Blog Tour: MARIAN by Gayle Feyrer

 

MARIAN

by Gayle Feyrer

 

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GENRE:  Historical Romance

 

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BLURB:

 

Warrior. Spy. Marian Montrose dons silk or chain mail with equal aplomb. Sent by Queen Eleanor on a mission to Nottingham, Marian is waylaid in Sherwood Forest by the infamous Robin Hood. Her companions are stripped of their riches, but from her, Robin steals only one brazen kiss.

 

Seething with anger at the thief’s presumption and the haunting memory of his searing embrace, Marian arrives at the castle to find the sophisticated and seductive Sir Guy of Guisbourne a welcome distraction. Guisbourne would be the perfect ally against the Sheriff and Prince John but he believes he’s already picked the winning side. Deft at games of intrigue, Marian discovers Guisbourne’s involved in plans to steal the ransom meant to free King Richard the Lionheart.

 

Conquering her misgivings, Marian returns to Sherwood and recruits Robin with the promise of a pardon for him and his men. Now they are allies in the fight to return the king, but Robin wants far more from Marian. First she resists his almost magical allure, then succumbs, then resists again, distrusting the elemental power he has over her. Guisbourne may be lethally dangerous, but Robin threatens to consume both her body and her soul.

 

Danger surrounds them. Betrayal separates them. But desire—and fate—will not be denied.

 

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Excerpt One:

 

Simon of Vitry was a dead man. His rush was telling on him. In his eagerness for the kill, Vitry had expended too much energy. As he thrust at her again, he stumbled over a root. He recouped before she could counterattack, but Marian regained her balance and her surety. She saw that the great sword had grown heavy for him, showing its weight in his faltering backhand. Deliberately she edged around him, letting him follow with his strongest cuts, then quickly reversed direction, playing to his weakest maneuver. The backslash came at her, aiming to open her chest. She brought her own sword under his blade and turned it, then instantly drove her point home, taking him deep in the belly. Vitry screamed, surprise and outrage rising to a shrilling agony as she pulled her weapon free. With a surge of cold triumph she saw him fall to the ground. He lay at her feet, clutching the wound and thrashing. She did not answer when he begged her for his death.

 

Implacable as fate, Marian sat by the edge of the pool and watched Vitry die, wondering if her father had taken as long. After an hour it was over. Rising, she went to stand over his corpse. Though all around the bright May greenery fluttered in the breeze, looking down on him she felt encompassed by winter.

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 GUEST POST 

Topic: If you had a conversation with your main character, how would that go?

 

Oh dear! I’d have a much easier time of it with the artists and poets in my Paris mystery series! Pas de promblème—I could carry on with them for hours about Monet and Van Gogh, Baudelaire and Alexandre Dumas. Even my cop and my crime lord love art and literature. Oooh! And French cuisine. We could all eat together at some gorgeous Belle Epoque restaurant.

But in MARIAN? Well, I could have a lovely chat with Alan a Dale and maybe convince him to actually sing the troubadour poems I wrote for him.

And Marian herself? I’d know better than to give Marian the emotional counseling she needs. I’m not even sure she needs to be told to open up—she knows she needs to do. But opening up her heart terrifies her, and only Robin can help her.

Since she’d glower at unwanted advice, we could talk clothes. She’d rather talk weapons or falconry, of course, but she does have an excellent fashion sense and awareness of beauty, and I think the clothes of that period were far more graceful and attractive than many other eras. I could see myself hanging out with Marian and Alan in Eleanor of Aquitaine’s palace, discussing courtly love and all the cool new stuff being imported into Europe from the East, silks and spices and poetic forms. Forget algebra though. The banqueting could be interesting, roast swan, some nice salmon, marchepane.

And, if my life wasn’t at risk, I suppose I could help Marian do some devious plotting—I’m far better at figuring out other people’s plot problems than my own.

Guy I might try to grab for a one night stand and then skedaddle before he put me on his hit list.

Robin—well, there’s a lot of magic in Sherwood. Maybe he could help me find that grove with the waterfall. I might be tempted just to stay there.

 

 

 

 

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Gayle Feyrer began drawing as soon as she could hold a crayon and writing when she was twelve. She holds a Bachelor's in Pictorial Arts from UCLA, and MFA from the University of Oregon in Creative Writing. In her varied career, she has been a tie dye artist, go-go dancer, baker, creator of ceramic beasties, illustrator, fiction teacher, and finally, novelist. A Libra with Scorpio Rising, Gayle’s romantic nature takes on a darker edge.  She hopes these shadows bring depth to her romances.

 

A world traveler, Gayle has visited Paris, England and Italy numerous times.  She lived for two years in Jakarta, Indonesia, with many trips around Asia. She currently resides across the bridge from San Francisco, with her husband and their two rescue cats, Charlotte and Emily, the Flying Bronte sisters, half Siamese and half tabby.

 

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gayle-Feyrer/author/B000APGOU0?

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6836429.Gayle_Feyrer

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Marian book trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFi8uI8UZM8

 

Troubadour song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWiwFccrehs

 

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