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#MedievalMonday2016 ~ Traveling to Battle from Ruth Casie’s Once Upon a Haunted Castle

Excerpt from THE MAXWELL GHOST, a featured novella in Once Upon a Haunted CastleHe and Laura were targets in the swift moving water. He needed to get farther downstream, away from the marshland. He cursed himself for worrying about her propriety rather than her safety.

The sound of splashing from up river grew closer.

“Wrap your arms around my waist and try not to lose your seat.”

They reached the far bank and raced along the river, the raiders not far behind.

“You need to let me down,” she y...

#MedievalMonday2016, How to Travel Safely from The Saint by Cathy MacRae

Please welcome Cathy MacRae to give us an interesting lesson on how to travel safely in the middle ages.

“You will ride with us,” Geoffrey informed her, changing his mind once again. Simon and Walter gave him startled looks and his neck warmed. “The Church teaches us to care for women and children,” he reminded them. He returned Marsaili’s furious stare. “And those unable to fend for themselves. ’Tis not safe for you to travel alone, and you will be under our protection until your journey end...

#MedievalMonday2016 at the Christmas Court with Jenna Jaxon

Thanks to Jenna Jaxon,we travel today to the medieval English court at Christmastide. Here’s an excerpt from Jenna’s novel, Seduction at the Christmas Court.

Excerpt:

The cold, crisp air burned the inside of Alyse’s nose on the second day of their journey to Havering. Geoffrey had insisted they move slowly to accommodate young Thomas and his nurse, Ysa, a young girl from the village whose husband had been taken by the pestilence and whose babe had been stillborn. Grief stricken, the girl had...

#MedivalMonday2016 Danger on an unfamiliar path from The Lady of the Forest by Barbara Bettis

Please welcome Barbara Bettis with a travel excerpt involving the dangers of traveling unknown paths, both physical and emotional.

EXERPT:

“Tell Kate to take no chances until I return.” From the downturn of Jamie’s mouth, Henry gathered how well she’d follow such advice.

“Hold.” Jamie trotted forward. “Guards patrol along here ever’ day. Don’t know if they been by yet, but you stay just inside the trees. There’s a path runs along the road. Won’t nobody see you. The crossroad’s on further, a b...

MedievaLMonday2016# Travel and Freedom in The Dragon Knight’s Ring by Mary Morgan

Please welcome Mary Morgan to give us a sense of the freedom to be had traveling through time and the Scottish highlands in her novel, The Dragon Knight’s Ring.

Excerpt:

“What do ye mean we can finish in the morn?” Adam eyed her skeptically.

Meggie stepped away from him. “I haven’t been riding in a few days, so I thought with the weather being fine, we could take Fion and Ciar out for a long ride. There’s this beautiful ridge called Drumbuie. Ye can see Loch Ness in all directions.” She nod...

A Dark Beginning at a Long Journey’s End ~ #MedievalMonday2016

Please welcome Ashley York to the Author Travels Blog. Today she gives us a suspenseful journey through medieval Scotland that ends in a meeting of enemies from her novel .

Seumas kept a fast pace through the night, traveling as if the devil himself were after him. His thoughts were morose, tortured by the screams of people murdered in the dark of night, a young man threatened at sword point to reveal the location of his hidden gold, Giles bending over the young girl. Atrocities no one should...

Medieval Monday w/RueAllyn 09/26

Today the Medieval Monday Exchange begins a new round of excerpt posts on one of my favorite topics, travel. Beginning with my own post we’ll have a new medieval travel post every Monday for the next eight weeks. Please tweet, share and comment on what you believe or have learnedabout medieval traveling. You’ll find the links for the participating bloggers at the bottom of this post.

The Herald’s Heartblurb:

Royal herald, Sir Talon Quereste imagined that one day he would settle on a quiet lit...

An Author Travels First ~ Release Tour for To Find A Viking Treasure

The Author Travels Blog is pleased to announce we are a stop on the release tour for Gina Conkle’sTo Find a Viking Treasure ~Norse series, Book 2.This blog rarely participates in tours, but Gina (who visited on Sept. 14th) and her books deserve more than one look. If you haven’t yet tried one of Ms. Conkle’s books, please try one.

Here’s a bit about To Find a Viking Treasure ~Norse series, Book 2

GENRE – Viking romance,PUBLISHER – NYLA (self-pub),COVER ARTIST – Kim Killion,RELEASEDATE – Septe...

Gina Conkle Talks Cowboys and Vikings

A few weeks ago I met author Gina Conkle in person for the first time.What a treat. Gina is an intelligent, compassionate, very talented author with a lively sense of humor. Please welcome her and follow along as she takes us to travels to 11th century Scandinavia and gives us a glimpse of her latest book, To Find a Viking Treasure.

How to Fall in Love: Vikings or Cowboys:There’s nothing like a long-legged, male swaggering across the page to make your heart swoon. They can be the strong silen...

Celebrating the Release of The Knight Chronicles ~ The Complete Series

Today is release day for The Knight Chronicles boxed set. I’m celebrating at Romance Lives Forever https://romancelivesforever.blogspot.com/2016/…/allyn12.html. Feel free to share. TKS. Please share, or tweetThe Knight Chronicles: The Complete Series a new Medieval Romance #BoxedSet @RueAllyn #RLFblog http://romancelivesforever.blogspot.com/2016/09/allyn12.html #HeartMeltingRomance
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