Welcome to the December 21st stop on the blog tour for Fighting for Home by Kim Richards, organized by Bewitching Book Tours. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for more excerpt spotlights and a giveaway! (More on that at the end of this post.)
Welcome back to the blog not only to Kim Richards, who we’ve hosted a few times now, but to Fighting for Home specifically! We hosted this title with a different excerpt back in August.
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Fighting for Home
Descendants of the Amazoi Book One
by Kim Richards
Published 4 July 2020
by Kim Gilchrist
Cover Artist: Dawné Dominique
DusktilDawn Designs
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Page Count: 241
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In 300 B.C.—the Greco-Roman Age—tribes of warrior women thrived near the Black Sea. The area is now modern-day Turkey. The Greeks called them Amazoi (meaning Mankiller). Inspired by their story, Fighting for Home sings the tale of one tribe as they battle to save their way of life. Healing magic is real! Ilenea and Saphira, the wolf sisters, battle close to home with others of their generation. A healer priestess named Essla travels to a temple of Artemis at Anthela with her male slave, bringing a call to arms for the pending war. She meets and falls in love with a Roman General. Whatever the outcome, this war changes everyone.
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Thup. Thup. The second archer cried out as two of Xanthi’s arrows buried themselves into his thigh and hip. He let his own arrow fly. Leaves rustled where his arrows disappeared among the tree branches. He fumbled with an arrow, trying to notch it quickly when he heard the rustle again.
The archer looked up as Xanthi leaped from the bushes with her spear in hand. There was no time for him to raise his bow before the bronze point burrowed its way through his leather cuirass, seeking the tender flesh beneath.
At his wretched cry, the shield man to the left took a wild swing with his sword. He caught Xanthi just below the left collarbone. It sliced through her leather jerkin, taking breast flesh with it.
Crying out from the pain, she fell to her knees as blood poured from the gash. One hand pressed against the wound as her other fumbled for her knife.
Xanthi’s man turned his attention from her. He should’ve advanced. Celete used it to her advantage and swung her axe up the inside of his shield. It’s blade cleaved his stomach wide open. His guts spilled out over her hand—hot and sticky. He toppled sideways, landing in the dirt before Xanthi. With a roar befitting any lioness, she clawed at his face for what he did to her.
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Kim Richards is an author, editor, and book formatter. She writes horror, fantasy, science fiction, erotica, non-fiction, and children’s books under her name Kim Richards and two pseudonyms: Sharie Silva and Kim Bundy.
Born and raised in Roswell, NM Kim now lives in Northern California where she is supervised by two cats and a small dog. She enjoys sewing, belly dancing, music, movies, and occasionally gardening.
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I am looking forward to reading this. I also loved Kim’s bio. Supervised by cats was so funny. I also sew a lot.
The cover and excerpt are fantastic!