I
write Fantasy Romance because I can’t help it. That’s just where my brain
goes—straight to heroes on horseback wielding swords and wearing armor.
You know that song from the movie Footloose (the Kevin Bacon version) where they’re driving tractors at each other and the soundtrack is playing “I Need a Hero,” someone who’s “fresh from the fight”? That’s my kind of guy. That’s Arn, Prince of Val-Feyridge, and the hero I’ve had stuck in my head since high school.
He’s a ruthless warrior, so tough men fear him—and secretly want to “be” him. If only they knew how much he’s sacrificed to reclaim his rightful title. He loves no one, trusts but a few, and is focused on the one object that would fulfill his destiny, reclaiming the lost Crown of Tolem. He’s scarred inside and out, but he’ll be damned if he lets anyone see those wounds.
Can you tell I love him?
He needs a healer. Too bad she’s the one woman he shouldn’t fall for, a low-born member of the wrong side who could be both a witch AND a spy. Of course Aerid is neither, but she is stubborn, principled and anti-war. Opposites, I know, and that’s why she’s so wrong…and so right for a man who has to face his real, core fear. He’s lost everyone he loved once. Dare he risk that pain again?
You know that song from the movie Footloose (the Kevin Bacon version) where they’re driving tractors at each other and the soundtrack is playing “I Need a Hero,” someone who’s “fresh from the fight”? That’s my kind of guy. That’s Arn, Prince of Val-Feyridge, and the hero I’ve had stuck in my head since high school.
He’s a ruthless warrior, so tough men fear him—and secretly want to “be” him. If only they knew how much he’s sacrificed to reclaim his rightful title. He loves no one, trusts but a few, and is focused on the one object that would fulfill his destiny, reclaiming the lost Crown of Tolem. He’s scarred inside and out, but he’ll be damned if he lets anyone see those wounds.
Can you tell I love him?
He needs a healer. Too bad she’s the one woman he shouldn’t fall for, a low-born member of the wrong side who could be both a witch AND a spy. Of course Aerid is neither, but she is stubborn, principled and anti-war. Opposites, I know, and that’s why she’s so wrong…and so right for a man who has to face his real, core fear. He’s lost everyone he loved once. Dare he risk that pain again?
Sometimes
even the bravest warrior needs a determined woman’s help to overcome his fears.
The e-book is on sale for
Veteran’s Day (kind of appropriate, don’t you think?) for just $2.24 at my
publisher’s site: https://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/742_helencjohannes
Also, on Friday, Nov. 16, for one
day only, you can go to The Romance Review’s Year End Splash Party site and
play trivia for a chance to win a Kindle copy of THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE.
You’ll have to register, if you’re not already a member, and log-in to play.
Click on the link in the poster to the top left and you’ll be right there.