GENRE: Historical Fantasy
Coral,
the second of seven sisters, has been hiding her affair with the perfect man
until her older sister can get her life together. But the perfect man is
getting impatient and now she’s gotten pregnant. Coral decides it’s time to
consider her own happiness.
But what does she want?
The perfect husband turns out to be less than ideal. She adores the small
children she teaches but the idea of being a mother fills her with joy.
Meanwhile, her homeland is gripped by fear of a Mongol invasion and she can’t
stop crying about everything now that she’s with child.
Then a friend suggests
the ever-caring Coral possesses a power well beyond what she or anyone else
imagines. Does she? And why is the idea so appealing?
When Coral’s big sister
loses faith in the army and decides to craft a way to use magic to save Ilari
from the Mongols, she decides Coral’s formidable talent is what the realm
needs. Can Coral raise a baby, placate an absent military husband who thinks
he’s stopping the invasion, and help her sister save her homeland?
Exclusive Excerpt:
Later that night, Davor and I sat by the fire talking. The
rest of the household had tactfully gone to bed. He held my hand, the
friendliest gesture he’s exhibited so far.
“So how are things in Pilk?” I asked. A good wife is
supposed to show an interest in her husband’s profession, right?
“Eh. Politics.” He gave a disgusted shrug. “As the Mozdol
with the most fighting experience, I thought I’d be in charge of training the
troops for this coming invasion. Then the rulers got together and picked some
stupid prince to oversee what I’m doing. Just because he’s got royal blood;
blood he’s never shed a drop of.”
“I’m sorry Davor. You don’t need any Royal looking over your
shoulder. ”
“You bet I don’t. The men like me and I understand battle.
Nobody respects this prince and the cushy life he’s lived.”
I was pretty sure this stupid prince was Nevik, my sister’s
lover. So much for the idea of he and Davor becoming friends.
“Is this the same
prince everyone is talking about? Recently engaged to a princess from another
realm?”
“Yup. Marrying a foreigner. Got only half his brain on the
Mongols while the other half is occupied with what’s happening between his
sheets.”
I said nothing.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sherrie Cronin
is the author of a collection of six speculative fiction novels known as 46.
Ascending and is now in the process of publishing a historical fantasy series
called The War Stories of the Seven Troublesome Sisters. A quick look at the
synopses of her books makes it obvious she is fascinated by people achieving
the astonishing by developing abilities they barely knew they had.
She’s made a
lot of stops along the way to writing these novels. She’s lived in seven cities, visited
forty-six countries, and worked as a waitress, technical writer, and
geophysicist. Now she answers a hot-line. Along the way, she’s lost several
cats but acquired a husband who still loves her and three kids who’ve grown up
just fine, both despite how odd she is.
All her life
she has wanted to either tell these kinds of stories or be Chief Science
Officer on the Starship Enterprise. She now lives and writes in the mountains
of Western North Carolina, where she admits to occasionally checking her phone
for a message from Captain Picard, just in case.
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2 comments:
Great excerpt!
Thank you for hosting!
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