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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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 next day, Zamarran had three musicians for me to meet. I admired the man’s determination. The first girl also neared the end of her advanced education but I hadn’t seen her before. I’d have remembered those unusually large eyes, beguiling in a way that would benefit a performer. I wished she played an instrument or at least didn’t sing with a squeak. I shook my head before she’d finished half a song.

A young man I’d seen around presented himself as the next contender. He had a gorgeous voice, but I already knew everyone found him impossible to work with. We didn’t need to add his tantrums to our troubles. I shook my head before he began, and Zamarran threw his hands into the air in frustration.

The third didn’t look promising either. A wisp of a girl, she only played the flute. When she picked it up, then hesitated, I started humming a song and motioned to Zamarran to join me. He came in with a low drumbeat. She nodded her understanding and added a jig-like melody that complimented mine and matched Zamarran’s cadence. It sounded pretty good. I switched to singing a slow ballad and Zamarran segued to a little metal hoop he liked to play. She moved with us, now weaving a sorrowful melody around my crooning and his clinking. The longer we went the better it got.

I gave Zamarran a nod.

“Really? Her? You do know that’s all she can do, right?”

The young woman, who’d introduced herself as Mirva, looked confused.

“I know,” I said. “And it’s more than enough. Most vocal groups don’t have a piper. One this good will set us apart.”

I turned to Mirva. She looked rather plain for a performer, but then neither her clothes nor her hair flattered her. I could work wonders here. My own face suffered from wide lips, narrow eyes, and thick eyebrows, but I made the most of what I had and others called me beautiful.

“You’re in on one condition,” I told her. “You let me fix you up so you look like you belong on a stage.”

She kept her eyes on the ground as she answered “of course,” but her smile told me she looked forward to it.

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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.

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