A
Woman On A Mission For Her Rights
The
review of Denied that inspired this guest post: “A simply fantastic
novel--moving, relevant, and smart. The writing is superb, the imagery
shocking.” –Author Louann Carroll
Denied
is the story of Tabitha, a woman who wants to be the first accepted female
guard in her kingdom. She was born a Warrior by her bloodline, and she believes
absolutely, it is her right to fight. Now, this doesn’t directly relate to
modern times. Women can fight if they aspire to. Many women throughout our
world fight for their countries. Their service is honored. Equality isn’t just
a legend or a dream, but a thing we’re actively striving to achieve. Sometimes
I wonder if we’ll always be fighting. We’ve won some battles, but will we ever
win the war?
While
it was never my intention to give Denied a message, this is a story about a
woman who fights for her rights. She fights for herself and I think a lot of us
can relate to her struggle. Especially now-a-days. There are some strange
things out there now, rights that still remain out of our grasp, perceptions
that will be challenging to change.
Tabitha
wars against society’s expectation, her accepted gender roles, and a whole
kingdom’s judgment. She’s smashing down barriers and taking names in her
historic realm where the Ancestor gods rule supreme. But in the end, she’s only
fighting for her dreams. We’ve all been there. Working toward the seemingly impossible.
This is a romance and Tabitha is only one side of the story. To really escalate
Tabitha’s plight, I had to throw in a tall, muscular man (readers have called
him a gentle giant), who only wants to protect her. He wants to save her from
herself. But in the end, who saves who?
The
thing I love about Caleb, the hero, and his place in the story is that he’s
from a realm that reveres women. He honors them above all else. When he lost
the women and children of his race, the Varner, in a brutal invasion two years
before the story starts, it tore out the heart of his people. Through the
Varner’s aimless wandering, they find the Realm of Shadows, the first realm
where they can find their arohas,
their destined mates. Everything is different here: their culture, their
beliefs, their gods. Caleb is forced to question what reverence means. Yes,
they treasured their women in their home realm and no one can deny that. But
did the men of Varner coddle their women? Did they place their women up on
perfect pedestals? In the end, was this a disservice because they didn’t know
how to protect themselves? These are questions that can only be asked in the
aftermath of devastation. And then only, in an effort to rebuild. Caleb doesn’t
throw himself against the wall questioning the foundation of his race, but he
must understand the Varner’s failures in order to move forward and have a
successful relationship with Tabitha. Caleb’s main goal throughout the book is
to provide a future for his men, a race that will perish if he can’t solve the
conundrum of their destined mate bonds. He ends up finding the unexpected.
As
Tabitha and Caleb battle wits and blades, they discover that together they are
stronger. They can both survive on their own. But together, they can be so much
more. Tabitha learns not to risk her life just for the sake of a fight. Caleb
learns that women can be masters with weapons. He fights against his instincts
to protect, until he finds something that sets all his men free. It sets everyone
free.
We
all have our own ways of fighting. Tabitha chose a sword. I chose a keyboard.
What’s a weapon one of your favorite heroines in a book or movie chose? Do you
have something you use on a daily basis?
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SHADOWED LOVE, BOOK TWO
When invaders brutally massacred the women and children of the Varner, Caleb witnessed loss and destruction on a scale few can comprehend. As the leader of a race on the brink of extinction, his only hope for survival is gaining acceptance into the Shadow Shifter Kingdom. Struggling with new customs, he meets Tabitha, a woman who challenges his limits.
Refused the right to join the king’s guard because of her gender, Tabitha must be stronger than the men to prove she deserves to be the first accepted female Warrior in the kingdom. She believes Caleb will help improve her abilities, until she learns her goals conflict with the foundation of his culture.
When the realm is attacked, Tabitha and Caleb must come together not only to fight, but to find the strength to win against an evil with the potential to destroy everything they revere most--including each other.
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BIO:
About the Author:
Kinley Baker is the author of the fantasy romance series, Shadowed Love. She read her first romance at the age of thirteen and immediately fell in love with the hero and the genre.
She lives with her husband, Benjamin, and her dog, Joker, in the Pacific Northwest. Ruined, Denied, and Freed are all available now from Crescent Moon Press.
Look for a new paranormal romance series in 2013. As a firm supporter of all supernatural lifestyles, she writes fantasy, paranormal, and futuristic romances.
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1 comment:
thanks for sharing Kinley.
And I agree we've come a long way but women still have to fight for everything. SO many things are still out of our grasp and the old perceptions are still there. They are just sugar coated with political correctness now- until something crazy happens then it's clear men don;t think of woman as equals
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