Saturday, August 23, 2014

Snippet Sunday - Cloudburst Ice Magic - Everyone is Someone


Welcome to the Snippet Sunday on the Weird, the Wild, and the Wicked. Thank you so much for visiting. If you choose to comment today, I really appreciate it. The snippets are from my Cloudburst novella, Cloudburst Ice Magic, a paranormal romance sequel to Christmas I.C.E. Magic in the Happy Holidays from the Crescent Moon Lodge Anthology. Cloudburst Ice Magic is out now. You can catch last week's snippet HERE and an exclusive excerpt HERE.

In this snippet, Zach and Cade Cliffrose have hiked up to the Mistweaver Tarn and have spoken with the guards. Zach finds out a lot more about Cade than he thought he knew.

Cade inclined his head and Zach followed him under the archway, his mind churning.
“You didn’t tell me you were from the San Francisco Peaks area.”
Cade winked. “You never asked outright and I did say my home range melts every summer.”
“I never would’ve guessed you were from there. Everyone I’ve met from the area seemed really full of themselves.”
“Yeah, that’s why I leave most of the time. Gotta go back every now and again to talk to family, though.” Cade shrugged. “Granddad likes to pretend he’s a god or some shit like that. Drives me up the crags.”

Good to know the clan has a history. ;) There are several great authors on the Weekend Writing Warrior list and in the Snippet Sunday Facebook group. A few of my favorites are Charley Descoteaux, SJ Maylee, Gem Sivad, Goran Zidar, Veronica Scott, and Karla Doyle.

If you're interested in more from Cloudburst Ice Magic, here's the blurb:

Avalanches may bring down more than snow…

Working for the Search and Rescue team at the Cloudburst Resort in Colorado, Lily Sinclair figures she’ll do all the rescuing from now on. When hikers are caught in a spring blizzard, Lily and her partner head into the storm. Cut off from communication and facing deadly conditions, Lily fears she’ll never see her Ice Demon lover before death claims them.

Zach Snow encouraged Lily move to Cloudburst to grow and learn, but missed her every day of their months apart. His plans of moving to Colorado get pushed up when he receives her text explaining her situation, and saying goodbye. He must negotiate with the local Ice Demon clan to work in their territory to rescue Lily and the hikers before the Spring Fling blizzard kills them. But he’s running out of time.

Between the amorous hiker hitting on Zach, Lily’s self-doubts, and an avalanche bearing down on them, Zach and Lily must rediscover the love they first kindled in a Christmas ice cave, and create their own Cloudburst ice magic.

Cloudburst Ice Magic is available at Amazon, All Romance, and Smashwords.

34 comments:

  1. Love the glimpse into ice demon home life. And the line "drives me up the crags" almost made me spit Diet Pepsi all over my keyboard.

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    1. LOL Cade will eventually get his own story, but he's so fun and yet, he comes from a clan that's gotten the humans to believe they're weather gods. Thanks for commenting, PT. :)

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  2. "Granddad likes to pretend he’s a god or some shit like that."

    Love this line. Your dialogue always sounds so real, like I'm eavesdropping instead of reading. :)
    ~Charley

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    1. Yay, Charley! Thanks for that. That's what I strive for. I want the reader to be right there with the characters. :)

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  3. Sounds like Cade is learning what Jerry Seinfeld said was true: "There's no such thing as family fun."
    Kudos!

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    1. Heh, sometimes it definitely feels that way. And it is true for Cade. Thanks for commenting, Frank. :)

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  4. Love the banter here. Have to agree with PT. That line made me chuckle.

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  5. I can totally sympathize with Cade on that feeling of going away and never coming back.

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    1. Yeah, Cade finds his own choices are better than hanging with family. Thanks for commenting, Linda. :)

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  6. Nice world building. The glimpse of his background only makes it more real. (His granddad bears a striking resemblance to mine.) :)

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    1. Oh no, Gem, lol. The San Francisco Peaks is one of the four sacred mountains to the Navajo people. So I thought Cade's family would only take advantage of that. Thanks for stopping by. :)

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  7. Great snippet and what a nice cover!

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  8. nice way to give some backstory in the dialogue, well done!

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    1. Thanks, E.E. I like the characters to tell their stories rather than have me do it. :)

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  9. "Drives me up the crags." You are the awesome, Siobhan! :)

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  10. Such realistic dialog about family but then it's about an out of this world family LOL. Loved it, great snippet!

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    1. Thanks, Veronica. Yeah, I suspect there might be some more family fireworks coming in Cade's story. :)

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  11. Fab dialogue. Love the last couple of lines. I'm dealing with my own share of the "family fun" this weekend. Lol. :)

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    1. Good luck, SJ. Thanks for stopping by today. :)

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  12. Families can be such "fun" sometimes, but they can have our backs too. I hope he comes from such a family even though it's anything but run of the mill.

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    1. I don't know if his family has his back, Elaine. They really are full of themselves. Cade's the black sheep, so-to-speak. Thanks for commenting.

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  13. Great dialogue. This story is outside the box. I like that.

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  14. Ha! The dialogue is great but I love that last line especially:)

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    1. Thanks, Eleri. That one always cracks me up, too. :)

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  15. "Drives me up the crags." That line is outstanding, Siobhan! lol. Perfect. Another great 8--it was a nice glimpse into their characters. :-)

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  16. Sounds like the Ice Demons are all over,

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  17. Great dialogue! And the last line is great! lol

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  18. Your work always has such a great feel to it and this piece is no exception. Great bit of conversation here.

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