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.
In this snippet, Zach has gotten his audience with the Matriarch of Mistwater Tarn. He tries to pass off his interest in Lily as simply friendship. Icedora isn't buying it.
"One of the SAR professionals is a friend of mine,
and I can’t leave her out there to die if I can help it.”
The small woman took two steps to him and grasped
his jaw with her taloned hand, scanning his eyes.
“Ah, she means more to you than friendship.” A
smile curled her lips around her protruding canines. “You’re mated to this
human, yes?”
How in the
Ninth Hell did she see that? It didn’t matter. He couldn’t lie to a ten
thousand year old Ice Demon and get away with it.
Zach swallowed hard. “Yes, Matriarch, we mated the
winter before last and she is human. But I swear by Freya, the mating was
honorable and accepted by the Goddess.”
Oh, let's hope Icedora isn't as traditional as his parents. ;) 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, Barnes&Noble, and Smashwords.
Aha! Zach is a rebel?
ReplyDeleteA forbidden romance budding?
Nice 8!
Yeah, at one point Zach feared his parents would have avalanches if they found out. Thanks for commenting, Frank. :)
DeleteZach and Lily are on my Kindle now and I'm looking forward to reading the full story this week. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it, Gem. Thanks for commenting. :)
DeletePointed canines are never a comforting thing . . .
ReplyDeleteAwesome moment, Siobhan!
Oh, you get used to it over time... :) Thanks for commenting, Sarah.
DeleteIce demons…whew! Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou can blame them for the winter weather, Sandra. Thanks for stopping by. :)
DeleteAbsolutely intrigued. I'm going to get the anthology to catch up to the story very soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy both, Emmy. Thanks for commenting. :)
DeleteI just love forbidden romances. Enjoyed the snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen. They aren't strictly forbidden, but Ice Demons tend to stick to their own. And humans don't know much about them.
DeleteSo far, I think I like Icedora. (I love her name!) I'm really enjoying this. (And poor Zach!)
ReplyDeleteHum, I have the feeling that she isn't going to be tough on him. Great snippet, Siobhan!
ReplyDeleteMaybe not too tough, Elyzabeth. Thanks for commenting. :)
DeleteLOVE how you described the Ice Witch, with the little details about her taloned hands and the canine showing when she smiles -- well done!
ReplyDeleteLove the description of Icedora. She doesn't sound like someone you want to mess around with. Good luck, Zach!
ReplyDeletethe old Ice Witch is scary! I hope she approves of the mating.
ReplyDeleteSo interesting how she takes a hold of him and reads him. Compelling snippet, Siobhan. :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent description. Like the hints of conflict. Your cover is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the worldbuilding here - highly intriguing. Another great excerpt! (I'm scared of Icedora LOL)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to take this along to my next infusion appointment. (It's on my iPad.)
ReplyDeleteVery good... his panic is palpable.
ReplyDeleteI love that he can't lie. And I love her powers. Awesome piece.
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