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$10 #Giveaway Excerpt THE KEY TO ALL THINGS By Cindy Lynn Speer @cindylynnspeer @Dragonwellbooks @RockstarBkTours Ends 9.15

September 6, 2020 By Mary

THE KEY TO ALL THINGS 

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on 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

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

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.

 

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Giveaway Details:

One lucky winner will receive a $10 Amazon gift card, International.

Ends September 15th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

8/31/2020 Two Chicks on Books Excerpt
9/1/2020 Jaime’s World Excerpt
9/2/2020 JaimeRockstarBookTours Instagram Stop
9/3/2020 Fire and Ice Spotlight
9/4/2020 Books A-Brewin’ Excerpt

 

Week Two:

9/7/2020 BookHounds Excerpt
9/8/2020 Shelf-Rated Excerpt
9/9/2020 Books a Plenty Book Reviews Review
9/10/2020 Rajiv’s Reviews Review
9/11/2020 Rajiv’s Reviews Instagram Stop

 

 

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Comments

  1. Karen H says

    September 7, 2020 at 5:10 am

    Enjoyed reading about your book. Love the cover too

  2. James Robert says

    September 7, 2020 at 5:24 am

    Thanks for sharing your great  book and for the giveaway too.

  3. Gwendolyn L Jordan says

    September 7, 2020 at 5:32 am

    I like the cover

  4. Deborah D says

    September 7, 2020 at 6:27 am

    I love finding new authors because that means books that I haven’t read yet. Excited!

  5. April Morin says

    September 7, 2020 at 6:47 am

    I really like the cover and love the plot of a double agent between fae and human.

  6. Carol Knudtson says

    September 7, 2020 at 6:58 am

    Congratulations on the book! Sounds interesting.

  7. Cathy French says

    September 7, 2020 at 7:48 am

    This sounds like an interesting read. Always intrigued with Fae storylines.

  8. MARCY MEYER says

    September 7, 2020 at 8:13 am

    The cover looks good. Thanks for sharing.

  9. Lisa says

    September 7, 2020 at 8:58 am

    Very pretty cover!

  10. andie says

    September 7, 2020 at 10:07 am

    Mysterious and Intriguing. Thanks Cindy, hoping to win!

  11. Sandra Watts says

    September 7, 2020 at 10:47 am

    Sounds like a good love story.

  12. Sherry says

    September 7, 2020 at 11:28 am

    Sounds like a good read

  13. wendy hutton says

    September 7, 2020 at 11:43 am

    thanks sounds like a great book

  14. Susan Smith says

    September 7, 2020 at 12:35 pm

    Sounds great, I like the cover.

  15. Victoria Scott says

    September 7, 2020 at 1:12 pm

    Looks awesome! Thank you for sharing!

  16. heather says

    September 7, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    This sounds like a super good book and I really like the cover too.

  17. Marisela Zuniga says

    September 7, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    this sounds great!

  18. Ann Fantom says

    September 7, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    Cindy, I like the cover. It has nice artwork.

  19. Julie Waldron says

    September 7, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    Thanks for sharing, the cover is interesting.

  20. Cali W. says

    September 7, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    Great excerpt and giveaway.

  21. Nancy says

    September 7, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    My favorite part of any book review is the about the author information. People are so interesting.

  22. Cindy lynn Speer says

    September 7, 2020 at 8:07 pm

    Thank you everyone for being so kind and amazing!

  23. Deb Pelletier says

    September 7, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    nice book cover and the book sounds interesting.

  24. DANIELLE MCDONALD says

    September 8, 2020 at 6:03 am

    nice book cover ! Sounds like a good read

  25. Debbi Wellenstein says

    September 8, 2020 at 8:19 am

    I enjoyed learning about this book. Thanks for the giveaway!

  26. shelly peterson says

    September 8, 2020 at 12:18 pm

    Sounds like a good read.

  27. Bea LaRocca says

    September 8, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    Congratulations on your recent book release, I enjoyed the blurb and excerpt. This wounds like a good read

  28. Glenda M says

    September 8, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    Sounds like a really good book!

  29. BookLady says

    September 8, 2020 at 6:23 pm

    What a fascinating book! Great excerpt. Thanks for sharing.

  30. clynsg says

    September 10, 2020 at 8:00 am

    I am always interested in learning about new books that I might possibly read.

  31. Angela Smith says

    September 11, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    book sounds like an interesting read

  32. Peggy Nunn says

    September 12, 2020 at 3:49 am

    I really like the cover. Good choice of images.

  33. bn100 says

    September 12, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    nice cover

  34. Lisa Ehrman says

    September 13, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    The characters sound very interesting. I wish you all the best with this new book!

  35. Sarah L says

    September 13, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    Looks like an interesting book.
    Thanks for the contest. 

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