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An excerpt from my medieval erotic romance - Black Dorn.



Scene Set - Branwyn is discovering life is confusing at the Black Dorn castle.
Duna - means instructor/ Mistress
Dune - submissive
Gon-dra - Heir to the Throne
Leah is Branwyn's personal serving girl



Tiredness did not creep up on Branwyn, it ambushed her. Yawning, she followed Leah to her room. Sitting on the covers, she waited for Leah to return with her mulled wine. "Leah, stay and talk with me. I am so tired. My mind is awhirl. Please sit." She sipped the warm wine. Its fragrance swirled about her head. "I cannot sit, dune. It would be wrong." "Please. No one else is here. I have seen many things I do not understand, and I have no one to confide in. We’re of the same age. This is your land. You can explain things to me." Leah gingerly composed herself on the floor. "Are you injured?" asked Branwyn. "You sit as if it is painful." "I received instructions twice today." "Explain." Branwyn placed the empty wine bowl upon the table and slipped beneath her soft sheets. "It is a serving girl’s duty to serve her dune, and if she fails she must be instructed." "What is instructed?" Leah stood, turned and raised her skirts. Her buttocks were tinged with red. Branwyn put her hand up. "Cover yourself. Who did this to you, and why? You did not fail me. I am most pleased with your serving." "I failed you by allowing you to err. You refused to bathe this morning. Cleanliness is important. It prevents disease and increases the pleasures between a man and his woman." "You were punished because I did not bathe?" "I was instructed, Dune Branwyn. I have learned I must help you to understand that bathing is important. Tomorrow, I will help you bathe in a way that is pleasing to you and proper for our customs." "I saw you being spanked. That is what it is called in my part of the land. It is done to disobedient children to teach them to listen to their elders." "That is how you seem, a disobedient child. It is my job to help you understand. I was also instructed because you spoke to Gon-Dra Malack." "The stranger who rescued me? But I was lost. Alone. I needed assistance." "Duna Trea told you to speak to no one unless spoken to first. I should have watched over you. I was wrong in allowing you freedom when you do not understand our customs." "Forgive me Leah. I did not know." A yawn escaped her lips. "It is not for me to forgive. I erred, and have been instructed. Tomorrow is soon upon us. Sleep now, dune. Forget about the confusions of today. Dream of pleasant things." Branwyn’s eyes closed. Wondering what tomorrow would bring, she fell into a deep mulled wine-induced sleep.



Black Dorn - an erotic medieval romance by Daryl Devore.Heat Rating - 5 hot peppers
Blurb
Purchased to be trained as a courtesan, Branwyn arrives in a strange new land and begins her daily lesson in the art of bedding a man.Back from battle, Prince Malack returns to the court of his father. The noble woman chosen to be his bride rejected him and bedded his hated rival. Malack turned his anger onto the focus of battle and increasing the power and wealth of Black Dorn. Until his gaze settles onto the face of the woman who will be his queen.
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What people are saying about Black Dorn


5 stars - Awesome steamy story - new favorite author
Branwyn is a complex character, who begins the book timid and modest. However, in Black Dorn, timid and modesty are two sinful attitudes. Quickly, she is thrown into a world of passion and sex. But she only has eyes for one man, Malack the Gon-Dra. He is fierce and does not hide his body or his lust. However, Branwyn catches his eye and soon his heart.

This was a quick read and I found myself up late at night to finish it. The kind of drama and love story that leaves you breathless and then sighing in contentment at the end.

I will definitely read more books by Daryl Devore.

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