{"id":1674,"date":"2020-09-01T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T23:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/normasueoneil.com\/?page_id=1674"},"modified":"2022-11-26T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T23:03:27","slug":"ixions-curse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/normasueoneil.com\/?page_id=1674","title":{"rendered":"Ixion’s Curse (Book 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After leaving Olympia with her centaur betrothed, falling in love becomes the least of Nais\u2019 concerns as tensions escalate between her unhappy handmaids and the eagerly amorous herd.
Forced to mediate rather than spend time with her equine champion, Nais\u2019 diplomacy is tested when the company encounters another herd. While the women attempt an escape, Nais becomes the target of a plot to steal her centaur\u2019s prize. Caught between an unsavory means of escaping fate, and a beast she never thought she\u2019d love, Nais wonders if she really wants to be rescued.
But the novelty of romance is overshadowed when Nais learns the truth behind the centaurs\u2019 unsavory reputation. Fighting for her hand is not something she left behind, but the very foundation of centaur culture. Centaurs win everything from rank to women in competition. Has Nais become the centaurs\u2019 most coveted prize? Can her centaur protect her from his own people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After leaving Olympia with her centaur betrothed, falling in love becomes the least of Nais\u2019 concerns as tensions escalate between her unhappy handmaids and the eagerly amorous herd.Forced to mediate rather than spend time with her equine champion, Nais\u2019 diplomacy is tested when the company encounters another herd. While the women attempt an escape, Nais… Continue reading Ixion’s Curse (Book 2)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1831,"parent":1395,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1674","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6v7yg-r0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":734,"url":"https:\/\/normasueoneil.com\/?page_id=734","url_meta":{"origin":1674,"position":0},"title":"Mate For A Centaur (Book 1)","author":"normasue","date":"April 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In Mate for a Centaur, the first book in Norma Sue O\u2019Neil\u2019s Sons of Apollo series, a herd of centaurs arrives in Olympia to compete for Princess Nais\u2019 hand. Epic prophecy, heroic challenges, and untold centaur stories unfold in this mythic fiction adventure. 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