Saturday, September 13, 2014

Snippet Sunday - Cloudburst Ice Magic - All for One, and One for All


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 made it to Lily and the hikers in time, but now they have to get out of the chute. They're out of time, and being all tied together, if the last person doesn't get out, they'll all be swept away. We're in Zach's POV.

A blast of wind and snow ripped away anything she might have said and Zach turned his attention to getting the humans out of the avalanche chute. They had no time left and while the ridge wasn’t far, it would take a fair amount of effort to reach it before noon. Zach’s Ice Demon abilities remained curtailed by his human guise, but what little leaked through allowed him to make a fairly stable path up the edge of the chute.
He and Lily crested the ridge, and he breathed a sigh of relief. They’d made it.
“I think we did it.”
Lily smiled. “Yeah, we—”
Her words cut off as a deep rumbling started upslope. Lily gasped and hauled on the rope, bringing the next person within sight through the snow.
“Fuck! Help me, Zach, we have to get the others out of there before we’re all swept with the avalanche.”

All for one, and one for all, and not in a good way. ;) 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.

31 comments:

  1. Tense moment to leave off, loved it!

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    1. Heh, thank you, Elsa. I'm trying to get you hooked. ;) Thanks for commenting.

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  2. Leaves me wonder if Zach will drop his disguise to save Lily and the others.

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    1. Zach is pretty old and crafty, he's had a lot of experience saving people on the slopes as a "mere" human. Thanks for commenting, Zelda. :)

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  3. I don't think it will be too easy. Nice description.

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    1. Thanks, Linda. No, it's never easy with avalanches. :)

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  4. Scary! I would want to run as fast as I could! Cant wait for next weeks snippet!

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    1. Yes, avalanches are nothing to sniff at. Thanks for commenting, Cecilia. :)

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  5. Like the snippet, and like the blurb.

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  6. Well, you gave them three sentences to breathe, Siobhan. :D

    (Any more thought on those money demons? Just wondering . . . )

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    1. LOL Sarah! I should really put some energy into them. Way, isn't that on Wall Street in NYC? ;)

      Yeah, I figured you all could use a little down time before I tried to kill them again. ;)

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    1. He's going to be a great help. Thanks for commenting, Sandra. :)

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  8. Sounds like it's still tough going. Tense snippet!

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    1. Oh, yeah, I can't make it too easy for them. Thanks for stopping by, Karen. :D

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  9. Oh wow, trouble on top of trouble... don't leave us like this, please, tell us more !!!

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    1. Hehehe, will do...next week. Thanks for commenting, E.E. :D

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  10. And just when I thought they were safe! But they´ll be okay, right? Great snippet, Siobhan!

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    1. Define "okay", Elyzabeth. :D Thanks so much for commenting.

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  11. Great tension and an evil cliffhanger!

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  12. I want to know if they get out of there! Great snippet!

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    1. You can now read the whole story, Allyson. Just click on the links and it's yours. :) Thanks for commenting.

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  13. I shivered while I read this. I'm glad Zach is there. Sounds like his extra abilities might be needed soon. :D

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    1. Oh yeah, Gem. They'll definitely be needed before the day is over. Thanks for stopping by. :)

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  14. Oh, what a grizzly situation! I hope they get out of their before that avalanche gobbles them up.

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  15. Nice... it's always fun to plunge your characters in bigger trouble just as they think they've scraped though ;)

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  16. Good writing! The immediacy of the looming disaster comes through so clear! Nicely done, Siobhan!

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