• Fantasy

    The Challenge a new #historical fantasy by @KimHeadlee #RLFblog

    This quick interview includes info about the author, and
    introduces the story.

    About the Author

    Kim Headlee lives on a farm in
    southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards,
    and assorted wildlife. People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the
    250-year-old house ruins—the latter having been occupied as recently as the
    mid-twentieth century—seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
    Kim is a Seattle native and a
    direct descendent of twentieth-century Russian nobility. Her grandmother was a
    childhood friend of the doomed Grand Duchess Anastasia, and the romantic yet
    tragic story of how Babushka escaped Communist Russia with the aid of her
    American husband will most certainly one day fuel one of Kim’s novels. Another
    novel in the queue will involve her husband’s ancestor, the seventh-century
    proto-Viking king of the Swedish colony in Russia.
    For the time being, however, Kim
    has plenty of work to do in creating her projected 8-book Arthurian series, The
    Dragon’s Dove Chronicles, and other novels clamoring for attention. She has
    been a published novelist since 1999, beginning with the original editions of
    Dawnflight (Sonnet Books, Simon and Schuster) and Liberty (writing as
    Kimberly Iverson, HQN Books, Harlequin).

    Interview with Kim Headlee

    Why did you write
    this book?
    I wrote The Challenge as a bridge between books in my series
    The Dragon’s Dove Chronicles, which is historical at its core with elements of
    action-adventure, military combat, political intrigue, fantasy, spirituality,
    and of course romance. I have always been fascinated with the concept of demon
    possession, and The Challenge is my experiment with this aspect of the fantasy
    genre.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    These days I’m gravitating toward Urban Fantasy with
    spiritual undertones, such as the Bobby Dollar series by Tad Williams.
    Who is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own)?
    Lessa from the Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, the first
    kick-butt heroine I ever came across (decades ago, now) who retained her
    femininity while being a strong, intelligent leader and warrior.
    What are you working
    on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    I am working on Book 3 of The Dragon’s Dove Chronicles,
    Raging Sea, and hope to have it available for sale by the end of the year.
    Please tell us about
    your latest book.
    The gauntlet is thrown. One must
    die. Refusal is not an option.
    Arthur the High King of Breatein
    has fallen captive of a longtime enemy, the Saxon warrior-princess Camilla, who
    lusts to avenge the death of her betrothed at Gyan’s hands and will stop at
    nothing, even the black arts, to achieve her goal. Because Gyan and Arthur have
    grown estranged, she fears that Arthur may side with Camilla and make her his
    new queen.
    To meet Camilla’s challenge, Gyan
    must face all her demons—public as well as private.

    About the Book

    Title The Challenge
    Genre Historical Fantasy
    Author Kim Iverson Headlee
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG for combat
    violence

    Buy This Book

    Amazon (Kindle worldwide link) http://getBook.at/The_Challenge_by_KIH_Kindle

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    Latest Video Interview https://youtu.be/UcjvCJ-TjN8
    Blog http://kimiversonheadlee.blogspot.com
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