{"id":159,"date":"2013-05-02T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/2013\/05\/02\/just-released-rowena-and-the-dark-lord\/"},"modified":"2013-05-02T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:08:00","slug":"just-released-rowena-and-the-dark-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2013\/05\/02\/just-released-rowena-and-the-dark-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Just released! ROWENA AND THE DARK LORD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m happy to be sharing this excerpt from Melodie Campbell’s latest release, Rowena and the Dark Lord<\/a>. I think you all will enjoy this funny romantic fantasy series.<\/p>\n

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Is that a broadsword on your belt, or are you just glad to see me?<\/b>
\n<\/b>\u201cHot and hilarious!”<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cA fantastical tour de force\u201d<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe Princess Bride with Sex\u201d<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Excerpt from ROWENA AND THE DARK LORD, book 2 in the Land\u2019s End fantasy series:<\/p>\n

I rose to my feet and turned to the east as the spell book instructed.
\n\u201cWhat is she doing?\u201d
\nLars\u2019s voice. What was he doing here?
\nI chanted the words from the book in my hand, silently, beneath my breath. Then I chanted them once more, louder and with confidence. My voice became richer, louder, resonating in my ears.
\nWhoosh. The ground trembled. The air in front of us seemed to swirl, clouding my view of the field ahead. A grey mist rose from the ground, thick with dust or soot, obliterating all vision.
\nI stood rock still, hardly able to breathe.
\nThe mist swirled. I heard men yelling\u2014coarse shouts over the ring of steel on steel, then an eerie silence. It put chills up my spine. Lars muttered something at my side. Gareth stood stock still. Loki moved up against me. We waited.
\nMen\u2019s voices again, echoing like souls lost in a fog. The mist lifted in one swift movement to disappear into nothingness. In its place, were at least a hundred men.
\nBugger. I messed up.
\n\u201cHouston, we have a problem,\u201d I said out loud. This wasn\u2019t supposed to happen. I must have pronounced one of the words wrong.
\n\u201cWho is Houston?\u201d Lars said.
\n\u201cRomans!\u201d Gareth hissed. He drew his sword.
\n\u201cRomans?\u201d I stared at the battle-scarred men before us. They looked exhausted. They also looked bloody, dirty and rather short. Not to mention confused.
\nHow the heck could they be Romans?
\nSomeone yelled \u201cForm Square!\u201d in\u2014yup\u2014that was Latin.
\n\u201cWhat the hell?\u201d I stared. The men came to life moving with purpose into a square. Within seconds we were facing a shield wall bristling with spears.
\nGareth and Lars already had their swords drawn. They tried to move in front of me but I spread my arms to hold them back.
\n\u201cSheath your weapons,\u201d I commanded.
\nThey hesitated, eyeing the wall of men and knives.
\n\u201cFor crissake,\u201d I insisted, \u201cwhat do you expect to do against that, besides get us all killed?\u201d
\nWith reluctance the swords slid back into their scabbards.
\nThe man on the horse wore a breastplate the sort of armor that you only saw in museums back home. Or movies. I was reminded of Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor. Richard Burton playing the part of Marc Antony.
\nHoo boy.
\nThe man on horseback stared at me. No stirrups on his saddle. A helmet that was in history books. Definitely Roman. I stared back at him.
\nRomans? In this time? What the poop had I done?
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a freaking temporal rift!\u201d My laugh was strident. \u201cWhere the hell is Spock when you need him?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nMelodie Campbell achieved a personal best this year when Library Journal compared her to Janet Evanovich. She has over 200 publications, including 100 comedy credits, 40 short stories, and 4 novels. She has won 6 awards for fiction. Find out more about Melodie on her website<\/a> or blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ROWENA AND THE DARK LORD, book 2 in the Land\u2019s End series, is NOW AVAILABLE for only $3.99 on Amazon<\/a>.<\/div>\n
And the one that started it all: ROWENA THROUGH THE WALL, book 1 in the Land\u2019s End series is also available on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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