Title: The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven
Author: Jennifer Ivy Walker
Genre: medieval romance/paranormal fantasy
Book Blurb:
In this dark fairy tale adaptation of a medieval French legend, Issylte must flee the wicked queen, finding shelter with a fairy witch who teaches her the verdant magic of the forest. Fate leads her to the otherworldly realm of the Lady of the Lake and the Elves of Avalon, where she must choose between her life as a healer or fight to save her ravaged kingdom.
Tristan of Lyonesse is a Knight of the Round Table who must overcome the horrors of his past and defend his king or lose everything. When he becomes a warrior of the Tribe of Dana, a gift of Druidic magic might hold the key he seeks.
Haunted and hunted. Entwined by fate. Can their passion and power prevail?
Excerpt:
Finally, on the fourth day, when the morning sun glistened in the sparkling waters of the fountain, Tristan’s eyelids fluttered. Issylte leaned over him, his brow cool now that the fever had broken. He opened the brilliant blue eyes that she had seen in the vision.
As she gazed into them, she felt the earth tilt, her heart racing, her bearings lost. In the depths of his eyes, she glimpsed a fountain in a forest. The turquoise waters of the ocean. An underground well encased by sacred stones. She, the forest fairy, was immersed in the blue waters of the warrior’s eyes, the waves emanating from him flowing through her, cleansing her. Beckoning her.
In Tristan’s eyes, Issylte glimpsed a black bird—a sea raven--soaring over an open sea, hovering now before her. A small dove fluttered in her breast, called forth from her soul. White wings extended from her arms as she took flight, rising into the azure sky alongside the black seabird-- -floating together through the diaphanous clouds scattered over the turquoise ocean.
In the breadth of a second, Issylte felt herself bound to this warrior, the Blue Knight of Cornwall, as if fate had indeed brought them together. Through the windows of his eyes, she peered into his soul, her own blending with his, as if they were the forest and the ocean, encircled now within the three layers of protective stones, the holy trinity of sacred elements of the Goddess.
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The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven is the Gold Medal Winner from Readers’ Favorite 2023 International Book Awards for Mythology. It’s a fated mates, paranormal fantasy adaptation of the medieval legend of Tristan et Yseult, interwoven with Arthurian myth, Avalon, Vikings, Druids, forest fairies, and dark magic!
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Author Biography:
Jennifer Ivy Walker is a former high school teacher and professor of French at a state college in Florida. She writes paranormal fantasy, medieval romance, Viking historical romance, myth retellings, and historical fiction, inspired by her travels to France and her MA in French literature.
Her novels have won numerous awards, including the Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal 2023 in Mythology for her debut novel, The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven, the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers’ Choice Award 2023 in the Historical Fantasy/Myth genre for The Lady of the Mirrored Lake, Best Book of the Year 2023 Medieval Romance from NN Light's Book Heaven, and the American Fiction Awards Best Historical Romance Winner 2024 for Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle.
She also designs Renaissance Denim Couture, creates bohemian jewelry, and walks miles along the secluded beach where she lives with her family and golden retriever, Ziggy.
Social Media Links:
Website: https://jenniferivywalker.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bohemienneivy