The villagers wanted desperately to return to historicalland, but year after year, grim messengers returned with the same dire report. Homogeneity remained and the land was drying up without the villagers present. But most villagers refused to return even with promises that were sent that with their return, change may commence. Historicalland was dead and it was best, claimed the messengers, to turn away and seek out new homes.
But just when the last light of hope began to be snuffed out, a line rider came, sweeping from one group of villagers to another. No one villager had the same description of the rider but each heard the same message.
All was not lost.
Change had been occurring, but because the villagers had lost hope, the change was not noticed until it was almost too late. A murmur began and then swelled to a rumble until the former inhabitants of historicalland began, with one voice and one body, to turn back toward its once abandoned village.
They moved toward the glowing light and closer they came until they could make out the faint outline of a book cover.
The lush red cover swept a fever over the crowd, as one they moved closer until the words of the cover were made out and the gold lettering of the bearer of light was made clear:
And amongst the old, fresh new growth was beginning to spear the ground marking the rebirth of a beautiful, grand land. And the villagers sighed with joy and contentment as they realized that they could return to historicalland, the land of their youth, of their first loves…
and live there happily ever after.
4 people will be randomly picked from today’s comments to win an unsigned copy of The Leopard Prince. You are entered once for every comment on any post about or by Elizabeth Hoyt. One winner per household.
Good luck!
And thanks to Elizabeth for joining us today and to Grand Central Publishing for donating the books!
This book, The Raven Prince received my vote for best Historical Romance in 2006 on another web site.
I thought the book was so refreshing…a hero who is not good looking and a woman who went after what she wanted.
Plus I loved the Fairy Tale that was told in the beginning of every chapter.
I use to love historicals it was one of my favorite genres. But I have stopped reading them a while ago ( with the exception of some authors) because I found that they didn’t just interest me anymore, it just felt the same ole same ole. Although I keep hearing great things about these books so I am definitely interested in reading them now.
Well that’s no good, I already read it. Would you have sent the book to good old England, or do you discriminate against internationals, like a certain inspy writer we know? *g*
Sorry I forgot to add, I wouldn’t mind an arc of The Serpent Prince instead. *g*
I like this! Very creative! I think historicals still have a following among the faithful and a place in our hearts.
I’m so glad I finally got back into historicals after a too-long hiatus from them. I got into John Grisham and stuck with my four favorite authors for so long. And I missed out on so much! But I’m making up for it, discovering a lot of new authors like Elizabeth and rediscovering old favorites. And it’s been heaven – I’ve added so many authors to my favorites list. But hearing historicals are losing popularity is disheartening. I have faith, though! All of us who enjoy them so much won’t allow anything to happen so that we don’t see as many on the shelves out there, I just know it!