The Maiden in the Tower: A Fairy Tale Retold

By E.D. Martin

Carys barely remembers her life before her father sold her to pay his debts. Locked away in her mistress’s chamber, she doesn’t dare to dream of anything better for herself, until a chance encounter with a traveling merchant changes her life forever.

Storm has traveled the lengths of the known world, yet when he sees a servant girl locked in a tower, he knows he’ll do anything to rescue her.

Can Storm and Carys overcome the obstacles in their path and reach the happily ever after they both want?

The Maiden in the Tower is a standalone short story that accompanies a series of fairy tales retold in a world of Vikings. If you like sassy heroines, adventures spanning the medieval world, and a touch of romance, you’ll love The Heartsbane Saga, E.D. Martin’s new historical fantasy series.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: E.D. Martin
• Release date: Sep 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005558185

E.D. Martin

E.D. Martin is a writer with a knack for finding new jobs in new places. Born and raised in Illinois, her past incarnations have included bookstore barista in Indiana, college student in southern France, statistician in North Carolina, economic development analyst in North Dakota, and high school teacher in Iowa. She draws on her experiences to tell the stories of those around her, with a generous heaping of “what if” thrown in.She currently lives in Illinois where she job hops while working on her novels.

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THE MAIDEN IN THE TOWER

a Short Story

Heartsbane Saga Book .5

by

E.D. Martin

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The Maiden in the Tower

(Heartsbane Saga Book .5)

Copyright © 2020 E.D. Martin

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Other Books by E.D. Martin

The Heartsbane Saga:

Book .5: The Maiden in the Tower

Book 1: Captive and the Cursed

Book 1.5: The Brave Little Thrall

Book 2: Sleeping Shaman

Book 2.5: Ezichi the Beautiful

Book 3: Little Amethyst Abaya

Book 3.5: The Horrible Husfreya

Book 4: The Alchemist

Book 4.5: The Enchanted Mormaer

Book 5: The Lady and the Lie

Book 5.5: Fabiranum Town Thieves

Book 6: Sigfrodur and the Oak Tree

Book 6.5: Illfuss and the Seven Drottnar

Book 7: True Love’s Kiss

Novels:

Yours to Keep or Throw Aside

(previously released as The Lone Wolf)

Short Stories:

Tim and Sara

Not My Thing

A Place to Die

Us, Together: A Short Story Collection

The Futility of Loving a Soldier: A Short Story Collection

Going in Circles Vol 1: 10 Very Short Stories

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The Maiden in the Tower

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The Maiden in the Tower

Race you, Carys called to her friends as they ran from the village green to the river bordering their tiny village.

No fair, one boy shouted after her. You already started!

Then you should run faster! Carys said with a laugh.

Carys didn’t actually care about winning. For her, the race was all about the rush of the wind in her long hair, the feel of the cool grass beneath her bare feet. She had lots of chores waiting for her in her father’s small cottage on the edge of the village, but right now, on this beautiful spring day, it was all about the moment.

Carys, a voice boomed after her. Carys Tew!

The children stopped and looked at each other, wide-eyed.

Oh, Carys, you’re in trouble now, one boy whispered.

The toísech will tan your hide! another said.

I dinnae do anything, she scoffed, but her pounding heart gave her away. Everyone knew everything about each other in Orllewinol, but still, the village chief didn’t often single children out by name.

She walked back the way she’d come, as regally as she could, trying to think of what she could be in trouble for. She wasn’t the only one who had giggled when Old Man Gheen started snoring in church last