Just signed my contract yesterday with Resplendence for the sequel to The Centurion & The Queen - THE BRETON & THE GENERAL will be released with Resplendence later this year...watch for details...Here's the blurb:THE BRETON and THE GENERAL
By Minnette Meador
(Sequel to The Centurion & The Queen)
The Boudicca revolt has been squelched, the tribes of the Iceni and the Trinovantes exterminated by the Roman Governor of Britannia, Suetonius. He has sworn his revenge on the remaining tribes for the Celtic insolence.
Marius and Delia are now King and Queen of a broken Celtic tribe. Using his twenty-five years as a Roman Centurion, Marius has to use all his skill and cunning to help his hunted people as they flee before General Suetonius' sword. Reluctantly donning the mask of the liberatio mysticus, the “phantom” that hides the scattered tribes, the couple recruits Marius' ex-Roman century and what few Celtic warriors that remain to face the deadly Roman machine. They struggle to keep their people together and the rest of a nation from fading into history.
Marius and Delia are threatened by secret plots, jealousy, and a new enemy that hammers a wedge between them, which even an unborn child may not be able to dislodge when Marius falls under the charms of Delia's sworn enemy. Sacrifices will have to be made to save their people, to keep the nation together, to survive the Roman rage. In the end, it may be more than their love or their lives they lose.
Congratulations! Nice cover. I've always been a big fan of the Roman army. How long are your books? My first (unpublished) novel was 125,000, my second was 87,000, and my third is shaping up to be 90,000. Do you stick to generally the same length or are you all over the place like me. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a great cover. It sounds like a fantastic story as well. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys...C&Q is about 61,000, B&G will be around 75,000, I think, when I get done. Starsight I was a whopping 150,000 and Starsight II (2nd in the series) is around 145,000...Don't target much for word counts, although my editors usually like me to cut stuff out...happens every time ~sigh~ Even though these are historical romances, I made sure I had lots of male beta readers and they all loved it...lots of adventure, sword fights, much of it is from the hero's POV...horses, soldiers...sex... everything any man or woman could ask for ~LOL~
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