Coming Soon! Book Three
Children in the Morning by Jennifer Macaire is the third book in the Iskander series and continues the story which began in Time for Alexander and Heroes in the Dust.
Children in the Morning picks up where Heroes in the Dust left off. Alexander the Great and his time travelling lover Ashley have now arrived in India searching for their lost son Paul.
In the valley of the gods they are finally reunited with their firstborn son but their journey is far from over and a prophecy surrounding Paul means that Ashley must choose between staying with her son or leaving with her husband when he continues his journey into the unknown lands.
A hard decision is made somewhat easier for Ashley because of her knowledge of just how much time she and Alexander have left to them. She has already been living in the past for some years and their time in already running out.
Leaving her son behind Ashley knows that he will be safe and is relieved at which decision she came to when Alexander's fourth wife, Roxanne reappears unexpectedly in their lives with the same murderous intent she always had. Her target is any rival and Ashley and her second son Chiron are right in the firing line.
On her guard Ashley is none the less in grave danger and when she is poisoned Alexander vows not to touch Roxanne again, even though Ashley knows that history says he will have another child with her.
Meanwhile Ashley's other lover, Plexis's prophecy seems to draw nearer as he sees the sacred river and the twelve temples. Becoming withdrawn and quieter he recalls that once he has seen those he will die. But unlike previously, when he had joked that he almost wants to be on his death bed because that is when all his questions about Ashley will be answered, now he is far from eager to face the fate that awaits him. Ashley realises that the world as Plexis knows it is falling apart and although they are still close a gulf has grown between them that may never be breached.
As the dangers around all of them increase Ashley begins to wonder which of the historians is correct and whether she can help Alexander cheat fate. After Alexander is gravely wounded she broaches the idea of changing the past with him even though she knows it may not be possible at all and could ultimately result in her existence being wiped out entirely.
~Louisa Brown for Magical Romance Reviews
Children in the morning
"Ashely Riverain, you've been chosen to travel back in time to interview Alexander the Great..."
What I didn't know, was that I was about to be kidnapped and stranded in 330 BC!
