erotic fantasy romance

Release date: 11/22/11

Pages: 46

Link to buy links: http://kelleyheckart.com/TheEnchantedMeadow.html

Blurb:

Warriors from the Raven clan are sent to guard the king's cattle. They are unprepared for the strange, otherworldly happenings in the new winter grazing land, including nocturnal visits by a beautiful lass. Only their leader, Taran, can save them—if he remembers how.

Excerpt:

Alina wanted to cry out to him, but her throat would not form any sounds. The one who had betrayed her and trapped her in this tree had taken away her speech so she could not ask for help to escape her prison. So many centuries had turned, each season passing in a blur of muted colors, her hope fading. Now someone had come, a mortal who could help her, but she needed to communicate with him in some way. Sighing, she realized she was not even sure she knew how to break the curse.

He watched her now with curious eyes, unaware that she also watched him. When she concentrated all of her power, she could imprint an image of her face on the tree trunk, becoming one with the tree. Only he had seen her face in the tree bark, so she knew he was more than a simple warrior. He had the mind of a druid. Only the one who could help her would be able to see into other realms and pay such close attention to her tree. She sensed the affection in his caress. Shivers of pleasure shot through her body at his gentle touch, giving her a sense of hope.

She studied him, admiring the confident way he commanded his men even as he faced the unknown. He stood regal and powerful, the blue warrior marks he earned shadowing the austere planes of his handsome face. Long, golden-copper streaked hair plunged down his back in a wild tangle. She yearned to run her hands through his thick mane again.

As if reading her thoughts, he glanced back at her tree, his bright blue eyes darkening to a deeper hue in the shifting light, his face softening from its usual hardness. When he looked in her direction, he let slip his true feelings he hid from his warriors. Her heart sang with compassion for him.

She felt herself blush at his penetrating gaze. His eyes awakened that feeling of familiarity in her again, but she still could not place it. If she escaped her prison, she could go to him now. Frowning, she thought how she hated the tree that felt like a tomb. The world beyond the tree taunted her with its bright autumn colors, a world so full of life and freedom. She could not bear to look upon it any longer.

To help her bide her time, she thought about their coupling. Her body flushed at the memory. She recalled how wonderful his muscles had felt beneath her touch and the way he had kissed her, caressing her secret places with his skillful tongue, making her moan and quake. A twinge of desire flickered inside her at the thought of having him touch her again tonight.

When they discovered another missing cow, they would have to stay. At least she hoped so. She continued to hide some of their cattle to keep the warrior there so eventually he could help her escape.

At first, she only wanted to use him to help her escape, but now her body trembled with affection for the golden warrior. After he rekindled what had been dormant for so long inside of her, she began to yearn for him and his tender, passionate touch. Could she let him go? And if he should eat of the apples….

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Praise for The Enchanted Meadow:
"Hauntingly beautiful; this enchanting story takes
the reader into a magical meadow where there is
a bad curse and an evil source watching. These
exceptional characters carry out a plot that
ensnares the reader and keeps you there until
the end."
Reviewed by Wateena
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
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