Naughty Cupid Trilogy
Michelle M. Pillow
The Raven Books (2013)
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Rating: ****
Tags: Romance, Historical Romance, Vampires, Love Story
Naughty Cupid Bundle - 3 BOOKS
Paranormal Historical Romance
Three Book Bundle includes
Cupid's Enchantment
Cupid's Revenge
Cupid's Favor
Book 1: Cupid's Enchantment
Contrary to popular belief, Cupid is not a cute little cherub. And he'll take revenge on any who say differently. Just ask Ilar, Commander of the Lycaon guard...
Lady Rhiannon's beauty is distracting suitors from her older sister and ruining her chances at marriage, so her father has her locked her away in a tower. Believing she is going crazy from the isolation, Rhiannon hears a frightful voice. The next thing she knows, she's waken up in a strange forest pursued by mythical wolf men. And, worst of all, their leader is taking her home with him.
Ilar is irritated to discover an enchanted female - a human, their ancient hunters - disrupting his Lycan Guards. One sniff of this mortal's enchantment and the men go insane, trying to kill each for her hand. Only in making her his lover can the spell be broken. Ilar has no choice but to claim the female for his own. But who knows what will happen when Cupid's Enchantment is broken.
Book 2: Cupid's Revenge
Cupid's livid. It's bad enough he made two people fall in love, but now thanks to King Larus, the whole Immortal Realm knows about it. There's only one thing a troll can do. Get Revenge.
Lady Mina and her sister, Sophia, are impoverished, starving and their castle is crumbling around their feet. Their father is dead, the servants are gone and it's the dead of winter. Could things really get much worse?
After Cupid caused a great disruption amongst his lycans by bringing a human to their world, Larus has had to meet with the Council of Elders. He's made sure it will never happen again. Or so he thought. Hearing two women scream - one whose enchanted to be madly in love with him and one who wants nothing more than to claw his eyes out - he's quickly learning not to underestimate a troll bent on revenge.
Book 3: Cupid's Favor
'Beware of trolls bearing favours'
When Lord Malak saves him from a sandpit, Cupid is honor bound to settle the lifedebt or risk being called upon later - even if the lycan noble insists he doesn't want any reward for the deed. Simply breeding the man's goats isn't enough to repay such a price. No, for this he needs something more. Knowing the perfect gift to be revenge, Cupid delivers the one thing that seems to aggravate Lord Malak the most - Lady Sophia.
After being kidnapped and drugged by the horrid troll, Cupid, Lady Sophia just wants to go home - to a place where magic doesn't exist and there's no chance of being eaten by a dragon. But most of all, she wants to be rid of her escort, Lord Malak. The charming lycan swore to protect her and see her safely home, but it seems fate and a little troll have other plans.
Naughty Cupid Trilogy Bundle
By Michelle M. Pillow
Naughty Cupid Series © copyright 2005-2013, Michelle M. Pillow
First Electronic Bundle Printing September 2013
Cover art © Copyright 2013, Natalie Winters
Bundle ISBN 978-1-62501-058-2
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
All books copyrighted to the author and may not be resold or given away without written permission from the author, Michelle M. Pillow.
This novel is a work of fiction. Any and all characters, events, and places are of the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or events or places is merely coincidence. Novel intended for adults only. Must be 18 years or older to read.
Published by The Raven Books
www.RavenHappyHour.com ~ www.TheRavenBooks.com
Raven Books and all affiliate sites and projects are © Copyrighted 2004-2013
Naughty Cupid Trilogy Bundle
By Michelle M. Pillow
Three Book Bundle includes
Cupid’s Enchantment
Cupid’s Revenge
Cupid’s Favor
Naughty Cupid Trilogy Bundle
By Michelle M. Pillow
Table of Contents
Naughty Cupid Trilogy Bundle
Also by Michelle M. Pillow
Dedication
Cupid’s Enchantment (Naughty Cupid)
Cupid’s Enchantment
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Epilogue
Cupid’s Revenge (Naughty Cupid)
Cupid’s Revenge
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Cupid’s Favor (Naughty Cupid)
Cupid’s Favor
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Epilogue
About the Author, Michelle M. Pillow
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Dedication
My sisters: Michelle, for having the same name as me growing up and surviving it. Shawna, for always speaking your mind. Emily, for being you. Sarah, for having a good soul. And my one brother, Brent, the Y chromosome in a sea of X’s.
And to those who don’t like Valentine’s Day--a Cupid even you can love.
Cupid’s Enchantment (Naughty Cupid)
By
Michelle M. Pillow
Cupid’s Enchantment (Naughty Cupid) © copyright 2005-2013, Michelle M. Pillow
Second Electronic Printing July 2010, The Raven Books
First Electronic Printing February 2005
ISBN 9781452475660
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
All books copyrighted to the author and may not be resold or given away without written permission from the author, Michelle M. Pillow.
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This novel is a work of fiction. Any and all characters, events, and places are of the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or events or places is merely coincidence. Novel intended for adults only. Must be 18 years or older to read.
Published by The Raven Books
www.RavenHappyHour.com ~ www.TheRavenBooks.com
Raven Books and all affiliate sites and projects are © Copyrighted 2004-2013
Cupid’s Enchantment (Naughty Cupid)
By
Michelle M. Pillow
Cupid’s Enchantment
Paranormal Historical Romance
Naughty Cupid Book One
Contrary to popular belief, Cupid is not a cute little cherub. And he’ll take revenge on any who say differently. Just ask Ilar, Commander of the Lycaon guard…
Lady Rhiannon’s beauty is distracting suitors from her older sister and ruining her chances at marriage, so her father has her locked her away in a tower. Believing she is going crazy from the isolation, Rhiannon hears a frightful voice. The next thing she knows, she's waken up in a strange forest pursued by mythical wolf men. And, worst of all, their leader is taking her home with him.
Ilar is irritated to discover an enchanted female—a human, their ancient hunters—disrupting his Lycan Guards. One sniff of this mortal’s enchantment and the men go insane, trying to kill each for her hand. Only in making her his lover can the spell be broken. Ilar has no choice but to claim the female for his own. But who knows what will happen when Cupid’s Enchantment is broken.
Prologue
Cupid was livid. No, he was outraged. He was beyond furious.
Make fun of him, would he? Make the whole court at Lycaon think he was a joke--an incompetent clod that couldn’t make two pigs fall in love! Call him a fairy, would he? Call him a rosy-faced cherub? He accidentally hit a man instead of a goat with a love dart, causing one couple to fall in love four hundred years ago, and he got branded a matchmaker for life.
Bah! Ach!
It was time for the jests to end! Cupid would show them what this squat little cherub could do. He’d have the last laugh. He’d prove to them that not only could he make the whole Lycaon court fall in love--he’d make them fall in love with the same woman!
Oh, and this was his favorite part! He’d not get just any woman. He’d bring one from the mortal realm--the ugliest woman he could find! See how the wolves liked panting after a human--their ancient hunters, the whole reason the realms of mortal and magic were separated in the first place.
His short legs pumped along the dusty, abandoned path coming from his cave home. He angrily kicked at little daisies that dared to grow along the side, ruining the look of his taller weeds. He hated flowers! He hated lycans! And he most definitely hated to watch people fall in love!
Cupid paused in his tirade to look at the vial of bright pink philter in his gnarled troll hand. A wide grin spread over his thick, long lips, dipping under his oversized nose. His small, black eyes lit with greedy pleasure. This potion was the old magic. No simple blow dart would do this time. Once he doused the mortal woman with this pheromone, the entire Lycan Guard would be brought howling to their knees.
He’d find a woman for them, all right. Then that overbearing Lord Ilar would never doubt his magic again!
Chapter One
Wales, Realm of Mortals, 1406 AD
Lady Rhiannon of Weilshire looked out over the dismal courtyard of her castle home. The narrow slit in the thick wall made it hard to see, not that she’d been able to see anything from the height of the tall tower anyway. It had been raining for what seemed like weeks, never letting up once as the gray skies consumed the day hours with their dark foreboding. The ground had turned into a bottomless pit of sticky black mud, marred by the heavy tracking of horses and carts. It made for a very bleak view.
Rhiannon had been banished, once again, to spend the day away from her father’s guests. Pressing her cheek tightly to the slotted opening, she reached her hand through the thick wall to feel the outside of the castle. She was barely rewarded with a sprinkling of freezing water on her fingertips.
Her father, Lord Orrell, was a Welsh Earl who hadn’t been blessed with sons. Rhiannon was the younger of two daughters. Agrona, the eldest sister, would marry his heir. It was a very serious business, Agrona’s marriage, and Lord Orrell didn’t want the fairer sibling--again--ruining his chance at a proper alliance.
Rhiannon frowned. She’d offer to cut off her own nose if they’d agree to let her come down from the tower. It wasn’t her fault that every one of Agrona’s suitors turned to her instead. It’s not like she encouraged them, or wanted them. Unwed noblemen were a rarity at the moment and Lord Orrell couldn’t afford to bind Rhiannon to one without first ensuring Agrona’s future. Rhiannon didn’t have any desire to marry and was quite comfortable running around her father’s keep--when she was allowed to run around.
With a sigh, she brought her hand back inside. Pressing her nose into the crevice, she sniffed. The cold air hit against her face, stinging her cheeks to a sharp red. She knew she shouldn’t stay away from the fire too long, lest she catch her death in the evening wind. But, as an exceptionally strong draft found its way to her, she smiled, and couldn’t quite force herself to move away.
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Cupid’s beady eyes narrowed in black mischief as he crawled his way over the lively main hall floor. Magic kept him partially hidden, but he didn’t want to ruffle the tapestries and make his presence known. Damned humans spooked too easily. If it had been any other time, he would have gladly stirred up a mischievous wind just to watch them run away.
Ah! Help! The devil approaches anon! he mimicked. He heard the cackling of his own pleasure in his head as he thought of the mortal cries. He almost chuckled aloud in his good humor. He knew he wasn’t supposed to be in the mortal realm, but damned if it wasn’t just too much fun! Then, shaking his head, he thought, Bah! Foolish humans. Anything unexplained was the devil.
Pressing his long lips together, he searched the hall for the most horrendous of the mortal women. As he eyed the head table, his heart about stopped. A dreamy smile came to the troll’s crinkled lips and he smacked them together.
Now, there’s a tasty little treat, he thought, as he stared at the large goddess at the high table. She was wrapped in yards of clashing yellow silk. A touch of drool spilled over the side of his mouth, dripping to the floor like thick tree sap.
A torch burned brightly behind the woman’s head, making the frizzy strands of her most beautiful hair stick out like a banshee. Her nose hooked at the end in the most delectable way and the large mole on her chin had a glorious three hairs growing out of it. Three! The luckiest of numbers when it came to hairs and moles!
Cupid sighed dreamily, loving the pull of her one eyebrow dipping over her narrow eyes. Musicians played a lively tune, but Cupid couldn’t hear them over the frantic beating of his pea-sized heart. She was perhaps the most enchanting mortal he’d ever seen. Ah, but the fair temptress wouldn’t be going with him this night. She was too beautiful and he was in search of an ugly maiden--the most repugnant female he could find.
“Aye, he keeps ’er locked away in the tower,” Cupid heard a burly man whisper. The troll stopped, changing his route to near a table of knights.
The soldier who spoke tore a chunk of meat off a bone and then threw the scrap over his shoulder. It landed on the floor at Cupid’s feet. The little troll smacked his lips, took the bone up, and gnawed at it in pleasure. These men might be mortals, but they sure knew how to live right.
Cupid perked his tiny ears up as he crept closer to listen, the bone hanging halfway out of his lips. He sat beneath the large soldier’s bench seat, surrounded by the satisfying perfume of sweaty feet. He continued to gnaw. The mortal court was much better than Lycaon’s cleanly ways. Whoever heard of a law stating you must come to the table clean?
Bah! Cupid thought with a repuls
ed shiver. He’d been kicked out of Lycaon more than once for not bathing.
“Lord Orrell is afraid she’ll turn away Lady Agrona’s suitors,” the knight continued. The men all looked at the high table where Cupid’s temptress sat. Her thick lips chewed greedily on a hunk of meat. When she pulled the bite away, the lower half of her face was covered in grease. The men grimaced slightly as they watched the lady.
Cupid sighed. It must be a terrible woman indeed to frighten a suitor away from such a lovely vision of womanly perfection. And to make grown soldiers shiver at the very thought of her!
Slowly, a smile formed on his wrinkled face. A woman so hideous that she had to be locked away in a tower? A maiden like that was exactly what Cupid needed to avenge himself against Lord Ilar, Commander of the Lycans! Let his whole wolfen army go mad with lust for an unsightly woman. Let Ilar himself fall so madly in love that he would blindly mate with her!
Aye, Cupid mused with enthusiasm. Let him degrade himself by choosing an ugly mortal for a lifemate! That will teach him to tease a troll!
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“Ach! She’s unbearable! Too skinny!” came the muttering of a voice.
Rhiannon gasped, pulling her face away from the window. Her heart sped slightly, as she paused to listen. Her nose was frozen red and her eyes watered from the nip of the cold wind. She blinked to clear her vision and looked around the tower bedroom. When all was silent, she let loose her captured breath and laughed at her nervousness. She’d definitely been held captive too long. She was starting to hear voices.
Rhiannon stepped toward the fire to warm her chilled face. She curled her bare feet into the soft fur rug. The thick pelt was already warmed by the fire’s heat and felt wonderful against her toes. Closing her eyes, she let the warmth overcome her and tried to still her nervous heart.
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