The Coffee Pot Blog Tours presents: Waking Up Lost – A Mystical Fantasy Adventure (The Adirondack Spirit Series) by David Fitz-Gerald,

Book Title: Waking Up Lost – A Mystical Fantasy Adventure

Series: The Adirondack Spirit Series

Author: David Fitz-Gerald

Publication Date: December, 2021

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Page Length: 263 Pages

Genre: Historical Fantasy/Historical Fiction

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Waking Up Lost – A Mystical Fantasy Adventure

(The Adirondack Spirit Series)

By David Fitz-Gerald

Traveling without warning. Nights lost to supernatural journeys. Is one young man fat-ed to wander far from safety?

New York State, 1833. Noah Munch longs to fit in. Living with a mother who communes with ghosts and a brother with a knack for heroics, the seventeen-year-old wishes he were fearless enough to discover an extraordinary purpose of his own. But when he mysteriously awakens in the bedroom of the two beautiful daughters of the meanest man in town, he real-izes his odd sleepwalking ability could potentially be deadly.

Convinced that leaving civilization is the only way to keep himself and others safe, Noah pursues his dream of becoming a mountain man and slips away into the primeval woods. But after a strong summer storm devastates his camp, the troubled lad finds his mystical wanderings have only just begun.

Can Noah find his place before he’s destroyed by a ruthless world?

Waking Up Lost is the immersive fourth book in the Adirondack Spirit Series of historical fiction. If you like coming-of-age adventures, magical realism, and stories of life on the American frontier, then you’ll love David Fitz-Gerald’s compelling chronicle.

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Trigger Warnings: Rape, torture, cruelty to animals, sex, violence.

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David Fitz-Gerald writes fiction that is grounded in history and soars with the spirits. Dave enjoys getting lost in the settings he imagines and spending time with the characters he cre-ates. Writing historical fiction is like making paintings of the past. He loves to weave fact and fiction together, stirring in action, adventure, romance, and a heavy dose of the super-natural with the hope of transporting the reader to another time and place. He is an Adiron-dack 46-er, which means he has hiked all of the highest peaks in New York State, so it should not be surprising when Dave attempts to glorify hikers as swashbuckling superheroes in his writing.

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Tudor Dance by Carol McGrath

 As part of the blog tour for her forthcoming book Sex and Sexuality in Tudor England, Carol McGrath has joined us today talk about Tudor dancing which had a significant role in courtship.

Kathryn Howard, King Henry VIII’s fifth queen, loved to dance and was so adept that Anne of Cleves asked her for dance lessons during the short period when Kathryn was a maid of honour at Anne’s court. Henry VIII, when he was younger, was also a lover of music and dance, a desirable skill at court. Kathryn Howard first caught his eye, it is said, while dancing for him, an occasion set up by her Uncle Thomas, the Earl of Norfolk. She had, as was revealed later, permitted her dancing master privileges with her person when she was barely into her teens and living with her grandmother, the earl’s mother.

Dancing was one way for the sexes to meet each other; not surprising then that it has always been so popular throughout history. Young men wishing to socialise with prospective wives could easily do so through dancing. It allowed them to show off their grace and good health and to get physically close to someone of the opposite sex in a way unpermitted otherwise.

Whether poor or wealthy, most people enjoyed music and dance. Dancing steps varied between upper and lower classes. Tudor court dances were complicated and stately. They possessed intricate steps favoured by the nobility and wealthy whereas in towns and villages medieval English country dances were simpler and great traditional favourites, similar to country dances today.

Court dances were performed as couples. The dance named the Volt was the most suggestive of courtly dances and allowed couples to closely embrace. Other popular dances with the wealthy were the Pavan, Gilliard, the Gavotte, and the Almain, or variations of these. Tudor courtiers travelled abroad and returned with new dances from Spain, Italy and France, and since such dances all had to be learned, dancing masters were popular and easily gained employment. There’s a rather amusing and delightful YouTube video with Danny Dyer showing this (and, as an aside, selecting his codpiece for his venture into the ways of the Tudor Court). Dance manuals emphasised the social role of dance. One contemporary dance master wrote that dancing was practised to reveal whether lovers were in good health and limb, after which they were permitted to kiss their mistresses in order that they may touch one another to ascertain ‘if they are shapely or omit an unpleasant ordour of bad meat.’

Dancing was condemned in certain circles as encouraging immorality because of the link between dance and love. Most courtiers could point to how the Bible approved dancing (King David danced before the Ark). Others said it upheld the intellectual humanist theory that the harmonious movements of dance echoed the movements of the stars. Men and women dancing together represented perfect harmony since men’s fiercer natures were tempered and balanced by a woman’s gentler virtues.  Arbeau, the above dance master, claimed women were not permitted the same freedom as men and therefore their opportunities for exercise were limited. It was acceptable for women to partner another woman. Anne of Cleves, for instance, danced with Queen Kathryn Howard at the Christmas festivities of 1540 when King Henry retired early. Dancing was connected to courtship and good dancing illuminated good breeding, so dancing masters taught deportment and etiquette as well as the moves to the dances listed below.

The Pavane was a stately processional dance. Tudor couples paraded around the hall lightly touching fingers. Pavane means ‘peacock’ so the dance title derives from the sight of women’s gowns trailing over the floor like a peacock’s tail. The aim of the Pavane was to demonstrate dancing skills, but in addition to show off fine clothes to the best advantage. The dance was made up of a pattern of five steps. Another name used for the Pavane was Cinque Pas. It was popular for court masques.

The Galliard was a lively dance that originated in the fifteenth century. It followed and complimented The Pavane. A similar dance that originated in France was the Satarella.

The Volt was another suggestive dance when women were lifted high by a male partner.

The Gavotte was basically an amusing kissing game associated with love. It originated as a French folk dance from the south east. The kissing was later replaced by the presentation of flowers. The Gavotte was stately with a lifting step. It was danced in a line or circle to music in double time with little springs and steps borrowed from the Galliard. 

Love was a theme that permeated Tudor dance. Many court dances mixed a variety of steps based on the theme of love. The ups and downs of a courtly love affair were represented by movements with complicated floor patterns that were committed to memory. A good performance meant an impressive courtier. A poor performance suggested just the opposite.

In order to ask a lady to dance a man was expected to remove his hat with his left hand and offer his right hand to lead her out to dance. The right side during the sixteenth century was the side of honour. It was also bad manners to wear gloves while dancing. Ladies were allowed to ask men to dance in a quiet manner and to make it apparent whom they were asking. Moreover it was bad manners for a man to decline an invitation.

Dancing was something everyone could enjoy no matter their social status. Different dances were accompanied by appropriate forms of music. New musical instruments were invented during the sixteenth century. This opened up new sounds and in turn dance adaptations or new dances to go with the music. Upper-class dancers might dance to the lute, the guitar or the sound of louder instruments like shawns and sackbuts, which were hired to play at weddings. The poor, on the other hand, favoured less expensive, much-loved traditional instruments such as bagpipes and hurdy gurdies, along with pipes and tabours. 

The Tudor age positively echoed with beautifully romantic music, ballads, song and dance.

Sex and Sexuality in the Tudor Era

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword History (28 Feb. 2022)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1526769182

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526769183

The Tudor period has long gripped our imaginations. Because we have consumed so many costume dramas on TV and film, read so many histories, factual or romanticised, we think we know how this society operated. We know they ‘did’ romance but how did they do sex? In this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality in Tudor times, author Carol McGrath peeks beneath the bedsheets of late fifteenth and early sixteenth-century England to offer a genuine understanding of the romantic and sexual habits of our Tudor ancestors. 

Find out the truth about ‘swiving’, ‘bawds’, ‘shaking the sheets’ and ‘the deed of darkness'. Discover the infamous indiscretions and scandals, feast day rituals, the Southwark Stews, and even city streets whose names indicated their use for sexual pleasure. Explore Tudor fashion: the codpiece, slashed hose and doublets, women’s layered dressing with partlets, overgowns and stomachers laced tightly in place. What was the Church view on morality, witchcraft and the female body? On which days could married couples indulge in sex and why? How were same sex relationships perceived? How common was adultery? How did they deal with contraception and how did Tudors attempt to cure venereal disease? And how did people bend and ignore all these rules?

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Carol McGrath is the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves Trilogy, which began with the hugely successful The Silken Rose and continues with the brand new The Damask Rose. Born in Northern Ireland, she fell in love with historical fiction at a young age, when exploring local castles, such as Carrickfergus, and nearby archeological digs- and discovering some ancient bones herself. While completing a degree in History, she became fascinated by the strong women who were silenced in record. Her first novel, The Handfasted Wife, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards, and Mistress Cromwell was widely praised as a timely feminist retelling of Tudor court life. Her novels are known for their intricacy, depth of research and powerful stories.

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The Coffee Pot Blog Tours present: Under the Emerald Sky (The Irish Fortune Series, Book 1) by Juliane Weber

Book Title: Under the Emerald Sky

Series: The Irish Fortune Series, Book 1

Author: Juliane Weber

Publication Date: 23rd October 2020

Publisher: Independently Published

Page Length: 468 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction/Historical Romance 

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Under the Emerald Sky

(The Irish Fortune Series, Book 1)

By Juliane Weber

He’s come to Ireland to escape his past. She’s trying to run from her future. 

It's 1843 and the English nobleman Quinton Williams has come to Ireland to oversee the running of his father’s ailing estate and escape his painful past. Here he meets the alluring Alannah O’Neill, whose Irish family is one of few to have retained ownership of their land, the rest having been supplanted by the English over the course of the country's bloody histo-ry. Finding herself drawn to the handsome Englishman, Alannah offers to help Quin com-municate with the estate’s Gaelic-speaking tenants, as much to assist him as to counter her own ennui. Aware of her controlling brother’s hostility towards the English, she keeps her growing relationship with Quin a secret – a secret that cannot, however, be kept for long from those who dream of ridding Ireland of her English oppressors.

Among the stark contrasts that separate the rich few from the plentiful poor, Under the Emerald Sky is a tale of love and betrayal in a land teetering on the brink of disaster - the Great Famine that would forever change the course of Ireland's history.

Trigger Warnings: Violence, sexual content. 

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“Good night, sir,” said the youth Quin had addressed as Mr O’Reilly, shooting me a quick glance while the others echoed the send-off. They turned away jovially, and we continued along the path back to the house.

“Oh,” Quin exclaimed suddenly and stopped, “I’ve forgotten my jacket.—Wait here while I fetch it quickly.” He gave my hand a brief squeeze and was off, loping towards the barn before I’d uttered a word. I laughed as I watched him go, coming to stand next to one of the torches at the edge of the path. The flame flickered in the breeze and I shivered. Outside the warmth of the barn the night was getting cold.

“Winter is on its way,” I murmured to myself, rubbing my upper arms briskly as the wind picked up. While I had been sweating with the exertion of dancing only a short time before, the thin fabric of my dress was doing little to keep out the growing chill now, long-sleeved though it was, and I was feeling the absence of my shawl, which I had left inside the house—not to mention the absence of Quin, who always seemed to be warm, no matter the weather.

I looked up at the sky, where a sheet of clouds was billowing, hiding the stars. It was a new moon, and the night was dark, the grounds lit only by the torches that had been placed at regular intervals around the estate. A good night for ghosts, I thought with a shudder, my mind flitting briefly to Martin Doyle. Despite what I had told Quin about the benevolent nature of the night’s visitors, there were also plenty of tales of evil spirits coming to Earth on the night of Samhain to exact their revenge, and fairies looking for offerings and sacrifices to appease them and ward off their wrath. A sudden gust of wind blasted into my face, snuffing out the torch that stood beside me. I hugged myself in the cold air. Looking at the tendril of smoke rising from the extinguished flame, an overwhelming feeling of premonition came over me, making my scalp prickle and a cold shiver run down my spine. I shook myself, trying to shrug off the sense of evil that had come over me so abruptly.

“On we go.”

I jumped at Quin’s voice. I hadn’t heard him come up behind me and turned towards him, holding a hand over my pounding heart.

“Are you alright?” he asked with a look of concern, reaching out to stroke my arm. Noticing me shivering, he placed the jacket he was carrying around my shoulders.

“Yes, of course,” I said with a slight nod. “You just startled me.” I gave him a small smile. “On we go,” I repeated his statement, making an effort to sound cheerful.

With Quin’s solid presence by my side, my unease soon abated. By the time we had reached the welcoming lights of the house I was once more thoroughly composed, laughing under my breath at my ridiculous fancies.

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Juliane is actually a scientist. She holds degrees in physiology and zoology, including a PhD in physiology. During her studies she realised, however, that her passion lay not in conducting scientific research herself, but in writing about it. Thus began her career as a medical writer, where she took on all manner of writing and editing tasks, in the process honing her writing skills, until she finally plucked up the courage to write her first historical novel, Under the Emerald Sky. The book is the first in The Irish Fortune Series, which is set in 19th century Ireland around the time of the Great Famine.

Juliane lives with her husband and two sons in Hamelin, Germany, the town made famous by the story of the Pied Piper.

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The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour presents: Heart of a Hussar (The Winged Warrior Series, Book 1) by Griffin Brady

Book Title: The Heart of a Hussar

Series: (The Winged Warrior Series, Book 1)

Author: Griffin Brady

Publication Date: 12th September 2020

Publisher: Trefoil Publishing

Page Length: 434 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

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The Heart of a Hussar 

(The Winged Warrior Series, Book 1)

By Griffin Brady

Poland is at war. He must choose between his lifelong ambition and his heart.

Exploiting Muscovy’s Time of Troubles, Poland has invaded the chaotic country. Twenty-two-year-old Jacek Dąbrowski is an honorable, ferocious warrior in a company of winged hussars—an unrivaled, lethal cavalry. When his lieutenant dies in battle, Jacek is promoted to replace him, against the wishes of his superior, Mateusz, who now has more reason to eliminate him. 

Jacek dedicates his life to gaining the king’s recognition and manor lands of his own. Con-sequently, he closely guards his heart, avoiding lasting romantic entanglements. Unscathed on the battlefield, undefeated in tournaments, and adored by women eager to share his bed, Jacek has never lost at anything he sets out to conquer. So when he charges toward his goals, he believes nothing stands in his way. 

Upon his return from battle, Jacek deviates from his ordinarily unemotional mindset and rescues enemy siblings, fifteen-year-old Oliwia and her younger brother, Filip, from their devastated Muscovite village. His act of mercy sets into motion unstoppable consequences that ripple through his well-ordered life for years to come—and causes him to irretrievably lose his heart. 

Oliwia has her own single-minded drive: to protect her young brother. Her determination and self-sacrifice lead her to adopt a new country, a new religion, and a new way of life. But it’s not the first time the resilient beauty has had to remake herself, for she is not what she appears to be.

 As Jacek battles the Muscovites and Tatars threatening Poland’s borders for months at a time, Oliwia is groomed for a purpose concealed from her. All the while, Mateusz’s treach-ery and a mysterious enemy looming on the horizon threaten to destroy everything Jacek holds dear.

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Griffin Brady is a historical fiction author with a keen interest in the Polish Winged Hussars of the 16th and 17th centuries. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. The Heart of a Hussar took third place in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ 2018 Colorado Gold Contest and was a finalist in the Northern Colorado Writers’ 2017 Top of the Mountain Award.

The proud mother three grown sons, she lives in Colorado with her husband. She is also an award-winning, Amazon bestselling romance author who writes under the pen name G.K. Brady.

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The Coffee Pot Blog Tours is pleased to host John Brown's Women: A Novel by Susan Higginbotham

Book Title: John Brown's Women: A Novel

Author: Susan Higginbotham

Publication Date: 7th December 2021

Publisher: Onslow Press

Page Length: 402 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

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John Brown's Women: A Novel 

By Susan Higginbotham

As the United States wrestles with its besetting sin—slavery—abolitionist John Brown is growing tired of talk. He takes actions that will propel the nation toward civil war and thrust three courageous women into history. 

Wealthy Brown, married to John Brown's oldest son, eagerly falls in with her husband's plan to settle in Kansas. Amid clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers, Wealthy's adventure turns into madness, mayhem, and murder.

Fifteen-year-old Annie Brown is thrilled when her father summons her to the farm he has rented in preparation for his raid. There, she guards her father's secrets while risking her heart. 

Mary Brown never expected to be the wife of John Brown, much less the wife of a martyr. When her husband's daring plan fails, Mary must travel into hostile territory, where she finds the eyes of the nation riveted upon John—and upon her.

Spanning three decades, John Brown's Women is a tale of love and sacrifice, and of the ongoing struggle for America to achieve its promise of liberty and justice for all.

Trigger Warnings:

Deaths of young children through illness or accidents (not graphically described); implied heavy petting involving a willing minor.

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Introducing herself as Miss Gedney, a young black lady showed her in. Shortly after, a boy led in Dr. Ruggles, a handsome, though somewhat frail-looking man in his late thirties who wore the dark glasses of a blind person. He held out his hand, which Mary grasped. “Mrs. Brown, I understand?”

“Yes. I do hope you can do me some good. I realize I should have written ahead, but I felt that I could wait no longer.”

“Well, we have space for you, but I won’t accept you if I don’t feel I can do you any good. How is Mr. John Brown, Jr. doing?”

“He appeared quite well.”

“Good, good! Let us go into my office, and I will examine you. Miss Elizabeth Gedney will be present. Should you take the cure, she and her sister Sophia will be giving you your treatments.”

Mary nodded, remembering too late that Dr. Ruggles could not see her do so, and followed him and the boy into another room, which was fitted up with books. Miss Gedney stood there chatting with an older woman with a turban upon her head. “Ma’s here, Dr. Ruggles. Do you want her to leave?”

“She can stay if Mrs. Brown doesn’t mind.”

“I don’t mind,” Mary said. In truth, she was rather relieved to have the older woman present. She reminded her of the many midwives who had attended her over the years.

Miss Gedney waved her behind a screen, where Mary stripped to her shift. When she presented herself in front of Dr. Ruggles, he said, “I imagine you’ve read that I diagnose by touch. If the lungs, stomach, and wrist are in an electro-positive state, the water cure will benefit a person. If they are not, I can do nothing and will not waste your time or money by pretending otherwise.”

“I understand.”

Frowning in concentration, Dr. Ruggles conducted his examination. “I do believe we can help you, Mrs. Brown. You have neuralgia, it appears, and the cure is good for it.”

“So, I am in an—electro-positive state?”

“Indeed, you are. So, will you be staying? If you do, we can get your treatment started today, although some patients like to settle in a little.”

“Might as well get it started now,” said the older lady. She had a rich, deep voice as redolent as Dr. Ruggles’. “Faster you start, the faster you’ll be out of here. Dr. Ruggles gave me the cure too. I hated every moment of it, but it did me good.”

“My friend Mrs. Sojourner Truth speaks the truth,” Dr. Ruggles said. “The treatment, provided that you follow it rigorously, will progress to a crisis—”

“Oh, the crisis,” said Mrs. Truth—for what else could Mary call her? “You’ll want to be put out of your misery then.”

“Now, now,” Dr. Ruggles said. “Don’t scare Mrs. Brown away.”

“Scare? She don’t look like one who scares easily.”

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Susan Higginbotham is the author of a number of historical novels set in medieval and Tudor England and, more recently, nineteenth-century America, including The Traitor's Wife, The Stolen Crown, Hanging Mary, and The First Lady and the Rebel. She and her family, human and four-footed, live in Maryland, just a short drive from where John Brown made his last stand. When not writing or procrastinating, Susan enjoys traveling and collecting old photographs.

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The Coffee Pot Blog Tours present: Daughter of the King by Kerry Chaput

Book Title: Daughter of the King

Series Title: (Defying the Crown, Book 1)

Author: Kerry Chaput

Publication Date: 16th December 2021

Publisher: Black Rose Writing

Page Length: 248 Pages

Genre: Historical Women’s Fiction

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Daughter of the King

(Defying the Crown, Book 1)

By Kerry Chaput

La Rochelle France, 1661. Fierce Protestant Isabelle is desperate to escape persecution by the Catholic King. Isabelle is tortured and harassed, her people forced to convert to the religion that rules the land. She risks her life by helping her fellow Protestants, which is forbidden by the powers of France. She accepts her fate — until she meets a handsome Catholic soldier who makes her question everything.

She fights off an attack by a nobleman, and the only way to save herself is to flee to the colony of Canada as a Daughter of the King. She can have money, protection and a new life — if she adopts the religion she’s spent a lifetime fighting. She must leave her homeland and the promises of her past. In the wild land of Canada, Isabelle finds that her search for love and faith has just begun. 

Based on the incredible true story of the French orphans who settled Canada, Daughter of the King is a sweeping tale of one young woman’s fight for true freedom. Kerry Chaput brings the past to life, expertly weaving a gripping saga with vivid historical details. Jump back in time on a thrilling adventure with an unforgettable heroine.

Trigger Warnings: Violence, sexual assault

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Careful to avoid the soldiers wandering the streets, we move east. Through the crumbled areas of the old barricade, into the woods. The glow from the moon lights our way, reflecting off the trees in a silver glimmer. 

A few others move across the dirt, shrouded in black, to the clearing we know so well. This patch of earth is where Protestants secretly share life’s moments. Moments that are punishable by death. Marriages, prayer, and baptisms bring considerable risk, yet we carry on. 

Through the trees, quiet faces welcome us with a bow of their heads. Catholics spit the name Huguenot, to mean a banished people praying in shuttered homes. We have adopted it, unashamed of our secret prayers. A white mist hovers in the crisp autumn air. 

Henri nudges me. We smile at each other, surrounded by the only church we know. Our pastor steps to the middle. Unlike the Catholics, our leaders walk among us. 

As we settle into the silence, the late summer evening stillness pulls me into focus, my hands grow steadier with every breath of wet, cool air. The pastor speaks in a low calming voice. 

“Let our presence here remind us that God has chosen us. Do not allow the fear they drive into our hearts to remain for longer than it must. Our purpose is bigger than ourselves. It is to carry on our faith against all manner of intimidation. The true church is not in a hierarchy of corruption and excess. It is here, in the society of the faithful.” 

He gestures to the smiling parents, who presents their baby boy wrapped in velvet and white lace. Clémentine smiles, her eyes focused on the baby. 

“This child’s life of purity will allow restoration of the primitive innocence of Christianity. Our truest faith lies in patience and humility,” he says. 

We are born into this impossible life. Without agreement, without knowledge. We grow in a secret church reserved for the unwanted before we understand what it means. I pray life will be different for this little boy than it has been for me. 

The pastor raises a cup of water and dabs several drops on the baby’s forehead, concluding our forbidden ceremony amongst the foggy trees. The smiles of my fellow worshipers light the night sky in a rare moment of peace. We do not find faith in a church, but in the quiet of the trees and under the light of the stars. We begin to sing. 

The whisper of the Psalms of David fills the air, enveloping us in the warm familiarity of song in our native tongue. We worship in French. No Latin to be heard. The rolling French is close enough to reach and soft enough to pull me in. 

They call us heretics. Because God rules us. Not man, not kings. Because we don’t need priests or saints. Because we can read. Because we cannot be controlled. 

The voices drift off to silence as they hold hands in gratitude. I slip away to the edge of the clearing to take in the glow of night. The flickering fires light up our town of chaos. Henri steps next to me, and we peer through the hazy white cloud around us. My heart aches with the sharp realization that outside the forest’s protective arms lies an empire that wishes us dead.

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Born in California wine country, Kerry Chaput began writing shortly after earning her Doctorate degree. Her love of storytelling began with a food blog and developed over the years to writing historical fiction novels. Raised by a teacher of US history, she has always been fascinated by tales from our past and is forever intrigued by the untold stories of brave women. She lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon with her husband, two daughters, and two rescue pups. She can often be found on hiking trails or in coffee shops. 

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The Coffee Pot Book Club tour presents: Raid of the Wolves (Ormstunga Saga, Book 2) by Donovan Cook

Book Title: Raid of the Wolves

Series: (Ormstunga Saga, Book 2)

Author: Donovan Cook

Publication Date: 15th November 2021

Publisher: Independently Published

Page Length: 362 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

 

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Raid of the Wolves 

(Ormstunga Saga, Book 2)

By Donovan Cook

The only thing that kept him going were the voices of his ancestors, screaming for blood...

Ulf and his shield brothers are sent on a raid against an old enemy — Francia, a mighty kingdom to the south, now ravaged by civil war. During the perilous sea voyage, Ulf can only focus on one thing. He demands closure: to find the man who slaughtered his family — Griml. 

A hidden enemy stalks Ulf and his warriors through Francia, striking mercilessly when they least expect it. Soon the hunters become the hunted. The Norse warriors must make the ul-timate choice between defying the king or angering the gods. Both could end in fury.

But there is another threat lurking in the shadows. One that Ulf could never anticipate.

Ulf is not the only one who wants vengeance.

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Even as a young child, Donovan loved reading stories about Vikings and other medieval warriors fighting to defend their homeland or raiding in distant lands. He would often be found running around outside with nothing other than a wooden sword and his imagination. 

Now older, he spends his time writing about them. His novels come from his fascination with the Viking world and Norse Mythology and he hopes that you will enjoy exploring this world as much as he did writing about it.

Born in South Africa but raised in England, Donovan currently lives in Moscow, Russia with his wife and their French Bulldog, where he works as an English tutor. When he is not teaching or writing, he can be found reading, watching rugby, or working on DIY projects. Being born in South Africa, he is a massive Springboks fan and never misses a match.

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