My Guest Lives in Two Different Ages
[Well, She Got Married During the Renaissance]
By Jeff Salter
This is my 350th post here at 4F1H and I’m delighted to use it to feature my Guest Fox, Nicole Zoltack. The talented Nicole is a colleague at Clean Reads, where nine of my titles have been published.
One of the things which first intrigued me about Nicole was when she posted a couple of her wedding photos on her FaceBook page. She was married in a Renaissance gown! So I asked her to explain (which she does, below).
Bio
Nicole Zoltack is a USA Today bestselling author who loves to write romances. She did marry her first kiss, after all! Fairy tales, paranormal romances, urban fantasy, epic fantasy, time travels… Nicole spins all kinds of fantastical tales.
When she’s not writing about knights, superheroes, or witches, she spends time with her loving husband, three energetic young boys, and precious baby girl. She enjoys riding horses (pretending they’re unicorns, of course!) and going to the PA Renaissance Faire dressed in period garb. She’ll read anything she can get her hands on. Her current favorite TV shows are Game of Thrones and Stranger Things.
A bit more about Nicole
Thanks for having me!
I have always been fascinated with history, especially the Middle Ages. The time of chivalry and knights just warms my hopeless romantic soul. I first went to the Renaissance Faire during high school for a field trip. We were all allowed to wear time period garb if we wanted to, but I was the only one to do so. From then on, I’ve been back many times, and I’ve always gone in costume. It’s just more fun to! This of course led to me having a Renaissance-themed wedding completed with a castle for a wedding cake and outdoors pictures at a park that had stone ruins.
What’s so fun about history is all of the what ifs. What if one small event didn’t happen? How can that change the timeline? What if you go back in time and it isn’t the past as you know it? That’s what I was thinking about when I wrote The Test of Time, which actually features four different time periods, our own and three alternative ones.
To learn more about Nicole and her works, visit her website or her Amazon page. Everyone who signs up for her newsletter receives a free book, so sign up now!
Blurb:
Katia jumps at the chance to go to England with her best friend after Rose ditches her deadbeat boyfriend. While walking through the market, she spies a large mansion and recognizes the guy out front as her high school friend Tony. Just as they start to reconnect, Katia passes through times and lands in the arms of Lord Landon, who looks like Tony but certainly doesn’t act like him.
Soon, Katia learns that this 1815 is different from the one in history books. Trapped in a parallel world, Katia struggles to not fall for Landon but his charm proves too much for her. Just when she is about to confess her love for him, Katia travels through time yet again.
The course of love never did run smooth and if Katia can’t figure out and master the test of time, she’ll never see her friends again, or worse, never be reunited with Landon.
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Nicole’s Question for YOU
If you could go back to the past or jump into the future, would you?
[JLS # 350]
What a fascinating premise! Great to learn about you, Nicole. I also loved Stranger Things and can’t wait for Season 2. Have you tried to watch Merlin? I’m sure you’d enjoy it. We’re in the process of watching it now.
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I am so stoked for Stranger Things to come back!
I haven’t watched Merlin yet. One day I’ll find the time too! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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Thanks for the visit, Kathy. I guess I’m way behind on my TV viewing, because I’m not familiar with either of those shows.
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Nice to “meet” you, Nicole. I, too, love the renaissance fair and I love dressing up, though I don’t always do so. I even worked at the festival one season as a teen. Good times…
If I had a chance to jump into the past or the future, would I? You bet! I’d see it as an adventure!
Good luck with The Test of Time. It sounds like a fun read!
Jenn!
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That’s so awesome that you worked at the festival one season, Jenn. I’m jealous!
Thanks for stopping by!
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Jenn, you’ve certainly had a wide variety of jobs and interests. Post a pix of you in costume at that Ren Festival.
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You and those pictures… Haha!
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Thank you for having me!
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my pleasure, Nicole.
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Thanks for your writings Nicole, and it’s always great to learn a little more about an author with each story.
I would be happy to jump to the future – as long as it was far enough that we had invented the hyperdrive, so that I could visit all those amazing sights across our galaxy…
Cheers, Allan.
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Thanks for visiting, Allan. I’ve got a follow-up question for you: would you insist on being able to return to the present? or do you feel you could be content to REMAIN in that future realm?
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It’s so fun to think about what the future may hold!
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Welcome to the blog, Nicole! I enjoy all your stories, but especially your historical romances. To answer your question, I guess I’d be okay with a short visit, but I enjoy my modern comforts far too much to give them up. I enjoy going to Renaissance Fairs but of course, that’s only a small peek into that world. I’ve got The Test of Time on my Kindle app, ready for a nice quiet reading day!
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Yes, Patricia. For me a small peek would likely be sufficient. I think all the disease and grime and unsanitary conditions would spoil my visit… and I doubt I’d want to remain very long in most of the past eras.
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Thank you, Patricia! I hope you enjoy The Test of Time.
A sneak peek would *probably* be best. If you could survive childhood, you had a decent chance of living a decent-length life, but only if you didn’t get the plague. The low average lifespan from the Middle Ages is so low because of all of the childhood morbidity.
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Welcome to 4F,1H, Nicole! Your book sounds completely fascinating and it going on my TBR list, long as it is.
Time travel questions always stump me:What if I got STUCK there??? Give me my indoor plumbing, central heating and fully-equipped hospitals, if necessary!
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right you are — no matter which time period I may wish to visit, I would never want to remain their until I died.
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Not being able to have a hot shower would be kinda rough, Tonette! And I know all about long TBR piles…
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