Welcome to Medieval Mondays 2019. I hope all of your holidays have been happy an joyous. And for those of you in the frozen north, I’m sending warm thoughts. Let’s hope these first encounters will help to provide some much needed heat. (If you’re living warm–like I am–turn on the fan.

Our Mistress of Ceremonies, Ashley York, has a great line up of medieval romance authors. Everyone is starting on their own blogs this time so I’ve included links to the other blogs at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!

Near Hawksedge Keep, Northumbrian coast on the Scottish border, 1295

Sir Talon Quereste refused to allow a little thing like being lost in a fog prevent him from completing his task as a royal herald. After getting garbled directions from an anchoress who screeched at the sight of him, swore evil lived at Hawksedge Keep, and then warned him that no good would come of traveling there, he finally located the town of Hawking Sedge. With the mist thickening, he stopped at the alehouse and asked for better directions or a guide. The alewife refused to give more information than “follow the road.” The patrons of the house, when questioned, refused to a man to guide Talon.

Want to read more? Follow the story next Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 at Ashley York’s blog,

The Herald’s Heart blurb:

Royal herald, Sir Talon Quereste could never love an overly adventurous, impulsive, argumentative woman of dubious background who threatens everything he values. Lady Larkin Roshan can only despise a man who would deny her identity and steal her heritage. So why has fate thrown them together to solve the mysteries of the heart?

 In no particular order, Medieval Mondays’ participating authors are:

Ruth A. Casie  https://ruthacasie.blogspot.com/

Cathy MacRae  https://www.cathymacraeauthor.com/bits-n-bobs-author-blog

Bambi Lynn  https://bambilynnblog.wordpress.com

Sherry Ewing  https://sherryewing.com/blog/

Elisabeth Hobbes  https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk

Jenna Jaxon  https://jennajaxon.wordpress.com

Lane McFarland  https://lanemcfarland.com/blog/

Judith Marshall  https://judithmarshallauthor.com/blog/

Barbara Bettis  https://barbarabettis.blogspot.co.uk

Ashley York  https://www.ashleyyorkauthor.com

Mary Morgan  https://www.marymorganauthor.com/blog

Rue Allyn   https://RueAllyn.com/blog