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Hard As Stone: Book One of the SoulShares Series Kindle Edition

by Rory Ni Coileain (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
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What can I say…Rory Ni Coileain combines male hotness and a fabulous sense of the unknown in her SoulShares series. I eagerly await every new release. Talk about being a page turner..” - Susan Mac Nicol, international best-selling author of Saving Alexander and Worth Keeping
Tiernan Guaire was exiled from the Fae Realm a century and a half ago for his brother’s murder. His soul torn in half, he lives by his vows — never to trust, never to love. And if he can only be whole by finding and loving the human with the other half of his soul? He’s content to live broken and half-souled.
Kevin Almstead’s future, the career he’s worked for as long as he can remember, has been taken away by a vote of the partners at his law firm. Chance brings him to Purgatory, the hottest all-male nightclub in Washington, D.C., to a meeting with a Fae, with long blond hair, ice-blue eyes, and a smile promising pleasures he’s never dreamed of. But there’s no such thing as chance.
But Tiernan isn’t the only one to find Kevin in Purgatory. The most ancient enemy of the Fae race sees in the handsome lawyer a way to destroy the world from which it, too, was exiled. And only the strength of a true SoulShare bond can keep it from what it seeks.
Nominee of the Best Debut Novel and Best Gay Erotic Romance, 2012 Rainbow Awards; Finalist, Best Erotica, 2012 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll
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What can I say…Rory Ni Coileain combines male hotness and a fabulous sense of the unknown in her SoulShares series. I eagerly await every new release. Talk about being a page turner..” - Susan Mac Nicol, international best-selling author of Saving Alexander and Worth Keeping Tiernan Guaire was exiled from the Fae Realm a century and a half ago for his brother’s murder. His soul torn in half, he lives by his vows ― never to trust, never to love. And if he can only be whole by finding and loving the human with the other half of his soul? He’s content to live broken and half-souled. Kevin Almstead’s future, the career he’s worked for as long as he can remember, has been taken away by a vote of the partners at his law firm. Chance brings him to Purgatory, the hottest all-male nightclub in Washington, D.C., to a meeting with a Fae, with long blond hair, ice-blue eyes, and a smile promising pleasures he’s never dreamed of. But there’s no such thing as chance. But Tiernan isn’t the only one to find Kevin in Purgatory. The most ancient enemy of the Fae race sees in the handsome lawyer a way to destroy the world from which it, too, was exiled. And only the strength of a true SoulShare bond can keep it from what it seeks. Nominee for the Best Debut Novel and Best Gay Erotic Romance, 2012 Rainbow Awards; Finalist, Best Erotica, 2012 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00YB9RSNI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Riverdale Avenue Books (May 25, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 655 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
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Rory Ni Coileain

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Rory Ni Coileain majored in creative writing, back when Respectable Colleges didn't offer such a major, so she designed it herself - being careful to ensure that she never had to take a class before nine in the morning or take a Hemingway survey course. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa at the age of nineteen, sent off her first short story to an anthology being assembled by an author she idolized, got the kind of rejection letter that puts therapists' kids through college, and found other things to do, such as nightclub singing and volunteering as a lawyer with Gay Men's Health Crisis, for the next thirty years or so, until her stories started whispering to her. Now she's a legal editor, the mother of a budding filmmaker, and amanuensis to a host of fantastic creatures who are all anxious to tell their stories. And who aren't very good at waiting their turn.

Find me at http://www.facebook.com/Soulshares abd www.rorynicoileain.com

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Patricia S
5.0 out of 5 stars 5+ stars.
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015
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I loved everything about this book. The romance, the adventure, the sex, the banter. It had everything I look for in a book.
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C. Jefferson
4.0 out of 5 stars A well-written and engaging urban fantasy
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2015
[Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.]

After committing the ultimate crime in the eyes of the Fae, Tiernan Guaire has been exiled to the world of the humans, cut off from the Realm and his people. But in the process, his soul was split in two, leaving him destined to roam until he finds and connects with the human possessing the other half--even if it means eternity. Enter Kevin Almstead, a bright but not very ambitious attorney, who has always felt like something was missing from his life. Little does he know that by walking to Purgatory, a gay nightclub, he just mind find what he's been looking for in more ways than one with Tiernan. But connecting with Tiernan won't be easy. And can the connection they have stand up to the magickal force that's set out to possess Tiernan and find its way back into the human world?

A rather fun and enjoyable read, this combines several elements that I absolutely love in a book. It's an urban fantasy that's just rife with conflict (both internal and external), and the characters are rather dynamic. There is a lot going on here in terms of subplots, but the author has constructed things in such a way that they don't become tangled unnecessarily and are still able to resolve in a way that makes logical sense.

Tiernan and Kevin do fall a bit fast, but when you end up in a SoulShare, I guess that's what happens. I didn't feel the sense of foreboding at the end of the book that I would have expected, but I'm definitely looking forward to picking up the next book in the series to see where things go from here!
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Elisa
5.0 out of 5 stars 2013 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2015
It took a lot of thought. I read a lot of very good books but this one narrowly beat out Velocity. I have to admit when I first started this book I wasn't sure I would like it. The more I read of it though the more the characters pulled me in. I think I was hooked after Kevin walked into Purgatory. These characters where very well thought out. I loved Tiernan, he kept me coming back to the book. I wanted to slap him around when he decided to sleep with almost anything on legs after he finds out that Kevin is the other half of his soul. I thought the story was very well written, the plot was fresh and exciting. I have found most books about the Fae to be all alike but Rory brought new life to the subject. This is a book that days after I finished it still had me thinking about it. I'm going to be waiting for book two in the series.

I liked the development of the characters through out the plot.

The plot was well formed and unique. The settings were well described mostly, though a few were lacking. The characters were fairly well developed, believable due to the magical element. Suggestion would be to alter descriptions a bit. The fourth time a "weeping, purple head" is revealed, it becomes repetitive. Overall I enjoyed it and will be looking forward to reading more.

This one was difficult to rate! I started reading it and couldn't put it down for over three hours, so I know it had a lot going for it. I finally figured out that the character development was superb with the two main characters. When they came together, it literally steamed up the pages, but the author's use of description and imagery was really what made this so great. I found myself turning to find those sections. The style is very compelling and kept me reading. However, the plot was complicated and confusing. Full of holes and a little hard to follow. When the scenes turned to fantasy, the setting was a nightmare--hard to follow and I almost gave up at that point. Overall, a good book, and one I would recommend to lovers of fantasy. Not normally my type of book. Magic, or "magick" as these writers say for no particular reason is too easy and makes the author lazy when getting her characters out of tight situations. I found this to be true in this book too.

Very interesting plot, characters were very engaging and interesting.
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creativedeeds
4.0 out of 5 stars Creative Deeds Reads Review
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2015
I’m kind of torn on this one. I loved the premise. The idea that a Fae could be exiled and lose part of his soul in the process is a unique twist. I think my main problem with Hard as Stone was that it was a little too short to fully develop the twists and turns.

Tiernan was pretty broken. Not only had he committed the most treasonous act imaginable, he was saddled with eternity to live with the consequences… and the guilt.

Kevin was broken in a subtle way. He never felt quite connected. Once he met Tiernan, he understood why.

Tiernan fought his attraction to Kevin as soon as he figured out who he was. He’d spent decades avoiding his SoulShare. As miserable as he was, he wasn’t ready to give up his immortality, but he also didn’t think he deserved to be happy. His guilt over the crime he committed made him hide the truth from Kevin.

As if all the tension between Kevin and Tiernan weren’t enough, there was a mysterious force out to get both Kevin and Tiernan. The tension and mystery in Hard as Stone was pretty much non-stop. So was the heat between the two main characters.

Gale Force is the next book in the SoulShares series. Even though it is centered around a totally different couple, there were still some loose ends that need to be tied up. Hopefully the second book will answer some of my questions.

I received Hard as Stone in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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OllieCat
3.0 out of 5 stars Racy tale
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2018
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Certainly racy. Storyline, outside the sexual content, could have been expanded on as it was interesting.
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