I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on
the THE KEY TO ALL THINGS by Cindy Lynn Speer Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar
Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to
enter the giveaway!
About
The Book:
Title: THE KEY TO ALL THINGS
Author: Cindy Lynn Speer
Pub.
Date: July 25, 2020
Publisher: Dragonwell Publishing
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 377
From
the bestselling author of THE CHOCOLATIER'S WIFE:
Every
day, Lady Avriel hears the bards sing about the greatest love story of all
times, a heartbreaking romance between a human nobleman, Captain Edward de
Vere, and the beautiful Queen of the Fae, who shattered his heart when she
abandoned him to accept her throne. Avriel secretly longs for the sad and
romantic captain as she works as a double agent, serving at both human and fae
courts to keep the peace between the two kingdoms.
But
for three hours every night she remembers a completely different world, where
the greatest love story is a lie, and Edward belongs to her. She believes this
reality to be the true one, even if no one else does. The world has fallen
under a spell, and it is up to Avriel to find its source and undo it.
To
set things right, Avriel must face the all-powerful Elder Fae and confront the
darkest powers that rule her destiny – only to learn that if she proceeds, her
actions will bring chaos and open her kingdom to destruction. Is this a choice
she is willing to make to bring her love back?
Excerpt:
Prologue.
I am the queen of sometimes. Sometimes I am a wife.
Sometimes I am a spy. It just depends on what time of day you catch me.
There is a story that sits in the back of my head, and I
remind myself of it every time I lie down to sleep. It is the story that
recounts everything I had, and everything I lost. It is not the story you know,
about war and love. You believe in the tale of Catherine of the Willows, a
part-fae who fell in love with Edward de Vere, Captain of the King’s Guards.
You already are nodding, you know the story like you know your own face in the
mirror. It’s been told to you thousands of times. Catherine and Edward fell in
love. They married despite their love being forbidden. And then, when the story
should have ended with everyone having their happily ever after, the
unthinkable happened. Catherine was chosen to take the fae throne. And with
that, came a terrible decision. She could keep her mundane life, her marriage,
or she could sacrifice her identity and become the Sapphire Queen of the Fae.
She sacrificed. And as she rose, Edward fell. Tossed aside,
he became the tragic hero.
Here is the truth, if you would have it. There were three
men who were like brothers: an inventor, a pirate, a romantic; warriors all.
And there was a woman, Avriel, neither all fae nor all human, and she lived
between the worlds of the human and fae courts. Avriel was the one who
enchanted Edward, Avriel was the one he wed, and everything should have been
the happily ever after of the stories: flowers and sunshine and perfection.
So why don’t you remember it this way? I don’t know. No one
remembers. They know of these three men – Edward de Vere, and Merrick
d’Marison, and Stephan d’Valerian, and all the things they did. They sometimes
remember the woman – me, Avriel, now a background character in a much grander
story. But no one remembers the truth. In one brief moment everything’s
changed, and I do not know how, or why.
All I know is that Edward, my husband and the love of my
life, does not remember who I am. But that is not as bad as it would seem. For,
you see, except for three blessed hours each day, from nine until midnight, I
don’t remember him, either. Or, to be more precise, I don’t remember that he
was once mine. He’s just an attractive soldier who once was the Captain of the
King’s Guard but now fell from grace, and all I can do is hide in the shadows
and long for him.
Each time the clock chimes nine, I remember what it was like
to taste his kisses, to have him lean close and whisper in my ear, to fight by
his side. I remember what it was like to be powerful and in control of my
destiny, to have friends who respected me.
It used to hurt, the remembering. At first it would paralyze
me. I used to think I was mad. I would sit in my room and stare at the wall,
wondering what to do. There was no one to talk to, to turn to. Everyone had
been taken from me.
Oh, I cannot lie. It still does hurt. But I force it away,
and instead I consider the day behind me, and the day ahead of me, and I take
out some paper and write down some notes. They are different, depending on what
needs to be accomplished. I place each note where I will see it in the morning,
out of sight of the mirror, because there is a fae courtier who controls me,
who can see through mirrors, and who would not allow me to proceed.
One step at a time. We will solve this. I will have my life
back.
About Cindy Lynn
Speer:
Cindy
Lynn Speer is the author of several short stories, book reviews, books and
interviews.
And
she finds talking in the third person boring, so...
Hello!
Let's see, what else is interesting? I write for many reasons...to make people
happy, to explore further the worlds in my head (day dreaming can be
sloppy...and jumpy. One moment, you're at a stop light, day dreaming about
riding dragons, the next moment you're at work, pretending that you're a CSI
specializing in filing systems. Not a very disciplined way of seeing stories
through to the end.) and to just celebrate the joy of words.
My
library contains books on ships, chocolate, swords, murder mysteries, folk
lore, myth, fantasy and all sorts of things. I am a jackdaw. I love to read
about a lot of different things.
Giveaway Details:
One lucky winner will receive a $10 Amazon
gift card, International.
Ends September 15th, midnight
EST.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
8/31/2020
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9/1/2020
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Excerpt
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9/2/2020
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9/3/2020
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Spotlight
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9/4/2020
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Week Two:
9/7/2020
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9/8/2020
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9/9/2020
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Review
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9/10/2020
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Review
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9/11/2020
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