Pen Dames: My Heroes: Flawed but Heroic, by Jennifer Taylor

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

My Heroes: Flawed but Heroic, by Jennifer Taylor

Greetings! Welcome to another Pen Dame Blog

I write a Historical Romance series called Rhythm of the Moon. It’s set in an 18^th Century port town teaming with history and activity: pirates, smugglers, ne’er-do-wells, a rowdy, but welcoming ancient inn, and seekers of love and evil. Adventure is always rolling in, like the waves crashing against the dock of King’s Harbour. My mission is to give voice to heroes (and heroines) who may be flawed but gifted in their own way.

In the first book, Mercy of the Moon, midwife Maggie Wilson must face the harrowing challenge of reviving her beloved sister, who has suffered and survived the most horrifying ordeal imaginable. She is mysteriously altered. Coming to Maggie’s aid is the newly arrived Ian Pierce, home from his world travels to take over the family apothecary shop after his brother’s death.

Ian has returned from overseas, where he has been in search of a cure for his affliction, now called bipolar disorder. It is both his strength and his weakness. He pays his way around the world playing music and entertainment. He has boundless energy and brilliant good humor in his good days and suffers from debilitating melancholy in the worst of times. He experiences the beauty of boundless energy and the black hole of despair.

How can someone like Ian be a hero? From the first sight of her, he is determined to treasure and care for her. The power of his music mesmerizes and opens Maggie up to emotions she never dared hope to feel. He makes this hard-working and selfless woman the townspeople call “the workhorse” feel treasured for the first time in her life. He makes her laugh with his uninhibited joy and energy. He uses humor and music to deflect conflict and make the town a safer place. And when Maggie needs him most, he gives his all to protect her.

As they work together to fight superstition and evil, their attraction grows.

Mercy of the Moon is the first in the series about challenged and deserving heroes and heroines.

Mercy of the Moon (Rhythm of the Moon) by [Jennifer Taylor]