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Courting Cassandry
(Hearts in Autumn #2)
by Joyce DiPastena
Adult Historical Romance
ebook, 348 pages
February 17th 2016
Is it too late for second chances when the girl you loved in your youth comes back into your life?
Gerolt de Warenne became guardian to a child-heiress named Cassandry when he was only nineteen-years old. As he watched her grow into a lovely young woman, he found himself falling in love with her, but Cassandry viewed him as an older brother. So, burying his feelings, he gave permission for her to marry another.
Twenty-four years later Gerolt and Cassandry meet again. With the loss of their respective spouses, Gerolt hopes to finally court Cassandry, but she desires to remain a widow. Instead, they agree to a betrothal of their children.
Matters become complicated as their friendship begins to evolve into the romance Gerolt has always wanted. But by the law of the medieval Church, Cassandry and Gerolt can’t marry if their children do. Can they find a way to be together? Or must they sacrifice their future for the love of their children?
"Courting Cassandry" is a “Hearts in Autumn” romance, medieval romances revolving around heroes and heroines “in the autumn of their years.” Because love isn’t only for the young!
The First Book in the Series
Loving Lucianna
(Hearts in Autumn #1)
by Joyce DiPastena
Adult Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 220 pages
October 11th 2014
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 Joyce DiPastena’s 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!
Excerpt
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At the risk of another rebuff, Gerolt took her hand again,
allowing some of the purple blossoms to scatter at their feet. How could she
not feel his longing for her in his touch? His thumb swept lightly over her
knuckles. “I cannot let you simply disappear again.”
He prayed for some flicker of response, some light in her
eyes, but her gaze, although pleading, remained distant.
“Perhaps that is what I wish to do. You say there is too
much life in me, but, in truth, I am wrung dry. I have buried a husband. I have
raised a daughter. I have done all life has required of me. I wish now to rest,
but I can only do that if I know Egelina is safe with you. Please, you must
give me your word that you will pay no heed to her pleas for a nunnery. By all
the friendship I ever cherished between us, I beg you to marry her to Rauffe
and to love her for me.”
“Cassandry”—he heard the way his voice gruffened—“what if I
found another husband for Egelina? Nay, I would not force her, but if she were
to develop an affection for one of my knights—”
Saints! What was he saying? What would become of the
grandson he so needed, the heir for his lands? Did he wish to scramble
haphazardly to find another wife for Rauffe? How would Rauffe interpret Gerolt
shuffling one betrothed for another? What if Cassandry still refused him? But if she said yes—if she said yes … !
“No.” Cassandry spoke the word sharply, shattering his mad
hope.
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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).
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 .
Tour Schedule
February 28th: Launch
March 2nd: Letters from Annie Douglass Lima & EskieMama Reads
March 4th: Singing Librarian Books & Zerina Blossom's Books
March 6th: Grand Finale
Tour Giveaway
$20 See's Candies Gift Certificate (if US) or $20 PayPal Cash (if international)
Copies of Loving Lucianna and Courting Cassandry (signed print if US, ebook if international)
Nice cover! Basic but effective.
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