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Ten things you need to know, straight from the source.
Gabriel:
1. My mother was born
and raised in Scotland. The first time
she met my father, he was in full armor riding through her village. She threw a handful of horse apples at his
head. It was love at first sight for
him. I'm the only one of their five
children with any sense of humor.
2. I don't wear anything when I am fortunate enough to sleep
in a bed.
3. My horse, Rune, is half Andalusian and half Friesian. He follows me like a dog, quite annoying
really.
4. My creator claims that my role of the Shadow Guardian was
inspired by the hero of the video game, Assassin's Creed. Whatever the bloody hell that is...pictures
in a box controlled by an outside force.
Sorcery I tell you!
5. My mother taught me her native tongue, Scots Gaelic,
while my father taught me proper English.
In my travels I have also learned how to speak French and Italian…mostly
curses and obscenities, but they have proved useful none-the-less.
Evelyn:
1. In the summer, I steal fruit pastries from the
kitchens. It always amazes Madeline that
I still manage to fit in my gowns come autumn.
2. I abhor wearing any type of ornament or covering on my
head. I am constantly being scolded for
not wearing the proper head coverings, as it is unladylike to wear my hair loose. *grumbles indistinctly*
3. My cousin, Madeline, and I enjoy scotch whiskey more than
we should. Don't tell my father!
4. There is a small crack in the wall to the knight's
private quarters. I will say no
more.
5. I long to visit
the Highlands, to see where my mother was born and raised.
Blurb:
Trust is more valuable than gold in a world where traitors
conspire, and Lady Evelyn realizes that even shadows demand payment.
Lady Evelyn Montgomery, only daughter of the Baron of Rayne,
detests the thought of marriage. She will never allow a man to control
her. Crushed by the constraints of
propriety, she steals away from the safety of the keep and stumbles onto a plot
designed to stir up trouble between England and Scotland. When a mysterious
hooded man saves her, she fights her attraction to him as they join forces to
hunt down a traitor and save her father. But can she save her heart?
Gabriel is a Shadow Guardian. Hiding beneath his black cowl
and blending into the night, he is sworn to protect the Baron's daughter. The
spirited Lady Evelyn is far from the delicate flower he anticipated. She makes
herself crystal clear, no man will possess her. Can he prove to her that love
can be more than just possession? Or will the traitor they seek tear them apart
forever?
a wee tease...
The forest thinned into small, flat clearing. Gabriel
dismounted and drew his sword, motioning for her to join him. Evelyn slipped
from her saddle and unsheathed her own. Facing him on the field, she nodded.
Gabriel attacked, bringing his blade across to hit her left
shoulder. She parried to the left to block him. He switched sides and swiped
down toward her right shoulder. Evelyn countered with a parry to the right.
"Is this going to be challenging at some point?"
Evelyn smirked.
Gabriel brought his blade across aiming for her left leg,
which she blocked, then down to her right. She blocked again.
"Truly? You think me simple?" she asked.
He hesitated, then lunged. When she tilted her sword to
parry to the right, he retracted, spinning around her to tap her bottom with
the blunt of his blade. She shifted her heated gaze to him. His face was still
darkened by the deep hood, but she could sense his amusement.
"That is trickery, a dirty move," she exclaimed,
tracking his movements.
"There is no such thing as a fair fight, so fight
dirty," he said. "Do you concede?"
"Nay." Evelyn lifted her blade and charged him. He
blocked her thrust, parrying to the right, pushing the momentum of the blade
around to wrench it from her grasp. Throwing her weight into it, she stomped
down on his foot with her heel and twisted it with all her strength.
He dropped back, slipping from her grasp and shaking his
foot.
"You learn quickly, Princess."
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