The
Goddess's Choice
The
Kronicles of Korthlundia Book 1
by
Jamie Marchant
Genre:
Epic Fantasy
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 farm boy 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.
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Since
the lady didn’t care, Robbie didn’t feel the slightest bit embarrassed that he
couldn’t dance. She whirled away from him, and he swung her into his arms. She
laughed, and he wished the night could last forever, but far too soon the lady
stumbled and caught hold of his arm. “Should we sit one out, Milady?”
Breathing
heavily, the lady nodded. “I guess I’m more tired than I thought.”
As
Robbie led her back to her retainers, he noticed the grim looks on their faces.
The scarred man had joined the two younger ones who’d been following them
around. Scarface bowed to the lady. “Milady, we have a long ride back. We truly
must leave.”
The
lady sighed. "I guess you're right." She turned to Robbie. “I had a good
time. It was fun.”
It
was the best day of my life! Please don’t leave! Please say you’ll come again! “Yes, Milady. It was fun.”
“I
truly wish I could stay longer, but we do have a long ride, and it isn’t fair
to keep my men longer,” she said. Robbie cursed her men into the seven hells.
The lady, however, let go of his hand. She kissed him on the cheek, caressing
his face with her soft lips. “Goodbye, Robbie. Remember me,” she said, then
followed the scarred man off into the darkness.
How
could she think he’d ever forget her? Robbie touched his cheek, feeling as if
he’d just lost the most precious thing in the world. He hurried away from the
dance floor before anyone could see him crying. He wiped his eyes as he
threaded his way through the now deserted stalls toward Wild Thing.
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 in the trash, and she began the book that was
to become The Goddess’s Choice, which was published in April 2012.
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.
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3 comments:
This looks like a great book.
This sounds like an epic read. Great cover! Thanks so much for the excerpt and giveaway. Have a great weekend!
This sounds like a great read! Love the cover! Thank you for the excerpt and giveaway.
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