I posted this excerpt on the PNRromantics blog Wednesday, but I had serious formatting issues. (I’m not the most tech-savvy person, you know.) So I’m giving it another go on my blog. This is an excerpt from Evermine. I’m editing now, so it will be cleaned and tweaked before submission, which I’m hoping will be in the neighborhood of March first.
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Earthen Realm, Dempsey Colony
Home smelled odd, welcoming in a way the place lacked since my sister moved out with her mate. Instead of old wood and winter, it smelt of warm oven and sugar cookies. My favorite. Wrinkling my nose, I sniffed the air, followed the sultry current from the front door to the rear of the house and the galley-style kitchen. I touched the stovetop. Heat ebbed through the cracked ceramic and thawed my fingers.
Winking flame teased the corner of my eye where candles danced in crystal holders.
“Maddie?” My voice bounced off the walls, absorbed by the pitch-black living room.
Shame churned my gut, but hope was my antacid. Maybe she and Clayton had fought. Maybe she had come home. Maybe she was waiting in her old room, upstairs, across from mine. [Read more…]
Hailey writes about questionable applications of otherwise perfectly good magic, the transformative power of love, the family you choose for yourself, and blowing stuff up. Not necessarily all at once. That could get messy.
