Spring 2015 Scavenger Hunt: Stop #3 (Purple Team)

Welcome to the Spring 2015 Scavenger Hunt!

I'm doing something a little different on my blog today! I'm participating in a Fiction Scavenger Hunt! Please join in the fun!

You have arrived at Stop #3 in the hunt. I'm part of Team PURPLE

WHEN: The hunt begins 4/16 at noon, mountain time and ends at 4/19 at midnight, mountain time. 

WHERE: There are two loops—PURPLE and PINK. The purple loop begins at Lisa Bergren’s site and the pink loop begins at Robin Hatcher’s site for stop #1 for either stream.

HOW: Collect a clue and a favorite number (in RED) at each stop. Write them down as you go. At the final stop of the scavenger hunt, enter the clues into a Rafflecopter form.

WHAT: If you complete either the purple loop or pink loop, you can enter for a Kindle paperwhite and the 17 autographed books from that loop. If you complete both loops, you can enter for the Grand Prize of a Kindle Fire HDX and ALL 34 autographed books.

Make sure you check out the bottom of this post for the rest of the information you need for your clue and to continue to the next blog in the scavenger hunt!

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My Special Scavenger Hunt Guest: Melanie Dickerson

Today as part of the scavenger hunt, I'm hosting the fabulous Melanie Dickerson another one of the authors participating in all the fun! (You'll visit her blog on the next stop in the scavenger hunt!)

Melanie Dickerson is the author of sweet and romantic fairy tale retellings set in Medieval Europe, the time of knights and castles and damsels who sometimes find themselves in distress. She currently lives with her husband, two daughters, and two guinea pigs in north Alabama, but you can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and her Website/Blog.

Join me in welcoming Melanie today!

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An Excerpt From The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

Summary of the Book:  

The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest is set in 1363 Medieval Germany, a time of knights and noblemen, kings and peasants.

A beautiful maiden who poaches to feed the poor. A handsome forester on a mission to catch her. Danger and love are about to unite in Thornbeck Forest.

The margrave owns the finest hunting grounds for miles around—and Odette Menkels spends her nights poaching his deer to feed the hungry orphans of Thornbeck. By day, Odette is a simple maiden who teaches children to read, but by night this young beauty has become the secret lifeline to the poorest of the poor.

For Jorgen Hartman, the margrave’s forester, tracking down a poacher is a duty he is all too willing to perform. Jorgen inherited his post from the man who raised him . . . a man who was murdered at the hands of a poacher.

When Jorgen and Odette meet at the Midsummer festival and share a connection during a dance, neither has any idea that they are already adversaries.

The one man she wants is bound by duty to capture her; the one woman he loves is his cunning target . . . What becomes of a forester who protects a notorious poacher? What becomes of a poacher when she is finally discovered?

Thornbeck Forest

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it?! To whet your appetite even more, here's an excerpt from the book:

It was that silly superstition. Anna had insisted she place her flower circlet under her pillow, along with a bunch of calendula and St. John’s wort, so she would dream of her future husband. But the only man she had dreamed of was Jorgen Hartman, the forester, throwing her into the dungeon. And even though his blue-green eyes made her heart thump hard against her chest, the dream had helped confirm her realization that she could never marry him.

Then her mind roamed to more immediate recollections. How many children would go hungry today because Odette had not been able to go hunting the night before, when there were too many people roaming the forest celebrating Midsummer? She had slept but little, having awakened from her dream feeling cold, the pungent smell of calendula in her nostrils.

“Forgive me, Brother Philip, but I am too tired to study today.”

He frowned at her. “No doubt you engaged in too much frivolity last night.”

“If you are thinking I went to the town center and danced with men I had never met before, you would be correct.” Odette couldn’t resist saying things she knew would evoke a look of shock on the monk’s face.

His expression of horrified disappointment was a little more than she had been aiming for.

Melanie's book is available online at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Christianbook.com

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GET YOUR CLUE HERE: Before you move on to Stop #4, which is Melanie Dickerson's site, be sure to write down these clues:

Secret Word: WHAT
Secret Number: 17 (The age of the heroine in my book) 

BEFORE YOU GO: Please Enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win my latest release An Uncertain Choice.  USA Today says: "This YA novel is as lovely as a fairy tale, with just the right amount of surprises — revealed at just the right times — to keep you on your toes. With plenty of sigh-worthy moments, you’ll be quickly hooked into the story. "

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P.S. Every month I give away a new release here on my website. April's giveaway is a contemporary romance, Together With You by Victoria Bylin. Stop by my Events Page for a chance to enter!