Hiding Review
Making herself unseen was Daphne’s skill until a forest encounter made her want to be noticed by the new Ambassador of the Nine.
Daphne has spent her adult life since the Tokkel invasion fighting for jobs to support herself. With her parents dead, her family consists of one. Desperate to earn some income she takes a position as wait staff at the reception for the Gaian, Tiera MacKenzie and her husband, Tonos of the Nine.
Daphne is trained to be invisible to the members of the Nine who are attending this first cross-planetary event held on Gaia.
After the reception she is desperate for rest but a peculiar interview by the personnel coordinator of the Nine drives her into the woods and a collision with destiny.
Apolan has accepted a position as Ambassador of the Nine on Gaia. The embassy is underway and all he needs now is an assistant. He has just the Gaian in mind if she will simply stop hiding and allow him to offer her all he can.
Review
I am a huge fan of Viola Grace. Yes, I wish her short stories were longer. I do. I wish they were novellas but they are not and as short stories I love them. They are bite sized reads that always bring pleasure and each book in a series builds a world and we do get to have fun with couples from other books again.
I am really liking the Return of the Nine's fusing of Science Fiction Romance, Fantasy Romance, and Super Hero Romance.
Our hero is a tree spirit. Badass. Our heroine has a cool super power. The romance is lovely if mellow. The world building is great.
Fun stuff. Off to read more!
PS
I do think Grace should charge a bit less. If they were 99 cents, I would preorder and buy every short story she wrote. If she had a novella, I would happily pay the higher price. I understand she needs to make a living and try to aid in that as best I can because I want her to keep writing forever but I honestly feel she might do better if she lowered the price. So, I buy some and borrow some for now.
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