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GENRE: Fantasy (epic)
In a world where the
corrupt church hides the truth about magic, the fate of the joined kingdom
falls on the shoulders of two young people from opposite ends of the social
hierarchy.
Crown Princess
Samantha’s life begins to fall apart when she starts seeing strange colors
around her potential suitors. She fears that she’s going insane--or worse that
she’s defying the Goddess’s will. Robrek is a lowly farmboy with incredible
magical powers. He has been biding his time waiting to get revenge on those who
call him a demon.
Thrown together by
chance, they must overcome their differences to fight their common enemy Duke
Argblutal, who, with dark magic, is slowly poisoning the king’s mind and
turning him against his own daughter.
Time is running out for those chosen by the Goddess to prevent the power
mad duke from usurping the throne and plunging the joined kingdoms into civil
war.
Excerpt:
“Let us be painting your face tonight, Your Highness!” Ardra
begged, in her north Korthian accent. Samantha’s maid was as small and slight
as the princess herself and had hair so blonde it was almost white.
“Yes, Your Highness,” Malvina chimed in. “Lady Shela’s maids
said just yesterday we couldn’t possibly know our business ’cause you never
wear paint.” Malvina, more of a typical Korthlundian woman, was tall and broad
and not nearly as pretty as Ardra.
“Lady Shela,” Samantha snorted in disgust. Shela wore so
much paint she resembled some ghastly sea creature. Samantha knew she wasn’t
pretty, but she was fond of the freckles that speckled her nose and thought the
emerald green brilliance of her gown set off her white skin and auburn hair
beautifully. Besides being appallingly uncomfortable, paint would absolutely
spoil the effect. The princess gestured toward the huge portrait that covered
one wall of her bedchamber. “Do you think Danu wore paint?”
Malvina shrugged. “The Princess Danu was said to be a
powerful sorceress, Your Highness. She probably didn’t need to wear paint to
attract men.”
Samantha laughed bitterly, as she thought of the army of men
waiting below. “I wish not wearing paint was all it took to scare them off.
They say Danu never married, and see how happy she is.”
Samantha yearned for Danu’s freedom. The long-dead princess
was laughing as she galloped across the fields. Danu’s auburn hair flew out
behind her in the wind. The stars on the forehead and chest of her horse shone
against its gorgeous coat. Samantha loved this painting, which was just as well
because it was bolted to the wall and couldn’t be removed without tearing her
chambers apart. She’d decorated the rest of her bedroom to match. Tapestries of
horses covered the walls. Her dressing table, armoire, and large four-poster
bed had horses carved into the woodwork. A quilt, embroidered with horses and
stars, was spread over the bed. The mantle over her fireplace sported figurines
of horses in gold, silver, jade, crystal, and precious stones. Every new
ambassador added to her collection.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Jamie began
writing stories about the man from Mars when she was six, and she never
remembers wanting to be anything other than a writer. Everyone told her she
needed a back up plan, so she pursued a Ph.D. in American literature, which she
received in 1998. She started teaching writing and literature at Auburn
University. One day in the midst of writing a piece of literary criticism, she
realized she’d put her true passion on the backburner and neglected her muse.
The literary article went into the trash, and she began the book that was to
become The Goddess’s Choice. She is now releasing an expanded edition of the
novel. Her other novels include The Soul Stone and The Ghost in Exile. In
addition, she has published a novella, Demons in the Big Easy, and a collection
of short stories, Blood Cursed and Other Tales of the Fantastic. Her short
fiction has also appeared in the anthologies--Urban Fantasy and Of Dragons
& Magic: Tales of the Lost Worlds—and in Bards & Sages, The World of
Myth, A Writer’s Haven, and Short-story.me. She claims she writes about the
fantastic . . . and the tortured soul. Her poor characters have hard lives. She
lives in Auburn, Alabama, with her husband and four cats, which (or so she’s
been told) officially makes her a cat lady. She still teaches writing and
literature at Auburn University. She is the mother of a grown son.
Links
Website: http://jamie-marchant.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamieofkorthlundia/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JamieMarchantSF
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5258855.Jamie_Marchant
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