The Defender by Rachel Rossano Book Tour and Giveaway :)
New roles. New rules. No margin for
error.
Zezilia Ilar joins the sept son’s
entourage as a defender. Her growing Talent ability makes her a target for the
Elitists, and her gender makes people question her competence. She must protect
the sept son. Any mistake could be fatal.
Hadrian Aleron always knew his beliefs
would cause trouble, but he didn’t realize how much. Rebels are rising. He
could lose his title, his position, and if he’s not careful, his life. As the
assassination attempts grow bolder, Hadrian must rely upon his young defender
and their shared faith in the Almighty to keep him from faltering.
Rachel Rossano lives with her husband and three children in the northeastern part of the United States. Homeschooled through high school, she began writing her early teens. She didn’t become serious about pursuing a career as an author until after she had graduated from college and happily married. Then the children came.
Now she spends her days being a wife, mother, teacher, and household manager. Her evenings and free moments are devoted to her other loves, writing and book cover design. Drawing on a lifelong fascination with reading and history, she spends hours creating historical feeling fantasy worlds and populating them with characters who live and breathe on the page.
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Things Rachel Rossano would do if she had more time:
- Write more. I never seem to have enough time to write.
- Do more crafts. I used to do all kinds of things like painting, crocheting, sewing, and other crafts. I gave that all up for writing and kids.
- Read more. In the daily juggle of homeschooling, housekeeping, and keeping two careers alive, I rarely have enough time to read as I wish.
- Make premade book covers. I keep intending to do this, but I never actually manage to do it.
- Plot more than one book ahead. I am working on this.
- Take up painting digitally and physically.
- Learn to dance. It is something I have always wanted to learn.
- Take up horseback riding. Despite all the horses in my books, I have very little hands-on experience.
- Study history in depth. Right now all I can manage is grabbing overviews unless I am researching something specific for a book.
- Exercise more. Yeah, this should be higher on the list.
Zezilia
Suddenly,
I was aware of a new presence on the perimeter of my thoughts.
Dropping my connection with Hadrian, I began erecting the barriers
that Selwyn had taught me, working from my angulus, the center of my
consciousness, outward. “Zezilia?”
Hadrian’s rich flavor distracted me. I
wrenched my concentration back to the growing feeling of invasion. It
was stronger than Selwyn’s first trial attack all those months ago,
more subtle too. Whoever it was, he didn’t want me to notice his
existence until it was too late for me do anything about it. By the
grace of the Almighty, I had sensed it early enough. I slid
the last of my defenses into place just as someone touched my arm. I
paused to raise my eyes. My gaze traced the path from the hand on my
arm to Renato’s concerned face. The invader touched the first of my
defenses. When nothing happened, fear spread through my chest. Renato
must have seen it in my eyes. The invader resumed his advance as
Renato’s musky taste filled my mouth. “Are
you alright?” The
attacker bypassed another trap. I knew what I had to do. Shoving away
Renato’s connection, I ConPropped. My Talent senses went blind, but
I didn’t need them to hear the deafening crash from the far end of
the room. All eyes went to the man sprawled among the remains of a
table at King Sabine’s feet. Well, all but Hadrian’s. His gaze
immediately found my face. His concern quickly turned to something
more serious as he realized what might have happened. I didn’t dare
risk touching my amoveo just yet. If I awakened my Talent, I would
again become vulnerable, and this time, the enemy would be angry.
Thank you so much for featuring my book.
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