Destiny. . . Is it Mayberry or Middle Earth?
“One meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.”
Readers say. . . "Once you enter the world of Destiny, with all its interesting Paramortal characters, you will never want to leave.""Wow, just Wow!""My new favorite series! Run don't walk to the buy button." "It's like a mini-vacation away from the real world." "If you enjoy the Urban Fantasy /Paranormal Cozy worlds of Kristen Painter, Darynda Jones or Molly Harper, try Livia Quinn's Destiny Paramortals series."
Readers say. . . "Once you enter the world of Destiny, with all its interesting Paramortal characters, you will never want to leave.""Wow, just Wow!""My new favorite series! Run don't walk to the buy button." "It's like a mini-vacation away from the real world." "If you enjoy the Urban Fantasy /Paranormal Cozy worlds of Kristen Painter, Darynda Jones or Molly Harper, try Livia Quinn's Destiny Paramortals series."
Welcome to Destiny, home of the Destiny Paramortals.
Destiny Characters, Paramortals and their Magic
(People of Power, and not…yet)
Jack Lang Sheriff, Laccasine Parish, former Navy pilot
Tempest Pomeroy Tempestestaerie and mail carrier
Montana Dinnshencha/half-vamp, can shift into any form to defend abused women and children.
Aurora Boreal Shop owner, seer? witch? old friend of the Pomeroys
Conor de Sept Flambé dragon knight /black dragon
Dylan McGuinness Finrir and undercover inspector
River Pomeroy Tempe’s Djinni brother, contractor
Jordie Lang Jack’s daughter
Georgeanne Lang Jack’s crazy ex
Phoebe Pomeroy Tempe’s mother, a Tempestaerie
Dutch Pomeroy Tempe’s father, an old Djinni
Freddie Taylor Storm Lake’s un-handyman
Petre The Fae king, owner of the Faerie Inn with
Arabella Queen of the faerie and Tempe’s friend
Ryan Kirkwood Jack’s deputy and former wingman
Katerina Blackmoor half panther/vamp, friend
SOAPs They call themselves ‘Sisters of the Astral Plane’. Humans think they're soap opera fans
Liam O’Neill Bons Amis’ bartender, Churichaun/vamp
Jack Lang Sheriff, Laccasine Parish, former Navy pilot
Tempest Pomeroy Tempestestaerie and mail carrier
Montana Dinnshencha/half-vamp, can shift into any form to defend abused women and children.
Aurora Boreal Shop owner, seer? witch? old friend of the Pomeroys
Conor de Sept Flambé dragon knight /black dragon
Dylan McGuinness Finrir and undercover inspector
River Pomeroy Tempe’s Djinni brother, contractor
Jordie Lang Jack’s daughter
Georgeanne Lang Jack’s crazy ex
Phoebe Pomeroy Tempe’s mother, a Tempestaerie
Dutch Pomeroy Tempe’s father, an old Djinni
Freddie Taylor Storm Lake’s un-handyman
Petre The Fae king, owner of the Faerie Inn with
Arabella Queen of the faerie and Tempe’s friend
Ryan Kirkwood Jack’s deputy and former wingman
Katerina Blackmoor half panther/vamp, friend
SOAPs They call themselves ‘Sisters of the Astral Plane’. Humans think they're soap opera fans
Liam O’Neill Bons Amis’ bartender, Churichaun/vamp
Glossary of Beings & Terms
Good and Bad POPs (Jack’s term for “People of Power”)
Paramortal – beings who are bound through their ancestors by blood or spell to The Pact and called to defend all manner of innocent beings
Coincidence or Para-moon – When the Paramortals’ moon, Cache´ and earth moon are full at the same time. The last time was 400 years ago. Exact arrival and strength is unpredictable.
Chaos – 24 hours when blood Paramortals lose their power or suffer ill effects and their enemies take advantage of the power-down to grab power and eliminate good guys
The Forge – a super pulse of leylines that runs through Destiny. Its center is the swamp behind Tempe’s house
Collecte – the ancient members of the original Pact and their descendants.
Tempestaerie – A being that can control water and air and affect earth and fire while manipulating wind and weather.
Djinn – a fire elemental with the ability to grant wishes
Finrir – a shifter, eight-foot tall wolfish creature with a grizzly head. (Think Wolffie from Star Wars)
Vouivre – a four elemental water dragon that appears as a naked blonde on the bank to catch ‘food’
Fae – the Bright Fae (good) and the Dark Fae (bad)
Nucklavee –an ugly, mean creature that can take any form. When it dies it smells like dead fish and rotten eggs
Goofus – a species of flying creatures that look like pterodactyls, come in many sizes
Shmoo – smallest goofus that spews poisonous fluid
Squonk – a larger goofus, which can also fly backwards
Fengbo –looks like a flying head with wings for ears, has a square mouth and fat sharp teeth. It feeds on the organs of its victim while it’s alive, then carries the remains under its head until it finds a replacement.
Walking dead – well, you know, they used to be people, and now they’re not.
Paramortal – beings who are bound through their ancestors by blood or spell to The Pact and called to defend all manner of innocent beings
Coincidence or Para-moon – When the Paramortals’ moon, Cache´ and earth moon are full at the same time. The last time was 400 years ago. Exact arrival and strength is unpredictable.
Chaos – 24 hours when blood Paramortals lose their power or suffer ill effects and their enemies take advantage of the power-down to grab power and eliminate good guys
The Forge – a super pulse of leylines that runs through Destiny. Its center is the swamp behind Tempe’s house
Collecte – the ancient members of the original Pact and their descendants.
Tempestaerie – A being that can control water and air and affect earth and fire while manipulating wind and weather.
Djinn – a fire elemental with the ability to grant wishes
Finrir – a shifter, eight-foot tall wolfish creature with a grizzly head. (Think Wolffie from Star Wars)
Vouivre – a four elemental water dragon that appears as a naked blonde on the bank to catch ‘food’
Fae – the Bright Fae (good) and the Dark Fae (bad)
Nucklavee –an ugly, mean creature that can take any form. When it dies it smells like dead fish and rotten eggs
Goofus – a species of flying creatures that look like pterodactyls, come in many sizes
Shmoo – smallest goofus that spews poisonous fluid
Squonk – a larger goofus, which can also fly backwards
Fengbo –looks like a flying head with wings for ears, has a square mouth and fat sharp teeth. It feeds on the organs of its victim while it’s alive, then carries the remains under its head until it finds a replacement.
Walking dead – well, you know, they used to be people, and now they’re not.
Paramortal Language/Terms
Qi- core source of power within
Para – two, side by side; to shelter, protect, or defend
Vyal k’allanti The Paramortal quickening, the change, literally ‘find his destiny’
Aq’ligeameile (Aqua-le-me-elay) Paramortals, defenders of humans
Menori – Tempe’s life force or qi
Deremelei – living skin, the sign of a new Paramortal
Dovelo – from do’vel, clueless, literally in denial
Allanti - Destiny/ Fate
Vel lua – I love you (to a friend)
Jah’allantiduen - The Convergence – literally ‘as prophesied all will come together’
Jahlua – The Collecte - All allies
Aretuu – All Paramortal enemies, literally ‘he hates’, includes variants
Meile q’lije (parablood) – blood of the defenders, all blood Paramortals have meile q’lije at birth
Vazar Aquilei vel Aq’ligea meile - (Loosely paraphrased) Fae, get your asses over here and defend your Paramortal brothers
Meile - Blood, life source
Aqi’lei – Fae, literally ‘one who shines’
Jahdo v’allanti - sign of fate
SOAPs Sisters of the astral plane
Races - remein, Djinni, larein, ilein, qivan, belojah and velczhan
Aqiva’ni The race of changers, shifters
Larai’ni ‘less than dead’, Jarai’ni ‘more than dead’ - Vampires
A‘ni - same qi – same species
Ameile – one blood - human
A delij k’alant, cin valo ne kant deligda.
Qi- core source of power within
Para – two, side by side; to shelter, protect, or defend
Vyal k’allanti The Paramortal quickening, the change, literally ‘find his destiny’
Aq’ligeameile (Aqua-le-me-elay) Paramortals, defenders of humans
Menori – Tempe’s life force or qi
Deremelei – living skin, the sign of a new Paramortal
Dovelo – from do’vel, clueless, literally in denial
Allanti - Destiny/ Fate
Vel lua – I love you (to a friend)
Jah’allantiduen - The Convergence – literally ‘as prophesied all will come together’
Jahlua – The Collecte - All allies
Aretuu – All Paramortal enemies, literally ‘he hates’, includes variants
Meile q’lije (parablood) – blood of the defenders, all blood Paramortals have meile q’lije at birth
Vazar Aquilei vel Aq’ligea meile - (Loosely paraphrased) Fae, get your asses over here and defend your Paramortal brothers
Meile - Blood, life source
Aqi’lei – Fae, literally ‘one who shines’
Jahdo v’allanti - sign of fate
SOAPs Sisters of the astral plane
Races - remein, Djinni, larein, ilein, qivan, belojah and velczhan
Aqiva’ni The race of changers, shifters
Larai’ni ‘less than dead’, Jarai’ni ‘more than dead’ - Vampires
A‘ni - same qi – same species
Ameile – one blood - human
A delij k’alant, cin valo ne kant deligda.
Storm Crazy
My name is Tempest Pomeroy, and my human job is delivering the mail. I’m also a Paramortal like my family, or I’m supposed to be. If I didn’t have a few little talents, I’d think I was adopted. To say I was having a bad day would be like saying Katrina dropped a little rain on New Orleans. My brother's genie bottle is missing, my mother’s AWOL, and the sheriff and my ex-lover are squaring off like yard dogs staking a claim over a poodle. I am no one’s poodle. I've denied my heritage for most of my life but all this chaos is a sign of my quickening Tempestaerie power.
Oh, and the sheriff? He thinks he's settled in a normal, quaint small town—like Mayberry?! We’ll see how that turns out… Things better settle down soon, ‘cause I’m about to go…Storm Crazy.
My name is Tempest Pomeroy, and my human job is delivering the mail. I’m also a Paramortal like my family, or I’m supposed to be. If I didn’t have a few little talents, I’d think I was adopted. To say I was having a bad day would be like saying Katrina dropped a little rain on New Orleans. My brother's genie bottle is missing, my mother’s AWOL, and the sheriff and my ex-lover are squaring off like yard dogs staking a claim over a poodle. I am no one’s poodle. I've denied my heritage for most of my life but all this chaos is a sign of my quickening Tempestaerie power.
Oh, and the sheriff? He thinks he's settled in a normal, quaint small town—like Mayberry?! We’ll see how that turns out… Things better settle down soon, ‘cause I’m about to go…Storm Crazy.
Cry Me a River
Jack Lang, here - sheriff, former Navy pilot. To say Destiny was not what I expected would be like saying Wolverine's fingernails were long enough for a manicure. I'd been looking for Mayberry, a quaint little safe town to raise my daughter. That ship sailed when I met Tempest Pomeroy, who turned out to be a storm witch with a djinni brother and an ex who was… hell, I don't know what he is. But I wasn’t sure I could stay. I had a teenage daughter to consider. I'm Tempe Pomeroy, Tempestaerie, mail lady, and - as Jack likes to say - trouble magnet.
Isn't it just like a man to exit a relationship when he finds out a woman has a few little secrets? Following Jack's, um, enlightenment, he finally started investigating my little brother's disappearance, but time is running out and our relationship has gone from attraction to suspicion, support to friendship, romance to oh-my-god-get-away-from-me revulsion.
Jack Lang, here - sheriff, former Navy pilot. To say Destiny was not what I expected would be like saying Wolverine's fingernails were long enough for a manicure. I'd been looking for Mayberry, a quaint little safe town to raise my daughter. That ship sailed when I met Tempest Pomeroy, who turned out to be a storm witch with a djinni brother and an ex who was… hell, I don't know what he is. But I wasn’t sure I could stay. I had a teenage daughter to consider. I'm Tempe Pomeroy, Tempestaerie, mail lady, and - as Jack likes to say - trouble magnet.
Isn't it just like a man to exit a relationship when he finds out a woman has a few little secrets? Following Jack's, um, enlightenment, he finally started investigating my little brother's disappearance, but time is running out and our relationship has gone from attraction to suspicion, support to friendship, romance to oh-my-god-get-away-from-me revulsion.
Eve of Chaos
Call me Montana - just that, Montana. I'm a Dinnshencha warrior. I can shift into any form to protect women in distress. So when I saw the magnificent warrior enter the Mardi Gras ball I had to know, "Where did he get those swords?"
“You vill meet a dahk dangerrous sttrrangah…” Aurora predicted, and as if someone left their Swords of War video game on “share” in a parallel universe, he walked in.
Conor de Sept Flambe´— the Dark Knight they’d dubbed him—with his dark gleaming muscles, the distinctive leathery tattoos across his shoulders, armored boots and magnificent flashing swords. I drooled. I'd been unable to force my eyes away from him all evening. Then he’d walked across the ballroom floor, parting the crowd like Moses through the Red Sea, and asked me to dance. Turns out, he’s quite the music lover. He says he wants to show me some of his moves. Right! My Dinnshencha warrior wasn’t born yesterday…
There’s more to this Knight than meets the eye, and he’s quite an eyeful. Recognizing my diminishing strength, he offered to prepare me for the Chaos, twenty-four hours when many Paramortals would lose their power. But is that all he. . .desires?
Call me Montana - just that, Montana. I'm a Dinnshencha warrior. I can shift into any form to protect women in distress. So when I saw the magnificent warrior enter the Mardi Gras ball I had to know, "Where did he get those swords?"
“You vill meet a dahk dangerrous sttrrangah…” Aurora predicted, and as if someone left their Swords of War video game on “share” in a parallel universe, he walked in.
Conor de Sept Flambe´— the Dark Knight they’d dubbed him—with his dark gleaming muscles, the distinctive leathery tattoos across his shoulders, armored boots and magnificent flashing swords. I drooled. I'd been unable to force my eyes away from him all evening. Then he’d walked across the ballroom floor, parting the crowd like Moses through the Red Sea, and asked me to dance. Turns out, he’s quite the music lover. He says he wants to show me some of his moves. Right! My Dinnshencha warrior wasn’t born yesterday…
There’s more to this Knight than meets the eye, and he’s quite an eyeful. Recognizing my diminishing strength, he offered to prepare me for the Chaos, twenty-four hours when many Paramortals would lose their power. But is that all he. . .desires?
Blame it on the Moon
It’s the height of the Para-moon and Jack is up to his ‘six’ in alligators. Defending those weaker than himself is in his DNA which is what made him become a Navy pilot. But who is he kidding? Alligators he could handle! Supernatural bad guys… and ragtag doesn’t begin to describe his band of temporary ’heroes’. If he had to go to war with the troup that showed up at dawn, he might as well start cutting up white sheets and attaching them to garden stakes.
There's little time to worry about his future with Tempe as one crisis after another raises its head. He must find a healer for Dylan, relocate a lost elemental, make a formal request for help from the Fae, figure out what the hell his crazy ex Georgeanne is up to, and - very important - keep the humans in the dark. If worse comes to worse, he has a dragon on his side and a few surprises up his sleeve, “Yippe, ki, yi..."
But a lot can happen in twenty four hours and things… don’t always go as planned.
Strap in ! ‘cause it’s a wild ride through Destiny, or should I say Middle Earth…
Five months ago, Sheriff Jack Lang would have sworn there were no such things as vampires, tempestaeries, djinn or dragons. That was before he met Tempest Pomeroy, his sexy redheaded mail lady and... trouble magnet. He’d fallen for her before he found out about her “special abilities”. But that wasn’t what turned his life upside down.
No, to say Jack’s world had gone FUBAR was like saying Wolverine’s fingernails were long enough for a manicure.
Tempe had been afraid her supernatural nature would be a problem for Jack, who’d mistaken Destiny for a “normal” safe small town, but that didn’t explain why he’d left her in favor of haunting the highest levees in the parish. She knew he’d received a shock, but what was it going to take to get him to return to his life - and to her? A stubborn man is one thing; a grumpy, depressed twenty-ton dragon is a bit more of a challenge...
Book 5 is the completion of Jack and Tempe’s Paramortal arc, the fiften epiphany so to speak, but the story continues. If you enjoy the Urban Fantasy /Paranormal Cozy worlds of Kristen Painter, Darynda Jones or Molly Harper, try the Destiny Paramortals series. Readers say, "Once you enter the world of Destiny, with all its interesting Paramortal characters, you will never want to leave."
Blood Moon
She could destroy his world…or save it.
There's a new supe in Destiny. She sauntered into the Moat of Morpheus, a redheaded violet-eyed warrior carrying a giant head-splitter of a sword and wielding it with magic. Her name is Cinder. River felt an immediate attraction as well as a lifting of the despair that had been his only companion for months. But it was short lived.
She was there to kill a dragonhunter and accused River of hiding the truth about him. Turns out, she was right. River had a secret and his own reasons for remaining quiet. If he couldn't break free from the villain's control, there would be devastating consequences for his family and ultimately, the other Paramortals.
After his sister and the dragon sheriff go missing, River and Cinder join forces. But history has a way of coming full circle and echoes from their past bring a shattering revelation about their Paramortal family and the dragonhunter's true identity, a perspective neither of them could have anticipated. Can they forgive the past to overcome their common enemy or will the news tear their relationship and the Paramortals apart forever?
Coming July 2, 2018
All Destiny Paramortals will be available again on all retailers along with two extras.
It’s the height of the Para-moon and Jack is up to his ‘six’ in alligators. Defending those weaker than himself is in his DNA which is what made him become a Navy pilot. But who is he kidding? Alligators he could handle! Supernatural bad guys… and ragtag doesn’t begin to describe his band of temporary ’heroes’. If he had to go to war with the troup that showed up at dawn, he might as well start cutting up white sheets and attaching them to garden stakes.
There's little time to worry about his future with Tempe as one crisis after another raises its head. He must find a healer for Dylan, relocate a lost elemental, make a formal request for help from the Fae, figure out what the hell his crazy ex Georgeanne is up to, and - very important - keep the humans in the dark. If worse comes to worse, he has a dragon on his side and a few surprises up his sleeve, “Yippe, ki, yi..."
But a lot can happen in twenty four hours and things… don’t always go as planned.
Strap in ! ‘cause it’s a wild ride through Destiny, or should I say Middle Earth…
No, to say Jack’s world had gone FUBAR was like saying Wolverine’s fingernails were long enough for a manicure.
Tempe had been afraid her supernatural nature would be a problem for Jack, who’d mistaken Destiny for a “normal” safe small town, but that didn’t explain why he’d left her in favor of haunting the highest levees in the parish. She knew he’d received a shock, but what was it going to take to get him to return to his life - and to her? A stubborn man is one thing; a grumpy, depressed twenty-ton dragon is a bit more of a challenge...
Book 5 is the completion of Jack and Tempe’s Paramortal arc, the fiften epiphany so to speak, but the story continues. If you enjoy the Urban Fantasy /Paranormal Cozy worlds of Kristen Painter, Darynda Jones or Molly Harper, try the Destiny Paramortals series. Readers say, "Once you enter the world of Destiny, with all its interesting Paramortal characters, you will never want to leave."
Blood MoonShe could destroy his world…or save it.
There's a new supe in Destiny. She sauntered into the Moat of Morpheus, a redheaded violet-eyed warrior carrying a giant head-splitter of a sword and wielding it with magic. Her name is Cinder. River felt an immediate attraction as well as a lifting of the despair that had been his only companion for months. But it was short lived.
She was there to kill a dragonhunter and accused River of hiding the truth about him. Turns out, she was right. River had a secret and his own reasons for remaining quiet. If he couldn't break free from the villain's control, there would be devastating consequences for his family and ultimately, the other Paramortals.
After his sister and the dragon sheriff go missing, River and Cinder join forces. But history has a way of coming full circle and echoes from their past bring a shattering revelation about their Paramortal family and the dragonhunter's true identity, a perspective neither of them could have anticipated. Can they forgive the past to overcome their common enemy or will the news tear their relationship and the Paramortals apart forever?
Coming July 2, 2018
All Destiny Paramortals will be available again on all retailers along with two extras.
Storm Crazy Bonus Edition A great #deal Books 1&2
Welcome to Destiny, or I should say Middle Earth…
Jack Lang, sheriff, ex-Navy pilot. To say Destiny was not what I expected would be like saying Wolverine's fingernails were long enough for a manicure. I'd been looking for Mayberry, a quaint little safe town to raise my daughter. That ship sailed when I met Tempest Pomeroy, who turned out to be a storm witch with a djinni brother and an ex who was… hell, I don't know what he is. But I wasn’t sure I could stay; I had a teenage daughter to consider.
Tempe Pomeroy, Tempestaerie, mail lady, and as Jack likes to say, trouble magnet. Isn't it just like a man to exit a relationship when he finds out a woman's got a few little secrets? Jack's finally investigating my little brother's disappearance but time is running out and our relationship's gone from attraction to suspicion, support to friendship, romance to oh-my-god-get-away-from-me revulsion.
Welcome to Destiny, or I should say Middle Earth…
Jack Lang, sheriff, ex-Navy pilot. To say Destiny was not what I expected would be like saying Wolverine's fingernails were long enough for a manicure. I'd been looking for Mayberry, a quaint little safe town to raise my daughter. That ship sailed when I met Tempest Pomeroy, who turned out to be a storm witch with a djinni brother and an ex who was… hell, I don't know what he is. But I wasn’t sure I could stay; I had a teenage daughter to consider.
Tempe Pomeroy, Tempestaerie, mail lady, and as Jack likes to say, trouble magnet. Isn't it just like a man to exit a relationship when he finds out a woman's got a few little secrets? Jack's finally investigating my little brother's disappearance but time is running out and our relationship's gone from attraction to suspicion, support to friendship, romance to oh-my-god-get-away-from-me revulsion.
Jack’s an ex-Navy pilot. He says he wants to know “everything”. He may stick around, help me save my brother and discover the whereabouts of my parents, but I doubt he’ll still want to take me to the Mardi Gras ball, once he knows “everything”. He'll probably take the first jet out of Middle Earth. There’s a lot of everything…
Destiny Paramortals Box set
Get books 1-3 in one gorgeous box set.
Readers say. . . "It's like a mini-vacation from the real world."
“ok, I am hooked! I am so ready to know the rest of the story from this series.”
“I don't normally read books that are based on fantasy but love Livia Quinn's books so gave this one a try. So glad I did!”
“I love this book…run don’t walk to the buy button.”
Readers of Molly Harper, Eve Langlais and Katie MacAlister will love Livia Quinn.
Get books 1-3 in one gorgeous box set.
Readers say. . . "It's like a mini-vacation from the real world."
“ok, I am hooked! I am so ready to know the rest of the story from this series.”
“I don't normally read books that are based on fantasy but love Livia Quinn's books so gave this one a try. So glad I did!”
“I love this book…run don’t walk to the buy button.”
Readers of Molly Harper, Eve Langlais and Katie MacAlister will love Livia Quinn.
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