Guest Post
by ST Bende
Thanks so much for
letting me visit on ELSKER’s release day, Tracie! As a debut author, it’s been such a treat to
be embraced by such a kind group of bloggers. And it’s doubly exciting for me to be on Books By Banister. I’m a huge fan of your work, and I think your
character development is brilliant. Anyone who loves Kenneth Branagh enough to put him in one of her books
is pretty fabulous. (*cough, Tracie, cough*)
Thanks to our
beloved Kenneth Branagh (and that cutie pie he cast in the title role of his
film, Thor), we all know about America’s favorite Norse God. According to the mythology, the God of
Thunder with the oversized hammer had a more colorful past than Sir Branagh led
us to believe. See, before Thor married
Sif (or fell for Natalie Portman, whichever version you prefer), he had an altogether
different kind of love story… with that hammer, Mjölnir.
Once upon a time
Mjölnir was kidnapped by an evil jotun.
Said jotun promised to return Mjölnir if he could marry Freya, the
Goddess of Love. Freya wasn’t too into
this plan. She was a goddess, a fierce
warrior, and the original cat-lady -- she traveled around on a chariot pulled
by cats. Seriously. Since Freya wasn’t about to give all that up
to save Thor’s precious hammer, Thor had to come up with another idea.
A resourceful god,
Thor decided to dress up as a bride his own self rather than live another day
without his beloved Mjölnir. He traveled
in drag to Jotunheim, tricked the perp out of his prize, and brought Mjölnir
back to Asgard, leaving a trail of dead jotuns in his wake. Yep, Thor was the original runaway bride.
In ELSKER, Thor’s
stepson Ull isn’t running from marriage -- in fact, he’d give anything to have
a family of his own. But a family is a
luxury he can never let himself have. As
an Asgardian Assassin, Ull has experienced -- and inflicted -- plenty of
loss. The idea of losing another person
he loves literally immobilizes him. And
since he’s fated to die at the Norse apocalypse, Ragnarok, he can’t see the
point in getting attached to anyone. Ever.
Ull’s not ready to
meet Kristia Tostenson. Can the
small-town human show the Norse God of Winter that there’s more to life than
going through the motions? And more
importantly, does she want to?
Sometimes
fulfilling your destiny means doing the exact opposite of what the Fates have
in store.
Book Title: Elsker
Author Name: ST Bende
Series Title: The Elsker Saga
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Entranced Publishing, Blush
Blurb: Kristia Tostenson prefers Earl Grey to Grey Goose and book clubs to nightclubs, but when she transfers from her one-stoplight town to Cardiff University in Wales she falls in love with Ull Myhr. Her new boyfriend isn’t exactly what she was expecting. He’s an honest-to-goodness Norse God — an immortal assassin fated to die at Ragnarok, the battle destined to destroy Asgard and Earth. Kristia’s crazy visions are the only thing that can save their realms.
Author Name: ST Bende
Series Title: The Elsker Saga
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Entranced Publishing, Blush
Blurb: Kristia Tostenson prefers Earl Grey to Grey Goose and book clubs to nightclubs, but when she transfers from her one-stoplight town to Cardiff University in Wales she falls in love with Ull Myhr. Her new boyfriend isn’t exactly what she was expecting. He’s an honest-to-goodness Norse God — an immortal assassin fated to die at Ragnarok, the battle destined to destroy Asgard and Earth. Kristia’s crazy visions are the only thing that can save their realms.
Her orderly life just got very messy.
Be sure to stop
by ST Bende's blog
between April 11th and May 20th to enter to win fabulous
prizes in Waffle Fest -- the ELSKER Release Month of Giveaways! Prizes include $10 Amazon gift card, a query critique, and getting your name in the ELSKER sequel!
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