Once Upon a Time

And without further ado, my friend and fantastic writer, Karin Tabke!

Warning: Spew Alert!

In a land far far away, there was a noble Viking knight, Thorin Harraldsen, bastard son of King Harrald of Norway and a Byzantium gypsy princess. Thorin was one of eight fierce knights known far and wide as the Blood Swords. William, Duke of Normandy’s, elite guard, les morts.

Thorin stood head and shoulders above most men. His long, thick golden hair shrouded him like a cape, he was broad of chest and thick with muscle. In a Saracen prison when he saved a brother Blood Sword’s life he was rewarded with a scimitar to the face and lost his eye. He is ominous with his black leather eye-patch and sword emblazoned scar burned into his mighty chest. Despite his scars, he drew many a sigh from many a maid. Queens and princesses fainted in his presence so overcome with yarning were they. Aye, he was most handsome. He feared no man, no king, nor creature. Nothing on God’s green earth struck fear in his heart. Nothing…except--Lady Margaret of Tulsa.

For once she cast her eyes upon the noble warrior, his life became a living hell, for there was not a corner on earth he could hide, that she could not track him down and ravish him. Repeatedly. Aye, Lady Margaret had the nose of a she-wolf and the determination of a banshee. Not even Thorin’s brother Blood Swords could stave off the lustful lady.

And so, ‘tis this one infatuated maid who now holds Thorin captive as her sex-slave. Aye, the things she does to him, unimaginable to be sure. ‘Tis whispered she is insatiable. The Viking has not been seen since she snared him so many centuries ago. But ‘tis said, if ever you travel through the heartland of the Americas, and if you listen closely, you can hear Thorin’s cries for rescue and Lady Margaret’s sighs of satisfaction as she once again takes her captive Viking for another rollicking ride…

The End!

:-)

Margaret thank you for having me today! And thank you for taking care of Thorin all this time. But I have to tell you, you’re gonna have to let him go pretty soon. I’m working on his book, and he’ll need to be 100% available to MOI!

To celebrate the release of MASTER OF CRAVING, book three in the Blood Sword Legacy series, I’m giving away 8 Days of goodies for 8 Knights over at my place beginning today! Hop on over to www.karintabke.com/blog and check it out.

Plus, today I’ll be giving away a signed copy of MASTER OF SURRENDER, book one in the series to one lucky commenter here!

But, to win a copy you have to answer this question: have you ever stalked a fictional character? If you answer yes, we want deets!

Oh, and please, if you haven’t already, hop on over to http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download to download my FREE short story A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER, and of course to read more about MASTER OF CRAVING!

Ciao!

Karin*
http://www.karintabke.com/

PS if you’ve never stalked a character but have a question you’d like to ask me, shoot! I’m an open book! :-)

Cyber Writing Friends.

On Monday, my friend Karin Tabke promised to blog about her new release, Master of Craving, Book Three in the Blood Sword Legacy. If you love medieval knights like they've never been portrayed before, you need to check out Karin's historical backlist.

Master of Surrender

Master of Torment

And now, Master of Craving.

She writes about hot cops, too, but it's her hot knights that have my heart. Especially Thorin. *heart beats erratically* She promised me that book four will be his. I would love to have some of his Viking luv. Mmm-mmm.

I highly recommend starting with the first book and keep on reading. She takes the reader into a realistic world of the Crusades, and sweeps them away into a huge story filled with pain and love and especially a Happily Ever After. But if you you just aren't sure about Karin's stories, why don't you go here and you can read the freebie. Enjoy! I know I did.

I cyber met Karin when I joined my on line goals group GIAM in 2005. And met her in person in Atlanta at RWA's National Conference in 2006 (I think). I may have met her in Reno, but it's kinda hazy for me. She is as beautiful and gracious in person as she is online. Don't ever come whining to Karin. She'll pat you on the head and then you to get the F*CK back in the game. She drops F-bombs like no one else I know! . . . except maybe Jody. :-) And she has started giving a presentation titled, "It's Only Business", reminding us all that the bottom line will always be to make money for the publisher and don't take rejections personally.

Karin is an extremely supportive of the newbie writer as well as the vetern. Which earned her RWA's PRO Mentor of the Year in 2008. I wish I could have been there to cheer her on when she accepted it.

I hope you will enjoy Karin's blog on Monday. Please feel free to go out and buy her books. Jaded, one of her hot cop books, just won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choce for Best Erotic Suspense for 2008. I read it and it's great!

Write on!