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    Queen's Stones
    Queen's Stones
    Queen's Stones
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    Queen's Stones

    By Erin O'Quinn

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    A young Pictish queen-to-be on the eve of her marriage meets a stranger whose words and actions are bold...and disturbing.

    She is meant to mate with one who can fulfill the ancient prophecy—not be distracted by a cocky interloper.

    In spite of her strong resistance, this man begins to fill a crack in her life. But why now, on the verge of her ritual Bonding? And how can a stranger pass the impossible test set by the very gods?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherErin O'Quinn
    Release dateMar 9, 2017
    ISBN9781370489411
    Queen's Stones
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    Erin O'Quinn

    Erin O’Quinn sprang from the high desert hills of Nevada, from a tiny town which no longer exists. A truant officer dragged her kicking and screaming to grade school, too late to attend kindergarten; and since that time her best education has come from the ground she’s walked and the people she's met.Erin has her own publishing venue, New Dawn Press. Her works cover the genres of M/M and M/F romance and also historical fantasy for all ages.

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      Queen's Stones - Erin O'Quinn

      Copyright © 2017 Erin O ’ Quinn

      New Dawn Press

      ISBN 9781370489411

      First electronic edition published by New Dawn Press March 2017

      Published in the United States of America with international distribution.

      Original cover art by Rebecca Poole (rebecca @ dreams2media dot com)
      Cover Design ©️ by Erin O’Quinn (Bonita Franks) 2019 New-Dawn-Press-Logo-Color_200_pix.png
      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author ’ s imagination or are used fictitiously; and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      WARNING: This writing (M/F romance) contains some sexual descriptions; it is intended for a mature audience over the age of 18.

      Queen’s Stones

      A Short Fantasy by

      Erin O’Quinn

      Introduction

      A young Pictish woman on the eve of her marriage meets a stranger whose words and actions are bold…and disturbing.

      She is meant to mate with one who can fulfill the ancient prophecy—not to be distracted by a cocky interloper.

      In spite of her strong resistance, this man begins to fill a crack in her life. But why now, on the verge of her ritual Bonding? And how can a stranger pass the impossible test set by the very gods?

      ~~~OOO~~~

      By accident of birth, her hair was the color of honey. As a child, she would

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