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Rainbow Snippet April 23-24

4/23/2016

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It's time for Rainbow Snippets! The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to post six sentence snippets of their work each weekend. Visit the group page on Facebook to read all the wonderful snippets, and add some books to your tbr pile!

The Scholar's Heart, the third book in the Chronicles of Tournai series, will be out on May 30th (yay!), and I'll start sharing snippets from it soon. Each of the books in the series stands alone, but the main characters of The Scholar's Heart, Etan and Tristan, have appeared in both of the previous books. So I thought it might be fun to share snippets over the next few weeks involving Etan and Tristan in the previous books to introduce you to them before I dive into snippets from The Scholar's Heart itself.

This snippet (which is a little long again - I'm really am sorry! I promise I'll follow the rules next time!) is from The Prince's Consort and it's when Etan and Tristan first meet.
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“I’m sorry I didn’t introduce you. Tristan, this is my cousin, Etan. Etan, this is Amory’s friend Tristan. They grew up together.” 


“As we did.” Etan walked forward. 

Tristan had an odd look on his face as he stood again and bowed to Etan. “It is an honor to meet you, my lord.” 

“Etan, please, for a friend of Amory’s. And it is a pleasure to meet you, Master Tristan.” 

Amory’s eyebrows flew up at the near purr in Etan’s voice and climbed farther as he took Tristan’s hand. They couldn’t go up any higher—not for lack of trying—as Tristan smiled a strange little smile, his eyes wary, but... interested? 

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“Then it’s Tristan, please.”

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! And don't forget to check out the rest of this week's snippets.
18 Comments
P. T. Wyant link
4/23/2016 11:16:40 am

Sounds like some mutual interest there. I love the climbing eyebrows.

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 05:55:54 pm

Thank you!

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Jackie Keswick link
4/23/2016 11:29:50 am

This made me wonder whether they already know each other.

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 05:56:55 pm

Amory knows each of them, but Etan and Tristan are first meeting here.

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K.S. Trenten
4/23/2016 01:59:29 pm

I love the tension ripping between Tristan, Etan, and Amory!

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 05:57:32 pm

Thank you! :-)

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Jana Denardo
4/23/2016 09:25:44 pm

Really liked the tension here.

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 05:58:08 pm

Thank you, Jana!

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Louise Lyons
4/24/2016 03:20:37 am

I wonder if Tristan knows Etan already? Interesting.

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 05:59:05 pm

Nope, they're just very intrigued with each other.

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AM Leibowitz link
4/24/2016 11:40:59 am

Oh! It took me a moment. So someone else is introducing them, yes? Sometimes it's hard to pick out context from a short bit. Ah, I like the way Etan and Tristan are so immediately drawn to one another, and I wonder what it means for Amory.

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 06:01:18 pm

Yes, sorry! I just realized I didn't really lead into this so well. Etan's cousin is introducing him and Tristan, who is Amory's friend. It's a complicated situation for all of them, but it works out for everyone. Thanks for reading!

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Addison Albright link
4/24/2016 07:02:31 pm

Fantastic. I'm glad Etan and Tristan are getting their own story. :-)

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 06:02:48 pm

Thanks, Addison! I had to tell their story. There was too much there from the beginning. :-)

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Dianne Hartsock link
4/25/2016 10:22:42 pm

This sounds like such an interesting trilogy! I need to add it to my TBR list. :)

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 06:03:28 pm

Thank you, Dianne! I hope you enjoy the series! :-)

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Amy Rae Durreson
4/29/2016 02:31:39 pm

Intriguing undercurrents here. I like Amory's reactions.

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Antonia Aquilante
4/29/2016 06:03:51 pm

Thank you, Amy!

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