🚨 𝐁ook Tour with Giveaway ➜ The Scald Crow (Beyond the Faerie Rath Book 1) Romantasy rooted in folklore, firelight, and forbidden longing by Hanna Park

 

THE SCALD CROW

by Hanna Park

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GENRE: Romantasy

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BLURB:

Calla left her life behind, haunted by a curse she cannot control. She seeks refuge in the land of a thousand hellos, Ireland, for a fresh start—a place where no one knows who or what she is.

Colm fled from Clonmara seven long years ago, but now it’s his father’s birthday, and the clan has gathered to celebrate the ould one. Each day brings back the memories that ruined him.

Saoirse dwells in the shadows of a lost love, unwilling to move on and unable to forget. The crystals say one thing, but the cold, hard truth tells another.

Ciarán walked away from the woman he loved for the fun, for the craic. He didn’t realize that one rash decision would impact the lives of so many, least of all his own.

Four broken hearts, brought together by the thread of love.

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EXCERPT

“Aren’t you the curious one? You know what they say…curiosity killed the cat.” She clenched her fingers, then released them. “I inherited a property outside of town from a relative I didn’t know I had.”

“Here in Ireland?” I couldn’t hide my surprise. I had so many questions. I sensed she would shut me down if I pushed too hard.

She reminded me of a hummingbird––her movements were quick yet fluid. The melodic hum of her voice awakened every nerve in my icy heart. My sweating palms made holding the steering wheel difficult. Those physical reactions were unfamiliar to me. Long ago moments flashed through my mind, happy times when love mattered. Life changed me into something else, someone I didn’t recognize.

“Abracadabra, right? It's one of those Faerie tale kinds of things. What brings you back to Ireland?” She shifted in the bucket seat. She crossed her legs, then uncrossed them.

Her every action spelled trouble.

“The ould one turned seventy last week. My father,” I said, answering her curious gaze. “Tell me, who was your relative? If you don’t mind me asking?”

My fingers itched to tame that glossy mane, to smooth the cowlick swirling the crown of her head. Her high cheekbones, elegant jawline, and pointed chin were testaments to the remarkable features of a people who once called Ireland their own—a people who prized physical strength and revered intelligence—an ancient civilization that battled for our homelands. Those memories had long since faded into the mists of time.

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Mystery intertwined with a touch of the mystical.

Calla is running from herself, believing a change in location can cloud the consequences of her “gift.”

Saoirse is straddling her painful past and the present.

Colm is trying to avoid his truths.

Ciaran is lost, or is he?

All of them are hoping for something.

Maybe the magic of Ireland and one small town will show them the way to their happily ever afters.

As a reader, we are literally dropped into the middle of the beginning -

Things have already begun, yet they haven't (it will make sense)

For me, the confusion was part of the intrigue.

The author uses flashbacks and retellings to provide backstories as well as to weave the mystery that surrounds each of our characters.

Carefully laying the paths that interconnect them to one another - think 6 degrees of separation

Resulting in an enchanting tale that transports the reader as if they were in the midst of it all

This was one I had to read in sections.

The author's writing style took some time for me to acclimate to.

It was very detailed, leaning heavily on character moments

And as I find with many first in series, there is a lot of stage setting and character intros

Occasionally, I felt the story slowed a bit, but as with any good coaster ride, the downs were rewarded with some great “OMGoodnes” moments.

Secrets slowly begin to see the light of day, forming a much greater connection between our cast.

Colm slowly wears Calla down (at times, she made me so mad)

Saoirse begins to see herself in a new light

and Ciaran...

You will have to read their tale

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

I began my writing career in the pre-dawn of a winter morning while my husband snored like a train. We could call my husband the catalyst. If it weren’t for him, I would never have gone to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee, feed the cat, and sit on the loveseat in front of the fire. It was there, in those moments of wondrous quiet, that I did something I had never thought possible. I opened my laptop, and while the coffee went cold, I wrote a story. My husband had no idea that these sojourns to the loveseat in front of the fire would become a daily occurrence, that writing would become an obsession, but the cat knew. She knows everything.

Author Website: https://www.hannapark.ca

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannaparkwrites

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hanna.park.1485537

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Scald-Crow-Beyond-Faerie-Rath-ebook/dp/B0DS3TKLDM 

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/Scald-Crow-Beyond-Faerie-Novel/dp/1068997591

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9781068997532

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-scald-crow-2

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GIVEAWAY

Hanna Park will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.

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