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SYNOPSIS:
Bound by destiny, torn by fate—their love stood unbroken, victorious over all.Kat MacArthur still feels the loss of her brother to another time. Seeking solace, she stumbles upon Ceallach, a Fae warrior, she’s had feelings for ever since she met him. The emotion grows stronger whenever they are together. Yet he warns her to stay away from the upcoming gathering for the Iona Stones. Kat refuses—she needs to be there to help her family and Ceallach.Ceallach is torn between duty, magic, and the ache for mortal love. His Fae soul is sworn to protect the Iona Stones during the Gathering, but his heart is lost to Kat. With the prophecy looming, he cannot promise her forever—no matter how much he longs to. The maiden of the Iona Stones now faces sacrifice, and he fears if his beloved gets too close, he cannot save her.When dark forces rise to take the Iona Stones along with their powers, Ceallach is forced into an impossible decision—to defy destiny or surrender to love?
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Still wearing a grin, he strode forward with confidence, and a sensuality Kat had not forgotten. The man still took her breath away with one look. Ceallach arrived before her, a smile playing on his lips. As his eyes swept across her face, the expression faltered. His brows knitted together in a frown, shadowing the sudden tension in his gaze. Reaching with his finger, he lifted a tear from her cheek, gripped his fist hard, and when opened, a small, clear teardrop-shaped gemstone sat in his palm.
“Dry yer tears, sweet Kat. Yer face is much prettier without them.” He took her hand and, with his other placed the gemstone in her palm. “When ye hold the gem, yer tears will fade, and happy thoughts shall fill yer heart.” When the stone touched her skin, her mind cleared, and a sense of ease washed over her.
Ceallach released her hand and strode past her to the doors.
Kat turned, calling after him. “Wait, why are ye here?”
The attractive Fae stopped and turned. “Dagda sent me. I’ve come to meet with the guardian of the stones. All the stones have returned. The gathering and battle of good vs evil is upon us. The gods have called, and we must answer.”
He opened the heavy oak doors without effort and strode through. The doors weight closed them, leaving Kat in the shadows again. She blinked, almost not believing her eyes and the truth before her. Her secret love had just casually strolled back into her life. Gripping the gem, he’d shaped from her tears, warmth washed over her. Ceallach was here. A smile crossed her face.
Ceallach was here.
AUTHOR GUEST POST:
Please welcome Margaret Izard, the author of today's featured book to the blog.
The End in Sight—and the Beginning Beyond
by Margaret Izard
Ending a long-running series means more than tying off plot
threads—it means honoring the emotional truth readers trusted you with from the
very first book to the nineth. By the time I reached Stone of Destiny, these
characters had lived with me for years. I knew their histories, their wounds,
their quiet hopes, and the promises I had made to them on the page. Saying
goodbye required restraint as much as imagination. I couldn’t give everyone the
ending that felt kind or comforting simply because I loved them. I had to give
them the ending that fit who they had become.
Stone of Destiny forced me to decide which promises mattered
most. Some promises demanded fulfillment. Others required breaking in order to
remain honest. Love, sacrifice, and destiny don’t always align neatly, and
pretending they do would have betrayed the emotional spine of the series. I
leaned hard into the idea that absence can hurt as much as loss, and that
choosing duty can wound just as deeply as choosing love. Those choices shaped
the final book more than any single plot twist.
Letting go of these characters wasn’t clean or easy, and I
didn’t want it to be. Endings should leave an echo. My goal with Stone of
Destiny was to close the saga in a way that felt earned—one that respected the
journey, honored the cost of every choice along the way, and trusted readers to
sit with the complexity rather than be spared from it.
From the very first book, Stone of Love, I knew how this
series would end. The final destination was always there, (I even hinted at it
in the first book) guiding every story choice, every moment of loss and gain,
every sacrifice and victory along the way. And if you’ve read all the books,
breadcrumbs trailed the way to this end.
Each character’s journey—what they loved, what they lost,
what they were willing to give up—quietly steered the series toward this place.
I never truly believed I’d get the chance to see it through to the end, and
reaching it now feels both surreal and deeply personal. While there’s so much
to celebrate in finishing this series, letting it go is bittersweet. I’m
honored to have been able to tell it, and even more honored to share the ending
with the readers who walked this road with me.
While Stone of Destiny closes one series, it also opens the
door to what comes next. The ending naturally leads into the Dragons of
Tantallon, where threads left quietly waiting begin to stir and a new kind of
magic takes flight. The world continues, the legacy deepens, and the
dragons—long hinted at, long restrained—are ready to rise. One story ends, but
another begins, and soon, dragons will fly.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Margaret Izard is an award-winning author of historical fantasy and paranormal romance novels. Her latest awards are 2024 Reader’s Favorite Honorable Mention for Stone of Love and 2024 Spring BookFest Silver Award for the same title. She spent her early years through college to adulthood dedicated to dance, theater, and performing. Over the years, she developed a love for great storytelling in different mediums. She does not waste a good story, be it movement, the spoken, or the written word. She discovered historical romance novels in middle school, which combined her desire for romance, drama, and fantasy. She writes exciting plot lines, steamy love scenes and always falls for a strong male with a soft heart. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and adult triplets.
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