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Cianna's Fortune - Book Tour and Giveaway

10/14/2022

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Cianna's Fortune
The Caragh Chronicles Book 3
by Rachel Rossano
Genre: Medieval Fantasy Romance 

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As a daughter of a former ambassador, Cianna grew up in distant lands and unusual climates. Now she uses these experiences and connections to keep a small shop stocked in exotic goods. With her father dead, the shop supports her stepmother and stepsister as well. The task would be easier if her stepmother didn’t spend money as fast as Cianna made it.

Cyrus is haunted by the memory of a young girl he met in his uncle’s garden when he was twelve. While on an ambassadorial mission, he embarks from a ship and spots a familiar face. Cianna doesn’t recognize him, but he remembers her. But how to renew a friendship with someone who might not even remember him? Determined to give it a try, Cyrus embarks on a scheme to persuade her to let him into her life again.


Three young women, bound by friendship and faith, seek the Lord's will in their lives in The Caragh Chronicles. Each book brings a tale of love and faith in a medieval fantasy novella. Cianna's Fortune contains touches of Cinderella, the exotic spice of foreign lands, and a sweet friends-to-lovers romance via letters.



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​Cyrus

“Where is your focus, nephew?” My uncle demanded. I turned from surveying the gardens spread out behind the palace. “The kings of Salar,” I began again, reciting my lesson from memory despite my longing to be outside in the greenery. I might only be twelve, but I was a prince. The title came with responsibilities.
“In Caragh, boy,” my uncle demanded. “Or if you must, that dialect they speak in Salar or one of those other two countries near there.”
“Mairead and Edan,” I offered.
“What?” he grimaced at me as he rubbed his leg absentmindedly. Soon he would begin stomping about to relieve the pain and stiffness of his old injury.
“The two other countries who share the same primary language with and neighbor Salar are Mairead and Edan,” I kept my tone respectful despite his sharpness.
“I didn’t ask for that information.” He groaned. “Why can’t you just stick to what I requested? Recite your lesson about the kings of Salar in their dialect and then in the language of Caragh. I will see that you master these languages before I die.” He grabbed his cane and hauled himself from his chair.
I immediately launched into the memorized speech. Then, I spent the next hour reciting the history of one of the obscure kings who reigned only a few decades past.
Meanwhile, my uncle, Mirza Darush, lumbered about the portico with his stick, tapping the tiles at a regular rhythm.
This was my life: memorization, recitation, and repetition every day. My uncle loved making lectures on my new levitated status in life and how it was now my duty to make the family proud. Unlike my mother, who elevated herself by marriage, I must maintain our status with my hard work and skill as a future ambassador. Languages, culture, finance, and endless speeches, I needed these skills. However, all I wished to do as I studied was escape.
My eyes strayed of their own volition toward the gardens. A young voice, feminine and clear, rose in a lilting playful song with a beautiful tone. I couldn’t see the singer, but I envied her. She was outside in the clear air beneath the shade trees.
“Continue, Cyrus,” uncle demanded.
“Pray, uncle, what is that singing?” I asked.
“Mmm?” He lifted his shaggy, graying head and narrowed his eyes in concentration.
“Is it a servant? She is singing in an obscure Salar dialect.” Her pronunciation was precisely what my language master had demonstrated.
“She is indeed.” My uncle’s eyes widened with sudden amusement.
“A servant?” I didn’t know he employed foreign servants.
“No, she is singing in a dialect. Probably her native tongue.” His dark eyes studied my face for a moment. “Perhaps it is time for a break. Go, run, and play.” He waved toward the garden. “We are finished for the day.”
I didn’t wait long enough for him to change his mind. Not bothering with the path, I took off across the tiles at a run, hurdled a hedge, and landed on the soft grass beyond with a whoop. Darting down the slow decline toward the bottom of the garden, I headed to where the deep green foliage took on a wild look. It grew against the great wall surrounding my uncle’s property in the center of the capital of Kamendu.
Once out of sight of the palace, I followed the voice as it sang about dancing.
The sound grew louder as I approached my favorite thinking place. The corner of the garden where a giant tree arched over the wall, completely shading the corner of the lawn, keeping it cool and still even on the hottest day of summer. This was where I found the singer, a dark-haired girl with a pale complexion and wide, startlingly green eyes.
“I didn’t break anything, I promise,” she immediately declared in my language. “I will go the way I came. Please don’t tell anyone I was here.” With that, she grabbed her skirts so that I could see the bottoms of her loose trousers as though she was preparing to run.
“No, wait,” I commanded. “How did you get here?”
To my utter surprise, she obeyed. Dropping her skirts, she folded her hands at her waist, lowered her head demurely, and offered me a deep bow. “My apologies. I entered through the wall. The door along there was unlocked when I tried it a few weeks ago. No one comes down into this corner, and I….” Her voice tapered off as she glanced up at me without lifting her head completely. “You aren’t angry, are you?”
“No,” I admitted. Her accent was adorable.
“Then why are you glaring?”
“I am not glaring.” Despite my denial, I could feel my brows drawing together. It took effort to ease the tension between them.
She smiled, tilting her head to the side like a little bird or the puppies in the stables. “You look better now. More welcoming.” She alternated sides, causing her hair to escape from her loosening scarf. A thick loop of dark, glossy hair draped one side of her face.
“How old are you?” I asked.
“Eight. You?”
“Twelve.”
“You look older than twelve when you aren’t frowning.”
“And when I do?” I asked, purposefully lowering my brows and exaggerating my down-turned mouth.
She laughed. A bright warm sound that burst through the quiet magic of our haven in as her singing had. She sounded like joy, happiness, and all the things I missed about being near my mother. I hadn’t heard anyone laugh in so long. A jolt of longing shot through me.
“Oh, no, now you look like you are going to cry.” She sprang across the space between us and wrapped her small hands around my arm, well-muscled from saber drills and working with horses. Her hands were tiny in comparison. She plead up at me, “Please don’t cry. I don’t know what I did to upset you, but I am sorry. Please don’t cry.”
I blinked away the sting behind my eyes. “Men don’t cry.”
She stepped back and planted her fisted hands on her narrow hips. “Men do too cry. My father is a man, and he cries. He cries when Mother gets worse. He cries when it looks like she is going to die. Men cry.”
The sheer conviction of her declaration struck me. When was the last time anyone other than my uncle had talked to me that way? I couldn’t recall.
“What is your name?”
“I am not allowed to say.”
“Why?”
“I have to go.” She gathered up her skirts again. “You should probably go too. Your master is going to be looking for you.”
“But I don’t know your name.” I was loath to let her go without some connection that I could use to find her again. “Can you come back here tomorrow?”
She took a few steps toward the hidden door before hesitating. She glanced over her shoulder at me.
“Please. My name is Cyrus. There I have given you my name. Can I have yours now?”
She turned half toward me, half toward her escape route. She studied my face as she worried her bottom lip between her small, white teeth.
“I promise to not tell anyone,” I offered.
“I have to go,” she turned away again.
I tried one more time. “Please,” I called after her, resisting the temptation to follow her. It would be foolish to do so. It would probably make her feel less safe, thus less likely to return. Oh, how I hoped she would return.
“Cianna,” she called over her shoulder.
“Then same time tomorrow, Cianna.”
She didn’t respond as she disappeared beneath the branches of the massive lilac bush blocking the hidden door. However, I was already forming a plan, an excuse to make sure I could linger in the garden in time to meet her. I would simply tell my uncle that I needed to practice my conversational Caragh. What better way to do that than with a native? Even better, a native my age.
I walked back toward the palace as I worked over the actions I could take should she not appear. At least I had her name now. How many Ciannas could there be in Kamendu? I doubted there were any. It was such a clearly Salarian name.


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Rachel Rossano is a happily married mother of three children. She spends her days teaching, mothering, and keeping the chaos at bay. After the little ones are in bed, she immerses herself in the fantasy worlds of her books. Tales of romance, adventure, and virtue set in a medieval fantasy world are her preference, but she also writes speculative fantasy and a bit of science fiction.


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55 Comments
Beyond Comps
10/14/2022 04:16:55 am

Great cover!

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Will G
10/14/2022 04:45:01 am

What inspired you to become a writer?

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Marcy Meyer
10/14/2022 07:03:50 am

The cover looks good, and I liked the excerpt. Sounds like a good story.

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Michele Soyer
10/14/2022 07:31:44 am

Lovely cover art. so pretty

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Rita Wray
10/14/2022 01:19:45 pm

Great excerpt and cover.

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Sherry
10/14/2022 02:38:49 pm

I really like the cover and the excerpt.

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wendy hutton
10/14/2022 03:06:44 pm

beautiful cover, this sounds amazing

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Jon Heil
10/14/2022 03:24:05 pm

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bn100
10/14/2022 03:43:50 pm

nice cover

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Bea LaRocca
10/14/2022 07:11:04 pm

I love the cover, synopsis and excerpt, Cianna's Fortune is a must read for me as are the previous books in the series. Thank you for sharing your bio and book details and for offering a giveaway

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Terri Quick
10/14/2022 07:42:38 pm

Great cover

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10/14/2022 07:50:46 pm

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Kathleen Kelly
10/15/2022 01:20:04 pm

Love the premise of the story! Good luck to the author!

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Eva Millien
10/15/2022 03:24:07 pm

Congratulations on your release of Cianna's Fortune, Rachel, your book sounds like a great medieval fantasy for me to read and enjoy! Good luck with your book and the tour!

Thanks for sharing it with me and have a spectacular weekend!

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Debbie P
10/15/2022 11:31:14 pm

Very pretty cover. Sounds like a really good book!

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Victoria Alexander
10/17/2022 11:38:13 am

Great excerpt, thanks for sharing!

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Peggy Salkill
10/17/2022 12:03:33 pm

Sounds good!

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Wendy Jensen
10/18/2022 12:09:26 pm

The book details sound like a great romantic story.

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Christina Gould
10/18/2022 12:16:05 pm

I love the artwork on the cover.

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Heather Mahley
10/19/2022 08:04:34 am

this sounds really good

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Susan Smith
10/19/2022 03:36:18 pm

Sounds like a good book. I like the cover and excerpt.

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L.C.
10/19/2022 07:56:10 pm

aww love fairytale roms/cinderella-ish retellings

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Thomas Gibson
10/20/2022 04:23:57 am

Congrats on your tour!

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Debbi Wellenstein
10/20/2022 09:52:33 am

I enjoyed the excerpt. Thank you for the giveaway!

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10/20/2022 10:55:55 am

A interesting romantic book

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10/20/2022 03:32:47 pm

This book sounds good!

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10/20/2022 04:53:27 pm

Look like a great romantic story.

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10/20/2022 07:29:34 pm

This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

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10/20/2022 09:18:58 pm

I love a good romance! The excerpt was fun to read and I think the cover is really pretty as well!

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Cynthia C
10/21/2022 09:49:45 am

The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

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10/21/2022 10:15:04 am

I enjoyed reading this well done excerpt.
Thank you for sharing it.

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10/21/2022 02:55:20 pm

Really nice cover and excerpt, looking forward to reading this!

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10/22/2022 01:52:25 am

Nice cover!

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10/25/2022 11:34:30 am

Looks good.

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10/25/2022 01:04:47 pm

This looks like a great read

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10/25/2022 05:41:59 pm

Enjoyed the excerpt

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10/30/2022 07:21:24 pm

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11/1/2022 10:32:23 am

Sounds like an interesting read. Also, I like that cover art. :)

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11/8/2022 01:26:30 am

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I like the book details.

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Daniel M
11/13/2022 11:36:03 am

like the cover

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Jennifer R
11/13/2022 06:00:08 pm

The Medieval Fantasy Romance book sounds fun to read and the book cover art is stunning.

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BILL HOFF
11/13/2022 06:26:15 pm

My daughter would enjoy this book

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Elizabeth H.
11/13/2022 09:04:53 pm

Beautiful cover! Thanks for sharing an excerpt!

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Alma fisher
11/13/2022 10:24:35 pm

Looks great

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11/14/2022 04:51:54 pm

The except sounds amazing.

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11/14/2022 04:58:34 pm

Sounds like a great book

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jason jenning
11/14/2022 05:13:30 pm

great cover cant wait to read it

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11/14/2022 08:05:56 pm

The book details sound fascinating. The cover art is beautiful.

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11/14/2022 09:57:33 pm

Sounds like a great book!

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Sounds good!

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Betty Curran
11/14/2022 11:18:41 pm

I enjoyed the excerpt. It made me want to start reading the book immediately.

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Rajee Pandi
11/14/2022 11:22:11 pm

Love the storylines of the book

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