Excerpt:
“Enjoy the benefits of our station, here at the tournament, my dear,”
Lord Robert murmured against her hair. “I shall buy you a beautiful new dress,
and—”
Mirth bubbled up in Rianne. “Lord Robert, I cannot compete in a dress.”
He released her and stepped back so quickly she staggered with his
absence. Alarm flashed through her at his reddened face. She had never seen
such a thunderous expression.
“You will not compete,” he declared. “Archery is a sport for warriors,
not wenches.”
“Wenches?” Rianne’s spine stiffened along with her resolve.
“Aye, wenches. Why? Does the word displease you? What word would you
choose?” He regarded her with disdain. “Tell me, Maid Rianne, do you appear
more a lady or a wench?”
Unbidden, her palm swung up to strike him, but he intercepted her hand.
With a harsh laugh, he shoved it away. Without a thought, she took a step back,
stripping her bow from her shoulder as she moved. Grasping the bow’s end with
both hands, she swept it in a wide arc, catching him behind his legs and
upending him. He landed on the ground with an audible thump.
He stared at her from the flat of his back, mouth agape.
For a moment, she stared back, her own jaw slack with disbelief at her
uncharacteristic behavior. An odd exhilaration filled her.
“The word I would choose is warrior, m’lord.” She pointed the bow
towards his nose. “I am done with you. You shall see what a warrior can do at
the competition.”
She ran off, escaping into the crowd before he could stop her, but his
parting words fell like a shroud on her shoulders, dimming her elation.
“You are no warrior. You are but a maid in boy’s clothing. And nothing
more.”
BLURB:
Fairly Certain is the unlikely adventure of nineteen year old Petir
Capota, a computer geek who finds himself back in the days of Robin Hood after
falling out of a tree in Connecticut. He awakens surrounded by a band of young
British scavengers, clothed as if in Old England. His instinct to freak out is
tempered by the arrival of a fair maiden wearing a bow…and arrow. Normally,
fair maiden types don’t go for computer geek types, but for some reason, Petir
is fairly certain he can do whatever he wants in this realm.
With the
conflict of the Royals escalating, Maid Rianne has joined the outlaws hiding in
the forest, outwardly defying the handsome and accomplished knight to whom she
is promised. She is fairly certain she merely feels flattered by Lord Petir’s
uncensored admiration of her skills with the staff and bow, the same unmaidenly
pursuits disdained by her own knight. However, that does not explain the
quickening of her pulse produced by Lord Petir’s unguarded gaze.
The
outlaws bring Petir to their camp to tend his injuries. To Petir’s delight, and
to Maid Rianne’s dismay, they invite him to join their merry band. It’s all fun
and games until she is captured by the enemy. Now, a geek with no ability to
defend himself must find a way to rescue the fair maiden.
Fairly Certain is available through:
IndieBound
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781942009016
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/503303
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
DEBORAH ANN DAVIS writes Quirky
New/Young Adult Fiction with a Twist. She began writing when searching for
inspiration for her 5th grade English Journal. Lo and behold, she found her
world was full of funny tales just waiting to be told. As she grew older, it
never occurred to her to pursue writing, not even when she discovered her flare
for telling stories at college parties.
After a string of undergrad
majors, she realized she could reach a captive audience EVERY DAY in the public
school system. As you probably know, teenagers love to laugh, and what could be
more entertaining than Biology, Earth Science, and Environmental Science? Then
there's an added bonus: Once teens know you like to laugh, they want to make
you laugh. Go figure.
After a particularly nasty bout
of Lyme disease, she turned to Fitness to boost her health, and to Writing to
boost her happiness. Currently, she is a healthy and happy Educational Speaker
and a Certified Personal Trainer.
Twelve years after their first
kiss, Deborah reunited with, and married her childhood sweetheart. Together
they coached their daughter's AAU Basketball Team, which swept States two years
in a row. (Yay!) Then, for several years, their daughter and their money went
to college.
They presently reside on a lovely
lake in Connecticut. When she isn't writing novels for her Love of Fairs
series, she enjoys dabbling with living a sustainable life, dancing, playing
outside, and laughing really hard every day. She also promotes increasing your
movement throughout your day as Wiggle Writer in her Merry Meddling blog at
http://deborahanndavis.com/merry-meddling/ .
You can track Deborah’s meddling
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