Today's
featured author is Amy Mullen, who's celebrating her latest release with
Astraea Press. Redefining Rayne is a Medieval Romance, and I
find the premise absolutely fascinating. Please read on:
Tag Line: Will her most painful
secret be the key to her greatest joy?
Blurb:
Rayne de
Latham, cousin to King William Rufus, should be enjoying a life of privilege.
Instead, she has only known misery. Her disastrous first marriage yielded
nothing but pain, suffering, and three stillborn children. She believes she is
cursed and is certain another pregnancy will end in another tragedy. When the
king seeks to get rid of her by sending her to marry one of his knights, she
will do just about anything to get out of her betrothal.
Widower Andre
de Grelle is father to two small boys who came to him by marriage. When his
first wife jumps off the castle walls in a fit of madness, he keeps the boys he
has grown to love as his own. When king sends him a new bride, the lovely but
troubled Rayne, he vows to have more patience with her than he had with his
first wife.
Once Rayne
arrives at Cuxton Castle, Andre realizes there is much more to her than meets
the eye. She does everything she can to force him to send her away, but nothing
works. Frustration grows as Andre discovers his betrothed is hiding something
from him about her past, something so devastating she cannot speak the words
out loud.
In the midst
of a siege on nearby Pevensey Castle, a truth comes to light that changes
everything. As the real story of Rayne’s past emerges, lives change forever.
Will love be enough, or will it be easier to walk away?
Excerpt:
Andre moved
closer to her. His body was mere inches from hers as he lifted his other hand
and slowly tilted her face toward his. Cupping her cheek, he wiped away a tear
with his thumb. "You have no idea how fascinating you are," he
whispered.
Involuntarily,
her eyes closed and she tilted her chin up. She felt his soft lips brush hers
and she started to tremble. The short, light touch of his mouth stirred
something in her. A young maiden's dream of love, of being loved and cherished,
welled up from a place where she had hidden her hopes a long time ago. She
returned his kiss, but just for a moment.
Her eyes
flew open, and she pulled her head back. This was all wrong. This was not how
this was supposed to happen. In a rush to break the spell, she stammered out
the first thing she thought of, "Someone will see us! Odo may come."
An
expression of disbelief washed across his features and was replaced by
irritation. "Odo? What has he to do with this? He is my guest but hardly
has a say in what I do with you."
"You…"
she stumbled over her words, "you… he is your…"
Andre stood
and stepped away from her. He stared down at her, but she could no longer read
his face. "Do your affections lie with Odo, Lady Rayne?"
Redefining Rayne can be found at Astraea
Press, Amazon, Barnes
and Noble, and most other ebook outlets.
Bio:
Amy Mullen
is a freelance writer and romance author living in Corning, NY, with her
husband, Patrick, her two children, and an orange cat named Steve. She has
written two medieval romances called A Stormy Knight and Redefining Rayne.
Amy has been
writing about love both lost and regained since she was old enough to have her
first broken heart. Her love of history and her intermittent jaunts into
amateur genealogy led her to a love affair with writing historical fiction.
When not writing, she snaps pictures, gets nutty over football, enjoys the
company of her family, and when time allows, loves to bury her nose in a good
book.