Tag: gift
I mentioned last week that I’d be participating in a Holiday Blog Hop. Come back on December 21 when I’ll have the link to all the fabulous authors and their stories.
Many thanks to Elizabeth Barone for organizing this and making the banner. Check out her website http://www.elizabethbarone.net
UPDATE
Here’s the link to the free stories. The authors who contributed are from a variety of genres including romance, science fiction and fantasy as well as my usual sexy lesbian fairy tales. My latest story about Rapunzel – one you’ve never seen before – is included.
http://maiettaink.com/holly-jolly-blog-hop-2016/
Two of the stories are listed here
and here
http://writeravamallory.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/the-holidays-are-quickly-approaching.html
Two of the authors listed on the main site were unable to submit their work due to illness.
Read and enjoy.
Update December 28
Just to let you know, I’m removing my story from here – just leaving the first few paragraphs – and linking to it on Instafreebie. It’s still free, but you have to provide an email so Instafreebie can send it to you.
Jacinta
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Princess Rapunzel hitched up her skirts and raced through the glade that led to the deserted tower. The blustery wind whistled through the pine trees while swirling snow fell beneath her feet and carpeted the path. Rapunzel’s freckled nose and auburn tresses were sprinkled with snowflakes by the time she reached the thicket that surrounded her hideaway.
Yuletide Eve was on the morrow, and this was the last opportunity for the princess to meet her lover, Gisela before the festivities. As wife to Prince Franz, heir to his father’s kingdom, Rapunzel could not be absent during the celebrations especially as the king was a widower, and she must undertake the duties of consort.
She crunched over the hardened ground and elbowed her way through the briars laden with powdery snow which blanketed her shawl and braided hair. As the princess scrambled up the circular stone staircase that led to the turret, her mind wandered to the previous evening when she had found a message Gisela left under her pillow.
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The princess had been sitting by the hearth in her bedchamber as she scrunched a piece of parchment between her fingers. Her forehead furrowed as she pondered the meaning of the words.
Not wishing her servants to find the secretive message, she shredded it and watched as each piece crinkled and burned in the fireplace. Once satisfied nothing remained of the letter, she paced the room wondering how to prepare for the rendezvous with her lover. Though she had destroyed the note, she knew the words from memory and repeated them as she twisted her fingers through her loose curls and puzzled over a suitable gift.
The scrawl on the parchment had said, ‘I am hoping the Yuletide gift you promised me is sweet and delicious, and that it will make my teeth ache and my flesh sizzle.’
Read the rest of Rapunzel Unadorned here
I’ll be joining seven other authors and participating in a blog hop based around ‘The Wrong Gift’ theme from Dec 21. My story is titled Rapunzel Unadorned and here is a teaser.
The scrawled message Princess Rapunzel holds contains secret information, but not about a possible invasion, or a conspiracy. Instead, it is regarding a Yuletide gift. The scribbled words read the present needs to be ‘sweet and delicious and make my teeth ache and my body sizzle’.
But Rapunzel is puzzled. What gift will fulfill the requirements and satisfy her lover, Gisela? The two lovers meet infrequently in the long-deserted tower, and this is their last rendezvous before Yuletide. The princess has little time to prepare, but with the help of her chambermaid, she stumbles upon the perfect solution. But a misunderstanding puts Rapunzel in a quandary. Will Gisela be captivated or bored by the gift? And will the princess be able to escape a very sticky situation?
Please come back on Dec 14 when I’ll have more information about the authors and links to their stories.
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