Flying Horse Books
Linda Ulleseit Media
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Contact: FlyingHorseBooks@gmail.com
Author Bio: Linda Ulleseit was born and raised in
Saratoga, California, and has taught elementary school in San Jose since 1996.
She enjoys cooking, cross-stitching, reading, and spending time with her
family. Her favorite subject is writing, and her students get a lot of practice
scribbling stories and essays. Someday Linda hopes to see books written by
former students alongside hers in bookstores.
Her first novel, ON A
WING AND A DARE, was published in 2012. It is a Young Adult fantasy set in
medieval Wales, complete with flying horses, a love triangle, and treachery.
It’s sequel, IN THE WINDS OF DANGER, was released March, 2013. The focus of
that book is the misty past of a groom and the murky future of a rider. The
last book in the trilogy is UNDER A WILD AND DARKENING SKY, May 2014. It
follows a brother and sister, new to High Meadow, who become involved in a plot
to steal flying horses.
As a child, Linda
always loved to write. She took her first creative writing course in seventh
grade, accumulating a closet full of stories that she never showed anyone until
2007. At that time, she gave the first draft of a flying horse book to a
teacher colleague to read. ON A WING AND A DARE began as a NaNoWriMo novel in
2009. It was revised with the help of reviewers on thenextbigwriter.com over
the next two years. For NaNo 2011, Linda drafted the sequel, IN THE WINDS OF
DANGER. NaNoWriMo 2012 brought the first draft of UNDER A WILD AND DARKENING
SKY, and NaNoWriMo 2013 saw the completion of UNDER THE ALMOND TREES. This last
is a historical fiction that follows three women who struggle for women’s
rights in early California.
Linda has also
written a novella titled WINGS OVER TREMEIRCHSON, released as an ebook in Fall
2013. It follows the story of Hoel and Neste, parents of a main character in ON
A WING AND A DARE.
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ON A WING AND A DARE
Purchase On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Wing-Flying-Horse-Books-ebook/dp/B00B3OF412
On Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/282169
Book Blurb: Flying
horses…a love triangle…poison….Welcome to Tremeirchson.
In Tremeirchson, a barn leader’s children are expected to follow their
parents into the sky, becoming riders of the magnificent winged horses that are
the medieval Welsh village’s legacy. Neither Emma nor Davyd, however, want to
follow that tradition.
Sixteen-year-old Emma risks losing her family by following her heart.
Eager to take her place in the air, she longs to ride a forbidden winged colt
born in barn of her father’s biggest rival. She also dreams of the rival’s
sons, not sure which she truly loves. Bold and exciting, Evan will someday lead
his father’s barn. Davyd is quieter, more dependable, with an ability to get
things done. Her father disapproves of both boys and pushes her toward an
ambitious newcomer. He also insists she ride the colt he’s picked for her.
Davyd, also sixteen, is plagued with a secret—he is afraid of heights.
Refusing to become a rider means public humiliation, his parents’
disappointment, and lifelong ridicule from his brother, Evan. He reluctantly
prepares to join his family aloft in the Aerial Games that provide the entire
village with its livelihood and tries desperately to think of an alternative.
As Tremeirchson’s barns prepare for the Rider Ceremony, winged horses
suddenly start dying. Shocked, the adults hesitate, mired in tradition and
politics. Is it a disease or poison? Accidental or purposeful? Someone must
discover the answer and act before all the winged horses in the world are gone
forever.
IN THE WINDS OF DANGER
On Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/324425
Book
blurb:
Nineteen year old Nia is shocked when
she is secretly offered the leadership of Third Barn. This new barn full of
flying horses will need someone confident, experienced, and innovative, so why
are both warring factions pursuing an untried girl? Suspicious that both sides
want a puppet instead of a leader, Nia races to discover their secrets before
making the biggest decision of her life.
Some of those secrets are unknowingly
buried in the disconnected memories of a young groom named Owain. Terror and
guilt haunt Owain’s dreams – and then a face from his nightmare arrives in High
Meadow. Owain looks for answers in his past and uncovers a dangerous plot that
could doom High Meadow's future. How can he foil the plot and save his people
as well as the winged horses?
UNDER A WILD AND DARKENING SKY
On Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/437332
Ralf knows he must take over his
father’s bakery, but is it wrong to want some adventure before he does? New to
High Meadow, he is befriended by the beautiful and dangerous Branwen, who has
her own goal—to entice Ralf to help her steal a winged horse and return it to
Tremeirchson.
Meanwhile, Ralf’s sister, Alyna, dives
into barn life. Becoming a groom to a winged foal is a lot of responsibility to
the horse, to the barn, and to her father, who idolizes the wrong barn leader.
Politics, greed, and revenge swirl around the teenaged siblings as they
struggle to be true to their family and their future.
WINGS OVER TREMEIRCHSON (a
flying horse novella)
Book Blurb: Eighteen year old Neste rides a
winged horse in Tremeirchson's Aerial Games and she is betrothed to the barn
leader's son, Hoel. Life would be wonderful if Hoel wasn't so unpleasant to the
other riders. Adam, on the other hand, is handsome and nice but a terrible
rider. Together, Hoel and Adam are the perfect man. Obviously she can't have
both of them. When Neste's winged horse is involved in a terrible accident, her
life changes and she must make different choices about her future. Can she go
against her father's dying wish that she marry Hoel? Can she forgive Adam? Can
she make a life away from the barn and the winged horses she loves?
ALSO BY LINDA ULLESEIT:
UNDER THE ALMOND TREES
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/438310
Under the Almond Trees is the story of
my family – three ordinary women in California who lived extraordinary lives.
It started with a falling tree branch that killed Ellen VanValkenburgh’s
husband in 1862, forcing her to assume leadership of his paper mill, something
women weren’t allowed to do. Women weren’t allowed to vote yet, either. Ellen
decided that had to change, and became a suffragette. In 1901, Emily Williams ,
Ellen’s daughter-in-law, became an architect – very much against her family’s
wishes. No one would hire a woman, but Emily would not be deterred. She and her
life partner Lillian set out to build homes themselves. By the 1930’s women
enjoyed more freedom, including the vote. Even so, Ellen’s granddaughter Eva
VanValkenburgh chose a traditional life of marriage and children, even closing
her photography business at her husband’s insistence. When he later refused to
pay for their daughter’s college education, Eva followed the example of her
Aunt Emily and reopened her photography business. I am proud to call these
women family and honored to share their story.
Thanks Apryl, for hosting a stop on my Blog Hop! Looking forward to your YA feature next month!
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome, Linda!
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