The Dazzle of Day

by Kip Manley

Overview

Jo Maguire, a highly strung, underemployed telemarketer, has been knighted in the mysterious Court of Roses. Her roommate, Ysabel, is a Princess of the Court, and the intended Bride of the King Come Back (whomever that turns out to be). Together they must face the threats of bad dreams, changelings, surly exes, jealous lovers, intemperate peers, shabby magicians in ill-fitting suits, abstruse oracles, unemployment, eviction, and the nothing-time of three in the morning, when dawn seems so far off.

Collecting chapters 12 - 22 of the critically acclaimed fantasy serial, Vol. 2, The Dazzle of Day, concludes most of the story begun in Vol. 1, "Wake up..."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045600439
Publisher:	Kip Manley
Publication date:	02/25/2014
Series:	City of Roses , #2
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	870 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kip Manley lives in Portland, Oregon, with a cartoonist, an aspiring large and exotic animal veterinarian who loves animals, and (at last count) two cats and one hamster.

Table of Contents

12. Innocency

13. Changel

14. Mayhem

15. Frail

16. Plenty

17. Deliverance

18. Dazzle

19. Moon

20. Sun

21. Gallowglas

22. Maiestie

Editorial Reviews

I found my cynicism undone over and over again. "Oh," my inner cynic said, "look, here's Celtic-tinged music. Here's the love triangle, with genders switched up and mixed. Here's the smart-ass protagonist getting in trouble because she's too willing to throw a verbal punch." But then Manley would whip those familiar elements into a moment rooted in idealism and hope, but with a healthy dose of life's tragedies, the entire, swirling, beautiful mess tumbling my inner cynic on her ass. -Bookslut

"City of Roses is an urban fantasy set in Portland, Oregon, and its mix of young, bohemian characters and mythic fantasy tropes reminded me strongly of Charles de Lint. Manley's prose style is a couple of cuts above the increasingly tedious first-person narrations of urban fantasy heroines like Sookie Stackhouse. While I only had time to tackle the first few episodes, City of Roses is an absorbing read that many fantasy fans will enjoy immensely." -The Guardian

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