Winter
Solstice in the Crystal Castle
by
Jennifer Ivy Walker
GENRE:
Medieval
Historical
Romance
BLURB:
Gabrielle
is a flame haired, fire hearted French princess who dreams of
becoming a Valkyrie warrior queen like her Viking ancestors from
Normandy. Sent to Paris to learn the proper etiquette for a future
French queen, she is called home to le Château de Beaufort for a
forced marriage to a man she loathes when her father the king’s
precarious health takes a sudden turn for the worse.
Chivalrous,
solitary knight Sir Bastien de Landuc suffers an impossible love for
Gabrielle, the unattainable princess he can never have. Without a
title of nobility, he is ineligible to compete in the tournament for
her hand in marriage, despite his unparalleled equestrian skills and
inimitable swordsmanship.
Yet, Yuletide wishes for a
wondrous winter solstice in the glorious Crystal Castle might make
impossible dreams come true.
Can the valiant knight win
the coveted hand of his Viking Valkyrie?
Excerpt:
Seven
years of holding her close, inhaling her rose scented, luxuriously
long red hair.
Seven
years of admiring the soft, porcelain skin he longed to touch.
Seven
years of perfectly molding her strong, athletic body to his own.
Tantalizing,
torturous torment.
“I
shall be a warrior queen,” she’d told him, emerald eyes ablaze
with fierce pride as she’d blocked and parried his blows. “A
Valkyrie shield maiden, like my ancestor, Brunnhild.” Agile and
graceful as a dancer, she’d spun with stunning elegance and
surprising force, disarming him with a glorious, gloating grin. “And
I shall defend this kingdom with my sword… thanks to you.”
She’d
strolled across the heather blooms to pick up and return his fallen
blade. And-- long red hair whipping in the salty sea spray like a
victorious Viking goddess-- she’d kissed him, her full, sensuous
lips bestowing a generous gift of gratitude.
And
the promise of invigorating, intoxicating, impossible love.
L’amour
impossible.
The
courtly love of a chivalrous knight for a lofty Lady he could never
have.
So,
he’d worshipped her in his young heart, suffering in silence as she
honed her impressive skills and shared her secret hopes for the
future as a powerful, invincible queen.
A
Viking warrior queen.
A
valorous Valkyrie shield maiden.
A
voluptuous vixen who danced in his daring dreams.
My
Review:
Gabrielle is a flame-haired, fire-hearted French princess who dreams
of becoming a Valkyrie warrior queen. Ever since she was a small
child Gabrielle has always known what she wanted and her father the
king could never deny her anything she wished for.
When Gabrielle made her wish to become a Valkyrie warrior queen her
father hired Sir Bastien de Landuc to train her. Gabrielle and Sir
Bastien hit it off from the beginning and their relationship
continued to grow stronger over the years until a strong love
developed between them. Gabrielle and Bastien know they can never
marry as Bastien is not worthy to marry a princess as he doesn’t
own land.
Gabrielle was sent to Paris to learn the proper etiquette for a
future French queen but then she is called home when her father’s
health starts to decline. Gabrielle is to be wed before her father’s
death.
A tournament is being held for Gabrielle’s hand in marriage. Men of
royalty will be fighting for Gabrielle but her beloved Bastien cannot
compete as he does not own land. What are Gabrielle and Bastien going
to do? Maybe they will run away together. Is that even possible?
Probably not as her father would never stop looking for her. What is
to become of Gabrielle and Bastien?
Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle will draw you in from the first
page and will have you racing to the end to see how everything turns
out. You won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough as you race to
the end wanting to know how everything will turn out for Gabrielle
and Bastien.
Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle is a very engrossing novel that
will keep you glued to the pages as the world around you disappears
for a few hours. The descriptions are so vivid making it so very easy
to see and feel everything that is going on.
I would recommend Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle to all fans
of historical fiction. Grab a copy of Winter Solstice in the Crystal
Castle today!
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Enthralled
with legends of medieval knights and ladies, dark fairy tales and
fantasies about Druids, wizards and magic, Jennifer Ivy Walker always
dreamed of becoming a writer. She fell in love with French in junior
high school, continuing her study of the language throughout college,
eventually becoming a high school teacher and college professor of
French.
Her upcoming release, “Winter Solstice in the Crystal
Castle”, is a steamy medieval romance between a flame-haired,
fire-hearted French princess descended from Viking Valkyrie and the
solitary, sullen knight who suffers an impossible love for her. For
readers who enjoyed The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven trilogy—a fated
mates paranormal fantasy adaptation of the medieval legend of Tristan
and Isolde, interwoven with Arthurian myth, Avalon, Elves, Druids,
forest fairies, Vikings, and dark magic—will recognize several of
the main characters in this new novel as well.
Explore her realm
of Medieval French Fantasy. She hopes her novels will enchant you.
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