Claiming The Prize (32 page)

Afterword

Claiming The Prize © Nadja
Notariani, 2011

Claiming The Prize
is the result of years spent in countless
gymnasiums across Pennsylvania and New Jersey watching my sons
participate in the sport they love, wrestling.
As training took on
the added arts of boxing, jujitsu, and judo, I watched, gaining
knowledge and respect for those that hone their craft well, and the
idea for the novel was born.
I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into the
life of mixed martial arts, one glimpse, for there are countless
stories yet untold.

The author's next work, a
novella entitled
Her Dark Baron
is due out in October, 2011.

Her Dark Baron © Nadja
Notariani, 2011

Scottish marauders, incensed at England's
King Charles I and emboldened after achieving the upper hand in the
Bishop's War of 1640, wreak havoc on the inhabitants of
Northumberland, England, and Lady Mariel Hayes finds herself at the
mercy of the land hungry Baron Harold Flanders after her father is
killed in a border raid.
Powerless to save herself from being
forced to wed the vile Flanders, Mariel prays for divine
intervention.
But when her salvation comes, it proves more
terrifying than comforting as Mariel learns that by order of the
crown, she is to wed the dark and mysterious Baron Gervace Daltry,
known far and wide as the Hound of Hell.

Mariel seeks to accept this new life with
her dark Baron, a man whose secrets haunt her even as

his touch inflames her body.
But before her
mind can reconcile the sinner she knows him to be

with the seductive lover she willingly
surrenders to, Mariel must confront the fears that whisper

to her as evidence mounts that her life may
soon be forfeit and decide whether to trust the man

she begins to love, or betray the man
rumored to be the Devil's instrument of destruction.

About

Nadja Notariani lives in northeastern
Pennsylvania with her husband, three sons, and faithful German
Shepard, Zutchka.
She also has two wonderful, grown daughters.
In
addition to writing, she enjoys entertaining her large family and
wonderful friends.

Nadja loves hearing from readers.
Find
her at:

http://www.nadjanotariani.blogspot.com/

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