Release Blitz: THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY by Christy Matheson With An Excerpt & A #Giveaway!

I am so excited that the prequel to The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book’s, THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY by Christy Matheson is available now and that I get to share the news!

 

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the details below.

 

This blitz also includes a giveaway for copies of the eBook courtesy of Christy & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.

 

About The Book:

Title: THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 4)

Author: Christy Matheson

Pub. Date: May 25, 2025

Publisher: Buttercup Books

Formats: eBook

Pages: 188

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/The-Squire-and-His-Magical-Library

What if he doesn’t have to be a warrior?

What if fate is something he can choose?

Despite the druids’ prediction that Rian would become a great warrior, he hates the king’s training program. After the first year’s Trials, humiliated and angry, Rian flees the other squires to hide in the cellars...where he finds a magical library and a wren-like Fae who explains that he can choose his own fate. Each year, one figurine crumbles and one possible fate disappears because of the choices he's made. He should be able to make the Warrior disappear before he turns eighteen, right?

Meanwhile, Rian helps two very different princesses—one bent on becoming a warrior to seek revenge, and the other imprisoned by blindness. As Rian’s decisions become entangled with his friendships, the figurines vanish one by one. As the years go by, does he have any choice left about his own future?

Read now, to journey back to 3rd-century Ireland with a reluctant young hero! 

With characters based on Irish mythology, this historical fantasy has plenty of action but no gore.  

It takes place in the same world as the other “Castle in Kilkenny” books, but is the earliest book featuring these characters, so is a true stand-alone.

 Start your journey with the prequel and then grab the rest of the series here!

 

Excerpt:

I guess I can’t get much more lonely and shameful than I already am.

The door swings smoothly at my touch, and warmth hits me as the light makes me blink.

No one’s here. And it still feels welcoming.

I hobble to the fire and sink onto the soft chair. Whoever owns it isn’t using it, and I’ll leave soon. After a long moment, I open my eyes. At my fingertips is a steaming cup and a jar of salve.

I sniff them both. The castle policy is that anyone is allowed appropriate supplies. I’m a warrior, even a junior one. I am definitely allowed to take medicine.

I rub the salve on the worst of my injuries. It works even faster than usual, the pain fading right away.

So by the time I drink the tea, I’m feeling well enough to look around. Carefully.

I warm my hands against my tea, feeling more alert with each sip. The patterns on the rugs seem familiar, but the construction is softer and denser than anything else in the castle. I understand what the furniture is for, but the shapes and materials are like nothing I’ve ever seen. The mantle is constructed of absolutely smooth stone, gray and red veins swirling against the white, and the ironwork for the fireplace is more delicate and complicated than anything the king’s smithy could produce. The light is coming from tall vases with colored glass hats, and the hats are glowing. I examine one closely, and find a little toggle that makes the flame go on and off. Definitely magic. Besides, even a king couldn’t afford that much glass, and he wouldn’t put it in the basement if he did.

I’m not sure if that’s better or worse. Are there fae living underneath the castle?

Well, I’m here now, and I’ve already drank and used their medicine—so if it’s a magical trap, I’m already caught.

 

About Christy Matheson:

Christy writes romantic Regency fiction about friendship, family, and finding one's place in an ever-changing world.

Christy is an embroidery artist, classically trained pianist, and sews all of her own clothes. She lives in Oregon, on a country property that fondly reminds her of a Regency estate (except with a swing set instead of faux Greek ruins), with her five children, two Shelties, a bunny, and an improbable amount of art supplies.

She is a co-editor for the short story anthology, Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women, and her novels are represented by Kristina Sutton Lennon of Focused Artists. She is also an award-winning spoken-word poet.

She has degrees from Smith College and Lesley University, and is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association, Historical Novel Society, and Regency Fiction Writers.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive an eBook of THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY, International.

Ends June 3rd, midnight EST.

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