Happy Halloween 2023!

Happy Halloween, Champions! Which means it is time for one of my favorite traditions! The complete Robyn Hood series (two ebooks) are free for you to download right now! The sale is from October 29th through November 2nd, so make sure to pick these up if you need to add them to your digital library!

Robyn Hood: A Girl’s Tale | Robyn Hood: Fight For Freedom

These books retell the tale of Robin Hood, but if the famed archer was actually a girl called Robyn Hood. There is no time traveling like the King Arthur and Her Knights series, but the two series have a similar feel, so if you tried out King Arthur earlier this year and liked it you should definitely grab these while they are free!

I affectionately call this a Trick or Treat situation because the Robyn Hood books are the second and third books I ever wrote, and even though in 2022 they got an edit to fix them up, the story telling isn’t as sharp as the books I release now. But despite my greener abilities at the time, Champions have assured me they still love them for my trademark humor and strong female characters, so if you haven’t gotten them yet, now is your chance to try them for free! If you already have these books, go ahead and send this sale to a friend who you think would enjoy them.

Also, if you have a version of the ebooks with the old covers grab this new cover version because you will also get all the new cleanup edits I made in 2022!

The Robyn Hood sale is something I do every year, and I’m so excited it’s become an autumn tradition for the community. (I LOVE seasonal and holiday traditions!) Thank you for being such a fun community that we can have traditions like this. I love writing, but chatting with bookish friends and making fun bookish memories with you all is the best!

Have a Happy Halloween, Champions! Enjoy the free books, and thank you for reading!

Historic Robyn Hood

Note from Kitty: Here is another “Kitty’s Attic” blog post – I hope you enjoy it! (It ends abruptly, but I don’t remember where I was going with it, soooo, yes. Thanks for reading!)

————————————————————————————

You’re in for a surprise, Champions, because today I thought we could have some fun and look back at some of the history behind my Robyn Hood books! (I realized I never revealed all the research I put into them!)

While all the details about Robyn Hood aren’t historically accurate, I took special care to really nail the major political figures–King Richard I and Prince John.

As it is in my books, King Richard I was captured on his way home from the Crusades by Duke Leopold of Austria shortly before Christmas. The duke locked him up and informed Henry VI, the Holy Roman Emperor, of Richard’s capture. Richard was passed around different Germanic holds until March 1193, when abbots caught up with him and began negotiations for his ransom. These negotiations took roughly a year, and most of the efforts were put forth by Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine–Richard’s mother–as Prince John wasn’t really keen on his brother’s return.

King Richard’s ransom ended up being 100,000 marks–which was a crazy amount and, according to my sources, about twice the total domestic product of England at the time. As such it took a while for the money to be gathered, so he wasn’t released until February 1194.

Richard came back to England and was there only a short time (long enough to put John back in his place) and then sailed off to retake Normandy. (Normandy is a northern region of France, but at the time Normandy was held by England–specifically by Richard’s father before he died and Richard inherited it.) In April 1199 King Richard died of gangrene after being shot.

Prince John then became king, and while Richard hadn’t been a great king (He was rarely in England and the Crusades, his ransom, and his quest to reconquer Normandy had drained the country) John was flat out hated. He mistreated his own supporters, was incompetent, and demanded even more money than Richard had.

The barons of England chaffed under his rule, leading to the drafting of the Magna Carta–which broke the stranglehold the kings of England had over the land. The Magna Carta was signed in Runnymeade meadow, unwillingly might I add.

Additionally, John really did lose the royal crown jewels–although it wasn’t not to Robin Hood, but bad traveling conditions. It’s not known exactly where he lost the jewels, but it is known that they were lost as part of his bagage train was lost to whirlpools and quicksand when traveling. (It’s actually a fascinating story, I do suggest you look it up!)

Happy Halloween 2022!

Happy Halloween, Champions! You know what that means, right? Both of the Robyn Hood books–in their shiny new covers–are free for you to download right now! The sale is from October 28th through October 31st, so make sure to pick these up if you need to add them to your digital library!

Robyn Hood: A Girl’s Tale | Robyn Hood: Fight For Freedom

I affectionately call this a Trick or Treat situation because the Robyn Hood books are the second and third books I ever wrote, and while they recently got an edit to clean them up, the story telling isn’t quite as sharp as what I can write now. But despite my greener abilities at the time, Champions have assured me they still love them for my trademark humor and strong female characters, so if you haven’t gotten them yet, now is your chance to try them for free! If you already have these books, go ahead and send this sale to a friend who you think would enjoy them!

The Robyn Hood sale is something I do every year, so it’s become an autumn tradition for the community. I enjoy it so much that when I start my planning and prepping for fall, this is one of the announcements I most look forward to sharing. (I LOVE seasonal and holiday traditions!) Thank you for being such a fun community that we can have traditions like this. I love writing, but chatting with bookish friends and making memories with you all year after year…that’s tough to beat! 😉

Have a Happy Halloween, Champions! Enjoy the free books, and thank you for reading!