Welcome to Medieval Monday and week four of our ongoing theme of "Author's Choice." My guest this week is the lovely Laurel O'Donnell! She's sharing an excerpt from her book, A Knight with Grace, An Assassin Knights Novel.

Don't forget to check out my snippet on her blog here:

http://www.laurel-odonnell.com/blog.html and leave a comment for a chance to win a signed print copy of my book, A Highland Moon Enchantment.

Excerpt from A Knight with Grace:

The spell was broken and he pulled back quickly as if she had scalded his skin. He opened his mouth, but no words came out. He was mortified at what he had done. He had no right to touch her, no right to take such loveliness against himself, no right to stroke his cursed lips against innocent ones. Even as he thought the thought, his gaze settled on her lips and desire engulfed him. He shot to his feet and retreated to the tree behind him as if to distance himself from the temptation she offered. “Forgive me, m’lady,” he uttered, horrified at his audacity.

Please join me for the continuing excerpt next week at Barbara Bettis’s blog – http://barbarabettis.blogspot.com/

Blurb from A Knight with Grace:

Lady Grace Willoughby defies her father’s orders to marry Sir William de Tracy and escapes with a friend. She has no intention of wedding a cursed man, a man ostracized from the church, a man who would only doom any future children they might have to the fires of Hell. She prays for a knight to rescue her.

Excommunicated and outcast for a horrible crime in his past, Sir William de Tracy searches for forgiveness. Marriage has never crossed his mind until Lord Willoughby commissions him to retrieve his fleeing daughter and honor the dying wish of his father by marrying Grace.

But things are not as they seem. And when an assassin tries to kill Grace, William must choose between his soul and the woman he has come to love. Can William and Grace overcome their past and find the redemption and love both are so desperately seeking?

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