Candlelight Courting by Joyce DiPastena - Book Blitz + Giveaway
When she’s not writing, Joyce loves to read, play the piano, and spend time with her sister and friends. A highlight of her year is attending the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival . Joyce is a multi-published, multi-award winning author who specializes in sweet medieval romances heavily spiced with mystery and adventure. She lives with her two cats, Clio and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov, in Mesa, Arizona.
Q & A With The Author:
When Burthred comes courting on Christmas Eve, Meg rejects his advances. She has her heart set on becoming a nun and insists that he call her Christina, the spiritual name she has chosen for herself. She tries to make him swear on her box of holy relics that he will not pursue her, but he carefully words his oath to allow him to stay in her candlelit chamber and try to change her mind.
-->Q & A With The Author:
3.
What do you fear most?
What do you fear most?
Bugs, broken plumbing, bugs, broken plumbing, bugs, broken
plumbing…I guess it’s pretty much a toss-up between bugs and broken plumbing!
plumbing…I guess it’s pretty much a toss-up between bugs and broken plumbing!
4.
What is your largest unfulfilled dream, and what are you doing to reach it?
What is your largest unfulfilled dream, and what are you doing to reach it?
Hmmm. I don’t think I sit around contemplating unfulfilled
dreams. I just kind of live each day the best I can. And spend entirely too
much time worrying about things that might happen that fortunately seldom do.
Maybe my unfulfilled dream is to be less of a worrier? I’m trying to exercise
more faith in the Lord, but I confess I backslide entirely too often. I keep
trying though. I hope we get points for that.
dreams. I just kind of live each day the best I can. And spend entirely too
much time worrying about things that might happen that fortunately seldom do.
Maybe my unfulfilled dream is to be less of a worrier? I’m trying to exercise
more faith in the Lord, but I confess I backslide entirely too often. I keep
trying though. I hope we get points for that.
Connect with the Author here:
When Burthred comes courting on Christmas Eve, Meg rejects his advances. She has her heart set on becoming a nun and insists that he call her Christina, the spiritual name she has chosen for herself. She tries to make him swear on her box of holy relics that he will not pursue her, but he carefully words his oath to allow him to stay in her candlelit chamber and try to change her mind. What Meg does not confess is that her reliquary box holds a secret.
Burthred needs a wife, and no one will satisfy him except Meg. He swore on his father’s deathbed that he would marry her. But Burthred has a secret, too. When they come together before the Yule fire, their shared revelations will either join their hearts together or tear them apart.
Snippet:
She reached out
one hand to the reliquary box, a ten-by-ten inch square container made of
polished oak with intricate carvings that seemed in the dark as though they
danced beneath her fingertips. To her dismay, when she sought to lift the box,
she found it too heavy to balance in one hand while maintaining her grip on the
stool leg with the other. She would have to set the leg down.
one hand to the reliquary box, a ten-by-ten inch square container made of
polished oak with intricate carvings that seemed in the dark as though they
danced beneath her fingertips. To her dismay, when she sought to lift the box,
she found it too heavy to balance in one hand while maintaining her grip on the
stool leg with the other. She would have to set the leg down.
“You remember
what my father said,” she warned. “If you try to harm me while these relics are
in my hand, you will very likely drop down dead.”
what my father said,” she warned. “If you try to harm me while these relics are
in my hand, you will very likely drop down dead.”
“Your father was
quite explicit about the power of your relics. ’Tis not a fate I want to risk
on Christmas Eve.”
quite explicit about the power of your relics. ’Tis not a fate I want to risk
on Christmas Eve.”
see Burthred’s face. Then she could judge his honesty or whether he merely
humored her.
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