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GENRE: Fantasy Romance
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BLURB:
Ash's
silvery purple hair sets her apart from her peers and at the magic college of
Spires a few senior maeven consider her magic to be alien and unsuccessfully try
to expel her. Ash feels a compulsive attraction tempting her to enter the
broken North Spire. She believes this off limits ruin holds the answer to her
origins, but is not willing to take the chance of expulsion from Spires.
Orm, Ash's equally talented
classmate, is determined to support the girl he considers his soulmate, and
promises to help her find out the secrets of the North Spire when they reach
the end of their third year.
At the end of the first year, Ash
nervously waits to see if she will be allowed to continue at Spires, or will
she be sent home in disgrace.
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EXCERPT
A
young woman stood in the doorway with a Spires cloak over her arm. Ash could
tell by her clothes the woman did not come from a farming community. Her dress
frills on the light material floating in the air movement from the corridor,
would have been considered unnecessary by Tulia.
"Oh."
The newcomer paused for effect. "I thought I would have a room to
myself."
"It's
cozier when there are more of us," Rupe told her. "I'm Rupe, this is
Ash."
"Charmed,
I'm sure. My name is Ceku Atania Beland. You may call me Ceku. I wonder where
the servant is with my bags." The young lady entered the room and looked
around. "I think I'll take this bed."
Ceku
seated herself daintily on the bed nearest the door and placed her cloak beside
her. Ash hoped their new roommate wasn't as stuck up as she appeared. Maybe
offering some help to the other girl would make her more friendly.
"Hilso
said we were to leave the bed by the door for the second year student."
"Nonsense.
This is the best bed. I shall sleep here."
"Move."
All
three of them jumped at the brusque command. A tall dark haired girl stood in
the doorway glaring at Ceku.
"I
shall do no such thing. Do you know who I am?"
"Yes,
I do. You're a first year student and any other rank you hold outside Spires
doesn't count here. Now move yourself and get your bags. They're still sitting
in the courtyard."
"The
servants will no doubt bring them when they have time." Ceku still didn't
move from the bed.
"I'm
Uma, your second year roomie." The girl introduced herself to Ash and Rupe
then turned to face Ceku and muttered something under her breath.
Ash
barely managed to suppress her laughter when the stuck up young woman slid off
the bed and landed on the floor. The surprise still showed on her face as she
slid across to the vacant bed on the other side of the room and her cloak
followed obediently behind her.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sue Perkins grew up in
Devon, England and emigrated to New Zealand with her family. Sue and her
husband now live at the top of New Zealand’s South Island. Her interests
include writing, reading, genealogy and aqua jogging.
Sue’s book genres include
romance, fantasy romance, young adult fantasy and middle grade fantasy. Her
first romance book was released in May 2007, quickly followed by a fantasy
trilogy. She now has many books published in all the genres. Her aim for the
future is to write a full-length epic fantasy novel. The outline is complete,
and Sue is hoping to find time to finish the first draft by the end of 2017.
Meanwhile she carries on with her current fantasy series - Rak Shoma, a blend
of magic and fantasy.
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