Shades of Green

Shades of Green

Nymphs are tiny little creatures. How can one possibly be the mate of two huge polar bear shifters?

Thal had never realized how boring her life as a nymph was until a group of ogres kidnap her and her kin. When she manages to help her friends and family escape captivity, she never expected to run into two men and three leprechauns intending to save them, as well.

When Kiran and Gaige mount a rescue with three unlikely partners, they couldn’t be more surprised to realize that one of the tiny nymphs is their mate. Has Mother Nature played a nasty joke on them or is there more to the tiny lass than what they think?

Excerpt:

“What in bloody hell do ye think is going on here?” Gaige glanced at his cousin, noting that Kiran appeared as confounded as he felt, at the moment.

The ground, which should be covered in thick-green grass and dark, fertile loam as it was every spring appeared gray as the snow melted. There were no light-green blades of grass, no clover.  The soil wasn’t as it should be either. It was as though the very ground was ill.

Trees, usually sprouting leaves the size of squirrels ears by this time of year, still lay dormant. Nothing green peered through the bed of dead leaves and equally dead-looking trees. The forest appeared as lifeless and barren as it did in the middle of winter.

The scent of moist soil and rotting vegetation permeated everything as they walked through the woods hunting game for the day’s meals. There was nothing. The squirrels and rabbits stayed sheltered deep in their burrows. Some of them stared out at them as they passed, their little hearts pounding with fear at the sight and scent of the two predators striding through the quiet forest.

Shades of Green ~ Highland Bears #5 a polar bear shifter series

Another Goodbye

As we grow older, nature forces us to deal more and more with goodbyes. At first, it’s usually our grandparents, then our friends and parents. Then, sooner or later, we ourselves must face death.

Over the years, we lose those we love with increasing frequency and tears. It doesn’t matter to us—those left behind—that the one we’ve lost is in a better place. The only thing we dwell on is the loss, the hole in our lives that our loved ones, our icons, once filled.

I don’t remember the first time I saw his face or heard his voice. I know must have been around six years-old. What I do recall about watching Leonard Nimoy on that old black and white TV all those years ago, was his stoic, unsmiling face teaching me that it is better not to feel at all, than to feel hatred or bigotry. In Mr. Spock’s world, it was better to feel no emotions at all, than to allow emotions to rule who we were as people, as humans.

Those feelings just weren’t logical.

Isn’t it strange that a man most known for playing a character who shunned emotions could stir so many in us at the discovery of his passing? Does it strike anyone but me as odd that this man, who so shunned emotions on film for a good part of his career, was loved—is still loved—by so many?

The world has lost another icon, another great actor, and a great man in Leonard Nimoy.

Those of us whom the world loves to call Trekkers, Trekkies, or just plain weirdos, lost a beloved member of our family. We are reeling, just as we did at the loss of Deforest Kelley and James Doohan. As we slowly get older we learn that we must deal with the loss of those we looked up to, sometimes even hero-worshipped, and definitely loved in one way or another.

Thank you for everything you taught us, Mr. Spock. Whether death takes you into the afterlife or another dimension, wherever you are, we will miss you dearly.

And to the rest of us: Live Long and Prosper. 

Valentine's Day is for Lovers Bash on Facebook

Hiya, everyone!

Wow it's been a long time since I posted here. I didn't realize that I have been spending so much time writing, at the day job or on social media sites. I should visit here more, and I apologize. It shocked me to see that my last post was on my anniversary, last year.

I just wanted to announce my newest Facebook get together. It's Valentine's Day weekend, Friday, the 13th, through midnight Sunday, the 15th. 

If you're a reader, please come and check out all of my author friends who plan to attend. They'll be giving away some great prizes. If you're an author, it's a great chance to talk with some readers and have a few giveaways.

Just email me through my contact information on my website, or join through the link I post on Facebook. It's that easy. The only thing I ask is that readers bring an open mind and authors who plan to do a takeover, please bring at least one giveaway with you for your hour.

I hope to see you there!

Until next time,

Tianna