Today, Ashley York is interviewing her hero, Seumas, from The Bruised Thistle. A big welcome to both of you!
Ashley: Welcome, Seumas is it? You pronounce it with a “Sh” sound?
Seumas: Aye, that’s the way. Are you not from around here?
Ashley: Well, no, actually I’m from the United States.
Seumas: Ah, one of those. Weel, it’s a common enough name around these parts.
Ashley: Well, yes, ah, thank you. And you were in the Crusades?
Seumas: That’s not something I like to talk much about. It was a terrible place and the fighting didn’t stop for a month and they still won. It’s not a verra pleasant memory.
Ashley: I’m sorry. I can understand. You were hurt there?
Seumas: Aye. Not by the enemy mind you, but by one of me own. That was a devastating blow as well. Have you nothing else to ask me about?
Ashley: Yes, oh yes, I do. Iseabail? Can you tell me about her?
Seumas: Aye. I’m happy to speak of that lovely lady. Iseabail is like the brightest star in the darkest night sky. Irritating? Aye, she’s a bit head strong but beautiful. Wants me to teach her to use a dagger. Fair daft that is. I’ve no use for her but I’ll do what I can to help her and the lad, Calum.
Ashley: Yes, Calum. Is he a help to you?
Seumas: No! Neither one does me much good. They’re in need of my protection and I’d not deny them but I’ve a mind to go back to the coast, where my family comes from, not to be traipsing across the country with a beautiful woman and her little brother. She disturbs me something fierce.
Ashley: Ah, I see.
Seumas: What? What do you see?
Ashley: You’re drawn to her.
Seumas: I’m drawn to no woman, haven’t been for a verra long time.
Ashley: So when you get her help, that’ll be the end of it? You’ll just walk away and go about your life with no thoughts of her.
Seumas: Aye. That’s the way it will be. Dreams of what my life could have been come to me sometimes when I sleep but in my stronger moments, I can walk away and not look back at what I can never have.
Ashley: It was very nice to meet you Seumas. Good luck with helping Iseabail and Calum.
Seumas: Aye. Good day to you.
Thank you so much Ashley and Seamas. It’s been such a pleasure to have you here.
Enjoy An excerpt from The Saxon Bride
“Methinks your way is more than clear.”
“No,” John’s voice was quiet again. How could he convince her he was not like other men?
“You called out to me as sure as a Siren’s song.”
She shook her head, her lips in a tight smile. “So now you are a hero that legends are written of?”
Her lips parted with her quiet gasp, her silver eyes rounded with the longing he’d sensed in her response to him.
John stepped toward her and continued, “I was a drowning man and you were refreshing water.”
Rowena seemed to lean toward him as well.
A knock at the door startled him, breaking the spell.
“Who is it?” They responded at the same time.
After a long pause, a woman’s timid voice answered. “It is Joan.”
“Come in.” Rowena’s voice held a note of desperation.
“Go away.” John commanded.
At the sound of the retreating steps, a crest-fallen look swept across Rowena’s face. He had hurt her yet again. But she was not screaming at him or beating his chest. She glanced at the ground.
John fought the need to take her into his arms and finish what he’d started. His hands clenched at his sides to stop from reaching out to her.
Her eyes finally met his, the look of longing replaced by anger. “Why have you come back?”
“I have come to be your husband.”
Available from Amazon July 15.
A bit about Ashley
Always an avid romance reader herself, Ashley York decided to get her BS in History to learn what she’d only read about in these books and maybe become a teacher. When she got her MA in History, it was so she could realize her lifelong dream of becoming a romance novelist herself. She enjoys bringing history to life through vibrant and meaningful characters, writing historical romance novels full of passion and intrigue set in the 11th and 12th century British Isles. Her debut novel, The Bruised Thistle, is set in Scotland and is the first in The Order of the Scottish Thistle series. When she is not writing, talking about writing, or thinking about writing, Ashley relaxes with visits to the local pubs listening to live Celtic tunes, participating with guitar, voice, and whistle. In the words of one of her favorite songs, she enjoys “…singing songs to pass the night away…” She lives in southern New England with her husband, three children, and 3 very spoiled animals.
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