PROTECTOR OF THE FLIGHT IS **OUT** & Publishers Weekly Review

This is a big deal because Publisher's Weekly is a respected magazine by bookbuyers and librarians (said Mom, the ex-high-school librarian: "Publishers Weekly is very good, not as good as Library Journal, but very good." She was really thrilled with Heart Thief's review in Library Journal and having it named one of the 5 top romances of 2003).

It isn't a coveted STARRED review, but I think I'd be too nervous for that anyway.

"In the solid third entry in the Summoning fantasy series (after 2006's Sorceress of Faith) by RITA Award–winner Owens, crippled, self-doubting ex-rodeo rider and horse trainer Calli Torcher is summoned from Colorado to Lladrana, a medieval French society on a magical parallel Earth, to assist in a dangerous fight against evil. There she meets two other Colorado women, Marian Dumont and Alexa Fitzwalter, known as Exotiques, who have risen to positions of power. After a spell heals Calli, she learns that she's needed to help train the flying horses—volarans—and the Chevaliers, their riders, who form the front lines against evil demons from the north. Calli must also choose a mate, so she bonds with the skilled warrior Marrec, with whom she fashions a life and family. Though most appropriate for romance readers, fans of Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey will appreciate the novel's honorable protagonists and their lively animal companions. (Feb.)"

Well, it IS sexier...and anything that compares me to Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey rates high with me!

May your writing voice be strong today.
Robin