THE WITCH OF THE BRETON WOODS
Jennifer Ivy Walker
GENRE: Historical Romance
BLURB:
Traumatized by horrors witnessed during the Nazi invasion of France, a young woman retreats to the dense Breton woods where she becomes a member of the clandestine French Resistance. When she finds a critically injured American paratrooper whose plane was shot down, she shelters the wounded soldier in her secluded cottage, determined to heal him despite the enormous risk. Ostracized by villagers who have labeled her a witch, she is betrayed by an informant who reports to the Butcher-the monstrous leader of the local paramilitary organization that collaborates with the Germans. As the enemy closes in, she must elude the Gestapo while helping the Resistance reunite the American with his regiment and join the Allied Forces in the Battle of Brittany. Can true love triumph against all odds under the oppressive Third Reich?
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Excerpt:
Low, agonized moaning interrupted Yvette’s nightmarish reverie.
That’s a man’s voice. And it’s coming from over there.
She followed the deep groans through a copse of trees to find an American soldier impossibly tangled in a nylon parachute. Suspended from a high branch of a massive oak tree, he was dangling upside down, hanging by an obviously broken leg. A sharp bone protruded from the torn, blood-soaked pants of his khaki uniform, and dried blood—which must have leaked from under his helmet-- covered half of his contorted face. His pitiful wails pierced her heart.
I can’t lower him to the ground by myself. He’s twice my weight. And if I cut the ropes, he’ll plummet headfirst. He already has a head injury, judging from the gore all over his forehead. Please, God, let him hang on until I get back.
“I’ll go get help. I promise to come back soon.” She called up to him, hopeful that he could hear her.
And that he understood French.
My Review:
The Witch of the Breton Woods takes place when Germany invaded Paris. The Witch of the Breton Woods tells the story of how one woman survived during this time.
The Witch of the Breton Woods is a story about one woman, Yvette, and her brother Jules hiding from the Germans. They are biding their time to get revenge for the deaths of their family. The Germans took their farm and gunned down her father and three brothers right before her very eyes.
Yvette ran to the Breton woods to hide from the Germans. She became a member of the clandestine French Resistance. Her brother Jules became a member of the Resistance Group Les Loups – the Wolves.
They go about their daily lives doing what is needed to stay alive. I was mesmerized by how they traded with others for the food and supplies they needed. I enjoyed reading about their barter system.
While out gathering the things needed to trade for other goods Yvette finds a wounded soldier hanging in a tree after his plane was shot down. Yvette takes this man home with her to heal his wounds. Yvette is a healer and knows all about herbs.
The Witch of the Breton Woods grabbed my attention from the first page and never let go. I hung on every word as I raced to the end I couldn't turn the pages fast enough I had to know what was going to happen next.
I sorely enjoyed reading The Witch of the Breton Woods. I loved all the characters, especially Yvette, Jules, and Beau. I highly recommend The Witch of the Breton Woods to anyone who likes reading historical romance. Grab a copy of The Witch of the Breton Woods 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.
As a high school teacher, she took her students every year to the annual French competition, where they performed a play she had written, "Yseult la Belle et Tristan la Bête"--an imaginative blend of the medieval French legend of "Tristan et Yseult" and the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", enhanced with fantasy elements of a Celtic fairy and a wicked witch.
Her debut novel, "The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven"--the first of a trilogy-- is a blend of her love for medieval legends, the romantic French language, and paranormal fantasy. It is a retelling of the medieval French romance of "Tristan et Yseult", interwoven with Arthurian myth, dark fairy tales from the enchanted Forest of Brocéliande, and otherworldly elements such as Avalonian Elves, Druids, forest fairies and magic.
Explore her realm of Medieval French Fantasy. She hopes her novels will enchant you.
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8 comments:
We appreciate you hosting and reviewing today.
This sounds like a good story. Thanks for sharing.
This looks very intriguing. Thanks for sharing and hosting this tour.
Thank you so much for hosting me and for reviewing my novel! This was a totally new genre for me and a huge, scary step as a writer. I am glad you enjoyed The Witch of the Breton Woods!
Great review, thank you.
The excerpt sounds really good.
Thanks again very much for hosting me!!
looks like a fun one
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