Today, I’m happy to sptolight Elaine Cantrell’s The Enchanted.
Genre: Fantasy/romance
Rating: PG — a few cuss words and a shooting.
BLURB: Forced by his father into a marriage he didn’t want, Prince Alan soon finds that his bride isn’t the sweet, submissive creature he expected. Morgane has the heart of a dragon and beauty beyond compare, but she isn’t thrilled about the marriage either. When black treachery threatens the kingdom, Morgane and Alan embark on a perilous journey that has an excellent chance of ending in failure and death for them and all of their people.
Excerpt: Morgane rolled over and faced him. He felt surprised to see anger on her face. “Why do you torment me, Prince Alan?”
Alan pushed back from her. “I? I torment you?”
“Yes! You torment me night and day. Your face is never far from my thoughts. In the morning my eyes fall upon you, and my heart sings to have another day in your presence. We were not supposed to have a common life at all! I tried very hard to run away, and you angered your father so much he put you through a year of torment to bend you to his will.” A little smile came to rest on her face. “But you did not bend, did you? Nor did you break. You remained the same man you always were. I know this in my heart.”
With a suddenness that took his breath away, laughter and light fled from her face. Bleak resignation and hopelessness turned her eyes into two wells of horror. “If I were as beautiful now as I once was, then you would find it difficult to turn away from me.” Her lip quivered. “I know that no man wants a scarred woman, but I had hoped…”
“What had you hoped?”
“That you could love me.”
Her voice had dropped so low it was hard to hear. Alan seized her and pulled her against him. “And I do. I do not see your scar. I see you with your lovely face and fine, spirited soul, and unless you love me, I cannot go on.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 
Elaine Cantrell was born and raised in South Carolina. She has a Master’s Degree in Personnel Services from Clemson University and is a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary sorority for women educators. She is also a member of Romance Writers of America and EPIC authors. She is married to her college sweetheart and has two sons and three grandchildren. Besides writing she enjoys, quilting, gardening, and collecting vintage Christmas ornaments. You can contact Elaine at her web site at http://www.elainecantrell.com.
You can find The Enchanted here:
http://www.elainepcantrell.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/elainepcantrell
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elaine-Cantrell/300167253489086
http://www.twitter.com/elainecantrell
Thanks for having me, Lucie. Your book sounds really wonderful.
Thank you, Elaine. So does yours.