“Wiltshire may have Stonehenge but now Cheshire has a wooden henge after archaeologists made the discovery near Chester. Researchers working at Poulton, on the Duke of Westminster's land, were amazed to find the Bronze Age burials they had been investigating were preceded by a much earlier 'ritual' presence. “http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146411984
DESCRIPTION: In the year recorded in the Saxon chronicles as 449 AD, sixteen-year-old Prince Tryffin leads a band of warriors home after their first battle with the Saxons. They are filled with blood lust when Saxons (ten-year-old Aelfrida, her mother, and father) cross their path. The band slays her parents and she takes to the woods.When they meet again, seven years later, Tryffin's guilt turns to love for the silvery-haired beauty. When Aelfrida marries Tryffin to save her foster father's life, her plans to avenge her mother and father must be delayed. As her trust for Tryffin builds, Aelfrida must choose between vengeance or love.
REVIEWS:
"THE FOX PRINCE is one of the best novels I have read in a long time. It is written with such excitement and reality, it is hard not to feel you belong with the characters. The descriptive writing makes the novel come alive. I am especially impressed with the strong characters of this novel, both male and female...Cornelia Amiri has captured the passionate love between two people many may not think would or should come together. Her marvelous writing makes you feel the passion and almost taste the kiss of this warrior prince." Reviewed by Dale Van Tassel for The Word on Romance
"In order to save her foster father, Aelfrida must give up her blood oath, but she doesn't intend to give up her heart. While Aelfrida's heart is conflicted, her body is not, responding with passion to Tryffin's ministrations. For Tryffin, although he has Aelfrida's passion, he continues to feel guilt over his coercion of her into marriage. He offers to release her, but Aelfrida declines, knowing from her conversations with Lamm that the Fox Prince is her destiny. Ms. Amiri has written a charming tale, with equal doses of intrigue and romance. The wisdom of the Druids and the forest, as well as the love of her Celtic Prince, all join forces to convince Aelfrida that her heart, as well as her destiny, lie with the Fox Prince." Reviewed by Debbie Pollart of RCRG Reviews for AOL
"Cornelia Amiri immerses the reader in a romance of historic splendor. Ancient England people, customs, culture and war are shared in resplendent fashion in THE FOX PRINCE. I highly recommend THE FOX PRINCE, for the content is appealing, somewhat humorous and historically educational." Patricia Spork, Word Weaving
Excerpt:
Aelfrida turned toward the bed and gasped in awe for it was strewn with roses.
"Nesta picked them for us," Tryffin said hoarsely.
From the large chest, she picked up a silver bowl. Aelfrida sat down on the bed and grabbed a long stem rose. Her slender fingers delicately peeled off a single petal. She let go. The red petal fluttered into the silver bowl. She cocked her head, her long shimmering hair rippled down her soft white arm. Gently, she plucked another red petal; it floated into the delicate bowl. Intimately touching only one petal at a time Aelfrida plucked every rose. After filling the bowl with a bounty of lush petals, she leaned down and deeply breathed in the arousing fragrance.
Lightly Tryffin fingered the loose stems, lifted them off the bed, and tossed them out the small, high window. He turned toward Aelfrida.
She stood before a large tub filled with clear water. Clutching the bowl she turned it over. Petals fluttered through the air and floated onto the rippling water. She gazed down at red petals drifting together.
Breathlessly, she rose to her feet. She peeled off her blue shift with a lazy, seductiveness
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