Review Tour + #Giveaway: A Celtic Yuletide Carol by Jennifer Ivy Walker @bohemienneivy @GoddessFish

A Celtic Yuletide Carol 

by Jennifer Ivy Walker

GENRE: Historical Holiday Romance


BLURB:


Once a royal Breton knight, Sir Cardin is now infamously known as Basati, the Basque Wolf. Savage and sullen, he drowns his guilt in raucous taverns, accruing enormous debt and acquiring vengeful enemies.

Ulla, widowed daughter of a Viking chieftain, is a skilled archer who lives as a recluse in a secluded woodland cottage. Rendered mute by trauma, she avoids humans, preferring the company of her wild wolf and falcon as she hunts in the Forest of Brocéliande.

When his mother’s dying wish calls Basati home, he finally meets the son he abandoned at birth and Ulla, the enigmatic priestess who is teaching the boy to hunt. As the holidays approach, Basati finds himself smitten with the beguiling beauty as he bonds with his once forsaken child.

But past enemies plot against him, and Basati is ensnared in darkness.

Can music lure the savage wolf into the light of love?

 

Excerpt:  

The wind whipped her long black hair, her spirit soaring freely with her falcon Finn, as Nåde galloped and her wolf Vill raced across the forested ground.

Ulla much preferred the silent company of animals over the garrulous presence of people who made the loss of her speaking voice a painful reminder of the horrific past. Once, she’d sung like a lark, her melodic voice in perfect harmony with the mellow notes of the golden harp her fingers had so lovingly strummed. She’d often regaled the entire Château de Landuc with sublime music, her soul unleashed like Finn now winging through the cerulean sky. But shock stole her speech and silenced her song, rendering Ulla as mute as the trees. 

 

My Review:

Sir Cardin known as Basati left home six years ago after his wife died in childbirth leaving behind his son. Basati’s heart is broken he spends his life drinking in brothels and brawling trying to drown his sorrows. Basati’s brother has been watching over him, trying to keep him alive and out of trouble. 

After receiving news that his mother is very ill Basati and his brother go home to spend time with their mother while they still can. When he returns home Basati meets the son he left and disowned six years ago. The more time Basati spends with his son, Lukaz the closer they become. 

Ulla, a skilled archer lives alone in the woods. Ulla lives alone as she doesn’t want to be around people. Ulla lost her husband and child and prefers to live alone with her wolf, Vill. Ulla teaches Lukaz basic skills in archery. Basati meets Ulla and they hit it off quite well. 

Basati’s past comes back to haunt him and now his life is in danger. Can Basati be saved from the perils of his past or will they come forward to end it all?

I have once again enjoyed reading another one of Jennifer Ivy Walker’s fantastic books. A Celtic Yuletide Carol drew me into its world from the first page and held on until the last. I look forward to reading more of Jennifer Ivy Walker’s fantastic books in the future. 

I highly recommend grabbing a copy of A Celtic Yuletide Carol today! While you are there you may want to consider grabbing a copy of all of Jennifer Ivy Walker’s books!

 

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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