Hello
lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Miriam Newman and her new
book, “Dark Child”! For other stops on
her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any
of the images in this post.
Be
sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes
and Noble Gift Card!! Also, come back
daily to interact with Miriam and to increase your chances of winning!
Thanks
for stopping by! Wishing you lots of
luck in this fabulous giveaway!
Dark Child
by Miriam Newman
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GENRE: Romance
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BLURB:
Born
at a royal banquet for King Conor MacNessa of Ulster, Deirdre is predicted by
Conor’s own druid to be blessed and cursed with a beauty that will make
kingdoms contest over her. He names her
“Deirdre of the Sorrows” and urges the king to slay her. But Conor, unwilling to murder a babe, takes
her under his protection only to fall prey to the curse when she is nearly
grown. Captivated by her youth and
beauty, the aging king will go to any extreme to possess her.
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EXCERPT TWO:
On
the fairest of summer days, Naisi sat beneath a tree on a hillock making music
yet more fair. It was that which pulled
Deirdre in, of course. She could no more
resist it than a trout does the lure and when she saw the sheer, pure beauty of
the man making it, that drew her more strongly yet, for she knew him from her
dreams.
Still,
Leabhar had raised her to be circumspect, so no word did she say. Instead she only passed Naisi, eyes downcast like any modest maid’s so that no evil could
be said of her. But beauty speaks for
itself and Naisi, seeing it, was struck to the heart and he spoke: “How fair a doe my music has called.”
“What
use to be a fair doe where there are no bucks?” she responded.
Now
the son of Usna was no fool, being himself a chief in Ulster though a young
one. He had heard of Felim’s daughter
secreted in a fortress of the king and suspected this must be the girl, so he
tested her, saying, “I think you have the prize buck of this land.”
“Yet
if I were to choose,” Deirdre persevered, “I choose the young buck.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
Fantasy
poetry driven by myths and legends has been my passion for as long as I can
remember. I was published in poetry before catching the romance writing bug. I
bring that background to my writing along with a lifelong addiction to horses,
an 18 year career in various areas of psychiatric social services and many
trips to Ireland, where I nurture my muse. My published works range from
contemporary fantasy romance to fantasy historical, futuristic, science fiction
and historical romance. Currently I live in rural Pennsylvania with a “motley
crew” of rescue animals. You can see my books at www.miriamnewman.com.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Miriam will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC
to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Miriam ~ It is great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading the new book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting me on your blog. It's great to be back!
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