Semi Short chic: Count Down to Valentine's Day book blitz event

Day 11

Midnight Runner

by Marilee Jackson

Nothing like a little medieval romance to get you ready for Valentine's day, right!?

Snippet:

Brian put his long, toned arm around her shoulders.

Moira was startled by his touch, not because she wasn't expecting it, but because of the way it made her feel. She felt a jolt of adrenaline at his gentle yet firm touch. She couldn't keep her head clear with his body so close to her side. Her breathing became labored; she had to force herself to breathe. She tripped over her own feet and almost fell to the ground. Brian caught her, his brow furrowed in concern.

What’s wrong with me? she thought, feeling her face flush with heat. That was really peculiar. I must be tired from my walk here, she decided.

Book Blurb:

Mistreated for years, orphaned Moira dreams of building a new life in the royal city. Little does she know that her dreams will cost more than just her own fate. This medieval tale of romance, mistaken identities, and long-sought redemption will change how you feel about villains and heroines, loss and love.

Author Bio:

Marilee Jackson is an avid reader and has dabbled in writing since the third grade. She stays home and chases her four rug rats around. She lives in a tiny Arizona town (don’t blink you’ll miss it) with her amazing husband and their four children. Midnight Runner is her first novel.

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Day 10
The Lady and the Minstrel
by Joyce DiPastena

14 Days of Romance Valentine's Day Book Blitz Event

I absolutely LOVE Author Joyce DiPastena's medieval historical fiction. All of her characters come to life, and have you laughing and crying right along side them. I haven't gotten to read this one yet, but I'll be snagging my copy very soon!!!

Joyce DiPastena dreamed of green medieval forests while growing up in the dusty copper mining town of Kearny, Arizona. She filled her medieval hunger by reading the books of Thomas B. Costain (where she fell in love with King Henry II of England), and later by attending the University of Arizona where she graduated with a degree in history, specializing in the Middle Ages. The university was also where she completed her first full-length novel…set, of course, in medieval England. Later, her fascination with Henry II led her to expand her research horizons to the far reaches of his “Angevin Empire” in France, which became the setting of her first published novel, Loyalty’s Web (a 2007 Whitney Award Finalist).

When she’s not writing, Joyce loves to read, play the piano, and spend time with her sister and friends. A highlight of her year is attending the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival .

Joyce is a multi-published, multi-award winning author who specializes in sweet medieval romances heavily spiced with mystery and adventure. She lives with her two cats, Clio and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov, in Mesa, Arizona.

The back cover blurb:

In 13th century England, Robert Marcel chafes against the law that holds him bound as a villein on his lord’s manor. He tries to make a daring escape and is nearly caught by his cruel master, but a young girl helps him slip away.

Years pass and Robert takes up trade as a minstrel. Invited to play at a banquet for the notorious Earl of Saxton, he is stunned to come face to face with the girl he’s never forgotten—now Lady Marguerite of Winbourne, betrothed to the earl. Her status as a noblewoman puts her completely out of Robert’s reach, but he knows they are meant to be together. He vows to make her his wife no matter what the cost.

Lady Marguerite has often thought of the young man she helped escape. Her tender feelings for him quickly turn into much more when they are brought back into each other’s lives. She longs to be free to marry Robert, the man she loves, but that will require her to sacrifice all she holds dear.

They are tested at every turn by those bent on driving them apart and destroying what they have found together. Can their love truly conquer all?

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***SNIPPET***

In this snipped, Marguerite reacts to the status of women in the Middle Ages. Which I completely agree with her on every point!

Tears of frustration burned and drove Marguerite to lash out beneath Robert’s softened gaze.

“That is all a woman is. A slave, a bit of property. But you are a man, you would not understand.”

His chin jutted slightly up, as though she had dealt him some blow. He watched her for a moment, his chest as steady as she felt hers heaving in resentment against him and the entire male race. Then suddenly he grinned that grin that transformed his dark face with light and quieted her breast by stealing away her breath.

“I am a man, it is true, but I am very much your servant. You have but to command me to see me obey.”

She did not quite know how but she found herself seated again on the log and Robert on one knee before her in the frosty bracken, waiting as though for his king . . . or queen . . . to charge him with some great quest.

She laughed before she could stop herself. “No one obeys me, sir. But if you are in earnest, then . . . then . . .”

He cocked an inquisitive brow as she trailed off. This was her chance, but the words did not want to come. To send him away so soon felt more than she could bear. When she gnawed on her lip in silence, he shifted himself to sit at her feet and link his hands around his knees. His gaze rested keen upon her face.

“Why are you not wed? Truly, lady. Your grandfather, I am told, has lain dead these past three years. Why has your father waited so long to command you? Or has there been an understanding between him and the earl all this long while?”

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