Liberty by Kim Iverson Headlee - Book Tour + Giveaway
Liberty
by Kim Iverson Headlee
Genre:
Historical Romance
Historical Romance
How hard would you fight for a chance at love across a vast social divide?
“Epic.” ~ Drue’s Random Chatter Reviews.
Betrayed by her father and sold as payment of a Roman tax debt to fight in
Londinium's arena, gladiatrix-slave Rhyddes feels like a wild beast
in a gilded cage. Celtic warrior blood flows in her veins, but Roman
masters own her body. She clings to her vow that no man shall claim
her soul, though Marcus Calpurnius Aquila, son of the Roman governor,
makes her yearn for a love she believes impossible.
Londinium's arena, gladiatrix-slave Rhyddes feels like a wild beast
in a gilded cage. Celtic warrior blood flows in her veins, but Roman
masters own her body. She clings to her vow that no man shall claim
her soul, though Marcus Calpurnius Aquila, son of the Roman governor,
makes her yearn for a love she believes impossible.
Groomed to follow in his father’s footsteps and trapped in a politically
advantageous betrothal, Aquila prefers the purity of combat on the
amphitheater sands to the sinister intrigues of imperial politics,
and the raw power and athletic grace of the flame-haired Libertas to
the adoring deference of Rome's noblewomen.
advantageous betrothal, Aquila prefers the purity of combat on the
amphitheater sands to the sinister intrigues of imperial politics,
and the raw power and athletic grace of the flame-haired Libertas to
the adoring deference of Rome's noblewomen.
When a plot to overthrow Caesar ensnares them as pawns in the dark design,
Aquila must choose between the Celtic slave who has won his heart and
the empire to which they both owe allegiance. Trusting no man and
knowing the opposite of obedience is death, the only liberty offered
to any slave, Rhyddes must embrace her arena name, Libertas—and the
love of a man willing to sacrifice everything to forge a future with her.
Aquila must choose between the Celtic slave who has won his heart and
the empire to which they both owe allegiance. Trusting no man and
knowing the opposite of obedience is death, the only liberty offered
to any slave, Rhyddes must embrace her arena name, Libertas—and the
love of a man willing to sacrifice everything to forge a future with her.
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The door shut with a terrifying
clang.
“Sir!” She clutched the cold
bars, failing to bleed the raw panic from her tone.
The guard paused with the key in
the lock.
A hundred questions clamored for
release. Every one started with, “Why?”
He frowned as if trying to
discern what she’d asked. She wasn’t sure herself. “Why the lock?”
’Twould do, for a start. She
nodded.
He scrunched one shoulder. “Lanista
Jamil’s orders.” He twisted the key. The lock engaged with a loud click. “For
all warriors—gladiators. And you, Gladiatrix.” He withdrew the key, hooked the
ring on his belt, and stepped away.
“May I know your name, sir?” It
felt ungodly strange asking that of a captor, but she hoped to reclaim a hint
of humanity in this inhumane place into which the gods had thrust her.
“Vederi,” he said without
breaking stride.
He had disappeared from sight
before she realized he hadn’t bothered to ask her name.
So much for humanity.
She sank onto the cot, head in
hands and heedless of the straw poking her thighs through the mattress’s canvas
cover, and sobbed out all the rage, fear, despair, and grief that had harried
her for the past fortnight, feelings pride had forbidden her to show the
soldiers or the slaver or her new owner or his servants or even that pampered
Roman—especially him—denying them all the chance to wield those emotions
against her. Pain as visceral as a blade’s thrust sliced into her gut. She
dropped to her knees and pressed her cheek to the wall, painting it with her
tears and pounding the cool slate with the heel of her hand.
“Da, how could you!”
Each futile thump knelled like
another nail driven into the coffin housing the remains of her freedom.
“Da!”
Kim Headlee lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia with her family,
cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife.
People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old
house ruins--the latter having been occupied as recently as the
mid-twentieth century--seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife.
People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old
house ruins--the latter having been occupied as recently as the
mid-twentieth century--seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
Kim has been a published novelist since 1999 with the
first edition of Dawnflight (Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and
has been studying the Arthurian legends for nigh on half a century.
first edition of Dawnflight (Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and
has been studying the Arthurian legends for nigh on half a century.
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4 Comments
Thank you for hosting Liberty as the top post on your blog, and it’s on sale today for $0.99!
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DeleteI like the cover
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