Honey Queen
Christina Mercer
Published on 05/31/14
Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult
Love is honey sweet, but it comes with a fatal sting . . .
Melaina Maris needs wings to fly the gap between loving Sam and her family’s ancient curse that forces carnal love and then kills the male lovers. She won’t let the same fate that killed her father befall another. She refuses to allow her goddess-created bloodline to continue. But there’s no easy way out, especially after the curse turns her into the Honey Queen—savior to honey bees—intensifying her charms.
To help her fulfill the curse’s demands in the least harmful way, her grandmother takes her to mate with terminally ill Boyd. But Boyd’s gay. And an expert in mythology. Instead of having sex, Melaina learns how she might summon the goddess who created the first ancestor bee-charmer and cursed her bloodline. Melaina's magic—tears to save honey bees from endangerment—could be enough to persuade the goddess to end the curse. But an unexpected discovery soon changes that hope, spinning Melaina into a swarm of love, friendship and death.
It’s my stop on the HONEY QUEEN blog tour! What a beautiful cover! I love it! This book sounds very interesting. I hope I have time to read it very soon. 
Thanks to YA Bound and Christina Mercer for the promo opportunity!
Character Profile
SAM (Love Interest)
NAME: “SAM” SAMSON FARLEY LEONARD
WHY THAT NAME: Samson of the Bible ate honey from bees nesting inside a lion he battled, he loved a dangerous woman, and his hair held power (Sam’s dad shaved his head as a child). Farley means “meadow of the bulls” (Sam raises cows). Leonard means “brave lion” (goes with Samson & the lion).
AGE: 17
GREATEST ATTRIBUTES: He’s deeply sentimental; He cares about animals; He works hard/runs a ranch
GREATEST CHALLENGES: Melaina’s resistance to their love; An abusive father and difficult mother
3 RANDOM FACTS: He plays baseball; He saved his 4-H ribbons; He’s allergic to honey bees
Giveaway:
1 $10 Amazon Gift Card (INT)
1 “Honey Bee” swag pack (USA). Swag will be bookmark, buzz card, beeswax lip balm, honey sticks, honeybee charm.
About Christina Mercer
Christina Mercer is an award-winning author of fiction for children and young adults. Honored titles include Tween Fantasy ARROW OF THE MIST and its sequel ARMS OF ANU, and YA Fantasy/Romance HONEY QUEEN. Christina enjoys life in the foothills of Northern California with her husband and sons, a pack of large dogs, and about 100,000 honeybees. For more about her and her writing,
Maria Malaveci
Thank you so very much for the giveaway! Sounds like a great book!
kim thorne
thanks for the great giveaway
alex
Amazing giveaway!! Thank you!!!
deb p
Book sounds interesting, thanks.
Yaritza Santana
Book is so impacting. That’s for sharing excerpt.
Kady Winter
“Honey Queen” looks intriguing. Love the bee theme!
Maari
Very beautiful cover, sounds like a good read, on my TBR!!
Thank You for the chance!
Mary Preston
I love a good curse & this is certainly a very good one – or bad really. I love original stories.
Living80
Amazing giveaway for an amazing book!!
Sony Killian
This sounds very interesting… I like that it’s different from some of the other books I read. To be cursed, with a black widow like concept, but as a Queen Bee. So original, you can’t not want to read it. I need to know how it plays out! Thank you, added to my TBR!
Diana Doan
Sounds like a great book! Adding to my TBR list
bn100
Looks interesting
nurmawati djuhawan
thx u for hosting
Christine
What an intriguing, very different concept! Thanks for sharing