I'm so happy to welcome Nancy S. Brandt, author of Pigsty Princess, to the blog today. This looks like a great novel-- and I just love the cover!
Pigsty Princess
Nancy S. Brandt
YA Fantasy
Clean Reads
February 3, 2015
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In a country
where Elemental Sensitivities determine a person's place in society, Mariana,
fourth child of King Jonathan and Queen Alexandria, was born an Insensitive.
She is given the made up title of Progenna, because she can't be in line for
the throne and therefore, can't be a Princess. All her life, she is reminded
that she isn't quite good enough. When her father decides she is to marry Pir
Leo Valentine, an eighty-four year old man with a scar across his face that
took his eye and only one hand, she runs away from the palace.
Orlando of Talla is a pig farmer and former soldier who served the King until he watched his Sovereign burn an entire harbor town rather than lose a battle. Now he tries to live a quiet life while leading a band of rebels who steal from the nobility to bring prisoners home from that war.
Orlando is also the bastard son of a nobleman, and therefore, he has a Sensitivity, one of Blood that allows him to feel the Sensitivities of others.
He finds the injured Progenna in the forest and immediately realizes that the stories about Mariana aren't true. Rather than being an Insensitive, Mariana may be the most powerful Sensitive in Valborough.
Excerpt
Mariana sniffled. “He said I was a
commoner, and that I’m not Father’s daughter by blood.”
Ramone sighed and shook his head. “Gossip only. Not even worthy of the servants, and for it to come out of the mouth of a Rieravo and a Presumptive…I am surprised he would suggest that out loud to you.”
She adjusted herself so she was off her
brother’s lap and faced him. “Ramone, what if what Darius said is right? What
if Father isn’t…my father? No nobleman will ever want to marry me if that’s true.”
“First
of all, it’s not true, and second, even if it were, Father has claimed you as
his daughter. He will take care of you.”
It didn’t make her feel any better.
“You
mean he’ll force someone into marrying me.” She got off the loveseat and went
over to sit at her mother’s writing desk. Picking up one of the quills, she
glanced at her brother in the mirror.
“It
might not be like that,” he said after a moment of silence. “There must be some
man who doesn’t care about bonding. Someone who will be content with having
only his own magic.”
She spun around to stare at him. “Name
one person you have ever heard of, male or female, who was willing to throw
away the potential power of their Sensitivities to bond to someone with
nothing. What do your history and peerage books say about that?”
He said nothing, but he didn’t meet her
eyes.
Mariana nodded. “Just as I thought. I
was stupid to think being a Proge…the daughter of the King would be enough. No
one with any Sensitivities wants to wed someone they can’t bond with.
I wish Mother and Father would have
prepared me for this.”
“What
could they have done, Mariana?” He walked over to her and, taking her hands,
brought her to her feet. “You are special, one of a kind. You are my beautiful
baby sister.”
“But
I’m not like the rest of you. Father and Mother are strong Sensitives. By
definition, Father is the strongest in thekingdom. You, Liliana, and Ursula
have sensitivities in three areas.. Me? You know what the Abilities Master said
when I finished my testing.”
“It
doesn’t matter.”
“Do
you remember? Father came out of his meeting with Kylan and said, ‘It is as we
thought.’ Mother cried.”
He took her in his arms. “She loves you.
She was crying because she knew your life would be harder because of this.”
“Was
that it?” she asked. “Did Mother cry because I don’t have any Sensitivities or
because Father found out about my true parentage? I have to know if I am a
Princess in truth or just the result of some mistake Mother made.”
About the Author

In about sixth grade, an English teacher gave an assignment to write a descriptive essay. Nancy's was all about a wonderful cave filled with diamonds, emeralds and other precious gems. From that experience, she walked into every English class hoping to get to write something, and she learned three things:
1. The difference between stalactite and stalagmite,
2. That fantasy was probably the genre she should concentrate on, and
3. Never end a story with "It was all a dream."
Nancy is a kidney transplant recipient (her husband was her living donor), a thyroid cancer survivor, and an Army veteran. She is currently working on the sequel to Pigsty Princess, called Questionable Queen.
Social Media Links:
Website:
www.nancysbrandt.com
Twitter: @NancySBrandt
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/NancySBrandt
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