Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Mid Week Tease - The Beltane Witch - Not an Easy Witch


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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6 comments:

  1. He doesn't take no for an answer, does he?

    Great excerpt, Siobhan! Thanks for teasing with me. :)

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  2. Wonder what's so important that he won't give up. Nice tease! =) C.R.

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  3. wow Now I want more of this. Fab tease

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  4. Hmmm... it must be important because he isn't backing down from her despite his recognition of her power! Great tease!

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