tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post4628457518905487709..comments2023-08-10T13:07:36.990-03:00Comments on Author Roast & Toast: Traci Hall treats us to a medieval gathering to celebrate'The Queen's Guard'Author Roast and Toasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168000760283530981noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-19155053922814046052013-05-04T19:26:31.366-03:002013-05-04T19:26:31.366-03:00Traci we love you!!!Traci we love you!!!Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-9001871751358341062013-05-04T19:15:51.839-03:002013-05-04T19:15:51.839-03:00Aw Traci, you say the sweetest things!
You'r ...Aw Traci, you say the sweetest things! <br />You'r a terrific guest of honour and we love having you and hearing more about your latest book.<br /><br />As for 2Knight, well for me it's a case of one knight at a time - as the old song said, well something like that, anyway.<br /><br />*Lyn goes off humming, 2knights, 2 knights, I seem to luv 2nights, and for me stars will stop where they arrrrrr.........Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-7370196208593848032013-05-04T19:15:51.316-03:002013-05-04T19:15:51.316-03:00Aw Traci, you say the sweetest things!
You'r ...Aw Traci, you say the sweetest things! <br />You'r a terrific guest of honour and we love having you and hearing more about your latest book.<br /><br />As for 2Knight, well for me it's a case of one knight at a time - as the old song said, well something like that, anyway.<br /><br />*Lyn goes off humming, 2knights, 2 knights, I seem to luv 2nights, and for me stars will stop where they arrrrrr.........Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-3188171994354256872013-05-04T16:14:29.786-03:002013-05-04T16:14:29.786-03:00We're allowed more then one! Yippie!!
I'll...We're allowed more then one! Yippie!!<br />I'll take thee, then I can be picky!Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-60200571550471291462013-05-04T14:28:24.002-03:002013-05-04T14:28:24.002-03:00Love you, Mary!! There always toKnight, lolol - or...Love you, Mary!! There always toKnight, lolol - or better yet - 2knight?Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-4518024167907522702013-05-04T14:10:00.654-03:002013-05-04T14:10:00.654-03:00I figure my assets at least draw the knights atten...I figure my assets at least draw the knights attention. Traci, you are so special and anybody who knows you feels the same! You rock!<br />Plus I picked up a knight last night, but now I can't find him. One little feortin and poof he left! LOL <br />Love the excerpt and the story!!!<br />I've read all of Traci's books and she is terrific!Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-23319080878127760112013-05-04T13:32:56.077-03:002013-05-04T13:32:56.077-03:00Mary's assets? That's how we are referring...Mary's assets? That's how we are referring to the most sought after bountiful bosom in history? Huge feet, muscled arms, absent minded...no, you guys just happen to be terrific hostesses willing to entertain the masses!<br />Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-47149507120118137622013-05-04T13:29:44.152-03:002013-05-04T13:29:44.152-03:00Hi Deb! Stay awhile...enjoy the view, lol. Handsom...Hi Deb! Stay awhile...enjoy the view, lol. Handsome muscled men...hysterical, busty wenches...love it!Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-56760050693352194142013-05-04T13:13:21.958-03:002013-05-04T13:13:21.958-03:00Hwyela - thank you for your support - I hope you l...Hwyela - thank you for your support - I hope you like it!Morning mead...leftover meat, anyone?Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-43150369323348561352013-05-04T10:08:48.583-03:002013-05-04T10:08:48.583-03:00It's OK Debra, I'm not really sleeping, ju...It's OK Debra, I'm not really sleeping, just thinking what a good knight that was - I mean night!<br /><br />I'm sure there's still plenty of food and wine left, although I'm not sure if the mead held out.<br /><br />Yes, our Mary is very proud of her biggest assests (although in real life she isn't really top heavy, and Patsy doesn't have muscly arms, Mac isn't absent minded, and my feet aren't really huge - but somehow something happens to us when we get on the Roast! :)<br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping by, glad you enjoyed the book - did you know it's on special offer this weekend?Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-72010418128631810632013-05-04T07:48:59.268-03:002013-05-04T07:48:59.268-03:00ah hmmm, it's the morn and I'm wondering i...ah hmmm, it's the morn and I'm wondering if there is any food and wine left over. Oh, I see everyone is asleep, so I'll just tiptoe out. Very hilarious the first part. (BTW, Mary what big knockers you have.) The excerpt to the book sounds intriguing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113379840048833347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-20430599325977319162013-05-04T05:15:27.087-03:002013-05-04T05:15:27.087-03:00Oh hi Mona -
Sorry, didn't see you there ifor ...Oh hi Mona -<br />Sorry, didn't see you there ifor a moment - I agree about the pig head, but there's plenty of fruit and fowl if you're hungry - have you had mead or wine?<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed the excerpts, Traci's books sound wonderful, can't wait to read them!Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-55024281601401188212013-05-04T05:12:10.072-03:002013-05-04T05:12:10.072-03:00Oh great excerpts Traci - I thoughtI was right the...Oh great excerpts Traci - I thoughtI was right there with them!<br /><br />Perhaps I was - I think I dozed off here without saying goodnight, sorry, must be the mead!<br /><br />I've just bought this, couldn't resist! I'm sure I'm in for a great read!Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-24767778980530243392013-05-03T22:42:48.031-03:002013-05-03T22:42:48.031-03:00Payen walked around the campsite, keeping the quee...Payen walked around the campsite, keeping the queen’s tent in view at all times. If he had a glimpse of Catherine, he could tell her his changed fortune. With his oath completed, he could do what he pleased when it came to a wife. If he wanted a passionate woman who happened to be more beautiful than any goddess, he could have her. If the lady said yes.<br />At last, Catherine left the crimson and white tent. He breathed a sigh of relief. She stepped, alone, toward the tables where giant pots of stew waited for the hungry.<br />He didn’t want to startle her, but he didn’t want her to bolt, either. Payen crept quietly behind her. “Catherine?”<br />She did not turn. “I heard you coming, de Montfer, from a hundred paces back. If you are trying to catch someone unaware, you shouldn’t break every twig in your path.”<br />Dumfounded, he said nothing as she ladled thick bits of meat with savory brown gravy into a bowl. His own stomach growled at the rich scent of beef, and she passed the bowl back to him, getting another one for herself. All without looking at him.<br />“I thought I was being quiet,” he said, cupping the hot bowl in one hand, his mouth watering in anticipation of the unexpected meal.<br />“What do you want? I am ready to argue with you.” She glanced at him. “The good thing about being this tired is that for once, I can look at you and my toes don’t curl with longing.”<br />Since he was afflicted by the same desire, he understood what she said, but he didn’t like it. Brushing past him, she took a seat on a fallen log. Night descended hours ago, but the moon and stars, with the occasional soldier’s torch, gave ample light. Knights sat around a low burning fire, drinking ale. The noblewomen were already in bed.<br />Taking her dagger from the small sheath at her waist, Catherine stabbed a piece meat, put it in her mouth, and started chewing, her tongue flicking out to catch a drop of gravy.<br />His toes curled with no problem. “I wanted to let you know that I have been formally released from my oath to my family. The king has pronounced it finished, completed. I might get a rise in rank.” And I love you...<br />She finished chewing, licking gravy from the sharp blade. “Hmm.” She speared another piece. He grabbed her wrist before she popped it between her pink lips.<br />“Did you hear me?”<br />“Do you want me to break your arm?” Her dark brows arched and her eyes dared him.<br />Payen released her wrist. “I like you better when you are moaning beneath me.” He’d never thought to speak to a woman this way, but Catherine, strong and capable Catherine, could stand the truth.<br />She spit out a piece of gristle. “Just because you are free from your oath, does not mean that I am. I,” she lowered her voice, “am a killer. And if you want to live to see tomorrow, I suggest you shut up and eat your stew.”<br />“I like you this way too,” Payen decided, taking his spoon from his pouch. “You are fierce when you are hungry.”<br />Catherine’s eyes narrowed as she held her knife to the bowl of meat.<br />He let her eat.<br />Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-1419020147941087802013-05-03T22:35:29.368-03:002013-05-03T22:35:29.368-03:00Okay, not spicy, but shows the women together...I ...Okay, not spicy, but shows the women together...I will do a spicy one next!<br /><br />Mamie and Catherine rode toward the pacing queen, her crimson velvet cloak with white fur trim whipping behind her at each turn. She held her sword at her side, the white and crimson leather helmet on her head, long auburn braids falling to her waist.<br />“You look like an Amazon,” Catherine declared, not thinking over much about the man she’d killed to save Payen’s life. Perhaps it was her destiny to have blood stain her hands.<br />“I could conquer an army!” Eleanor lifted her sword and stabbed an imaginary enemy then slid it back in the sheath. “Yet, here I am. Alone.”<br />Fay snickered. “We have heard this now, far more times than we should have to listen to. Can I go witness the battle at the rear?”<br />“Non, impertinent one, you can hold my helmet," the queen said. "It is too hot to wear.” Fay accepted the helmet with a grimace.<br />“I wish you would keep it on,” Sarah said.<br />“I agree.” Catherine dismounted. “Mamie and I watched one of the Turks running across the top of the wagons, his curved sword out -” <br />“- ready to cut de Montfer down,” Mamie interupted.<br />Gaston gasped from his seat on a trunk.<br />“Until,” Mamie quickly finished, “Catherine shot an arrow farther than I’ve ever seen an arrow go and it landed true, between the heathen’s eyes.” <br />She smacked her forehead, and Gaston giggled before looking to Catherine to see if this was true, fear shadowing his brown eyes.<br />“Oui.” Catherine’s belly lurched. “It is true.” She remembered the fear that Payen would be cleaved in two and way the arrow thunked above the Turk's eyes. Blood. Death. Then she ran for the opposite side of the caravan, her stomach heaving.<br /><br /><br />Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-11665454533624506192013-05-03T22:31:20.915-03:002013-05-03T22:31:20.915-03:00P.L Parker - you have the tongue of a poet :)
Nig...P.L Parker - you have the tongue of a poet :)<br />Night!! Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-91111322296393154462013-05-03T22:03:19.124-03:002013-05-03T22:03:19.124-03:00Good knight! He was a very good knight! Parting w...Good knight! He was a very good knight! Parting was such sweet sorrow, he said good knight until the morrow!P.L. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266607796347848772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-41618099149491278872013-05-03T22:01:50.674-03:002013-05-03T22:01:50.674-03:00So I go out for a little while and look at all of ...So I go out for a little while and look at all of the mayhem going on - I will dig up another excerpt, a spicy scene to wake up the drunkards around the fire!! lol, methinks thiis is one heck of a shindig :)Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073746257400544104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-46306720895904914412013-05-03T21:26:24.883-03:002013-05-03T21:26:24.883-03:00Well time to say good knight, I mean, I hope so an...Well time to say good knight, I mean, I hope so anyhow!!!See you in the morning.Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-2149308839022746932013-05-03T20:43:22.932-03:002013-05-03T20:43:22.932-03:00Hiya Alison, Sam and Mona. *finger waves while sni...Hiya Alison, Sam and Mona. *finger waves while snickering at Patsy* <br /><br />Mackenzie Crownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495228596521457813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-2345658500446338902013-05-03T20:16:14.783-03:002013-05-03T20:16:14.783-03:00Mead works miracles! Have another Patsy. All the k...Mead works miracles! Have another Patsy. All the knights are lookin pretty good, albeit there are some with double heads.Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-59513920327697863422013-05-03T19:50:51.679-03:002013-05-03T19:50:51.679-03:00Fantastic picture. You, ladies, are a riot. The fo...Fantastic picture. You, ladies, are a riot. The food is delicious, but you can keep the pighead--yukes.<br /><br />Traci, Great excerpt. I really enjoyed it.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-16186918774310229762013-05-03T19:44:47.200-03:002013-05-03T19:44:47.200-03:00LOlL Patsy and Mary - this mead is powerful is ...LOlL Patsy and Mary - this mead is powerful is 't it!Hywela Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789711554354184386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-1405450850035095602013-05-03T19:42:15.286-03:002013-05-03T19:42:15.286-03:00Shumbody shay shomething about mo' mead *burp*...Shumbody shay shomething about mo' mead *burp* And knights in tights! YAAAAYYYYP.L. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266607796347848772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418615068820902521.post-13410025652640940552013-05-03T19:35:59.788-03:002013-05-03T19:35:59.788-03:00A knight for tonight and more mead, sounds good to...A knight for tonight and more mead, sounds good to me!!Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.com