Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Today's Book Feature and Giveaway: Wind's Aria by Tessa Stockton


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 From Wind's Aria


“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.

Available at the following locations:
Soulmatepublishing.com
Amazon
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Meet The Author


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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Be sure to leave Tessa a comment with you email address included and be entered into her giveaway. Tessa will be awarding a $50 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn commenter during this tour and her reviews tour.  Stop at her other blog stops and increase your chances of winning.
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5 comments:

  1. Christina, thanks for hosting me today on such a lovely site. : )

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  2. Great excerpt and lovely cover.

    Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com

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  3. The blurb sounds enchanting. I'm intrigued as to how she lost her ability to make music. And isn't that apple a devilish symbol?? Love it!
    catherinelee100 at gmail dot com

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    1. Those are wonderful words, "enchanting" and "intrigued" and "devilish"... I hope you give Wind's Aria a try--and love it fully!

      Thank you for commenting.

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