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March 19, 2017
#MedievalHop Marriage by Threat? from Barbara Bettis’s Lady of the Forest
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Today we look at a villain who threatens marriage.
Lady of the Forest Excerpt 7:
The priest shook his head. “Words are not empty. Vows are binding, and vows of intent to wed have been likened to betrothal. A betrothal is as binding as a ceremony.”
“Never heard of that,” Mortimer shouted.
“It’s an old rule, made by the Church hundreds of years ago.”
“You lie.” Mortimer’s voice shook with fury.
“Of course, that tradition may no longer be observed.” The priest retreated a pace, his tone placati...
March 12, 2017
#Medievalhop Mary Morgan Places A Hero Smack Between Great Evil and His Brothers, All to Save a Girl, in Dragon Knight’s Shield
[image error]Dragon Knight’s Shield Excerpt 6: Angus immediately dropped his sword, but he refused to give such orders to his brothers. “Let her go. Ye can have me.”
“Fool,” hissed Lachlan. “I want ye all dead.”
Seeing movement to his right, Angus knew his brothers had gathered around him. Every muscle in his body strained, but he kept his focus on the evil in front of him.
Follow along next week by checking out Lane McFarland’s blog with my excerpt #7 http://lanemcfarland.com/blog/
BLURB: Angus MacKay,...
March 5, 2017
#MedievalHop Ashley York Shows Us ‘The Vilest Creature He’d Ever Met’ in The Gentle Knight
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Ever wonder about vile creatures? Check out today’s excerpt from Ashley York.
The Gentle Knight Excerpt 5:
“Tell him, Brighit. I’m sure he is curious. Aren’t you, Sir Peter?”
“I said she does not need to tell me.” Peter clipped each word. This man was surely the vilest creature he’d ever met.
“No. No! You should be told.” Ivan suddenly became serious, his eyes widening as if not telling him might stop the sun from rising on the morrow. “A room very much like this one was where I offered her...
#MedievalHop Ashley York Shows Us ‘The Vilest Creather He’d Ever Met’ in The Gentle Knight
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Ever wonder about vile creatures? Check out today’s excerpt from Ashley York.
The Gentle Knight Excerpt 5:
“Tell him, Brighit. I’m sure he is curious. Aren’t you, Sir Peter?”
“I said she does not need to tell me.” Peter clipped each word. This man was surely the vilest creature he’d ever met.
“No. No! You should be told.” Ivan suddenly became serious, his eyes widening as if not telling him might stop the sun from rising on the morrow. “A room very much like this one was where I offered her...
February 26, 2017
#Medievalhop Elizabeth Hobbes Reveals the Prisoner from The Saxon Outlaw’s Revenge
Today’s excerpt answers the question of who the myste.rious prisoner is in Elizabeth Hobbes The Saxon Outlaw’s Revenge
[image error]The Saxon Outlaw’s Revenge Excerpt 4:
As the prisoner raised his face to glare at his captors Constance got her first clear look at his face. The sight caused her stomach to knot and vomit to rise in her throat. She gave an involuntary start forward in her seat.
Jeanne touched her arm gently and looked at her questioningly.
‘Are you in pain?’
Constance shook her head and gave...
February 19, 2017
#Medievalhop Jenna Jaxon Presents a Killing Matter from Beleagured
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This week we get a look at despicable Guy de Valere from Jenna Jaxon’s Beleagured.
Beleagured Excerpt 3:
A red rage covered Geoffrey’s vision. The next thing he knew, he had his clenched fist around Guy’s throat, pressing him against the plaster wall of the study so that his feet dangled several inches from the floor. “I will thank you to keep your hands and any other part of your person away from her, Sir Guy. Lest you find it missing.”
Guy’s eyes protruded as he struggled for breath. His l...
February 12, 2017
#MedievalHop A Captive in Waiting in Sherry Ewing’s A Knight to Call My Own
[image error]The heroine in A Knight to Call My Own can stop waiting for marriage. She’s now captive, but what will be her fate?
A Knight to Call My Own Excerpt 2: The sight of the massive war horse beside her quickly blocked her vision. She continued to run abreast of the beast ’til a body leaned low over the saddle. A gasp escaped her lips when she was scooped up into arms she swore were as hard as the solid trunk of a towering oak tree. Thrown against his chest, she began to squirm with all her might,...
February 6, 2017
#Medievalhop Waiting for News Is Never Easy
[image error]Dear Friends, over the next several weeks I will feature serialized excerpts focusing on villains from a number of excellent Medieval Romances. However, I will only be posting a piece from each excerpt. A link to the following piece will be given at the end of each week’s excerpt. For example, the next installment of my excerpt from Knight Errant will appear in a week on Lane McFarland’s blog. I expect this to be a lot of fun, and hope you will comment frequently about the excerpts and the s...
January 29, 2017
#MedievalMonday2016 Excerpt from Mistletoe Magic by Laurel O’Donnell
[image error]Excerpt: Yuletide. It had always made Jaclyn Fainwick excited and happy with the potential of what the future held. This one day, amongst all the rest, was when every hope, every dream could come true. She loved this day above all the rest in the year.
She sat before the hearth in the Great Hall, waiting for the festivities to begin, swinging her feet back and forth. She had been waiting for most of the day. Her father would come, and her mother, and her brother. All the people she loved wou...
January 22, 2017
#MedievalMonday2016 ~ Celebrating Thanksgiving, Medieval Style from Bambi Lynn’s MAREK
[image error]EXCERPT: Marek’s family sat with them, although Bryn sat at one of the trestle tables, a better vantage point for grabbing the backside of every passing serving girl. As she looked around the great hall, Kitty thought every villager in Stonebridge must be in attendance. Many had never been to a feast as grand as this.
There was no corn or sweet potatoes, but Vale and Bryn had managed to hunt down a flock of birds remarkably like turkeys. There was no end to the bread stuffing, gravy, even ste...
