ROBIN HELM - AUTHOR GUEST POST & GIVEAWAY : CONFESSIONS OF A REGENCY WANNABE

My guest today is Robin Helm who published the first two volumes of a trilogy (The Guardian Trilogy), Guardian and SoulFire, and is presently writing Legacy, the third and final volume, posting as a work in progress on four different forums. She has also published three Regency short stories. She and her husband have two daughters, the elder a Navy nurse stationed in Guam, and the younger a university senior. They live in South Carolina with their Yorkie-Poo, Tobey.

Ms. Helm graduated with a BA from Piedmont International University. She is a member of the Delta Epsilon Chi honor society, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the scholarship faculty of the United States Achievement Academy.

Volume III in Robin Helm's Trilogy

There are many things to love about Austen’s novels, but one of my favorite aspects of her time period is the importance placed upon music. Most well-born, accomplished ladies of Jane’s generation sang or played an instrument. Often, I think I would have enjoyed living during that era – preferably without the uncomfortable undergarments and certainly born into a gentleman’s family. The lack of air conditioning, central heating, electricity, and running water would also be lamentable, but I suppose I could adjust. What I would not change would be the freedom to practice for hours each day and the encouragement to excel. Though I would never have been an excellent walker, I should love to have the time to improve my mind by extensive reading.I smile when I think of Marianne, Mary, Anne, Emma, Elizabeth and others at their pianofortes, though Emma and Elizabeth claimed no superiority at the instrument. Jane Fairfax, Caroline Bingley, Louisa Hurst, and Georgiana Darcy were truly proficient. Those ladies who did not play or sing certainly enjoyed dancing, and the musicians at the balls provided part of the ambiance. The music of string quintets, flutes, and harps was in vogue. One of the best parts of the films of Austen’s works is the music; the soundtracks are wonderful.I majored in music performance with a piano proficiency, and I love to play at every opportunity. In fact, I am preparing to play with a church orchestra this coming Sunday. There will be four performances with the combined church choirs, and I am so looking forward to it. This week I am taking Lady Catherine’s advice and practicing more than I usually do, aspiring to be a true proficient.
I wonder what that grand lady would think of drums and guitars. It makes me laugh to think of it.

Robin Helm 

 The Books

Volume I in the Trilogy is Guardian, a religious fantasy fiction. The powerful and imposing Xander/Darcy, Chief of Guardian Angels  has protected exceptional humans from demonic forces over the course of ten millennia without losing a single battle. In 1989, he receives an unusual assignment which will forever change his ordered existence and alter the course of human history. Will he lose the battle for his own heart while guarding supernaturally gifted Elizabeth Bennet from the evil which surrounds her? Will he be strong enough to resist her as she grows from a precocious child into a beautiful, intelligent woman? The veil dividing the physical and spiritual planes is drawn aside to reveal warfare on an unprecedented scale as Elizabeth develops her gifts and her guardian discovers his emotions.


SoulFire, Volume II of The Guardian Trilogy, is a modern Christian fantasy romance written in the tradition of Jane Austen's masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice.

In the second volume of The Guardian Trilogy, Fitzwilliam Alexander Darcy, powerful Chief of all guardian angels, adjusts to life with a dual nature. An angel/human, Darcy seeks to win the love of his  beautiful partner in SoulFire Ministries, Elizabeth Bennet, as they travel together across the country. While keeping his true identity hidden, Darcy joins archangels Michael and Gabriel in defending and protecting Elizabeth from the schemes and trickery of Gregory, the Dark Prince, and Lucifer, his father.
Though the supernaturally gifted team of Darcy and Elizabeth is tremendously successful in their joint mission as they partner with evangelist Jonathan Edwards, the question remains, will Elizabeth find the strength within herself to forgive Darcy for his secrecy after she accidentally discovers the truth, that he was her guardian angel, or will Gregory be ultimately successful in separating this match made in heaven?

Giveaway details

Leave your comment below this post + add your e-mail address+ specify the country you write from. You can win the first two volumes of Robin Helm's Trilogy. If the winner is in the US, he/she will win Guardian+SoulFire paperback signed by the author, if he/she is from any other country in the world the prize will be the e-book copies (kindle or nook) of both books. So the contest is open internationally and it will end on April 20th, when the name of the winner is announced. Good luck!

Robin Helm books are on Amazon  and Barnes & Noble