In Tangled in Tudor Times time traveler Bella Salas needs a place to stay. She puts up in a priory. But during Queen Elizabeth the First's era, priories aren't what they used to be. It all started with Henry the VIII and the "Kings Great Matter".

In August of 2021, I participated in the San Mateo Library program A Fine Romance, and was honored to read aloud from Tangled in Tudor Times, the first of six time travel romantic suspense books in my Tudor Times and Tales series. In anticipation of Tangled in Tudor Times' release this month, I'm reading from the book I shared at A Fine Romance.

The sounds of Greensleeves — thanks to Creative Commons artist Dobroide at freesound.org. Did Queen Elizabeth's Daddy, Henry VIII,  compose Greensleves? Why do people like the idea of Henry VIII composing this song ? Why are these Elizabethans making music? Because the local folk need it to dance. Sharing story from the Tangled in Tudor Times chapter, La Volta.

Paloma reached for the box and opened it to display an antique, gold-rimmed miniature painting. "It’s uncanny," she said. "This woman really looks like you." My sister laughed. "I bet you think you’re going to find a time portal back to the sixteenth century when you get to London."

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