Everyone knows St Valantine’s the patron saint of lovers. Did you know he’s also the Patron saint of Bee Keepers and epilepsy?
Emperor Claudius 11 (214-270 AD) decreed that soldiers couldn’t marry. St Valentine thought it wrong and still performed secret marriages for young lover. When Claudius found out, he had Calentine executed on 14 February.
The Roman feast of Lupercalia falls in mid February. It involved violence, sex, animal sacrifice and random couplings. The early church romanticised it and associated it with St Valantine.
During the middle-ages, birds paired in February. They became associated with
romantic love and St Valentine.
This flower-crowned alleged skull of St. Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome (Image below)
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DESIRE, DECEIT AND THE DOCTOR
Valentine’s Day sucks when the only man you ever loved deserted you at your high school prom. Twelve years ago, Mandy found herself pregnant with Adam Montgomery’s baby. She never told him about the baby. To protect her family from threats of bankruptcy, she moved away. Now she and her son are back.
Adam’s never forgiven Mandy for breaking his teenage heart, but the first night home, he seduces her. He’s willing to marry anyone but her. As Valentine’s Day looms, someone tries to kill Mandy. Is Adam trying to get rid of her? Or can Mandy trust him to protect them? And can some Valentine’s magic rekindle their love?
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Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae, seductive vampires or BDSM loving dragons.
Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her Byronic and brooding Regency men are troubled survivors of Waterloo. When it comes to women, she writes kick ass females who can hold their own against whatever life - or Kryssie - throws at them.
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Her books are all stand alone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.
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