Sunday, June 3, 2012

Dark Inheritance: Fallen Empire + Giveaway

Comment on how you think a post-apocalyptic Regency would work to win a free copy of Dark Inheritance: Fallen Empire (e-book world-wide or print shipped to USA/Canada only).

Regency Slang:
You've been told to stow your whids, so what do you do?
Find a boat
Hide your valuables
Be quiet


Travellers in Regency days often met bridle-culls. What's a bridle-cull?
Some weird thing to do with a horse
Murdering all the horse tack
Highwaymen
 
If someone asked you to give them your famble, what would you do?
Eye them strangely and quietly move on before they rob you
Nod politely and hope they don't expect more
Shake hands with them
 
You've been asked to give someone a sow's baby. What do you hand over? 
A baby pig
A prostitute's baby
A sixpence

Grayson, once the Baron of Harwich, sought only to protect his people. Rescuing a half-dead woman was not among his plans. But something about her pulled at him. Perhaps it was her beauty, still evident beneath the pallor of loss. Perhaps it was the recently fired rifle at her side. Or maybe he simply tired of death. All he knew was that the plague had taken too much already. He couldn’t let it take her as well.

Lady Juliette Adair had been ready to die with her brother. She didn’t expect to be shown mercy in a world that had no room for mercy. When Grayson saved her, she questioned his motives but soon found herself intrigued by him, drawn to him.

Societal rules were a thing of the past, dead along with the ton. Juliette had no manner by which to measure her growing closeness to Grayson any longer. But when she discovers he may not be the man she thought she knew more is at stake than just her heart. The secrets she carries could make a king or destroy one.

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About K. Reed
Romance author with a twist.

Too many post-apocalyptic stories, movies, and what-ifs crowded her head, and K Reed decided to do something about it. So she plotted one out, decided an historical post-apocalyptic romance was the way to go, and wrote that one instead.

A lover of all things historical, of strong heroes with equally strong heroines, and of sexy pirates, she’s going to explore the dystopian world of plague-ridden 1804, the luxurious grandeur of the Edwardian Era, and the gritty criminal element of Victorian England.

Luckily she has an understanding family, supportive friends, and a day job that offers her the flexibility she needs to plot, plan, and write. Sure, one day she’d like to travel the country in search of fantastic storylines and great locale pictures, but for now she’ll stick to the east coast and the internet.

@kreedauthor kreedauthor.wordpress.com kreedauthor@yahoo.com

8 comments:

MomJane said...

I think that the problems encountered in this story would be extremely frightening to someone in the regency days. The fear of the unknown is always frightening. I think I would panic.

Mysti Holiday said...

Okay ... giving it a go:

You've been told to stow your whids, so what do you do?

My answer: Be quiet


Travellers in Regency days often met bridle-culls. What's a bridle-cull?

My answer: Highwaymen

If someone asked you to give them your famble, what would you do?

My answer: Eye them strangely and quietly move on before they rob you

You've been asked to give someone a sow's baby. What do you hand over?

My answer: A sixpence

How'd I do??

mystiholiday AT Gmail DOT com

romancefan said...

my answers:
be quiet
highwaymen
shake hands with them
a sixpence

I think that a post-apocalyptic Regency would be very intriguing. I love the era and adding the challenge of a plague would cause all kinds of tension.

KReed said...

I'm pretty postivie I'd panic, too! Sure, it's nice to think I'd be prepared, but is anyone ever really prepared for something like that?

Mysti--3 of 4!

Romancefan--4 of 4!

Stormy said...

My answers would be C on all four questions.

I've read a lot of Regency romance but never a post-apoclyptic story. Very unique premise and thought provoking. It would be scary in any era but I guess we don't consider the world coming to an end prior to the invention of airplanes or the internet. I imagine I would be in a total panic no matter what.

Catherine Lee said...

I have no idea about regency-speak! Here are my guesses:

Be Quiet
Highwaymen
Shake hands
A sixpence

I might need a regency-era translator or dictionary to read an historical romance! I like post-apocalyptic stories. Humans are survivors so in any age, including the Regency, they'd survive. BUT, in the regency period, I think they would do it with style and propriety!

catherinelee100 at gmail dot com

KReed said...

Stormy and Catherine, you're both correct! Maybe next time I should shake up the order of the correct answer. When Stormy said C for all the questions I flashbacked to "Summer School" when they were taking the final test and filling in the circles just to fill them in.

KReed said...

And the winner (using the very scientific method of asking a co-worker to pick a number 1, 2, 3, 5, 6) is...

Mysti!

Thanks for stopping by everyone. Mysti, I'll be emailing you today.