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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.
“Who are you?”
He pushed further back into the shadows as she strode closer. “Someone you need not know.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
When he didn’t answer, she sighed.
“What a strange, terrible day,” she mumbled. “Well, at least tell me your name . . .”
He stood, speechless, knowing he shouldn’t be there at all—conversing with a Meleyan—especially not their musical deliverer that he was set to doom the day after tomorrow.
A peculiar grumbling interrupted her insistence, to his relief.
“Sorry.” She patted her stomach. He could see, even in the blackened night, how her face turned a deeper shade of red than her hair. “I’ve forgotten to eat. I guess I’m hungrier than I realized.”
He plucked an apple from the tree he’d nearly become a part of and held it out to her. The girl approached tentatively. She reached for the fruit but recoiled when her fingers brushed his.
“Is touching me so horrible?” he asked.
Her jaw dropped open and her delicate brow furrowed. She inclined her head. “It . . . hurt.”
“How?” he asked, for her fingers felt good to him, soothing. Warm. He wanted to try again.
“I don’t know how to explain . . .”
“Hum.” Unsatisfied with the answer, he tossed the apple to her and watched as she crunched her teeth into it.
A veteran of the performing arts and worldwide missions, Tessa Stockton also contributed as a writer/editor for ministry publications, ghostwriter for political content, and she headed a column on the topic of forgiveness. Today she writes romance and intrigue novels in a variety of genres. In addition to her fantasy romance, WIND’S ARIA, she’s the author of suspense/thriller, THE UNSPEAKABLE, political intrigue/romance, THE UNFORGIVABLE, and a literary short story, LOVE AND LULL, with more in the works.
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ReplyDeleteOooh... so she's going to die because she lost her voice? I love a good fantasy, and handsome angels are the kicker.
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Something along those lines... ; )
DeleteGreat premise! Who would you like to see play the role of your hero?
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Thanks, Jibriel! Hmm...while a lot of people have told me they think the guy on the cover looks like Brad Pitt, I'm more inclined to pick, say, a fair-haired Ben Barnes (Dorian Gray). If you haven't yet, check out my website to see the upcoming eNovellas in this series...I particularly like the male model in Tree Lord's Oracle. Yep. : )
DeleteAn interesting excerpt thank you. Makes me curious.
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Glad it makes you curious. ; ) Thanks for commenting and participating in the give away.
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ReplyDeleteQuite interesting blurb and excerpt. Liked the Muse/mythology aspect to it.
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I enjoyed the excerpt.
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Thanks for the excerpt and the chance to win!
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