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I'm sharing a snippet from my romantic suspense, ONE RED SHOE. This snippet continues from last week when her brother, Jimmy, tries to keep her from leaving for NYC.
Please excuse the creative punctuation, necessary to keep this within the guidelines. It's also edited some from the original.
“I hoped you’d
get this foolishness out of your system.” Jimmy blew out a breath and thrust a
small item at her, “Since you’re determined to go, this is a top-of-the-line
cell phone. It has GPS tracking so if you have car trouble and call for help,
they’ll know exactly where you are.”
Daria ignored
the first part of his rant, she’d heard it before but was surprised at his
thoughtfulness with the phone. She gave him a hug then the others. Standing
back, she looked at the four of them, and tears threatened. She blinked rapidly.
For goodness sake, it wasn’t like she was leaving forever--a week away from
home, that’s all. She got into her car, eager to get started.
It Happened One Night meets Knight and Day.
Daria Mason’s life is too predictable. Nothing ever happens in her small Iowa town where everybody knows everybody else. But when she travels to New York City looking for a little excitement, she never expects to bring home a wounded spy.
From the moment agent Sam Jozwiak steals intel vital to US security from a Russian Mafia kingpin, Murphy’s Law takes over. No matter how he covers his tracks, the kingpin’s assassins find him. What’s worse than getting shot in the butt? Accepting help from an Iowa tourist.
Sam and Daria flee cross country with the assassins right behind them. Sharing danger and excitement—and a few kisses—with Sam soon has Daria convinced he’s the man for her. He thinks she’ll be better off once he’s out of her life for good. With their lives on the line, can she convince him they belong together?
ONE RED SHOE is now available:
ONE RED SHOE is now available:
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Yes, a week shouldn't be that big of a deal. Though sweet her brothers are showing concern in their own way. :)
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't be. But it's her first time going off on her own.
DeleteFamilies-often a pain and then...sweetness.
ReplyDeleteHow true, Charmaine.
DeleteThe GPS is very practical! I hope the book is doing well, enjoyed the excerpt as always...
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Veronica.
DeleteShe's not used to her kids being thoughtful and motherly!
ReplyDeleteLOL Her brothers meana well.
DeleteNow I'm wondering if she'll really only be gone a week.
ReplyDeleteGood one, Christina. Her spring break only lasts a week, so she'd better be back. :)
DeleteI'm agreeing with Christina. It seems like something else will happen!
ReplyDeleteI hope so.
DeleteHopefully she doesn't need to use the GPS on her phone but somehow I suspect she will. We writers can be devilish.
ReplyDeleteTweeted.
As always, thanks for the tweet, Daryl. You might be right about the GPS.
DeleteSorry for showing up so late. These people are a wee bit overprotective, perhaps? Plenty of internal conflict could arise from that, with her not wanting to hear "I told you so."
ReplyDeleteYou read the book. LOL
DeleteI just picked up a copy of One Red Shoe - looking forward to reading it :-)
ReplyDeleteI can't listen to music either when I'm writing. I find it too distracting. But I can have the TV on in the background and that doesn't bother me.