Behind the Story: Blood Keep by Wend Petzler
Blood Keep is about a woman who has known only the ways of a warrior and the lengths she has gone to protect the people she loves and the castle she holds dear. Her world is disrupted when King Edward III decides it is time for her to marry again after he hears she was attacked and her man, the Demon Lord, was unable to protect her. He sends Nicolas Drago, the Red Dragon, to be her husband. He is a man of nobility and honor, a true hero. Isabella absolutely hates him. Blood Keep is a tale about the masks we wear to protect the ones we love and the courage to step up and be honest, to trust in love.
My first full length novel was Blood Keep, a medieval historical, set in 1334. I deliberately choose an unusual time period for this book due to my heroine, Isabella AdeMon. She is not petite, nor is she meek. She is a woman who wears armor, rides a warhorse named Lucifer and leads an army consisting of the Black Knight and the Demons. When I started this book I was heading for my second divorce from a very traumatic time of my life. Isabella and her Archangels’, Gabriel and Michael, saved me from cracking. Isabella was my way of shedding the mask I wore for ten, long, horrible years and gave me the courage to be me again. I will always be grateful to her and the awesome story that came from her and the dark castle, Blood Keep. She truly saved me from being bitter and Nicolas made me believe in love again.
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Wend Petzler
www.wendpetzler.com
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