The Deepening Night (The Kingdom of the East Angles Book 3) (26 page)

Nightfall
till Daybreak

(The
Kingdom of the East Angles, Book 2)

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BRITAIN
– 629 A.D.

Freya,
the headstrong daughter of a renowned healer, accompanies her mother to the
hall of the King of the East Angles. When the king learns the healer cannot
heal him without taking his leg, he flies into a rage, banishes Freya’s mother
and keeps her daughter as his slave.

Enslaved
by one king, and then by his successor, Freya fights to regain her freedom in a
world controlled by ruthless men. Resourceful and determined, she has just one
weakness: Aidan of Connacht, the king’s right-hand. Aidan, an incorrigible
flirt, has accompanied the new king to Britannia, in search of a new life.
However, he soon realizes his loyalty will cost him dearly.

In
the shadow of approaching war, Freya and Aidan gradually grow closer – but
neither can give in to their passion. Freya’s fate has now entangled with that
of her doomed king’s. Ultimately, she must decide just how much her freedom is
worth.

The
Breaking Dawn

(The
Kingdom of Mercia, Book 1)

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BRITAIN
– 641 A.D.

It
is late summer and Merwenna of Weyham impatiently awaits her betrothed: a young
warrior who marched to war, and never returned. She goes in search of him,
travelling to Tamworth – the seat of the Mercian King – only to discover the
bitter truth. He is dead.

In
Tamworth, Merwenna meets Welsh battle Lord, Prince Cynddylan, who led a host of
warriors to help Mercia fight Northumbria. From the moment Merwenna and
Cynddylan meet, their paths are entwined.

In
a journey from Tamworth, through the green heart of Mercia, and into the woods
and mountains of Wales, Merwenna struggles between grief for the man she has
lost, and her powerful attraction to this battle lord who appears to love only
power and glory.

Darkest
before Dawn

The
Kingdom of Mercia, Book 2

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BRITAIN
- 655 A.D.

Princess
Alchflaed of Northumbria is a spirited young woman who wishes to choose her own
path. Unfortunately, highborn women in Anglo-Saxon England have no say in their
choice of husband, and her father promises his daughter to the son of his
bitterest enemy.

This
attempt at 'peace weaving' is not what is seems. Alchflaed's father orders her
to murder her new husband. Charged with this treacherous task, she journeys
south to her new home in Mercia.

Maric
- a seasoned warrior with a dark past - leads her escort. Princess and warrior
find themselves strongly drawn to each other, but they must deny their
feelings. Both bound by loyalty, neither can choose their own fates.

Alchflaed's
father has given her a terrible choice: to earn her freedom, she must kill a
king.

Dawn of Wolves

The Kingdom of
Mercia, Book 3

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BRITAIN,
657 AD

Snow
is falling in the Kingdom of Kent when Ermenilda and Wulfhere meet for the
first time. She is a Kentish princess, determined to take the veil. He is an
exiled prince of Mercia, ruled by ambition.

To
win Ermenilda, Wulfhere promises her father he will take back the Mercian
throne. He will also renounce his pagan ways and convert to Christianity. When
the king agrees, Ermenilda is devastated.

Trapped
in a marriage she does not want, Ermenilda struggles between her unexpected
passion for her husband and hatred for his harsh, warmongering ways. Wulfhere,
initially secure in the knowledge that he has claimed the only woman he will ever
want, soon begins to realize that possessing a woman and owning her heart are
not the same thing.

About the Author

Love is at the core of all Jayne Castel's stories. She writes
historical romance set in 7th Century Anglo-Saxon England and contemporary
romance set in Italy.

Her inspirations for these genres come from her fascination
for British history, and her love of Italy, where she lived for a decade.

Two of her novels DARK UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT and NIGHTFALL
TILL DAYBREAK, reached the quarter finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel
Awards in 2013 and 2014. Her latest historical romance, DAWN OF WOLVES, is a
Kindle Scout winner and is in production to be published by Kindle Press.

Jayne lives in New Zealand's South Island, where works as a
freelance copywriter. When she’s not writing, she’s studying languages, or
dreaming about her next trip to Europe!

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