Ballads, Banners, and a Baby

a Renaissance festival love story

By: Janice Bayne, HTJ Fiction Publications

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Seven months pregnant and newly abandoned by her husband, Terry Dean never imagined she’d be spending her autumn selling roasted turkey legs at the Ohio Renaissance Festival. What begins as a humbling side job quickly turns into something unexpected when she meets Geoffrey Caldwell—a mandolin-playing history teacher with a talent for medieval insults and a heart far steadier than his singing voice. Between wandering minstrels, theatrical sword fights, jealous rivals, and banners snapping in the crisp September air, Terry discovers that love doesn’t always arrive on schedule—but it does arrive brave. As one festival season draws to a close, she must decide whether to cling to the life that left her behind or embrace the one unfolding before her—complete with ballads, banners, and a baby.