Published: Oct. 06, 2012
Words: 61,102 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301619030

Short description

A brilliant young high school teacher. A seemingly cold alien ruler. A love that Earth Central Command tried to prevent. In a story that will appeal to fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley and Zenna Henderson, THE MARANN recounts one woman’s journey through loneliness, shattering revelations, and attempted assassination on a world where everyone can read her emotions.

Extended description

A story that will appeal to fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley and Zenna Henderson, The Marann recounts one woman's experience on a world where everyone can read her emotions.

Marianne Woolsey is a high school Spanish teacher in rural Iowa, when Earth Central Command decides her linguistic talents would be better exercised if she spent 26 years teaching the daughter of an alien ruler on a planet 24 light years from Earth. Deeply wounded by a childhood trauma, she avoids men, but now she's thrown into close contact with a man who is as gentle as he is dangerous.

Driven by duty, and deadly to anyone who dares cross him, the Sural has ruled his province and led his planet far longer than he can admit to his daughter's human tutor. He hides much more from the space-faring races of the Trade Alliance than he is willing to reveal. What he doesn't want Central Command to know, he has to conceal from Marianne, but that becomes increasingly difficult as years pass and her exotic beauty breaks .. (Read more) A story that will appeal to fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley and Zenna Henderson, The Marann recounts one woman's experience on a world where everyone can read her emotions.

Marianne Woolsey is a high school Spanish teacher in rural Iowa, when Earth Central Command decides her linguistic talents would be better exercised if she spent 26 years teaching the daughter of an alien ruler on a planet 24 light years from Earth. Deeply wounded by a childhood trauma, she avoids men, but now she's thrown into close contact with a man who is as gentle as he is dangerous.

Driven by duty, and deadly to anyone who dares cross him, the Sural has ruled his province and led his planet far longer than he can admit to his daughter's human tutor. He hides much more from the space-faring races of the Trade Alliance than he is willing to reveal. What he doesn't want Central Command to know, he has to conceal from Marianne, but that becomes increasingly difficult as years pass and her exotic beauty breaks down the walls he long ago built around his heart.
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Tags

fantasy, space opera, science fiction, futuristic, futuristic romance, science fiction romance, empath, tolari space

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Review by: lawana bierbaum on Feb. 04, 2013 : (no rating)
I really enjoy your book. Good story line.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Laura Brewer on Oct. 31, 2012 :
The reader is plunged into a complex world of empaths as seen through the eyes of a young woman with a traumatic past - and the contrast of a human woman seen through alien vision. The consequences of an empathic society are well thought out and portrayed with refreshing realism.

I became engulfed in Marianne's quest to find out what makes the Tolari, and the Sural, tick. Romance unfolds naturally against the backdrop of an alien world and an even more alien culture that is not what it seems.

As a writer myself, I don't give out 5*'s lightly, but The Marann deserves it. This is one I will read again and I look forward to the next book.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Patricia Maki on Oct. 10, 2012 :
A good read, but went a bit slow at times.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Julie Billingsley on Oct. 08, 2012 :
Get thrown into Tolari Space along with Marianne and watch the details and intricacies of this new world unfold. Learn the depth of Marianne's heart. Let the Sural sweep you off your feet. Watch Kyza's personality develop. I'm not a huge reader, but this book moved quickly and kept my interest! I could not put it down! Christie Meierz's creative twists and turns left me eager to find out what happens next. A refreshing read that left me wanting more. Can't wait for book 2!
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: LH on Oct. 07, 2012 :
A very good story, but not one erotic scene in it.
Too bad
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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