The Fire Rose
Mercedes Lackey
Baen, Jul 1 2014, $18.00
ISBN 9781476736501
In 1905, Chicago heiress and medieval scholar
Rosalind Hawkins has no time to grieve the death of her father as she finds
herself in financial straits. With no
choices she accepts a position as a governess of Jason Cameron’s children in
San Francisco.
However, her new job proves strange since her
enigmatic employer has no children or for that matter apparently any family
either. Instead Jason hired her due to
her medieval language translation skills.
She translates ancient French texts through a tubular gizmo to him but
never sees Jason, who explains to the scholar that he suffered a horrific
disfigurement. Jason conceals from his
employee that a spell he cast contained a fatal flaw that leaves this Fire
Elemental Master in a werewolf-human abominable convergence. She is his only hope, but neither expected to
fall in love before she saw his visage.
This reprint of the wonderful first Elemental
Masters fantasy is a delightful rendition of Beauty and the Beast in early
twentieth century California. The
enchanting storyline retains its magic due a terrific cast; starting with the
changing relationship between the protagonists enhanced by strong support
characters and a natural disaster about to shake the City On The Bay.
Harriet Klausner
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