The Archer: An Adult Fairy Tale Retelling Romantasy Series

· Blood Realm Book 3 · Skeleton Key Publishing
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Robin Hood paid Maid Marian’s blood debt.

Now he doesn’t want her gold.

He wants her secret.


Maid Marian has one murder on her record.

And if the brazen thief who saved her doesn’t leave her alone, she’ll have two.

But the fey are nothing if not patient…

  

Robin Hood, aka Robin Goodfellow, is growing bored playing the role of the noble bandit. He wants excitement, and the maiden he saved from the gallows is nothing if not exciting. Quick-tempered, and in love with the hunt, the red-haired beauty is exactly the type of mystery this trickster lives to unravel.

 

Assuming the sheriff doesn’t kill him first…


The Blood Realm series is a spin-off/continuation of the Blood Prince series, so you can expect even more sensual romance told in the style of the old fairy tales we can’t get enough of. Look forward to moody dragon shifters, roguish pirates, morally flexible fae, cursed bear shifters, and a thief who’s more than meets the eye.


All of my books are written in the same universe (yes, even the Blood Trails series, which is contemporary, not historical like the Blood Prince/Blood Realm series—and you’ll have to read Deadline to find out how I managed that…). Be ready for crossovers and cameos!


Series keywords: fantasy, fantasy romance, mythology, fantasy series, speculative fiction, paranormal, myths, myth retelling, fairy tales, fairy tale retellings, folktales, folklore, humor, action, adventure, deities, gods, magic, elves, romance, epic

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Danea Sears
May 27, 2019
The Archer is book 3 in the Blood Realm series that directly follows the Blood Prince series. None of this series needs be read in any order, though reading the first series will let you understand the final chapters of each better. Also, it's an awesome series: read it! The Archer is a Robin Hood retelling, and to be honest, is the very first Robin Hood remake I have come across (I read a lot of fairy tale remakes, so that's saying something!). I have to say, I loved it. Hands down, making Robin a Sidhe, Will a spriggen, and Little John an actual bear made me as happy as a clam all on its own. I mean come on; what more awesome could you fit in a story lineup? The story follows the same path as you'd expect with the characters having very similar roles as the original tale only with a supernatural bent. It definitely made the story more entertaining for me, at least. The mystery of what Marian really made me feel like Robin with his extreme curiosity. Even the sheriff, Mac Tyre, was intriguing in his own twisted way. There was archery, action, and of course romance to be had. You come to love most all of the characters. As usual, Mrs. Blackstream weaves a most amazing tale that keeps you enthralled and wanting more through every page. If you like remakes, this is a definite!
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About the author

USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Blackstream is…odd. Putting aside the fact that she writes her own author bio in third person, she also sleeps with a stuffed My Little Pony that her grandmother bought her as a joke for her 23rd birthday, and she enjoys listening to Fraggle Rock soundtracks whether or not her children are in the car. 


Jennifer understands that it is customary for authors to talk about how they started writing, and how they’ve been coming up with stories since they were children. But Jennifer is a rebel, so she’s not going to talk about that. Instead, she’s going to share a quote from Terry Pratchett that she feels best describes where authors get their inspiration: 

“Little particles of inspiration sleet through the universe all the time travelling through the densest matter in the same way that a neutrino passes through a candyfloss haystack, and most of them miss. Even worse, most of the ones that hit the exact cerebral target hit the wrong one. For example, the weird dream about a lead doughnut on a mile-high gantry, which in the right mind would have been the catalyst for the invention of repressed-gravitational electricity generation (a cheap and inexhaustible and totally non-polluting form of power which the world in question had been seeking for centuries, and for the lack of which it was plunged into a terrible and pointless war) was in fact had by a small and bewildered duck.”

All of that is to say, that authors are what happens when a falling particle of inspiration strikes someone insane enough to think spending their life arguing with imaginary people about how their story should be written is a grand idea.

Jennifer doesn’t have spare time, but she makes it a point to spend at least one night a week with her sibling binge-watching whatever show they’re currently plowing through (currently Numbers on Netflix), and she ferociously guards quality time with her son and daughter. She cooks when she has the sanity for it—adding garlic to the recipe whether it calls for it or not—and tries very hard not to let her arachnophobia keep her out of her basement on laundry day.

Jennifer’s influences include Terry Pratchett (for wit), Laurell K. Hamilton (for sexual tension), Jim Butcher (for roguish flair), and Kim Harrison (for mythos). She is currently writing the series of her heart and her dreams, the series that has been percolating in her brain for the last decade…Blood Trails. An Urban Fantasy Mystery series that will combine the classic whodunit spirit with a contemporary fantasy setting. Expect mystery, magic, and mayhem, with characters that will make you laugh, cry, and probably stare at the screen with your jaw hanging down to the floor. Well, that’s how they affect Jennifer anyway…

Jennifer currently has three series going:

BLOOD PRINCE SERIES (COMPLETE):
Book 1 – Before Midnight
Book 2 – One Bite
Book 3 – Golden Stair
Book 4 – Divine Scales
Book 5 – Beautiful Salvation

Bonus Adventures in the Blood Prince World:
Book 2.5 – What Big Teeth You Have (free when you sign up for mailing list mentioned below)
Book 4.5 – The Pirate’s Witch
Book 5.5 – Dead to Begin With (available only between Thanksgiving and whenever Jennifer takes her Christmas tree down)

BLOOD REALM SERIES (IN PROGRESS SPIN-OFF OF BLOOD PRINCE SERIES):
Book 1 – All for a Rose
Book 2 – Blue Voodoo
Book 3 – The Archer
Book 4 – Bear With Me
Book 5 – Stolen Wish


BLOOD TRAILS SERIES (URBAN FANTASY RELEASING JANUARY 2018)
Book 1 – Deadline

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