Kegin Series™, A Council of Worlds™ Member

 

What is the Council of Worlds? I've mentioned them obliquely in the Kegin series, starting with LAST CHANCE FOR LOVE and RITES OF MATING (where I specifically mention one of the other humanoid worlds on the Council). The Council is precisely what it sounds like...a sort of UN, only with the power to oversee and regulate worlds discovering space travel then enforce those restrictions. There are three recognized humanoid worlds that sit on the council (though one is still provisional). Those three worlds are: Kegin, Kielan, and Wolkin. I'm currently writing on all three worlds. Keep checking back for news on this interconnected set of worlds.

 

New Feature! I've created the Keen family trees and succession pages. Remember, many of these people come from Earth. If you see an Earth-Born and a Kegin-Born with the same name...or even two Kegin-Born with the same name, they are probably father and son or grandmother and granddaughter or something similar. Read the family trees carefully. Now for the tease... I already know the family tree is wrong, but to tell you where and how would be a major spoiler. You'll just have to read the series and find out later.

Free Reads! Free Reads!

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   Magden™/Keen Flag™         Fion's Daughters'™ Flag                  Lengar™ Flag

Concept art property of Brenna Lyons. Castle pictures property of LeepII, used with permission.

 

In the early days of Kegin, before the Era of Unification, there existed three races, distinct in their beliefs and cultures. The flag of the Magden was adopted as the Keen flag in Ti 10-474, when Ro Ti achieved the unification of the world. Fion's Children were exterminated by the Lengar during the bloody battles that resulted in Unification, and the Lengar flag has likewise fallen into disuse.

 

 

Fion's Daughters had many gardens and fields, since they dealt in herbs and oils to work their healing.

 

 

         

 

The Magden built stone forts and castles not unlike these Welsh castles, photographed in October 2006.

 

Kegin cover art created by Debi Lewis

 

CONTAINS: Fion's Daughter, Dishonored, A Slave's Life and Schente Night.
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FION'S DAUGHTER- Finalist EPPIE 2004- In the years before unification, Ro Ti, king of the Magden, fights to bring peace to Kegin. Already, the Lengar have wiped Fion’s children, the green-eyed matriarchal priestess class, from the face of the world. Deliya is the last of her race, a queen without a kingdom, a priestess who holds the secrets of the ancients. She wants Ro’s child to carry out Fion’s will. He wants the warrior priestess to be his queen and the mother of his heirs. The Goddess of Love will decide. Only with a sign from Fion will Deliya take her place at Ro’s side for all time.
HEA-no, VIOLENCE-high moderate, LANGUAGE-mild, SEX-highly sensual

Dishonored: 6 of Pentacles-- Juvia was failed at challenge by the boy she loved: dishonored, unworthy to mate, abandoned in the heat of battle, and captured by the Lengar. It was her greatest fear and the greatest gift she’d ever been given. Their prince was a man who didn’t know her dishonor – or care.

HEA-dark HEA, VIOLENCE-high, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-erotic

A Slave's Life: 4 of Wands--Taken prisoner at the fall of Gidlore and raised a slave, Voria has ceased to dream of more. When Juleron stopped seeing the ragged child and started seeing the woman was an uncertain thing. Now, she stands accused of crimes against the Lengar, and only he can clear her name.

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-sensual

SCHENTE NIGHT- Finalist PEARL 2003- A hundred thousand years before the time of Jole and Susan, there was a mighty conqueror on the world on Kegin, Ro Ti.  Ro was a hard man whose only weak side was in his daughter Riella, a spirited and headstrong woman who would someday take the throne with a husband of her choosing.  General Tolerin saved Ro's life long ago.  As a reward, he was granted any of Ro's schente he wishes at any time he wishes, but when Riella enacts a mad scheme to save her cousin from an unjust death, everything goes awry and she finds herself as Tolerin's schente for the evening.

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-mild, SEX- sensual
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONQUEST- Sleeping with Meretta while he negotiated a trade agreement with her father wasn't the smartest thing Culdan had ever done, but he hardly expected to end up killing a man over it. Now his only chance of preserving the peace and making her his bride is doing something most abhorrent to a Lengar like himself. If Conquest is the only thing the Magden Warlord will understand, Conquest is what he'll carry out.

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-highly sensual 
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Nominee/Runner Up LRC Science Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Year 2008 

ARe Top Ten Seller

LAST CHANCE FOR LOVE- Susan Braedan has no idea when she goes to bed one spring night that she will never see her home on Earth again.  Susan is not a normal woman.  She is not quite Human, not Human enough to reproduce with Human men.  Susan is the last desperate attempt to save a dying world, and she has been chosen as Cross-Mate to Prince Jole.  Raised by his Cross-Mate mother, Jole knows better than any man on Kegin how an Earth woman should be treated to win her love and respect, but can he accomplish that before his younger brother, Mik, can claim her for his own?

Includes the re-edited SECOND SON-

What would it be like to grow up in the shadow of an older brother that your father both admired and hated?  Could a child ever hope to measure up?  Never smart enough.  Never athletic enough.  Not better with women.  Mik has lived in Jole's shadow since the day he was born.  With Jole mated to Susan, Kell Ri has one more hope for his second son. Mik will marry the most influential Keen woman he can, but the women who will consider marrying a half-mad re-bred kidnapper are only after one thing, the title and prestige of being the first Keen woman in centuries to marry into the royal line. Enough is enough. Mik will have his freedom at any cost. Mik has vowed to protect Danellan at all costs, but who is the enemy that sends bounty hunters after her? Who does Danellan plead with in her dreams? Danellan trusts Mik with her life, her body, her freedom and her heart. There are only two men on Kegin she fears -- her brother Tranol and their mutual enemy, Mik’s father -- Kell Ri. Danellan is running from a fate worse than death, but will their love be enough to sustain them when she learns her lover is the son of her sworn enemy?

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RITES OF MATING - Twenty-one years ago, Jole and Susan had a set of twins. A year into maturity, the race is on. Keen nobles will go to almost any lengths to be the chosen mates of the re-bred royals. All either of them wants is to find a mate who will see him/her as a person and not a re-bred. Finding that is only half the fun.

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-highly sensual 
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In Her Ladyship's Service: 9 of Cups-- Jelise is a child by Keen law, Prince Michael’s ward. Jace’s life is forfeit if he dares pursue her. On all of Kegin, he’s her perfect match. He’s stolen her from Earth and captured her heart. Now, she has two months to learn the laws that will bind them together.

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-sensual 

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MATCHMAKER'S MISERY- Eve wants a man who is seen by Keen nobility as unsuitable as a mate for a re-bred. Pilar is pursued by a man who wants position -- until he meets her. After her near-brush with death at her first mating, Eve doesn't ever want a man in her life. Will these three women find what they really need in life?

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-erotic
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DOUBLE IMAGE- A traitor has designs on a Princess of Kegin. An intercepted missive tells of a plot to kidnap "the princess." The conspirators plan to take her "before she weds." Jole and Susan's middle daughter, Eve, and Michael and Danellan's oldest daughter, Gibril, are both due to wed.  Andrew Braeden, one of the identical Braeden re-bred twins, is ordered to protect Gibril at all costs, but there is a slight snafu.  Gibril's youngest sister, Diran, looks enough like Gibril to be her twin.  When the traitors grab the wrong re-bred princess, they get a re-bred lord in the bargain.  While Diran looks like Gibril, she shares none of her sister's tastes.  That fact could cost her her life.

Alex Braeden has avoided the entanglement of contracting for heirs by doing his duty in providing countless re-bred babies to Keen women. But, that is about to backfire. When Kyda comes into his life with no interest in anything Alex has to offer, he finds that this is the one woman and child he has to have in his life.

Gibril has surpassed her father in infamy. A former Oxykol user, all Gibril wants is a life without public ridicule -- and without men. Firic sets out to learn the answers to two burning questions from her. Who is Gibril when she isn't playing to the crowd? And why was Firic never good enough for her? The answers shock them both.
 

 

 

RESTRAINED- When Panor’s son, Rolin, comes to the palace, Rebecca is enchanted by his irreverent pursuit. Panor is unamused, and Rolin is given a warning neither he nor Rebecca intend to respect. Gandl is an angry young man with a taste for adventure. Howra is just the bohemian to explore a few fantasies with, but will she accept life as a princess? Pyter believed he lacked the drive to mate until he met Beka, a young widow with a son. Suddenly, Pyter has no self-control. Beka had never known passion like Pyter’s, but could he love a woman who couldn’t give him daughters? These re-breds will not be restrained.
 

 

 

 

 

 

ALIEN ENCOUNTERS- The Council of Worlds has three humanoid races: the Keen, the Kielan, and the Wolkin. When Cro meets Chelise Snow of the Kielan, a strange connection occurs. Chelise knows Cro is her soulmate, but she must break council law, travel to Kegin, and evade the Keen military to convince Cro. The Wolkin have travel agreements for trade on Kegin. Carter fears he’s going insane when a haunting woman appears and disappears. Lera feels her mating urge. Carter of the Keen must be hers before the moon is full — if her uncle doesn’t stop her first. All three races are connected. Learn how.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A TALE OF THREE DAUGHTERS- The two finest fighters on all Kegin have produced three daughters. Even tripling their guard isn't enough to keep these three headstrong women out of trouble. Jace can hold his own in any battle...but this one.

 

 

 

 

SIVRAH MOON- When Prince Gandl joined the Sivrah, who on Kegin knew what would come next. Somewhere, there's a common ground where Sivrah and the Keen can coexist peacefully, but finding it may take a little deception and seduction.

The Legend of Peak Chol: 5 of Swords-- Peace is in their grasp; the three Keen races want just that. Ved Ti and Juden both want to cement their alliance by claiming Mother Cholu as mate, a move against Fion’s law and destined to cause war. Is Cholu willing to follow her heart to dishonor and bloodshed?

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-highly sensual 

 

 

THE TAMING OF VELTINA- She's the subject of prophecy, the chosen vessel for the ones who will carry out Len's justice against Mag and Fion. There is just one little problem. Veltina has no intentions of being bedded by Dabrin, and he's fed up with her. But, Len is not easily denied. If Veltina is to bear sons for the man, she will, even if Len has to train her to her place personally.

HEA-yes, VIOLENCE-moderate, LANGUAGE-moderate, SEX-erotic