Hey, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Rachel Dacus and her new book, “The Time Gatherer”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
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The Time Gatherer
by Rachel Dacus
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GENRE: Fantasy
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BLURB:
Coming of age as a time traveler isn’t easy. Young George St. James gets help from a magical medieval monk and a 23rd century geneticist. But they can’t keep him safe from a secret society dedicated to eliminating time travel. When love unexpectedly arrives in a distant century, George must use all his skill to thwart his foes while trying to save his beloved from their malice.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Giorgio not only behaved differently from the men of her city, he looked different. He had his honey-colored skin and thick, dark hair. His voice, even when not singing, ranged from deep to high. Everything about Giorgio fascinated her.
“What are you painting besides Prospero’s portrait?” he asked.
“I’m thinking of a new painting.” She hoped he wouldn’t insist on looking at the painting of him on her easel.
She refilled his glass. “I want to paint the story of Portia, wife of the noble Marcus Brutus, as she stabs her own thigh to prove she can keep secret the plot to kill Julius Caesar.”
“I know the story. A courageous woman.”
“And like all women, she must do as her husband bids. That is why I will never marry. Unless to a man who bids me to do exactly what I am doing.”
She was pleased when Giorgio picked up her hand and kissed it.
“Would you like to see it?”
“Naturally!”
Betta got up and put the canvas of Portia on the easel, hiding the portrait of Giorgio. She beckoned him over to see, hoping he’d appreciate the way she had portrayed Portia’s sad anguish. Portia was costumed in red and gold, wearing the jewels of a noble Roman wife, with pearls twined through her hair. A tiny blade was half-concealed in her hand. Her quiet desperation was in her stare, a woman whose life is nothing to the great men of her time.
“She is beautiful … and sad,” Giorgio said.
Betta was glad he understood.
“She’s led to a desperate act,” he continued. “Despite the fact that as a woman she must obey the men around her, she is very brave. You’ve given her magnificent clothing and jewels, and they only make her predicament sadder.”
Betta suppressed the tears welling up. Giorgio understood her painting so well.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Rachel Dacus is the author of three novels touched with the supernatural, The Time Gatherer, The Renaissance Club and The Invisibles. Magical realism also runs through her four poetry collections: Arabesque, Gods of Water and Air, Femme au Chapeau, and Earth Lessons. Her writing has appeared in many journals, including Atlanta Review, Boulevard, Gargoyle, and Prairie Schooner, as well as the anthology Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and a tiny but feisty Silky Terrier. She loves exploring the outdoors and raising funds for good causes. More at racheldacus.net.
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Rachel ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteI liked the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteHi Ally! Thanks for hosting me and my book. It's a pleasure to be here on your wonderful blog.
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