Sneek Peak at Ashley J. Barnard's newest release- IN BYRON'S SHADOW ...*Giveaway*

At the age of twenty-one, Nicholas Price has the world at his feet. He has just graduated from Oxford, he is heir to his father's title and fortune, and he is about to meet Ada Byron, the daughter of his idol Lord Byron. His life falls apart, however, when an attempted elopement with Ada ends in disaster, resulting in his disinheritance. Destitute, he takes up residency in his mother's country estate, which is on the brink of ruin.

Ten years later, now a cynical misanthrope, Nicholas receives a visit from Catherine O'Reilly. Catherine once assisted Nicholas in obtaining access to Ada, and as she has also been cast out by her father, she has come to Nicholas for shelter. Catherine has been raped and is pregnant, but refuses to name her rapist. Nicholas agrees to take her on as a maid, but focuses all of his attention on winning Ada back. It is his eccentric brother James who can see through the submissive servant to the fiery, passionate woman within.

When more encounters with Ada end badly, it is Catherine who opens Nicholas's eyes to see how far he has taken his obsession with Byron. It is also she who helps him nurture his poetry, and to see the blessings around him in spite of his financial ruin. Soon Nicholas cannot resist falling into a love triangle involving Catherine and James, all of them unaware that the secret Catherine is harboring is about to shatter the fragile world Nicholas has managed to forge.

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Excerpt from SHADOW FOX ...*Giveaway*

  “Do you mind if we start over?”

“Not at all,” she said and took his hand.

“Hullo. I’m Jared.”

“Glad to meet you. I’m Tarika.”

They shook hands, laughing, and she caught sight of the inside of his wrist. The remnant of his self-inflicted wound, though over a year old, still bore a raw and purplish countenance around the raised and striking white line of the scar, and there was absolutely no doubt as to the nature of it. His breath catching in his throat, he tried to pull his hand out of her grasp but her fingers tightened around his and refused to let go. With the fingers of her free hand, she lightly traced the scar all the way up his forearm. The touch was so incredibly intimate Jared felt as though she had undressed him.

“Why did you do this?” she said, her eyes riveted to the scar.

“I . . .”

She looked up and met his gaze, and he saw that her eyes were glazed over. As many seconds of palpable silence passed, Jared tried several times unsuccessfully to pull away from her.

Finally she spoke, and her voice sounded distant and utterly different. “You don’t know who you are. There is something inside you that . . . you are hiding from yourself and others . . . something you find terrible –”

Politeness be damned, he started to yank his hand out of hers, only to have her fingers tighten so forcefully he started to squirm. A distant voice in his head, oblivious to the circumstances, said, Those are a fencer’s hands, no doubt about it.

“You’re afraid of it, you don’t understand it, you fear it will consume you –”

Using his free hand as leverage, he finally managed to pull his hand from her grip and put both hands on her shoulders, shaking her, furious.

“Stop!”

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*Ashley will be giving away WINNERS CHOICE of either Shadow Fox or Byron's Shadow on Kindle or PDF to one lucky commenter. One WINNER will be picked at random once the SPOTLIGHT is over! Please leave your E-mail address so we may contact you should you win! Good luck!!!*

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Find out what the CRITICS are saying about Author Ashley Barnard ...*Giveaway*

REVIEWS

SHADOW FOX:
Darkiss Reads (5 Stars): "...Ashley Barnard has done a fantastic job in detailing her new world and her writing style is excellent. For a first novel it is a masterpiece and I believe that Ashley will become a name that is mentioned in the same breath as many of the greats in the Paranormal Romance genre. This is a first book in a trilogy and if the next two novels are halfway as decent as this one then this series will become a classic in its own time."

Dark Divas (4 1/2 Delightful Divas): "...So if you are into sagas where there is a world of development and action; if you enjoy tortured heroes; if you love getting lost in a story, to the point that re-entering your life is a bit of a challenge...then you will want to get to know Jared and the people that are in, and out, of his life. And finding a new-to-me author that knows how to weave a web of magic, well that’s definitely icing on the cake!"

Escape Between the Pages (4 Stars): "...The action sequences were well done. The plot was not only intriguing, but suspenseful. I couldn't help but wonder, what would happen next. Lastly, the characters are well defined and very compelling...Now, I am going to have to wait anxiously for the next installment, Fox Rising to come out. *sighs* But, I suspect it will be worth it as Shadow Fox was a great beginning to what looks to be a great trilogy."

Love Romances & More (3 1/2 Hearts): "...The author does a nice job in creating intriguing characters in a storyline that gently pulls you in and then doesn’t let you go until the last page is read. I highly enjoyed SHADOW FOX and have added this author to my permanent reading list. If you are looking for a story that has a messed up hero, a mystery to figure out and more, then this is definitely the book for you."


FOX RISING:
Darkiss Reads (4 1/2 Stars): "...It took less than 24 hours to read this book...The story carried me forward at breakneck speed and I found myself fully immersed within the story...I am a definite fan of Ashley Barnard’s writing and look forward to all her future projects. If you have not started the Shadow Fox series then it is really is something you need to do. Few authors have captured my reading soul so completely. She is a future Queen of Fantasy/Paranormal Romance."

Dark Divas (5 Divas and Recommended Read): "This second story in Ashley Barnard’s series is stunning in not only its complexity but in how utterly enthralled I found myself...Ashley Barnard has given me enough positive to hang onto and enough suspense and tension to drive me crazy… but I’m still very satisfied. And if an author can do that, at the end of the second book in a trilogy? Well, hats off to you… and you have definitely earned a fan for life. 

IN BYRON’S SHADOW:

Publishers Weekly (via Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest 2008): “Reminiscent of the works of Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters, this novel is an absorbing historical romance set in mid-19th century England. Nicholas Price, an aspiring poet and artist, is an acolyte of Lord Byron's who loses his subsantial inheritance when he attempts to elope with Byron's scientifically -inclined daughter, Ada.Ten years after those events, Nicholas finds himself living in a crumbling family property, Blackbridge Hall, with no income other than the paltry sum he's able to eke out from investments underwritten by his friend, Lord Radcliffe. Then a young woman named Catherine O'Reilly, herself banished from the aristocracy as a result of an out of wedlock pregnancy, appears on his doorstep offering her services as a maid. Their relationship blossoms as does one between Catherine and Nicholas's brother, James, while the attempt of Nicholas's father to restore his severed ties with his son is painted with tenderness and compassion. There's lust, a duel and a redemptive conclusion that brings the story to a satisfying end. What makes this effort doubly impressive is the way in which the author thoroughly inhabits the novel's world. This is a highly - polished and mature work."


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*Ashley will be giving away WINNERS CHOICE of either Shadow Fox or Byron's Shadow on Kindle or PDF to one lucky commenter. One WINNER will be picked at random once the SPOTLIGHT is over! Please leave your E-mail address so we may contact you should you win! Good luck!!!*

Please stop by tomorrow to read an excerpt from SHADOW FOX!

"Getting to Know," Author Ashley Barnard ...*Giveaway*

Ashley is the author of SHADOW FOX (Novel of the Year for 2010), FOX RISING and NIGHT OF THE FOX (releasing September 2011), a dark-fantasy series published by Champagne Books. She is also the author of IN BYRON’S SHADOW, a Victorian romance, and stage adaptations of Jane Austen’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and PERSUASION (Dramatic Play Publishers). For ten years she and her husband James ran Actors’ Renaissance Theatre, with whom she acted in several Shakespearean productions. She and James reside in Phoenix, Arizona with their daughter Alexandria.

You can visit her website at - www.ashleyjbarnard.com

*Ashley will be giving away WINNERS CHOICE of either Shadow Fox or Byron's Shadow on Kindle or PDF to one lucky commenter. One WINNER will be picked at random once the SPOTLIGHT is over! Please leave your E-mail address so we may contact you should you win! Good luck!!!*
  Please stop by tomorrow where we will be finding out what the "CRITICS' are saying about Ashley J. Barnard and SHADOW FOX...

Our SPOTLIGHT is on SHADOW FOX by Ashley J. Barnard ... *Giveaway*

Jared Bruin doesn’t know who he is. He remembers nothing of his early childhood before the age of seven when he was abandoned in a park in St. Louis, left in an unfamiliar world that terrified him. He knows only that he is driven to learn everything he can about swordplay and sixteenth-century combat.


Almost twenty years later, as he is battling a heroin addiction, suicidal tendencies and a violent affliction he doesn't understand, he is hired to teach swordplay to an enigmatic woman with secrets of her own, who somehow provides a link to his past.

Then a missing journal arrives that provides many answers to Jared’s past, and in it another world is revealed, one of a Goddess, prophecies, elves, a devastating love triangle, and a war in desperate need of a hero.



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Shadow Fox is the first volume of a dark-fantasy trilogy and was voted Novel of the Year for 2010 by Champagne Books.


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*Ashley will be giving away WINNERS CHOICE of either Shadow Fox or Byron's Shadow on Kindle or PDF to one lucky commenter. One WINNER will be picked at random once the SPOTLIGHT is over! Please leave your E-mail address so we may contact you should you win! Good luck!!!*
 
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