Virtual Book Tour: She's the One Who Can't Keep Quiet by S. R. Cronin

 Good morning everyone! Please welcome author S. R. Cronin to Full Moon Dreaming. She is here today to tell us about her new release, She's the One Who Can't Keep Quiet, which is Book Five of the War Stories of the Seven Troublesome Sisters. S.R. will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to one randomly drawn commenter via Rafflecopter during the tour. The more you comment the better your chances of winning. To find the other stops on her tour, go here. Don't forget to look for the Rafflecopter at the end of this post!

 

She's the One Who Can't Keep Quiet

(Book Five of the War Stories of the Seven Troublesome Sisters)

by S. R. Cronin

 

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GENRE: Historical Fantasy

 

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BLURB:

 

Do you know what your problem is?

 

Celestine, the fifth of seven sisters, is tired of hearing about hers. Father thinks she’s frivolous because she likes pretty clothes and caters to the crowds in the taverns who adore her music. Mother thinks that because she’s the most social daughter in the family, she can’t keep quiet about anything.

 

They’re both wrong. Celestine hides a secret she has kept for most of her life.

 

As the family beauty and a talented musician with a lyrical voice, she has the best prospects for marriage to a prince. When such a liaison never happens, people assume Celestine is too choosy. But even in somewhat tolerant Ilari, a daughter hates to disappoint her family. How can she tell them she’s in love with a princess instead?

 

Lucky for Celestine, all her sisters are obsessed with an invading army headed to their realm. Celestine would rather ignore the threat and enjoy the freedom their lack of attention gives her. But, her voice can unlock a power that may help save Ilari. And the woman she loves is determined to fight these invaders. And her family, for all their talents, seems clueless about how to motivate the masses.

 

Celestine knows she can inspire the citizens of Ilari to do what needs to be done. Is it time to put her inhibitions aside and use her voice to save those she cares about?

 

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EXCERPT:

 

The instructor, the beautiful and entertaining Firuza, held much of the class spellbound with her gifted teaching, but none was as smitten as me. By the time the first of the crocus began to bloom, I recognized that my fascination went beyond admiration for her knowledge and her style. I felt a physical desire I’d never experienced, not for any man or woman.

 

Yes, I knew girls sometimes wanted other girls, and some acted upon this. If they were unwed tidzys then no one cared. A girl needed to learn about her body. But everyone expected girls to outgrow such inclinations and marry a boy. Most did marry, but whether they outgrew the inclinations or not I did not know.

 

Me, I’d rarely been attracted to anyone, though now I wondered if I’d tried so hard to like boys that I’d ignored my real interest. Whatever the cause, I’d barely acted upon any desires, turning my rather astonishing lack of experience into my greatest secret.

 

That spring, Firuza made me feel the heat of real desire. No wonder it occupied so much of people’s attention. As the last of the crocus bloomed, I decided she found me interesting as well. She gave me little signs, the kind people do. Eye contact. Smiles. Even an occasional careful touch on the arm or shoulder that made me tremble inside. I could have sworn every time she touched me, she trembled too.

 

But we kept our distance. Firuza seemed cautious by nature, and even if we weren’t two women, a romantic dalliance with the child of a fellow instructor would garner rebuke. So although we saw each other often, it was always in public and always above reproach.

 

We never spoke of our attraction although at times I wanted her so badly my insides quivered. I poured my newfound longing into the songs I wrote. At least my music took a turn for the better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Sherrie Cronin writes stories about people achieving the astonishing by developing abilities they barely knew they had. She’s made a lot of stops along the way to telling these tells — living in seven cities, visiting forty-six countries, and working as a waitress, technical writer, and geophysicist. She’s lost too many beloved cats to mention, but has acquired a husband and three children who are all doing fine, despite how odd she is.

 

Today she lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina where she writes, answers a hotline, and occasionally checks her phone for a message from Captain Picard. She still hopes to get the chance to pursue her remaining dream in life and become Chief Science Officer on the Starship Enterprise.

 

Author Social Media Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cinnabar01

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Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/5805814.Sherrie_Cronin

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Sherrie-Cronin/e/B007FRMO9Q

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/s-r-cronin

Author Blog:  https://troublesome7sisters.xyz/

 

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