LOVE GODS MAGIC: The Black Pharaoh - by R. Frank Davis

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๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—œ ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ง๐—š: ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—ฅ R. Frank Davis
will be ๐—๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—จ๐—ฆ to Discuss our Monthly Book in February ...
โฃใ€€ใ€€--- Highly Rated: Amazon = 4.6 / Goodreads = 4.5 ------
IT STARTS OUT "๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ" - ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—š๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐— M๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ BECOME ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ... BUT THEN BECOME ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ SEEKING TO FURTHER ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›-๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—› WITH RARE MINERALS & REVIVE AN ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ก๐—จ๐—•๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜, IF THEY CAN AVOID ALL THE ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ AFTER THEIR SECRET.
โฃใ€€ใ€€ โฃใ€€- - - - - Peter Fenton, Author - - - - -
"๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง & ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐™›๐™ž๐™ก๐™ข ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ง."

SUMMARY: Branden loves his ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. Heโ€™s a strong, serious ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป - and as overpoweringly gorgeous as a marble statue. He even has a statueโ€™s name: Taharqa, the ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ต who ruled Egypt & ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ in Old Testament times. But heโ€™s just Archie to Branden.
Taharqa loves Branden. Heโ€™s a joyous American ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ and a brilliant classmate. Unfortunately, Taharqa has a task - a ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ-๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ - and he doesnโ€™t want to expose Brand to the ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ shadowing his efforts & endangering ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ. Complicating things further is a ๐—บ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ meant to change Taharqa from ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฑ.
When Branden ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ that has brought Taharqa to the States, nothing can keep him from ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป the plan to bring ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†. But there are ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ seeking to uncover their efforts and take the glory for themselves. Their teamwork - and their love - are put to the test at every turn.
๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป as the risks increase. From the ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป, sailing the ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ, and battling multiple ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ across Rome, they confront the dark forces moving in. Will Taharqaโ€™s powers and his love be enough to rescue Brand and ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ and his hidden home?

โฃโฃใ€€ใ€€โฃใ€€ใ€€- - - - - Tex Reader, Goodreads - - - - -
"๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ/๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 2 ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ. ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด & ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ."
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