Wednesday, July 13, 2022

The Care and Feeding of Flower Fairies with Celia Breslin #PNR #Fae




The Murphy and the O’Reilly families in Eva’s Homecoming know a thing or two about caring for the wee folk. Here are their top 5 tips for nurturing flower fairies…

1. Flower fairies love sweets (cookies, chocolate, cake, etc.).Make your daily treats pint-size for their tiny hands.

2. Flower fairies will eat or drink most anything (vegetarian only!) if you include sugar, honey, jam, or maple syrup. For example:  bread slathered in honey or jam, kettle corn or caramel popcorn, and super sweet tea.

3. Your garden is their home away from Faerie. Fill it with fragrant flowers and herbs (lavender, mint, pansies, roses, etc.) and shiny stones (quartz, agate, crystal, amethyst, etc.). Bonus points for a water feature they can enjoy!

4. Our little friends do not like cold weather. Create a warm space with soft fabric near your houseplants, leave out some hot cocoa, and an entire bag of mini marshmallows.

5. Music is happiness! If you play an instrument, play it for them. Like to sing? Belt out your favorite tunes with your tiny pals.




Eva’s Homecoming
Heartland Fae 
Book One
Celia Breslin

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Celia Breslin 
Date of Publication: June 13, 2022
ISBN: 9798201769512
ASIN: B0B3ZWSXJ4
Number of pages: 85
Word Count: 21K 
Cover Artist:  Brantwijn Serrah

Tagline: A curse stole her away. Can true love lead her home?

Book Description:

After several years away for school and work, Eva O’Reilly is finally home. The West Coast was fine, but her heart belongs to the Heartland and the town she grew up in. Sadly, with her mother’s sudden passing and no other living relatives, Eva is alone. And hurting.

Angus of the Tuatha DéDanaan is elated his one true love has finally returned, and he’s determined to win her heart all over again. There are just two problems: she can’t see him or remember the Fae folk even exist.

As Eva mourns, Angus fights to dispel the veil keeping them apart. With the aid of a gang of flower fairies and the kindly elderly Wiccan next door, these cursed lovers may well receive a second chance at their happily forever after…

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Excerpt

Angus stood in the center of the garden, throat tight and burning, a huge gulp of air trapped in his lungs.

Around him, a dozen diminutive flower fairies cavorted among the flora, chortling with glee. “She’s here, she’s here, our Eva is here!”

His gaze targeted the back door, body taut as he awaited his first glimpse of the female he loved. The only one he would ever love. Mo chroí, my heart. My heart walks the world, outside my body. “Come back to me.”

His voice was barely audible above the incessant chatter of the flower fairies. “We sang to her. She heard us! She liked it.”

“Hush,” he commanded, and they fell silent, vibrating with gleeful anticipation.

Seven years without her. The longest, loneliest bloody years of his basically eternal existence…

[…]

Eva stared out at the yard with haunted, brown eyes. Dark circles like the ones she’d sported months ago at the wake and funeral marred the perfection of her milky skin. He wanted to lay gentle kisses on her eyelids, nip the tip of her nose with its light dusting of freckles, lave her lips with his tongue then push it between those perfect lips…

“See me, Eva,” he whispered.

“See us,” Rosina echoed.

Eva cocked her head and touched her ear as if in response to their words. The incessant giggling of the flower fairies ceased, an expectant hush falling over the garden.

Though consumed with sorrow, Eva surveyed the yard with appreciation. Angus and the flower fairies had been tending to the yard and garden since she’d left. There was little to be done in the winter months but in the Fall, they’d trimmed and raked, then planted, pruned, and watered in Spring and Summer. Jasmine, lavender, and other blooming plants scented the air, and he watched his female take a deep breath.

Her shoulders seemed to lose some tension as she took in the neatly trimmed yard and carefully curated garden. “It’s perfect,” she said.

Angus’s heart swelled with pride at a job well done only to stutter in agony when her lovely brown eyes lingered on the central spot where he stood yet looked right through him.

“No. No, no, no,” he whispered. See me this time, Eva. Let the curse be gone.

Mrs. Murphy joined Eva near the door. “He tended it for you. From the moment you went off to school.”

“What?” Eva scanned the yard, then returned her attention to the spot where he stood surrounded by the flower fairies, all of them quivering with excitement.

“The garden, girl. He looked after it for you.”

Lines formed in Eva’s forehead, and her attention shifted to Mrs. Murphy. “I don’t understand, who did?”

He bowed his head and rubbed his brow. Each time she returns she still cannot See. My fault. All of this. Mine.




About the Author:

Celia lives in California with her husband, daughter, and one feisty cat. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for werewolves, vampires, and the Fae. When not writing, you’ll find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging and gaming with her family, or indulging her addiction to fantasy TV shows and movies.












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5 comments:

Celia Breslin said...

Thank you for hosting Eva and Angus on your blog. Happy summer! :-)

Tara Maya said...

It's good to know how to be a gracious hostess to any fairies that visit my garden!

Celia Breslin said...

Hi Tara, Totally. We have my Irish grandmother to thank for most of the info I know about how to care for the "Wee Folk," as she calls them. :-)

Stormy Vixen said...

Interesting and informative guest post, fantastic excerpt, great cover and Eva's Homecoming sounds like my kind of book! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a sunshiny day!

Celia Breslin said...

Hi Stormy, This was a fun post to write. The Wee Folk are always entertaining. :-)