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Sunday Snippet – More Than Words – The First Look
Sunday snippet time. Make sure you check out the full list of participants at the Weekend Writing Warriors website.Today’s eight sentences are from MORE THAN WORDS, aka “the dirty Scrabble book”. Last week, Travis was doing a little investigating via Google, trying to locate his mystery woman from some clues she’d left. Today’s snippet skips ahead some. (If you want to know what happened in between, just click one of those buy link buttons at the bottom.)
Travis pushed his sunglasses to the top of his head — he wanted a clear view when he walked through the door.
An electronic chime announced his arrival. A woman sat behind the main counter, bowed over a book, dark hair pooling on newsprint as her pencil tapped frenetically on the gleaming white countertop. He’d made it halfway into the store before she raised her head, looked him in the eye and straightened on her stool. The sight stopped him mid-step. He’d hoped she’d be attractive. Expected it, since her sister was a looker. But he hadn’t prepared himself for the possibility that his anonymous Scrabble crush would be knockout beautiful.
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Sunday Snippet – More Than Words – Under the Covers
Welcome to today’s Sunday Snippet, part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme.
I thought we’d hang out with Travis, the hero from MORE THAN WORDS, a bit more this week. In the last snippet, he was thinking about the anonymous woman he met online, playing Scrabble. In this week’s excerpt, he’s taken some of the clues she gave him, done some Googling and found the website of the store where she very possibly works. Let’s see what he thinks about that…
He scrolled through the pages, past lingerie that went from church-lady reserved to porn-star racy, not stopping to look at anything specific until he got to the accessories area. Vibrators, dildos, nipple clamps…and she’d sampled some of this stuff? The images that brought to mind.
It wasn’t until Kersh pounced on the blanket that Travis realized more than his mind had wandered. He cursed the cat but couldn’t blame him for misinterpreting the kind of playing going on beneath the covers. Yeah, he’d decided. For better or worse, he had to know, had to get a look at the naughty Scrabble vixen. Tomorrow he’d be taking a trip to Romance U.
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Sunday Snippet – More Than Words – Anonymous Infatuation
Thanks for stopping by to read my Sunday Snippet. This eight-sentence excerpt is from MORE THAN WORDS, a.k.a, the ‘dirty Scrabble’ book, and comes to you as part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme.
Travis is a rocker who has grown tired of the party scene. We’re in his head here, as he thinks about the woman he just met online — playing Scrabble, of all things.
Fabricating some story was easy enough. The question he couldn’t shake was why some faceless female on a geeky game site had gotten to him. Women threw themselves at him all the time—young ones, old ones, and an incredible amount of smoking-hot ones. Even small-time musicians got laid a lot, freely and without any expectation of commitment. A perk of the job, until it grew old. Now he couldn’t stop thinking about C Ya, wondering exactly what she looked like, where she lived, if she walked around wearing lingerie just for the hell of being sexy. For all he knew, she wasn’t even a she. He ought to give his fucking head a shake.
This week, The Jeep Diva gave MORE THAN WORDS a 4.5 star review!
You can check out MORE THAN WORDS at Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, Kobo, iTunes, and more.
Read the full first chapter right here.
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Sunday Snippet – Body of Work – Fresh Meat
Welcome. It’s Sunday snippet time, part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme. Click that link to read all of the weekly offerings. 🙂
Today’s snippet is from BODY OF WORK, and it’s the beginning of one of my favorite parts of the book — I fell head over heels for Brian’s brother, Ian, the moment he appeared on the page. I would love to write a book for him one day.
“Hey, pretty boy,” Brian called to his brother as he leaned out of the Jeep. “Got any meat here?” It was a running joke. Two years Ian had lived here and he’d never bothered to take down the old meat packer’s sign. At least once a week, somebody banged on his door looking to buy a side of beef or a pig for spit-roasting.“You’re in luck, you ugly bastard.” Ian flicked a cigarette butt to the pavement while sauntering to the Jeep. “Fresh meat just rolled in.”
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Sunday Snippet–Want vs. Need
Today’s Sunday Snippet is from BODY OF WORK (because, hey, it got a 4.5 star “Top Pick” review this week! woohoo!) and comes to you as part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme.The last time I posted from this book, Brian and Cassie were at his parents’ house for dinner, and Cassie had sampled a wee bit too much of Angus’ whisky. Something pretty big happened after that — but I’m not sharing that part, it’s too important to the book. This little excerpt comes from the early hours of the morning after, at Cassie’s house.
She turned on the pillow to face him. Tried to look through him, rather than at him. Even in the dim lighting, she could see the warmth in his eyes and smile — the love.
“I’d like to be alone…I’m a mess.”
“I’ll take care of you.”
“I don’t need you to take care of me.” The need part of that statement was true. What she wanted was another story, and no longer mattered.
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And here’s a link to that awesome “Top Pick” review that still has me smiling.
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Body of Work Receives a Night Owl Reviews Top Pick!
When I started writing BODY OF WORK, I intended it to be a 15k word quickie novella. Yeah, that plan didn’t happen. It finished at 69,864 words, and only because I reined it in to keep it from jumping into the next price bracket with my publisher. (Anything over 70k retails $1 higher.) In truth, I would like to have added another 10k, namely a couple more scenes with secondary characters. Anyway, I’ve ventured way off track here.
My point was, I loved writing this book. These characters. The secondary characters. As happy as I was to be finished so I could publish it, it was like crashing from a really big sugar-rush. So, when I found a notice in my email, pointing me to a 4.5 star, TOP PICK review, I was thrilled. The reviewer totally “got” everything I poured into the book. That’s an awesome feeling.
Thank you, M. Harvey and Night Owl Reviews! You made my day! 🙂
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Here’s my favorite part of the review…
“Body of Work” is a wonderful story about how two people wary of trusting the wrong person again can’t help but keep coming back to each other, first for lust and then for love.
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Sunday Snippet – More Than Words
Thanks for stopping by. Today’s excerpt is part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme. Make sure you head over there to check out all the great offerings.
Earlier this week, the editor-in-chief at Ellora’s Cave posted this photo of her, holding a print copy of MORE THAN WORDS. Exciting!
So I’ve grabbed eight sentences from MORE THAN WORDS (aka: the dirty Scrabble book) for today’s snippet.Calli and Travis are playing online Scrabble on an adult, chat-based website. They’ve never met and have used generic pictures for their avatars, so they have no idea what the other person looks like in real life.
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This was nothing more than fantasy talk from a faceless stranger — so why was her pulse jumping? Because she hadn’t been treated to this much flirtation since the ninth grade, when her fully developed thirty-six C cups earned her extra attention for a while, that’s why.
This was much more fun.
She hurried to type a comeback. For all you know, I might be the most hideous woman in the world, with three arms and a giant, hairy mole.
His reply appeared even quicker. The extra arm could have its advantages, so I guess it all depends where that mole is. Do tell.
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Blurb:
Their online games turn into games of the heart.
A brutal mugging two years ago left Calli terrified to go out after dark, and incapable of real dating. Hanging out with a resentful Chihuahua every night hasn’t filled the void, and all the sex toys from the store she owns could never replace a flesh-and-blood man. An online Scrabble site promising anonymous, flirty fun sounds like just the ticket. A like-minded geek, that’s what she needs. Unbeknownst to her, the man on the other end of the game is anything but geeky.
Tired of the party scene, Travis seeks a venue where he can meet a woman who is drawn to his mind, not his profession. Having women chase after his bad-boy musician persona has grown stale. After heating up the tiles online with Calli, he knows he must meet her in person. Touch her in person. And when he does, their chemistry is undeniable. She stimulates him, mind and body. But when he discovers her tragic past he realizes it will take more than words to win her heart…and her trust.
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Sunday Snippet-Watch Out for the Whisky
Sunday Snippet time! Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out all the offerings on the Weekend Writing Warriors page.
Here’s eight sentences from BODY OF WORK. Cassie and Brian are having dinner at his parents’ house — her first time meeting his very Scottish family. (This section of the book is one of my favorites. 🙂 )
“You okay?” he asked, his close, softly spoken words tickling her ear. “Dad’s whisky’s strong stuff, careful it doesn’t sneak up on you.”
“Too late,” she said on a giggle. “You’re going to have to drive.”
“Not a problem, I’ll even put the doors on so you don’t fall out.”
She leaned into his shoulder and whispered, “I wasn’t referring to the Jeep.”
Brian’s dad snorted and pushed back from the table.
Okay, so maybe she hadn’t quite whispered…oops.
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Sunday Snippet-Body of Work
It’s Sunday Snippet time, part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme. (It’s also a day where I beg for your help in a contest, so please read the bottom of the post.)
Today’s eight sentences are from BODY OF WORK. Cassie and Brian are at his parents’ home for dinner, and he’s taken her up to his childhood bedroom to ‘show her his trophies’. Ahem.
“Wow, this room is all bed.” She pushed down on the mattress, a cheeky smile tipping her lips. “Ever sneak girls up here to try it out?”“Don’t I wish. You met the people downstairs, right? Even if I’d managed to get somebody past the guards,” he tossed a nod toward the door, “there’s no lock. They’re all about full disclosure. Made jerking off an adventure, never knowing who might open the damn door.”
If you liked that snippet, there’s a larger excerpt from that scene on the Scorching Book Reviews site. It’s part of Nix’s “Sex Scene Championship” and if you have a couple minutes to pop over there and vote for Brian & Cassie, I know they’d appreciate it! (So would I!)
Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you next week. 🙂
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My Sexy Saturday 2
Welcome to My Sexy Saturday, where writers share 7 words, 7 lines or 7 paragraphs from their work.Today, I’m sharing 7 lines from MORE THAN WORDS, my ‘dirty Scrabble’ erotic romance. In this book, the hero & heroine meet online, playing Scrabble on an adults-only, chat-based site. (Sorry, it’s a fictional site! lol)
In this little snippet, Travis and Calli are online, mid-game, and the first line is a chat message from Travis.
Want to?
Was he suggesting cyber-sex? Virtual or otherwise, she didn’t have a clue how to begin. She’d never had an orgasm with a man, not even close. Her limited sexual encounters had all been so awkward and fast, she hadn’t even had time to fake an orgasm.
But she had to say something… Yes.
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