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:
Cardin watched the beguiling dark-haired priestess quietly exit the castle through the back kitchen door, her loyal lupine companion at her heels.
She’s breathtaking. Beautiful. But not for you, Basati.
You’re a drunken brute. A savage beast.
No woman will ever want the Basque Wolf from Biarritz.
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, “A Celtic Yuletide Carol”, is a steamy medieval romance between a broken, battered royal knight and a solitary, mute healer and huntress who prefers the company of her wolf and falcon to humans. Both protagonists are shattered souls who slowly find solace in each other.
Readers who enjoyed Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle and 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.
Website: https://jenniferivywalker.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213034332-a-celtic-yuletide-carol
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jennifer-ivy-walker
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferIvyWalker
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bohemienneivy
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GIVEAWAY
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My Review - 4 of 5 stars -
I liked this story. Ulla was such a strong, independent woman, and succeeded at many things. Her past had my heart hurting for her, but her journey led to love, family, and more. Cardin's past brought him low until his family needed him and he met Ulla. There was still danger in their lives, and things needed to be tended to, but they survived because of their strong love. A bit long and repetitive in places, but still a wonderful story.
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