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.
Tense moment to leave off, loved it!
ReplyDeleteHeh, thank you, Elsa. I'm trying to get you hooked. ;) Thanks for commenting.
DeleteLeaves me wonder if Zach will drop his disguise to save Lily and the others.
ReplyDeleteZach 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. :)
DeleteI don't think it will be too easy. Nice description.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda. No, it's never easy with avalanches. :)
DeleteScary! I would want to run as fast as I could! Cant wait for next weeks snippet!
ReplyDeleteYes, avalanches are nothing to sniff at. Thanks for commenting, Cecilia. :)
DeleteLike the snippet, and like the blurb.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Iris. :)
DeleteWell, you gave them three sentences to breathe, Siobhan. :D
ReplyDelete(Any more thought on those money demons? Just wondering . . . )
LOL Sarah! I should really put some energy into them. Way, isn't that on Wall Street in NYC? ;)
DeleteYeah, I figured you all could use a little down time before I tried to kill them again. ;)
Nice. Thank goodness for Zach.
ReplyDeleteHe's going to be a great help. Thanks for commenting, Sandra. :)
DeleteSounds like it's still tough going. Tense snippet!
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah, I can't make it too easy for them. Thanks for stopping by, Karen. :D
DeleteOh wow, trouble on top of trouble... don't leave us like this, please, tell us more !!!
ReplyDeleteHehehe, will do...next week. Thanks for commenting, E.E. :D
DeleteAnd just when I thought they were safe! But they´ll be okay, right? Great snippet, Siobhan!
ReplyDeleteDefine "okay", Elyzabeth. :D Thanks so much for commenting.
DeleteGreat tension and an evil cliffhanger!
ReplyDeleteI do what I can, P.T. :D Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteI want to know if they get out of there! Great snippet!
ReplyDeleteYou can now read the whole story, Allyson. Just click on the links and it's yours. :) Thanks for commenting.
DeleteI shivered while I read this. I'm glad Zach is there. Sounds like his extra abilities might be needed soon. :D
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, Gem. They'll definitely be needed before the day is over. Thanks for stopping by. :)
DeleteThat's a lovely cliffhanger!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Elaine. :)
DeleteOh, what a grizzly situation! I hope they get out of their before that avalanche gobbles them up.
ReplyDeleteNice... it's always fun to plunge your characters in bigger trouble just as they think they've scraped though ;)
ReplyDeleteGood writing! The immediacy of the looming disaster comes through so clear! Nicely done, Siobhan!
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