Heart Choice

June 1, 2005
To ensure his noble line's chance of survival, Straif Blackthorn must find a cure for the genetic disorder that allowed a virus to wipe out his family -and he must start a family of his own. But the one woman who attracts him, interior designer Mitchella Clover, is sterile. A pair of seemingly star-crossed lovers face incredible odds in this well-written, humor-laced, intellectually and emotionally involving story, which explores the true meaning of family and love in a nontraditional setting. This is the latest in Owens's Celta novels, in which psychic powers are diverse and pervasive and telepathy extends to animals.

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August 1, 2005
Mitchella Clover, a talented interior designer, moves in to renovate the long-deserted Blackthorn residence after Straif Blackthorn returns home to claim his heritage. The noble and the commoner are intensely attracted to each other, but she, being sterile, knows a relationship with a man who is the sole survivor of his line, the line he wants to rebuild with his own DNA, must marry someone who can give him children. With the title of the property in question, they race to rebuild before a council deadline. His spoiled cat and her teenage foster son create lots of problems for the protagonists and add depth and humor to the story. In Owens' fourth stand-alone science-fantasy romance in the award-winning Celta series, the romance is passionate, the characters engaging, and the society and setting exquisitely crafted.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2005, American Library Association.)