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Exclusive sneak peek of Queen of Frost and Ice
Dear reader,
July was pretty warm in this part of the world, and August has been slightly better. One thing that was keeping me cool was writing about the ice realm.
My new book, Queen of Frost and Ice, will release in October. I first titled the book ‘Queen of Everlasting Winter’ (a title which I still love, but *mild spoiler* it didn’t quite fit with the plot.)
Here is an exclusive sneak peek from my upcoming novel. I hope that you enjoy it!
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More hours passed and Kia hadn’t returned.
The ice with the floral patterns remained on the windows; the only sign of the ice queen being there. The storm lasted all night. It took that long for grandma’s fever to go away. Jade hoped that Kia stayed the night safe at a friend’s house.
Jade looked towards the door, hoping that Kia would walk in at any moment. She hadn’t had a moment of sleep, but she still waited for her nightmare to end.
“How are you feeling now, grandma?” Jade asked when she saw her stir.
“Much better, dear,” she said, smiling. “How could I not, with my granddaughter looking after me?”
“I am glad you are better,” Jade said. She added, hesitating, “I have to go look for Kia, grandma.”
“Ok, dear,” grandma said. “Who is Kia? Is she your friend?” she asked with a calm that chilled Jade’s heart.
“You don’t remember Kia?”
“I might remember,” Grandma said slowly. “What does she look like?”
Was this amnesia because of the fever? Jade didn’t know what to think, but she also didn’t want to upset her grandma by saying she had forgotten her other granddaughter.
“Kia is ten, with dark, wavy hair…” Jade answered. “And her eyes are… her eyes are…”
Jade racked her head, but she couldn’t remember if Kia’s eyes were blue or green or brown.
Am I forgetting my sister, too? Was this the ice queen’s spell?
Her heart sank at the thought.
She needed to find her little sister… and quickly.
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Thank you for reading! 😊 The preorder for Queen of Frost and Ice is available at: https://books2read.com/QoFI
Originally published at http://aishauroojbooks.wordpress.com
July was pretty warm in this part of the world, and August has been slightly better. One thing that was keeping me cool was writing about the ice realm.
My new book, Queen of Frost and Ice, will release in October. I first titled the book ‘Queen of Everlasting Winter’ (a title which I still love, but *mild spoiler* it didn’t quite fit with the plot.)
Here is an exclusive sneak peek from my upcoming novel. I hope that you enjoy it!
❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄
More hours passed and Kia hadn’t returned.
The ice with the floral patterns remained on the windows; the only sign of the ice queen being there. The storm lasted all night. It took that long for grandma’s fever to go away. Jade hoped that Kia stayed the night safe at a friend’s house.
Jade looked towards the door, hoping that Kia would walk in at any moment. She hadn’t had a moment of sleep, but she still waited for her nightmare to end.
“How are you feeling now, grandma?” Jade asked when she saw her stir.
“Much better, dear,” she said, smiling. “How could I not, with my granddaughter looking after me?”
“I am glad you are better,” Jade said. She added, hesitating, “I have to go look for Kia, grandma.”
“Ok, dear,” grandma said. “Who is Kia? Is she your friend?” she asked with a calm that chilled Jade’s heart.
“You don’t remember Kia?”
“I might remember,” Grandma said slowly. “What does she look like?”
Was this amnesia because of the fever? Jade didn’t know what to think, but she also didn’t want to upset her grandma by saying she had forgotten her other granddaughter.
“Kia is ten, with dark, wavy hair…” Jade answered. “And her eyes are… her eyes are…”
Jade racked her head, but she couldn’t remember if Kia’s eyes were blue or green or brown.
Am I forgetting my sister, too? Was this the ice queen’s spell?
Her heart sank at the thought.
She needed to find her little sister… and quickly.
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Thank you for reading! 😊 The preorder for Queen of Frost and Ice is available at: https://books2read.com/QoFI
Originally published at http://aishauroojbooks.wordpress.com
New YA fantasy: Queen of Frost and Ice
Dear Readers,
I am excited to tell you that my new book is here!
Queen of Frost and Ice is a fantasy novel inspired by the classic fairytale of Snow Queen, plus it also has dystopian elements in it.
I wanted to share something that happened while writing the story. I came across a music video that moved me so much, it became the inspiration for chapter one.
I shared the music link in my blog post: https://aishauroojbooks.wordpress.com...
Know this is the music playing in my head in the following scene:
There was a hooded stranger, metres away, walking towards the edge of the cliff. Was she imagining him? He was like an apparition in the smoke.
The forest rumbled deep with the sound of thunder, and a lightning storm erupted in the sky. The earth seemed to shake. Another lightning strike erupted a nearby tree to fire and splinters. Jade covered her ears, trying to mute the chaos.
Her senses were in a frenzy. All she could hear was the crackling of fire and boom of thunder and the pounding of her heart. Time slowed and stretched on endlessly as she watched the surrounding destruction, unable to do anything to save herself.
The hooded figure was still there, unaffected. He reached out his hand to take his hood down. Jade could see his face now. The stranger was hauntingly beautiful. He was around her age, with startling dark hair and dark eyes.
What was he doing here?
To her surprise, he brought out a violin and started playing it.
The music, oh the music. It was such a haunting melody. It brought a sharp pain to her heart.
The music was her sorrow. It wasn’t the constant dull ache she felt daily, but something intensified.
As the world burned around her, the music became her hope. It made her feel something for the first time in years, where she had only been numb before.
A tear fell down her cheek, but soon more drops started falling on her hand.
It’s raining, she realized. The clouds had opened up above, and droplets were falling like tears from the sky.
Was this the music’s effect? The haunting melody with the power to soothe raging fires.
The boy stopped playing the violin and faced the sky, letting the rain fall down his face. Some drops clung to his dark eyelashes.
Don’t stop playing, Jade thought.
Jade wanted him to play the violin again. She could listen to him playing the music forever. But before she could call out to him, the boy disappeared like smoke in front of her.
As for the final chapter, you can hear the music for it, too (:
It is amazing how art inspires another (Thank you, Joel Sunny, for your stunning renditions).
Lastly, I leave you with my dedication for the novel. I really hope that you enjoy the story. Thank you for reading!
Dedicated to frozen hearts and scorched minds. May love be the cure and set you free.
p.s. If you like to support, and get a discount too, you can purchase the ebook direct from me on my online store: https://payhip.com/b/7zFEn (use 1MEDZ8A27P for 15% off).
Ebook delivery is via bookfunnel straight to your reading devices, worldwide.
Originally published at http://aishauroojbooks.wordpress.com on October 8, 2022.
