The Wind Whisperer by Krista Holle
What they say (book info): At fifteen, Anaii is the most important member of her tribe—and the most mysterious. Ever since Anaii can remember, the spirits of the wind have whispered of fertile hunting grounds and imminent enemy attacks. But when her people are ambushed by a brother clan without any apparent cause, the spirits remain eerily silent.
As the village prepares to retaliate, Anaii is pressured by her best friend, Elan, to marry him. It’s an old plea—Elan has spent a lifetime loving her, but Anaii only sees a childhood playmate out of an imposing warrior. Stifled by Elan’s insistence, Anaii escapes into the forest where she meets Jayttin, the beautiful son of the enemy chief.
Enamored by Jayttin’s carefree spirit and hope for peace, she repeatedly sneaks away to be with him, but when her deception is discovered, Elan is devastated. Pledging his lifelong affection, Elan gives her a passionate kiss, and Anaii begins to see her friend in a new light.
While Anaii is tormented over which man she must choose, the wind whispers of a new threat that could destroy both tribes. Only a union will afford a chance at survival, but the reality of that union is based on one thing—which man Anaii chooses to die.
Author Bio: Krista has been
writing since she was nine-years-old when she scribbled out her first adolescent
work entitled Merish, the completely illogical
but heartfelt story of a girl who was part mermaid, part fish. As a young mother, Krista added to her
repertoire some middle grade readers and picture books she’s wary of
mentioning.
In 2004, Krista
began an intensive four year period working part-time as a critical care nurse while
homeschooling her four children. During
this hectic time, courses of writing were taught and learned, and rules of
syntax were scolded to memory. Ironically this period of study equipped Krista
with the tools she needed to enter the next phase of her writing
experience.
Now equipped with
the mysteries of the comma, Krista was ready to tackle a much bigger project—a full-fledged
novel.
After the kids were
enrolled in public school in 2009, it occurred to Krista that there is an
insatiable audience of women and girls who want to read books filled with
stories about true love, not just vampires.
Convinced that there was an unfulfilled audience waiting for what she
love to write—love stories, she sat down in the family’s dungeon, a.k.a. the basement,
and began to furiously type. In no time,
her first novel was drying on crisp white paper.
Krista currently
resides in Montpelier, Virginia with her husband, four daughters, and an eccentric
cat with a weird attachment to the family’s socks. She continues to write obsessively every
chance she can get and will be releasing her second novel this Fall.
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