Exotique (Summoning) by Robin Owens – A Synopsis

I loved this series, as I thought it was  a fantastic and fun read. Below is the short description from Robin Owens website, giving some details of each book.  Exotique Summoning takes place in another world….Lladrana.

In each book a new female is summoned from our world to Lladrana to help save their world from evil, with the appropriate name of “the dark”.  Each woman has a specific ability that is needed to enable them to work together to help defeat this evil.  After each woman completes her task, she experiences an opportunity to choose to go back to her life on earth, or stay in the alternate dimension.  This is urban fantasy at its best, and it is also a wonderful romance for each of the ladies.

Guardian of Honor (Book 1)

With their magic boundaries falling and terrible monsters invading, the Marshalls of Lladrana Summon a savior from the Exotique land. 

Armed with only her wits, a mystical companion and the help of chevalier Bastien, Alexa Fitzwalter must use her very human mind and skills to fight the encroaching evil and resist the Marshalls’ manipulation. 

Now torn between her affinity for this realm and Earth, will she return home if given the chance? Or dare she risk everything for a land not her own?

Sorceress Of Faith (Book 2)

Another American woman is Summoned to Lladrana…

With evil invading evil Lladrana, the Sorcerers must Summon an outsider to stop the insidious darkness slowly taking control of their land and targeting the Sorcerers — draining their Power and destroying the Sorcerers themselves.

Arriving in Lladrana, grad student Marian Harasta is stunned to find herself the center of a dispute among Sorcerers who want to augment their Power with her own. She must quickly learn her new magical Powers—and decide who she can trust in this strange land.

She has prayed for a miracle to save her brother—could Lladrana offer that knowledge, and can she somehow return to Earth with it?  She knows she must offer the Sorcerers something in the exchange, and ridding them of the Evil Sorcerer is what they want, but how will she fare in her first magical duel?

Protector Of The Flight (Book 3)

If horses could fly…then Calli Torcher might ride again. But a devastating accident left her in such pain she thought the chimes and chanting in her ears were a hallucination…until she found herself transported to another world, and met the Lladranans who had Summoned her.

Lladrana was a parallel, magical earth filled with exotic creatures, noble humans and enchantments—all threatened by an encroaching evil.

And when the mighty volarans stopped obeying the Chevaliers, the flying horses’ unexpected rebellion had thrown Lladrana into an uproar. In desperation, the sorcerers had sought help from afar—and gotten Calli.

If she could fulfill this mission, perhaps she would also finally find all she had longed for—a mate, a home, a family. She can have all she ever wanted, if she can only believe in herself and in magic, and if she’s willing to pay the price.  But against this great darkness, she had no battle experience, no strategy plans. She had only a bond with horses.…

Keepers Of The Flame (Book 4)

Two sisters born to serve…

The sorcerers of Lladrana have already Summoned three women to help fight the evil attacking their world. Yet their fourth Summoning brings the unexpected—twin sisters. And ones with strong ties to Earth.

Both have a special gift to heal. But while Brigid Drystan has explored that gift through unorthodox means, Elizabeth has poured herself into getting a medical degree and denying her powers.

Now, stuck in a strange land, fighting a plague sent by the Dark to weaken Lladrana, they must use all their resources to save lives. And one twin will risk her own on an experiment that might doom them both.…

 Echoes in the Dark (Book 5)

The planet is dying, slowly being drained by an alien Dark, and only one last, desperate plan can save it.

Deep in another dimension, a disillusioned young singer is summoned as Lladrana’s last hope. Uncertain of her future, unaware of her extraordinary magical talent, Jikata will be the sixth and final outsider—Exotique—to step through a dangerous portal of prophecy and magic. Survival will require her to forge closer friendships than she has ever known. The price of those bonds will threaten the very fate of Lladrana: a world where music holds the key to an ancient mystery—and six women will wage the ultimate battle against the forces of Dark.

 The last battle looms…

Synopsis Compiled by Barb