By Jove’s Beard, What is a Djinni Anyway?
By Claudia Herring
Read About a Curse Involving an Ancient
Urn, a Wealthy Lord, and His Young Bride
What would happen if a magical being had his powers
compromised? Could he survive through wit, subterfuge, and what little of his
magic he could revive? That’s what I began discovering as the Obsessions of
a Djinni.
The story came in fits and spurts of inspiration as Lord
Peter Bramley, a wealthy aristocrat in Regency England, traveled to Egypt
searching for ancient artifacts — tomb robbing was what it amounted to in the
early eighteenth century. Lord Bramley found what he was looking for, and so
much more, only he didn’t know it at the time. This is what happens when you
possess something extraordinary that shouldn’t belong to you.
When he returns to his lovely naïve new bride, they are both
surprised at the change in him. Magic frequently creates a warp in ordinary
day-to-day life, and not always for the best.
Imprisoned in the urn by a jealous magician, the djinni
Yasir spends centuries searching for his lost love, even though he is impeded
by the curse — whoever opens the urn is Yasir’s master. When the djinni finds
his love, he discovers she is his new master’s bride. And his new master is
Lord Peter Bramley.
In a world of mysterious powers, the love triangle of Lord
Bramley, his bride and Yasir develops under the pall of the djinni’s dark
secret.
Did I explore my questions to the full extent? No. As I
wrote, the characters became more complex, their interactions more weighted
with deceit and passion and also heart-breaking honesty.
That is why Ties of
Smoke is the second in the series, and Whispers
of Deceit, the third. That is why I am still exploring the tumultuous
intrigues that Yasir creates.
When you are dealing with a djinni, by his or her very
nature, things happen which you never dreamed of. What can you expect from a
shape-changing spirit, created at the same time as angels, who can be as good
or evil as they please?
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About the Author
Claudia
Herring writes romantic fantasy novels. Her Djinn Chronicles series are set
in a world of mysterious powers and tumultuous intrigues fraught with
subterfuge. They begin in Regency England where sensible mortals interact in
disbelief with djinnis, magicians, sorceresses, and soothsayers.
She
would live in a library if she could.
Is afraid of her cat.
If
you like Diana Gabaldon or Carol Berg, you'll love Obsessions of a
Djinni.
Website:
https://claudiaherring.com/
Twitter:
@claudiakherring
Facebook:
claudia.herring.writer
About the Book:
A
djinni seduces his master’s young bride, forcing her to make a fateful choice.
A
world of mysterious powers and tumultuous intrigues comes to life in Regency
England as a djinni, burdened with a dark secret, is thrown into a love
triangle fraught with subterfuge.
Will he defeat his nemesis or be betrayed?
