Synopsis
Sir
Balduin de Soler gave up long ago on love. He never had the means to support a
wife until an unexpected advancement in his fifties allows him to reassess his
future just as the lovely Lucianna enters his life.
Lucianna
Fabio harbors a secret, painful memory from her past that has kept her unwed,
as well. Now in her forties, she thought herself too old to marry until she
meets Sir Balduin. Now suddenly their lonely autumn lives feel very much like
spring again . . . until Lucianna’s brother appears without warning and
threatens to revive the secret that will destroy Lucianna’s second chance at
love.
“Loving
Lucianna" is the first in my new “Hearts in Autumn” romance series,
medieval romances revolving around heroes and heroines “in the autumn of their
years.” Because you’re never too old to fall in love!”
Buy Links
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/loving-lucianna-joyce-dipastena/1120336776?ean=2940046158069
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474925
Excerpt
[After a quarrel between Sir Balduin and Lucianna that
threatens to derail their wedding, Sir Balduin tries to woo Lucianna back by
singing a song in her praise. But he is not a poet and the rhyme goes horribly
awry.]
Lucianna would never forgive him
for humiliating her in front of her kin. Any hope that he might successfully
disclaim that his poem had anything to do with her was dashed when her eyes
snapped back to him with a glittering glare.
“Foxy hair? Milky smile? You are
not only drunk, you are an atrociously bad poet. And emeralds do not come in
pools!” She swept away from him to pause between Siri and Serafino. “You ask a
great deal of me, carissima, to expect me to endure another month of such
lamentable attention. I do not know that I can bear it, truly I do not!”
Siri jumped up to catch her arm as
Lucianna started to leave the dais. “Lucianna, wait! I am certain Sir Balduin
did not mean to insult you. It is—it is a misunderstanding, merely. You have
only to look at him to see his chagrin.”
Aye, look at me, the silent plea
pounded in his breast. Look and see how I love you and how you will take
springtime from my heart if you go away.
Meet the Author
Joyce DiPastena dreamed of green medieval forests while
growing up in the dusty copper mining town of Kearny, Arizona. She filled her
medieval hunger by reading the books of Thomas B. Costain (where she fell in
love with King Henry II of England), and later by attending the University of
Arizona where she graduated with a degree in history, specializing in the
Middle Ages. The university was also where she completed her first full-length
novel...set, of course, in medieval England. Later, her fascination with Henry
II led her to expand her research horizons to the far reaches of his “Angevin
Empire” in France, which became the setting of her first published novel,
Loyalty’s Web (a 2007 Whitney Award Finalist).
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. She lives with her two cats,
Clio and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov, in Mesa, Arizona.
Social Links
Website: www.joyce-dipastena.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoyceDiPastena
Did you know that Lucianna (the heroine of “Loving Lucianna”)
has her very own Pinterest board? http://www.pinterest.com/jdipastena/loving-lucianna/
Thank you so much for spotlighting "Loving Lucianna" today!
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