Razzle dazzle — cool jazz and hot kisses…The Goddess Epona is breathless over a lover’s tryst with Eshigel, the dark Guardian of the Between. Before she can meet him, she must hear the pleas of her Dark of the Moon supplicants.Strange requests originate from a captive little girl and a succubus seeking revenge. Then Epona is attacked and abducted.Epona awakens stranded in the human realm of … the human realm of the Roaring Twenties. With her powers nullified, she assumes the guise of a flapper in a speakeasy. Knowing the little girl is nearby, Epona seeks to save her.
Eshigel rushes to find his missing Goddess. To gain information he undergoes a dangerous rite involving a half woman and half serpent Lamia. After locating Epona, he vows to protect his flapper Goddess from the demons set on her destruction. Can a Goddess and her dark Guardian overcome misfortune and reclaim their love?
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Mind Your Goddess is the third exciting Wytchfae book by Flossie Benton Rogers. Some writers create towns, cities, or worlds where their characters live, love, and fulfill their destinies. Ms. Benton Rogers created a complete universe and has located six (soon to be seven) tales there.
The Wytchfae is an enthralling nexus where every god, goddess, witch, warrior, supernatural creature and possibility exist. Greek, Roman, Celtic deities and more live there. Time travel? Yep. Runes? You bet. A Demoness? Absolutely. Add Succubae, a Lamia, and a Janus, and you get the picture. This is a mythology geek’s fantasyland!
This book has everything I enjoy. First, it’s an amazing love story. Epona (Eppie) and Eshigel have a fascinating history which is only mentioned in Mind Your Goddess.
When Mind Your Goddess begins, the couple have resolved their past and now are madly in love. But Eppie disappears, and Eshigel realizes he’s to blame. Nothing on earth (or in the Wytchfae cosmos) will stop him from rescuing her.
Meanwhile, Eppie, stripped of her gifts, copes with life in Sapphire Beach, Florida in the 1920s. This is a major endeavor because she has landed in the clutches of a Speakeasy owner who uses her as a dancer in his establishment. Dressed in a fringed frock, she must shake her booty to the Charleston and endure sweaty-handed left foot lugs who drag her around the dance floor while she attempts to restore her divinity and find a desperate child psychically begging for help.
Eshigel’s detective work to figure out what happened to Eppie is brilliant. Yet, before he can locate his lover, he must survive the challenge of the snakes. If you think this part couldn’t be half horrifying, half erotic, you would be wrong. The Lamia is gorgeous and hot, and though Eschigel has made a lot of mistakes, she eventually supports him in his quest and gives him the information he needs to find his goddess.
When Eshigel and Eppie get back together, sparks fly for them and those in their way. The book has a satisfying ending which wraps up most of the plot points and includes a Happily Ever After.
Mind Your Goddess (Wytchfae Book 3) by Flossie Benton Rogers is a wickedly fun mythological tale with elements of romance and betrayal. You are transported to the magical world of unlikely lovers—Epona, Goddess of fruitfulness, and Eshigel, dark Guardian of Between. The tale begins when Epona listens to supplications from her human worshippers. A small child beseeches Epona to help her, but a blast of murky light hits the goddess in the stomach—an ominous sign she should heed. Yet, she can’t get the child’s pleas out of her mind as she travels into human and wytchfae realms. Unbeknownst to Epona, a Succubus lures her into a tangled web that unravels into danger, revealing how the girl ties in with Eshigel’s past and scorned lover.
Author Rogers is a master storyteller that weaves mythology from various cultures and concepts of the chakra into a unique tale. The story is rich in vivid imagery, allowing the reader to travel easily among the various worlds and across time. There is a hint a steamy romance, but it is done in good taste and adds to the mystique of what attracts the earth goddess to the god from the Underworld. The entertaining novella can be read in one setting.
I recommend Mind Your Goddess to fantasy readers who love elements of mythology, intrigue, and romance.