Just a Sketch (25 page)
A Ren Faire Romance
With nothing to lose after getting booted from the Dallas Symphony, concert flutist Adrian Mylonas follows a friend’s recommendation to take work as a satyr at Scarborough Renaissance Festival. While playing his pipes, Adrian spots a man unloading elephants. Ed Costa has lived his whole life running elephant rides at various festivals around Texas. He inherited the job from his father, and is teaching the family trade to his five-year-old son Eddy, who is the center of Ed’s life. He likes the life he leads, but he begins wondering if he’s missing out because he doesn’t have someone special to share it with.
The songs of the elephants and the colorful life of the faire capture Adrian’s imagination, and as he gets to know Ed, the rugged man sets his heart free. He begins to think he could leave his careful and sophisticated life behind for new music, new habits, and new love.
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The Falconer’s Lure
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“There's something magical about Ren faires, and AJ Marcus manages to capture it in this book.”
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A.J. MARCUS
has been writing to pass the time since high school. The stories he wrote helped him deal with life. A few years ago, he started sharing those stories with friends who enjoyed them, and he has started sending his works out into the world to share with other people. He lives in the mountains with his extremely supportive husband. They have a lot of critters, including dogs, cats, birds, horses, and rabbits. When not writing, A.J. spends a lot of time hiking, trail riding, or just driving in the mountains. Nature provides a lot of inspiration for his work and keeps him writing. He is also an avid photographer and falconer; don’t get him started talking about his birds because he won’t stop for a while.
Website: www.ajmarcus.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Twitter: @aj_marcus
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Animal Magnetism (Dreamspinner Anthology)
Embracing Change
Just a Sketch
The Kachina Job
Soul Survivors
Throwaway Card
REN FAIRE ROMANCES
The Archer’s Arrow
The Falconer’s Lure
The Jouster’s Lance
The Satyr’s Song
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of author imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Just a Sketch
© 2015 A.J. Marcus.
Cover Art
© 2015 AngstyG.
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Cover content is for illustrative purposes only and any person depicted on the cover is a model.
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ISBN: 978-1-63476-574-9
Digital ISBN: 978-1-63476-575-6
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015947605
First Edition December 2015
Printed in the United States of America