{"id":4987,"date":"2015-05-23T01:05:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T05:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:59:40","slug":"guest-blogger-meredith-bond-can-historical-romance-and-paranormal-romance-co-exist-in-one-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=4987","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger: Meredith Bond – Can historical romance and paranormal romance co-exist in one book?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MeredithBond_BridgingtheStorm2x3\"<\/a>What do you think: Can historical romance and paranormal romance co-exist in one book?<\/p>\n

I love historical romance. I\u2019ve read it since I was 16 and I\u2019ve written Regency romance for many (many) years. I love the costumes, the manners, playing with the concept of a closed society (which the British aristocracy certainly was, and arguably still is today, despite the fact that Prince William wed a \u201ccommoner\u201d) .\u00a0 All of my Regency romances are about an outsider trying to fit into the established society.<\/p>\n

Paranormal romance and fantasy is loads of fun too. All about the what-if. What if vampires were real? What if werewolves existed? What if there really is magic in our world? It\u2019s so much fun to imagine the possibilities, and their implications on society.<\/p>\n

So, now, think about combining the two. Paranormal beings are almost always outsiders \u2013 Other<\/em>. All of my Regency romances are about outsiders, people who don\u2019t quite fit into the aristocratic society. Sounds like a perfect match to me! Don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n

So, I acted on this lovely aligning of genres to imagine a world where magic truly exists. A people called \u201cVallen\u201d (Latin meaning powerful) who have varying abilities associated with a particular element (Air, Water, Fire or Earth). They are a people whose role it is to use their powers only for good to help human society advance through medicine, science, art, literature, leadership\u2014wherever their strengths lie. The Vallen have existed since \u00a0before the time of King Arthur. They come from magical Isle of Avalon and have lived amongst ordinary people for centuries.<\/p>\n

Naturally, I\u2019ve got to have a story about the origins of the Vallen off the Isle of Avalon (actually, it\u2019s three stories — the Children of Avalon Series<\/strong>). But then, from there, I can\u2014 and have\u2014created stories in any time period. Naturally, I began with the Regency. But didn\u2019t want to escape completely from the Children of Avalon<\/strong> trilogy because there was still one more character in that series who needed a book of their own, the children\u2019s mentor, Sir Dagonet.<\/p>\n

Bridging the Storm<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is Dagonet\u2019s book, although you don\u2019t have to have read the Children of Avalon<\/strong> books to understand and enjoy it\u2014it stands alone and yet connected to both the Children of Avalon<\/strong> series and my Storm Series<\/strong> (it\u2019s book #2 in that series. Book #1 is the novella Storm on the Horizon<\/em><\/strong> and is free everywhere you buy ebooks).<\/p>\n

Even though Sir Dagonet lived in medieval times and was a knight of King Arthur\u2019s Round Table, thanks to a gift given to him by the great wizard, Merlin, he\u2019s still alive during the Regency. The catch is that he doesn\u2019t want to be. He\u2019s lived a long, full life and is ready to die. But because of Merlin\u2019s gift, he can\u2019t. He\u2019s compelled to live on. So, he spends his life exploring the world looking for someone who can take away this gift-turned-curse.<\/p>\n

Kate Cherington would love to explore the world. She reads about explorations all the time, but because she\u2019s completely dependent on her aunt, the high priestess of the Vallen, Tatiana Vallentyn, she can\u2019t. When Sir Dagonet comes to her home to assist her aunt, Kate can\u2019t believe her good luck. Not only does she think Dagonet could be her ticket away from an increasingly unstable aunt, but he\u2019s handsome, funny, intelligent and appreciates her. What more could a girl want? Well\u2026 perhaps a man who is actually willing to take her away.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to take some convincing and a good number of knocks before Dagonet realizes that there might just be something, or someone<\/em>, worth living for.<\/p>\n

I love<\/em><\/strong> to connect with readers. You can contact me through my website: www.meredithbond.com <\/a>or Twitter @merrybond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do you think: Can historical romance and paranormal romance co-exist in one book? I love historical romance. I’ve read it since I was 16 and I’ve written Regency romance for many (many) years. I love the costumes, the manners, playing with the concept of a closed society (which the British aristocracy certainly was, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-guest-bloggers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11032,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions\/11032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}