He
wasn't looking for love. He only wanted to prove he was worthy of being a
king's son.
Adventurer
Theseus had dreamed of meeting his father, King Aegeus. As Theseus journeys to
Athens, he meets his match in strength along the way. But is it the will of a
beautiful young princess that puts this strong young man finally at his mercy?
Or will he be able to conquer the princess’s heart?
She had settled for
a life of unhappiness and believed a man who would love her for herself was
only in her dreams.
Princess Ari has followed her father’s
dictates all her life. On her way to meet her bridegroom, she is attacked.
Saved by a handsome adventurer, Theseus, she tempts fate and follows him on his
journey to Athens. Being with Theseus opens up a whole new world of opportunity
for her. But will she allow her heart or loyal duty choose her life for her?
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance
Formats: Print and eBook
Publisher: Self-Published/Edited by Written Dreams aka Brittiany Koran
Greta Buckle grew
up in Irish Catholic Boston before moving to the Miami sun. She’s worked in
engineering, then became a lawyer. After realizing she hates clients, she
became a high school teacher. Teaching is fun, but writing is a passion. She
wrote one hundred and one fan fiction stories online before deciding to
transition into writing her own stories. Never ask her to republish her fan
stories from age eleven- horribly written stories of princesses. Greta dreams
of writing professionally, where her barista can make her coffee and a walk on
the beach, can motivate her tales. Theseus story came to her when she was a
freshman in high school as her English teacher, the nun, told her how life was
hard and tragedy teaches lessons. Greta’s love of writing has kept her centered
and focused. How is she crazy? The voices in her head are characters in novels
and she’s not insane.
A GUEST POST FROM GRETA :
Hi, Greta, we know you set your book in ancient Athens. Can you tell us a bit about that...why did you choose this setting?
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A GUEST POST FROM GRETA :
We don’t know a lot and so many stories are based on the
writings. I wanted to write a science fiction book and began my research. I
googled for images, but of course photography didn’t exist then. My sisters and
brother both spoke Latin (yes the dead language), and I did take a Mythology
course in high school. And the stories have such highs and such lows. Greeks
myths are often tragic. Science fiction is chalk full of ancient stories with
better endings. And one day I hope to write an amazing science fiction novel,
but while researching I realized I love Myths and have this image in my head of
the time period.
This leads back to rereading the myths and movies. I do love
some movies and shows set in ancient times. Action rocks. Troy
In reading and researching, I realized I’ve never seen a fun
action story starring the Theseus who lived in my head. The movies I saw that I
enjoy from the past all helped me with the setting. I did forget the Kevin
Sorbo Hercules, as that one really painted an interest in me with a setting of
ordinary people against monsters or mythological creatures. Sorry went off
topic for a second.
The idea of Theseus being a man, not a god, has always
struck me as something relatable. Theseus goes to meet his father, confronts
him, fights the Minotaur to save his father’s city-state, and then life throws
a curve ball or two. Tragedy? Really? No, not in my head.
Also in the myth Ariadne is the girl with the red string who
helps Theseus find the minotaur and free himself. She loved him, and I heard
the heroine. She’s strong and goes after what she wants.
Stewing on these facts, I wove a story where true love wins,
and heroes defeat monsters and their own internal fears.
I hope people allow me creative license. What I don’t know
in Ancient Athens is the details of everyday life and I did research and
decided take some liberties, like the mirror. I get that in that myth about the
guy seeing his reflection in the water makes him fall in love with himself. But
in wanting to stay fast paced, that minor detail of water reflecting versus
someone’s ease of using a mirror… mirror won. And you can’t tell me mirrors
didn’t exist at the time. You can’t prove it. I can’t prove they did and I
moving along. And hey who knows perhaps it was all alien influence like another
show tells me… I’ll get into anything for a good story.
Yet I did try to hold important truths and ancient writers, and
have people live as close as possible as to me how humans interact is far more
important. This is a value judgment, and my list. The Amazons did procreate in
the manner I described sometimes, and they did cut off a piece of their breasts
to shoot straight. This detail struck me as more important. They show up far
later in the story. How did I learn this? Research. Books and Google.
Honestly, if there is a part of the story I can gloss over
is setting. It’s why those movies I mentioned are so important. We don’t know
so much from this time period. And characters are why I write. Stories are
better with good setting. Oh and the pictures of what the togas and what a
Chilton and how men and women dress differently, help tremendously. Google and
online directions on how to sew one are fun, even if I can’t go in a straight
line with a needle.
My characters, Ari, would have a keen eye on setting because
she grew up in a palace and noticed everything. Theseus wouldn’t notice what
color was in the tapestry on the wall or the significance. So the settings became
through Ari’s eyes that the world gets painted because that would matter to her
in Mything You.
So Athens is the perfect setting for your love story! Thanks for sharing that background with us.
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EXCERPT:
Theseus’ entire body must have been made in the nectar of desire
because she wished to bury herself in his arms. And he didn’t stop her from
running to him. She jumped when a crash cracked through the air. Blinking,
unsure of what happened, her body became rigid. Theseus pulled her into his
arms and onto the ground seconds before the giant flew over the pair of them.
He took his hand off her head. He had protected her. Again.
Staring up at him stirred something unique inside her that she never
believed could happen to her. She’d seen the plays and the tragedy that love
caused, but never understood temptation. The fire in her belly burned into
every part of her body from his smoldering eyes. He looked down at her as he
cradled her in his arms. “That was Sinus. I don’t think he’ll kill anyone else
ever again.”
“He won’t. How do you know his name?”
“He’s the reason I chose this path when I was fifteen. I had planned to
prove my courage to my father, and take out the biggest villain on the road.”
“Check that off the list of goals then.” she said. “Good job.”
She continued to embrace Theseus, making her body tingle from crazy
stirrings. What would he taste like? She’d die a happy death if he put his lips
on hers. My, what was she thinking?
“I never believed you’d be here, or that my goal in that moment would
turn to protecting you.” he said, pulling her closer.
She shook off her desires. She needed to let him go. She focused on
logic instead of the male body in front of her. “I don’t know what to say.
Today has been the craziest day.”
“It’s the middle of the night, little one.”
“You’re right. I don’t know what’s happening to me anymore. Theseus,
this never happens to me.”
“What doesn’t happen to you?” he asked, smiling.
“I don’t know.”
He played with her hair, and straightened her clothes. “Your innocence
and desire are a siren’s call to me, Ari, and you don’t have a clue, do you?”
“Who’s Ari?” She half expected to be disappointed with whatever he
would say.
“You are. It fits you much better than Ariadne. Ari trembles for me.”
She licked her lips, wanting to kiss him. But she couldn’t. Theseus
embodied a man out of her dreams.
She looked away thinking of what waited for her when her father’s men
found her. “I don’t know my bridegroom. I’ve only ever known my duty.”
Theseus’ body tensed. “You’re betrothed?”
“I never agreed. The bride price, I’m told, paid for my father’s
upgrade to the artillery. In the morning or someday soon, I’ll be found.
But…can you do me one last favor?”
“What, little one?” His arms grew warm again, tightening around her.
She dared for a different life, where she lived with a chance of walking next
to him in life. Letting him go and going back to the life her father chose
sounded cold and dreary. She couldn’t, not yet.
“Kiss me, Theseus, just once.”
Taking a step closer to him, she looked into his mesmerizing eyes. His
strong hands framed her face, his fingers circled her mouth and his eyes
darkened with tenderness. When he leaned into her, her eyelids fluttered shut.
His light pressure sweetly opened her mouth.
Her secret wish had come true. The prison walls in Ariadne’s heart
disappeared in her soul, and today Ari’s lips ached.
He bent his head close. Then, she felt his strong
lips on hers, and she lost control.
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