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Guest Post: Blood Between Queens (Thornleigh #5) by Barbara Kyle

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As part of the Blood Between Queens Virtual Book Tour, author Barbara Kyle wrote a feature/guest post for your enjoyment! Be sure to check out other stops on the tour for giveaway opportunities, interviews, and more guest posts! You will fin the tour schedule at the end of this post! Without further ado, please join me in welcoming Barbara Kyle to The Lit Bitch!

“Priceless: The Author-Reader Bond”

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Review: The Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell

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Sir Benedict Palmer and a group of four other mercenaries were to arrest one of England’s most powerful men, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. But what was supposed to be a simple arrest quickly turns deadly.

Sir Palmer suspects the real target was a beautiful nun named Theodosia. The knight in charge of the arrest party, Fitzurse, means to kidnap Theodosia and also her missing mother. Sir Palmer is puzzled by this and begins questioning the motives of the other knights.

He frees Theodosia and helps her escape Fitzurse’s clutches but they must now rely on each other to survive and try and get to her mother before Fitzurse does. But there’s a big problem….Theodosia can’t get the image of the murdered Thomas Becket out of her head. Even though Sir Palmer didn’t participate in the actual murder, he was one of the five knights who invaded the cathedral.

Theodosia doesn’t trust Sir Palmer, but she really has no choice but to trust him since he is helping her after all and trying to save her life. They dodge danger and Fitzurse’s knights at every turn trying to stay one step ahead!

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Review: Royal Mistress by Anne Easter Smith

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Jane Lambert is not exactly a woman of means. She is a merchant’s daughter but what she lacks in monetary value and peerage, she makes up for in wit, intellect, charm, and beauty.

Jane’s father is quick to be rid of her though, and thus arranges a match between a colleague, William Shore, and Jane.

William is much older than Jane and clearly not interested in her female charms….under any circumstance but he hopes a marriage to her will mean advancement for his business.

The negotiations move forward but Jane still holds out hope that a mysterious man she met by chance in the street will speak for her hand instead, the handsome and dashing Tom Grey.

She meets Grey in secret and tells him her father plans to marry her off unless he stands up and asks for her hand. She has no idea that Master Grey is really Lord Thomas Grey, the 1st Marquess of Dorset, the King’s step son. Grey rejects her because he is already married, and confesses that he really just wanted to bed her, not marry her.

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Interview and Giveaway: The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau

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I recently had the pleasure of The Chalice as part of The Chalice Virtual Book Tour thanks the the lovely Amy over at Historic Fiction Virtual Book Tours!

The Chalice is the second book in The Crown series, and though it is part of a series, this book could easily be read as a stand alone. Joanna is a nun in the Tudor period who is  fighting against a deadly prophecy that implies she is the ‘one who will come after’ and restore the Catholic faith in England. Will Joanna embrace her destiny or continue to fight against it and what will happen to those that she loves? Will she destroy everything she holds dear to escape the prophecy?

If you haven’t done so already be sure to enter the giveaway (details at the end of this post) for a chance to win a copy of The Chalice (open to US ONLY). Be sure to Tweet about the giveaway using the Twitter hashtag  #TheChaliceVirtualTour and check out the other stops on the tour!

Giveaway runs from 4/15/13 to 4/21/13.

Winner will be announced 4/22/13.

Nancy also agreed to do an interview with me, so without further ado please welcome Nancy Bilyeau to The Lit Bitch!

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Review: The Chalice (The Crown #2) by Nancy Bilyeau

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Henry VIII changed the face of England when he broke with the Catholic Church to marry his great love, Anne Boleyn. This decision was felt by all those at court and those in the monastic sects.

Joanna Stafford was once both a noble and a novice nun in training. Once King Henry made the choice to split from the church, Joanna struggles to make a common life for herself in the small village of Dartford.

As the world around her takes shape based on the whims of a tyrannical king, Joanna and those closest to her, feel King Henry’s decisions acutely.

All Joanna really wants is to start her tapestry business close to the priory and close to two men who fight for her heart: the dashing constable Geoffrey Scovill and a close friend and former friar, Edmund  Sommerville.

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