Blurb
Elected as the
Songstress, Aria takes her place on the sacred platform to sing before every
dawn. As long as she does so, peace and abundant life belong to her people. One
morning, amidst a strange wind that brings with it a curse in its eerie howl,
Aria loses her ability to make music. But the encroaching death that transpires
isn’t her biggest tragedy. It’s that she adores the cause of her blunder, for
he’s a magnificent winged creature who’s stolen more than her voice.
Excerpt:
Fog
continued to dance around them covering most of his body, to her dismay. Just curious, she convinced herself. She
closed her eyes and squeezed the bridge of her nose to concentrate . . . something
that seemed hard to do at that moment.
“Feeling
better?” The smooth notes of his words swam through her ears.
“Mmm.”
She nodded. “I guess.”
He
continued to stare.
Aria
cleared her throat. “Um . . . can I ask you a question?”
“You may
ask . . .”
“But
will you answer?”
“That
depends.”
“Oh.
Well. How did you get to be so huge when all the Meleyans are rather small? And
why haven’t I seen you before?”
“That’s
two questions.”
“S-sorry.”
He
exhaled a steady stream of air, adding to the mist, as if deliberating.
Aria
felt the strength of his breath, blowing strands of her hair across her face.
Slow,
yet with precision, he lifted a lock from the curve of her mouth and rubbed the
strands between his fingers. He murmured, “Soft and orange, like the petals of
prairie-tails.” Then he bent and smelled her hair, closing his eyes. “And sweet
like the honey of bees.” Again he held her gaze. The corner of his mouth
twitched upward. “Do you have a sting?”
“I asked
you a question first—”
“Two,”
he corrected. Then he smiled.
Bio:
A former choreographer,
dancer, and musician, Tessa Stockton now writes romance and intrigue novels in
a variety of genres. Wind’s Aria is
the first in her fantasy romance eNovella series, The Brother’s Keep.
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5 comments:
Wow! Great excerpt, and an interesting sounding read.
Best of luck!
Thanks, Mary. : )
Pamela, thank you so much for the guest spot today on your awesome blog!
Sounds like a wonderful story Tessa. I wish you tons of success with it!
Penny
You're welcome, Tessa, and thanks for stopping by. :-)
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