Lesbian Romance

 

Lesbian Fantasy

In the TUNNEL OF LIGHT trilogy, best-selling lesbian novelist Karin Kallmaker, writing as Laura Adams, will take you on a journey of passion, heartbreak and triumph that reunites two women for a final chance at their destiny.

Book Two:

 

 

 

The night Autumn Bradley died ...

...she met the woman of her destiny: the fire-haired woman who sends Autumn back to her dying body and thereafter mysteriously haunts Autumn's dreams. Getting by with sleight of hand and other quick-fingered magic tricks, Autumn has no memory of her life before the age of 17. In the years since only an medieval choral chant has stirred her memory. Life's shadows reach for her. But she resists with the power that dances in her hands.

Ursula Columbine begins a journey ...

...to join Kelly, the woman she loves. Leaving the protection of a powerful circle that has sheltered her all her life, she is immediately exposed and threatened by a hungry darkness that craves something only the naive Ursula can give. Weakened and afraid, she finds unfaltering strength in Kelly and other women who are compelled to awaken the power in Ursula that can save them all. But she also finds Autumn in her dreams. Dreams that promise passion but may also lead to oblivion.

What dark future does the distant past hold?

Dreams lead to nightmares. Autumn sees the faces of women she might know, women who have always stood by Ursula. But if her nightmares hold true, only she can save Ursula from the centuries-old darkness that made her a legend.


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Awards for this Series

 

Finalist, Fantasy (Seeds of Fire)

 

 
       
 
 

Notes and Reviews

The Tunnel of Light Trilogy was inspired by the mysterious legend of St. Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins, and further by the passionate liturgy dedicated to St. Ursula by Abbess (and sometime saint herself) Hildegard von Bingen. It was the music that first drew me to the legends of both women.

After acquiring several versions of Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula, my favorite remains the recording by Anonymous 4 entitled "11,000 Virgins." It was almost always playing while I wrote this book. Jocelyn Montgomery's "Lux Vivens" is a less traditional rendition, but equally haunting.

Errata

Several people have pointed out that when Ursula overhears music that sounds -- to her English ears -- like God Save the Queen, she is not listening to God Bless America. She is listening to *ahem* My Country Tis of Thee. To that I say, well *cough* of course she is. But she's English and is a bit *cough* confused. Yeah. That's the ticket.


"In Sleight of Hand...complicated plot elements are handled beautifully by Kallmaker Adams; the story continues to build in suspense as it heads towards its climax."

-- Greg Herren, Editor, Lambda Book Report


"Sleight of Hand..the best Kallmaker yet."

-- Jean Stewart, author of the Isis series