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I am continuing snippets from my new medieval romance set in fourteenth century England in and around my hometown of Reading.
My heroine Audrey and her cousin Margaret are traveling home from their pilgrimage to Glastonbury Abbey.
Draft Blurb
A young widow in
possession of a good business must be in want of a husband.
In
fourteenth century Britain, Dame Audrey enjoys her independence as the widow of
a cloth merchant. She has no desire to remarry and submit to a husband’s will,
but the town elders covet her prosperous business. Her kindness to a stranger
earns Bridda’s blessing and a brooch with a green dragon offers glimpses into
the hidden world of the supernatural. The faerie brooch attracts trouble from
thieves of all ranks and the attentions of a handsome bailiff, Selwyn Drake.
Can she evade the schemes to force her into wedlock and retain her
independence?
You can read last
week’s snippet here – https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-handsome-knight-snippet-from-wip.html
I have skipped to the
final stage of their journey home. Audrey and her cousin are traveling with a group of about 15
people.
Note, this is still an early version of the story and needs to be expanded and polished.
We had
not traveled far from the crossroads to Newbury when the clatter of hooves
sounded behind us. A horn blared, and we all swiveled in our saddles to look
back. Four men rode over the crest of a wooded hill, leaning over their horses’
heads and traveling at a fast canter. They wore green doublets and carried bows
on their backs. Their leader was mounted on a fine black courser with a white
blaze on its forehead. As they rode out of the shadow of the trees, sunlight
glinted on their spurs and the hilts of their swords. With his hood rolled
back, the leader’s hair shone as red as burnished copper.
The horn
pealed a second warning.
A man
shouted, “Make way for the sheriff’s men.”
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I enjoyed the opening sentence of your blurb. It seems vaguely familiar somehow. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOf course - from one of my favorite books
DeleteAn intense snippet! I wonder what they're after.
ReplyDeleteThey're on the sheriff's business.
DeleteWhat a great vivid scene. The reader is right there with them with these horsemen bearing down upon them.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteNow there's a line to get the blood flowing - "Make way for the sheriff's men!" I'm looking around for Robin Hood now....it's a very effective snippet, great details as always in your stories. I can't help it that 'sheriff' in this context is inevitably paired with 'Robin Hood' for me.
ReplyDeleteI've actually found the records of the period. The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire was appointed for about a year. My story does have outlaws, although they are not up to any good!
DeleteI love this! I can see it clearly.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThundering hoofbeats coming up from behind would scare the heck out of me. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThey are alarmed.
DeleteI'm curious to know what they want.
ReplyDeleteYou might have to read the book to find out, although I'mnot sure when it will be finished.
DeleteGreat descriptions !
ReplyDeleteA stately scene. I'd be a quite intimidated by the approach of the sheriff's men.
ReplyDeleteThey are nervous.
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