Welcome to the Weird, the Wild, & the Wicked for this week's Mid Week Tease hosted by Sandra Bunino.
Authors: this is a great opportunity to spotlight a few lines or even a paragraph or two from a new release or backlisted title. Readers: you get to sample some delicious snippets! We’ll do our best to tease, titillate and tantalize you into the weekend.
My Mid Week Tease is from The Beltane Witch, the second book in the Cloudburst Colorado Series. Darius Winterbourne has been sent by the Summer Queen to contract Sabrina Foxglove as the witch to perform the sacred Beltane rituals. He expects to be met with delighted acquiescence. Instead, he gets this. :)
Sabrina leveled him
with a narrow-eyed glare. “Take your hand off me.”
Darius felt the
surge of energy around Sabrina as she snarled the words and the hairs on the
back of his neck stood up. Holy Goddess, this little witch had much more power
than he’d been led to believe. If she focused all her magic on him, she’d very
likely overpower him. She didn’t seem to have the skill to do it, but he
decided against testing her just yet.
“Forgive me, Lady
Foxglove.” He bowed his head as he removed his hand.
Her shoulders
relaxed when he stepped back, but her pale eyes flashed with angry electric
purple sparks.
“Perhaps we can
speak of this more at your home. It’s cold out tonight and we have much to
discuss.”
The tension
returned to her frame and her eyes widened. “You think I’m going to let you
come to my house? I don’t even know you. I won’t endanger my family. Heck, you
carry a huge sword over your damn shoulder.”
“It’s imperative
that I speak to you about this.” He didn’t understand her reluctance to accept
the great honor she’d been offered.
“Imperative? The
only thing that’s imperative is I get home to my kids.” She opened her car
door. “And no, you can’t come with me.”
Bloody
frustrating woman!
He caught the
door before it slammed shut behind her.
“Lady Foxglove.
Please.”
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He doesn't take no for an answer, does he?
ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt, Siobhan! Thanks for teasing with me. :)
Wonder what's so important that he won't give up. Nice tease! =) C.R.
ReplyDeletewow Now I want more of this. Fab tease
ReplyDeleteIt sounds so great!
ReplyDeleteHmmm... it must be important because he isn't backing down from her despite his recognition of her power! Great tease!
ReplyDeleteGreat!
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