CIRCLE OF NINE
by Valerie Biel
October 27 - December 31, 2025 Virtual Book Tour
CIRCLE OF NINE: NOVELLA COLLECTION
Return to the Celtic magic that began with the suspenseful, award-winning novel Circle of Nine – Beltany.
Descended from a legendary Celtic tribe that guards the secrets of the ancient stone circles, the Quinn women have a great responsibility to protect their pagan rituals and way of life. As members of the formidable Circle of Nine, they celebrate the holidays of the year from Yule to Samhain, keeping the traditions of the Tuatha de Danann alive through the centuries against insurmountable odds. We first met these women in Circle of Nine – Beltany, and now a set of three novellas reveals more of their engaging stories.
In Bressa’s Banishment the power struggle between Father Banan and village healer Bressa Gormley unfolds amidst accusations of treachery, heresy, and murder. Can the Circle protect their trusted healer and the path of the Tuatha against a growing religious fervor?
Dervla’s Destiny brings us to medieval Ireland where the beloved character Dervla Quinn learns of her gifts and fights tremendous loss, betrayal, and violence, all the while never giving up on finding the love she deserves.
In Phoebe's Mission, when an evil force on a quest for ultimate power threatens the Circle of Nine, Phoebe Quinn must leave Ireland for the first time and travel to the United States to protect their way of life. Along the way, she meets the handsome Macklin Scott, taking her mission, and possibly her future, on a far different course than expected.
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Praise for Circle of Nine: Novella Collection
"Each story is intriguing and suspenseful. I enjoyed learning about three generations of strong, independent women, who were tasked with protecting their ancient heritage, and about the men who loved and supported them."
~ Jerena Tobiasen, award-winning author for CIRCLE OF NINE: NOVELLA COLLECTION
Series Details:
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Published by: Lost Lake PressFind CIRCLE OF NINE series at Amazon & Lost Lake Press
Author Bio:
Valerie Biel writes award-winning books for middle grade to adult audiences--stories inspired by her travels and her insatiable curiosity. Her young adult fantasy series, Circle of Nine, was inspired by the myth and magic of Ireland's ancient stone circles. She's also the author of HAVEN, a contemporary middle grade novel, and BEYOND THE CEMETERY GATE, a mystery suspense story. She's a founding member of the Blackbird Writers & a member of Sisters in Crime & the Wisconsin Writers Association. When she's away from the computer, she's likely wrangling her overgrown garden, reading multiple books per week, or traveling the world--often on trips for the The World Orphan Fund charity she and her husband run. She calls a (tiny) portion of her family's century-old Wisconsin farm home, but regularly dreams of finding a cozy cottage on the Irish coast where she can write and write.
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Review:
Excellent, in-depth stories featuring three of the women of the Tuatha Quinn line.
The Circle of Nine: Novellas is the second book in author Valerie Biel’s magical fantasy series and is a trio of tales, each one focusing on the backstory of a woman introduced in Book One, Beltany. The Quinn matriarchy is rich in lore and magical stories. This collection features Bressa Gormley, the teacher and mentor of Onora Quinn, the originator of the family book passed down from mother to daughter through the ages; Dervla Quinn, who lived more than a century later; and Phoebe Quinn, a more recent writer in the book from the 1960s.
Valerie Biel is a skilled teller of tales, bringing each of the women to life and focusing on the years in their lives prior to the stories they reveal during their turn writing the family book. All of them describe pivotal points in their histories. In Bressa’s Banishment, readers learn how the old wisewoman came to live on the enchanted island in Lough Dooras. Dervla’s Destiny lays the groundwork for the tragic events that Derlva Quinn’s immediate family will later experience. While Phoebe’s Mission is one of mysteries and occurs early enough that Phoebe’s gran is still alive and occasionally lucid.
The novellas expand the myth and magic of the world of THE
CIRCLE OF NINE and allow an intimate view into characters previously encountered
only as words on pages in the handed-down ancestral history. I recommend them
for readers who enjoy contemporary fantasy stories featuring folklore and
magic.
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Thanks for the review! I can't wait to continue on in this wonderful series.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the review my Novella Collection — part of the Circle of Nine series! (I'm glad you liked it!!) I sometimes get asked why I included a Novella Collection . . . and the truth is that I was STUCK and not sure what to write for book 2 in the series. THEN a reader said what they really wanted was longer stories that followed their favorite historical characters from book 1. I said, “No problem! I have those in my head already.” And that’s how this novella collection was born. (My personal favorite is Dervla . . . I almost gave her a full-length book.) And since I love this format so much, book 5 will be another Novella Collection . . . I don’t want to give too much away for those that haven’t read the other books, but one will include Brigit . . . and one will be very historical, going all the way back to the beginning of the Circle of Nine!! Stay tuned!
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