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Russet
& Gold - Sky Castles Book 2
On the planet
Hejmen the
nobles live in sky castles. Love
grows between
Lise, a nurserymaid in
the Castle of Lan, and
a noble, Capet Sard.
Sard is called home to Rak
and Lise
is left alone to cope with the discovery
she is expecting
Sard’s baby. Her journey to Rak founders in the
desert,
but she is
rescued by the Eos, the indigenous spirits
of
the planet. She continues
her journey but is captured by
Sard’s
old enemy Brenauf, the new Duke
of Rak, who is
eager
to get revenge. Sard must save
Lise, but in doing so
he
must also discover the identity of the true Duke of Rak.
Available now from
Whiskey
Creek Press
Excerpt
Lan
“Excuse me.”
Ellie ignored the cultured voice. The man couldn’t be talking to her. Everyone yelled when
they spoke to her.
“Excuse me. Could you tell me how to find the road to the coast?”
Slowly Ellie stood and tilted her head to look at the stranger on the road outside the yard.
The glossy golden coat of his nahhar dazzled her and she gasped in wonder at the beautiful,
dark spiral horn pushing through the russet mane. The rider coughed politely as the nahhar
shifted restlessly.
She glanced up. Dark brown eyes looked patiently at her from beneath an untidy mop of
black hair. Hands, slightly darker than the nahhar’s coat, loosely held the reins. Her heart
hammered nervously against her ribs and her cheeks flushed red as she tried to remember
his query.
“The road to the coast?” he repeated, eyes twinkling with good humour. “I thought I knew
the way, but I seem to be lost.”
Ellie self-consciously tucked a dark auburn curl under the green striped scarf she wore to
keep her hair tidy while she worked. Rough palms rubbed up and down the sides of the work
tabard protecting her dress. She licked her lips nervously and struggled to answer his question.
“This is the right road, Sire,” she managed to say. “Carry on for another two stones and
the road merges with the coast road.”
“Capet,” the stranger commented. His mount moved restlessly, nodding its horned head up
and down.
“Your pardon, Sire, I don’t understand.”
“I’m a Capet, not a Sire.”
“Sorry, Sire...I mean Capet.” She stumbled over the words, her blush rising again as she
tried to rectify her mistake.
“Thank you for your help.” The Capet smiled. Nodding pleasantly, he set his heels to
the nahhar’s side and trotted off down the road.
She watched until he disappeared round the nearby bend, then started piling firewood into
her tabard. Her thoughts remained with the stranger. I wonder if all the nobles at the sky
castle are as young and good looking.
Reviews
5
Stars
Reviewed
by Debra
Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com
Russet
and Gold caught my attention from the very first
page.
It reads much like a fairy tale, and I have always loved
a good fairytale. ...
In this
tale, there is a wicked stepfather and brothers,
and instead of a
princess,
there is a duchess. The characters are
well-developed and the story line
enchanting.
Perkins is a
talented author, and I will be watching for more of her work
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Rating:
4 Books
Reviewed by Snapdragon
Russet & Gold is book two of the Sky
Castles series...Lise, the
main character,
has a wonderfully human, easily-embarrassed side....She is also the classic ‘country mouse
headed
to the city’ but Perkins pulls this off extremely well. Perhaps the
most
impressive thing about these two books is how wonderfully different the
two
leading lady roles are...The
wonderful
and rich descriptions are somewhat abbreviated.
Enchanting
Reviews - Aubrie
Rating:
4.5 Enchantments
For
fans of BLUE AND SILVER, the sequel, RUSSET AND GOLD does not
disappoint.
Not only does it take the reader through a whirlwind of
emotions, but it begins
where the first book leaves off, shining light on a particular secondary character
in the first book that the readers
grew to love. Ms. Perkins also delves
more into the lives of the
mysterious Eos, shedding light on their abilities
and vital connection to the planet where the humans have made their home.
Complete with a
vile villain, unlikely saviors, a secret destiny,
and the thrill of
young love, Russet and Gold is an enjoyable read.
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