Beltane Review

About the Author: 

Erin O'Riordan is a writer who lives in the midwestern United States with her husband. She has written everything from professional basketball to her favorite literary sex scenes in magazines like Clean Sheets to print magazines like Hustler Fantasies. The story about Maman Brigitte inspired Erin's first screenplay, Animal Appetites. Beltane, her first novel, is available from Eternal Press.

About The Book:

Beltane is smart, spiritual, & sexy. The novel is vivid, fast paced, and imaginative. Her interesting characters make Beltane a genuine page turner.  Beltane has few wasted words or actions and moves along with magnificent pacing.  There are elements of suspense, and O'Riodan has an astonishing ability to, handle stasis without allowing things to stagnate; furthermore she created an element of mystery that drives the story forward.  I particulaly enjoy that she has incorporated bits of world mythology and folklore into her book. But be forewarned; the sex is erotic and intense.  The storyline is of course an erotic romance that swirls around twin sisters Zenobia  & Allegra Van Zandt who are most definitely modern-day witches. Allie and Zen as they are affectionately called have always shared everything: including there childhood at Pagan Spirits Farms. They even fall in love at the same time. When Zen meets Orlando, her intuition tells her he's the man of her dreams, even if he is married to someone else. At the same time, Allie, a pagan priestess, is finding out some not-so-flattering truths about her love, Paul Phillip Washington, after she'd already convinced herself that he's the love of her life and married him . As Beltane ( May Day) nears these two sisters are questioning what the Goddess, has in store for them, but we all know that the Goddess moves in mysterious ways, and May Day turns out to be magic for them both after all. And oh what unexpected romantic delights happen that very evening. What a wonderful begining to her 12-part romance series; I look forward to reading all of her Pagan Spirit Novels.  If you have a chance to read this book be prepared to be overwhelmed by the almost impossible and intimate moments and discover who romances who.   An absolutely stunning first novel.

 Beltane by Erin O'Riordan

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Eternal Press (March13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897559658
• ISBN-13: 978-1897559659