Medieval Monday ~ An Excerpt from A Winter Knight by Barbara Bettis

Welcome to Medieval Monday, a blog hop for those who love a medieval romance. Over the next weeks, 10 other medieval romance novelists and I will share snippets from one of our works. I haven’t been able to share snippets with these wonderful authors for a while, but I’m so glad I’m back!

Our theme for this session is Nature, and today I’m hosting Barbara Bettis’s A Winter Knight.

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BLURB:

He’s running from his past; she’s running from her future. But on a snowy winter night, they find each other and the surprising gift of love.

Sir Nicholas has given up on marriage. These days he’s content to captain his friend’s troops and avoid entanglements—until one winter night when he rescues a half-frozen woman from a snowstorm. Her irrepressible spirit and kindness to others reminds him that all ladies aren’t like his former intended, who wed his brother while Nick was on crusade. But he can’t open his heart to Lady Clare. She’s bound to another, and Nick won’t forfeit his honor. Even if she were free, he has nothing to offer but love, and this lady deserves everything.

Lady Clare’s dying grandfather has arranged her betrothal, but the arrival of the man she’s to wed sends her fleeing into a snowstorm. Injured when her horse stumbles, she’s rescued by a mysterious knight. She recovers at his run-down manor, safe at last—until her betrothed tracks her down two days before Christmas. Trapped at home with the wedding imminent, she longs for the winter knight she’s come to love.

Only a miracle can bring Clare and Nick together. But at Christmas, anything is possible

EXCERPT:

Scanning the landscape, Nicholas spotted a mound in the road a few paces ahead. Odd place for a drift. He swung down and approached. Not a drift. He hunched beside the motionless form. A smattering of snow blended with the cloth that covered the mound. He pulled aside a corner of—fine, white wool? The inside of the material was lined in fur. The whole was tucked around a body.

Tugging gently, Nicholas freed more of the cloth to uncover a female, huddled in upon herself. When he turned the still figure, her head fell to the side, revealing bluing lips in a face as white as the ground.

Merciful God.

She is dead!

What will Nicholas do? Find out next time at Ashley York’s: https://www.ashleyyorkauthor.com/blog

Remember how he found her? See https://www.cathymacraeauthor.com/bits-n-bobs-author-blog

BUY LINKS:

AMAZON: https://amzn.to/356xovq

KOBO : https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-winter-knight

 

Thank you so much for sharing that excerpt, Barbara. Hopefully, I’ll be seeing everyone on Barbara’s blog today as well for my snippet from Time Enough to Love.

And see you next Monday for more excerpts on Medieval Monday.

The Time Enough to Love medieval romance series by Jenna Jaxon