A Noble Companion is part of a multi-author project called The Cornerstone Series, sixteen fairy tale retellings from an unusual angle by sixteen different authors. All of the books in the series are non-magical fantasy novellas, which means that, yes, I have written something other than historical fiction!
Well, sort of ;-) I set A Noble Companion in a fantasy world based on Spanish California of the very early 1800s, in a place I call Costa Nueva. This book has talking animals and dragons, but it is definitely low fantasy, or historical-esque fantasy. I am a historical fiction author at heart, so this has a lot of similarities to my Once Upon a Western series, in that I did lots of research into the time and place I was basing my fantasy world on. But it has little fantasy elements, too.
If you buy a copy of A Noble Companion before the end of November, you can receive some book swag related to it! All you have to do to claim your swag is fill out this form and wait for me to email you to request proof of purchase and an address to send the swag to. The swag includes:
- 1 double-sided bookmark
- 1 piece of dragon treasure
- 3 vinyl stickers
Here's what they look like:
This swag bundle is available worldwide! And you can buy either the paperback or the e-book. Or, if you are a Kindle Unlimited reader, you can also get this swag if you read the entire book on KU before the end of the month.
If you want to know more, here's the official synopsis:
Raid a dragon's hoard for her dowry? It seemed like a good idea at the time...Madelena isn't in love with her friend Armando, but his marriage proposal offers the security she needs. She sympathizes with him—his father insists Armando must either find a bride or join the army. Armando would rather become a husband than a soldier, but his ugly face has scared away all other eligible ladies despite his family's wealth. Although she harbors only friendship for Armando, Madelena agrees to marry him on one condition: she insists on acquiring a dowry worthy of his family's noble standing in the land of Costa Nueva. But as a humble stablemaid, Madelena has no idea how to find such wealth. That's when the talking burro Terco mentions he's heard how to find a dragon’s treasure.Javier, Armando’s younger brother, has loved Madelena in silence for years. When he learns of their impending marriage, he offers to help her find the treasure, even though succeeding may cost him the chance to spend his future with her. Together, they face a dangerous wilderness, a charming bandit, and a dragon’s lair, forcing Javier to confront his feelings and Madelena to re-evaluate her heart.
I promise that's the last book I'm releasing this year ;-) I'm tired and need a little break!
Congrats! You are certainly prolific! Good luck with the book launch.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debra! It helps that this is the only full book I wrote this year, even though it's the third one I published. The Man on the Buckskin Horse was completed years ago (obviously), and I only had to write a handful of new stories to finish off Prairie Tales. Still, three books in a year is a wild ride!
DeleteCongratulations on yet another book publication!
ReplyDeleteThanks, VT! :-D This has been quite the year for books.
DeleteCongratulations, Rachel! Sounds like a good one!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen! I had a lot of fun experimenting with writing fantasy for the first time ever ;-) Even though it's historical-esque fantasy, it still was a different sort of thing to write, which was cool!
DeleteCongratulations, Rachel. It sounds like a really interesting one. How did writing this compare to your experience of writing your regular books?
ReplyDeleteHope you're all doing as well as you can.
Maddy
Thanks, Maddy! This definitely required a lot of revising as I tried to suss out how the fantasy elements would work. That sometimes got frustrating, and I know now that I definitely prefer writing historical fiction, but it was a good exercise!
DeleteThings here are slowly finding new patterns and new normals. I expect that will still take a while to all settle. Thanks :-)