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A lifelong fascination with fairy tales and legends set Kim Rendfeld on her quest to write fiction.

She grew up in New Jersey and earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. A former journalist, Kim has spent almost twenty years in public relations for universities. She has also written three novels set in early medieval times and is working on a fourth.

Kim, a member of the Historical Novel Society, lives in Illinois with her husband and their spoiled cats. The couple has a daughter and four grandchildren.

For more about Kim, visit www.kimrendfeld.com.
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	The Cross and the Dragon 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ashes of Heaven's Pillar 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen of the Darkest Hour 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betrothed to the Red Dragon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charles Martel, as depicted in the Grandes Chroniques de France, compiled from the 13th to 15th centuries (public domain image)

While researching my forthcoming novel Duchess of the New Dawn, I came across something that sounds too weird to be true. When Frankish King Theuderic IV died in 737, his mayor of the palace, Charles Martel (aka the Hammer), my heroine Chiltrude’s father, made a choice

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