Hello readers. Today I'm sharing an excerpt from my novel Tempting The Light. It's a romantic comedy with paranormal elements. Soul Mate Publishing will be releasing it this spring.
The Excerpt...
"You’re
freaking cheating on me?" Abby Fitzgerald didn’t expect a surprise
birthday party when she got home today. She didn’t expect bold colored daisies
or pretty wrapped gifts. But most of all she didn’t expect to find her live-in
boyfriend Burt, engaged in a spooge-a-paloosa fest with a chick dressed as a
mime. Her crazy old grandmother warned her she would be cursed on her
twenty-fifth birthday, but who would have believed it?
Burt slapped his
body up against the mime from behind in a vigorous frenzy on the sleigh styled
queen-sized bed. The woman’s hands and painted white face pressed up against an
invisible window with his arm wrapped around her waist to keep her vertical.
Her lips parted into an "O" breaking the sex-me-up red heart painted
across them.
Abby stared in
horror at Burt with his mouth open and eyes closed, savoring the sheer ecstasy.
Here is the blurb...
Bad
luck magnet Abby Fitzpatrick gets fired, catches her boyfriend cheating with a
mime, and is cursed by an evil genie who pops out of a tampon box. She’s bound
and determined to remove the spell, and as fate would have it, the hottest guy
she’s ever met is out to kill her.
River
Stone, a Cryptid hunter for Legends and Myths Police Squad (L.A.M.P.S.), poses as sheriff for Abby’s
hometown of Haber Cove, New Jersey. He’s out to find and capture a man-eating
gnome and bag the legendary Jersey Devil monster. Little does he realize, the
woman who catches his heart is the same creature that he was sent to destroy.
Tempting
the Light is the first novel in the L.A.M.P.S. series that features
hunky secret agents who find true love while hunting and slaying dangerous Cryptids.
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You had me at "You're freaking cheating on me?"
ReplyDeleteThis is a great snippet, Bonnie. Poor Abby...
OK - I can't help it. I hate Burt and his mime.
Thank you Paula. River will have his hands full with poor Abby.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun read! Can't wait!! :)
ReplyDeleteHey Stacy,
DeleteThanks so much. I had so much fun writing Abby and River's story. Abby has the worst luck.
Thanks for stopping by.
Did she say that out loud? Because no one seems to have noticed she's there yet... They must be really focused.
ReplyDeleteHi Caitlin.
DeleteThe next line has their reaction.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog.
WOw--what a freak he is. lol You've painted a vivid scene, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! :-)
Hi Theresa,
DeleteIt was so much fun writing this scene.
Thanks so much for the welcome and for visiting my blog.
Great snippet - but poor her - that's a bad birthday!
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Daryl,
DeleteHer day gets much worse :)
Thanks so much.
Love the opening line. What human being could keep from reading what follows?
ReplyDeleteHi Ed,
DeleteThank you for visiting.
This sounds like such a fun story, I read the excerpt (great opening line) and the blurb... definitely captured me.
ReplyDeleteHi Chelle,
DeleteThanks so much.
I feel so sorry for poor Abbey, but the scene is freakin' wonderful! Sounds like a great read!
ReplyDeleteHi Jenna,
DeletePoor Abby is a magnet for disaster :) It's a romance so she does get her HEA.
Thanks for stopping by.
I'm so confused. You put me right in the middle of the "spooge-a-paloosa" and I loved it. I've never had a three-way before. ;-) Loved the snippet!
ReplyDelete~Joyce Scarbrough
Hi Joyce,
DeleteLol! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by.
Oh no, poor Abby! This is just the start of the awful things, isn't it? I'm wondering too if she said that opening line out loud. And why a *mime*....!
ReplyDeleteHi Marcia,
DeleteThanks for visiting.