TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE
Blurb for Time Enough to Love
When Lady Alyse de
Courcy is betrothed to Sir Geoffrey Longford, she has no choice but to make the
best of a bad bargain. The hulking knight is far from her ideal man, and
although he does possess some wit and charm, he is no match for the sinfully
sensual man she secretly admires, Thomas, Earl of Braeton, her betrothed’s best
friend.
From the first,
Sir Geoffrey finds himself smitten by Lady Alyse, and, despite her infatuation
with his friend, vows to win her love. When Geoffrey puts his mind to wooing Alyse,
he is delighted to find her succumbing to his seduction. But when cruel circumstances separate them,
Geoffrey must watch helplessly as Thomas steps in to protect Alyse—and falls in
love with her himself.
As the three
courtiers accompany Princess Joanna to her wedding in Spain, they run headlong
into the Black Plague. With her world plunged into chaos, Alyse struggles with
her feelings for both the men she loves. But which love will survive?
TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE EXCERPT 1
“Lady Alyse de Courcy!” King Edward
called out again, bringing Alyse’s head up like a startled deer. “Present
yourself before the court.”
Alyse shot off her seat. Oh, Lord!
She had kept King Edward waiting.
“I beg pardon, sire.” She hurried
from behind the table, too aware of all the eyes now on her. As she moved to
stand before the king, the low drone of many voices rose around the room.
“Impudent girl.”
“I’d not want to be in her place.”
“Do you think the king will…”
Each snatch of conversation made
her heart beat faster.
What
will he do to me?
Her normal embarrassment at being
the center of attention tripled at the thought of this blatant lapse of
protocol. She stopped several feet from the dais and the room hushed as though
everyone held their breath.
“What do you require of me, Majesty?”
Her mouth so dry she could taste sand, Alyse fought to speak in a normal tone.
With a sigh of relief, she dropped into a deep curtsy, hiding her face in the
folds of her skirt. If only she could remain bowed thus before His Majesty for
the remainder of the evening.
King Edward laughed. “Obedience,
Lady Alyse, as I require of all my subjects. As your father requires of his
daughter.”
Her heart thumped wildly in her
breast. That could mean but one thing.
“Rise, my lady.”
She did so on unsteady feet. “I am
ready, as always, Your Majesty, to obey my father as I would you.”
Holy
Mary, let it be Lord Braeton.
King Edward lifted an eyebrow
toward Alyse. “A very pretty answer, my lady. And are you ready to accept your
father’s decree for your betrothal? His messenger has today reached me with the
contract, as I am to stand in his stead in this matter.”
Alyse took a deep breath and hoped
her voice did not tremble. “Yea, Majesty, I will obey my father.”
King Edward nodded and leaned over
to whisper something to Queen Phillipa, who sat beside him, heavy with their
twelfth child.
Mere seconds before she learned her
fate. She could scarce affect an indifferent pose before the court when inside
every inch of her quivered with anticipation of the name. His name, pray God, on the king’s lips.
Thomas.
In her mind, she heard the word.
The king straightened, glanced at her
then at the man by her side.
“What say you then, Sir Geoffrey?
Does the lady not speak fair? I vow she will make you a proper wife and a
dutiful one as well.”
Alyse turned, until that moment
unaware that Geoffrey Longford stood beside her. Chills coursed down her body
as the king’s words echoed in her mind. The sensation of falling backward
assailed her, as though she rushed away from the tall man at her side even as
his figure loomed larger and larger in her sight.
Not
Lord Braeton.
Her numbed brain repeated the
phrase, trying to comprehend that instead he
would be her husband. Geoffrey Longford.
God
have mercy on me, for by the look of him, this man will not.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Jenna Jaxon is a multi-published author of historical and
contemporary romance. She has been
reading and writing historical romance since she was a teenager. A romantic herself, she has always loved a
dark side to the genre, a twist, suspense, a surprise. She tries to incorporate all of these
elements into her own stories. She lives in Virginia with her family and a
small menagerie of pets. When not
reading or writing, she indulges her passion for the theatre, working with
local theatres as a director. She often
feels she is directing her characters on their own private stage.
Jenna is a PAN member of Romance Writers of America as well as
President of Chesapeake Romance Writers, her local chapter of RWA.
She has equated her writing to an addiction to chocolate
because once she starts she just can’t stop.
Find Jenna Jaxon online:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Jenna_Jaxon
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