Time for another Hump Day hook. While I’m waiting for my editor at Secret Cravings Publishing to get back to me with my edits, I’m getting a little antsy now that the distraction of Christmas is over. Soon enough I’ll be wishing I could go back to the days of not pouring over edit notes and corrections.
Until then, I thought I’d give a glimpse into the future of The Dominion Falls Series. Book 3, called Dark Territory has a scene set soon after Christmas with my FMC, Jane, discussing Christmas presents with her bestie, Kat. I decided to use that to keep in the spirit of the season 😉
In the scene, Kat is admitting that she thought the man she (scandalously) lives with might ask her to marry him again after she turned him down the first time. She reveals she had expected an engagement ring as her Christmas present…and what she got was…
Keep in mind, this is ROUGH 1st draft, & I haven’t touched it in over a year…it’s waiting for rewrites…so be kind:
“He kept hinting that he had gotten me something special for Christmas. I wondered if he wasn’t going to risk asking again.” Kat fiddled with her napkin, biting her lip as her cheeks flamed as red as her hair.
“He didn’t…”
“It was a new bed warmer.”
Jane’s eyes grew wide and her lips quivered with barely contained laughter. “A….A…new bed…warmer?”
“Shhhh,” Marjorie pursed her lips. “It’s not that funny…”
“Of course not.”
“Jane…”
“A bed warmer?” Laughter burst from its seams and Jane covered her mouth to try to stem the volume.
“He wanted to make sure my feet were warm,”
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A bed warmer??? LOL. She must be so disappointed when she was expecting a ring. Well…at least he was thinking of her feet.
lol, that’s so funny. Well, perhaps another time it will be the ring. And a bed warmer is nice too, keeping one’s feet warm is essencial to a good night’s sleep. She’s got a thoughtful man.
Cute hook and nice of him to consider her cold feet. He wants her to get over those dang cold feet. I bet later on he’ll keep the rest of her warm.
Left me laughing too…nice job. 🙂
Hey, he’s trying to take care of her. Frostbite and all….bad…
Although, if she sticks her cold feet on him, then maybe that bed warmer is self serving. LOL
HA – That is exactly what happens with real-life expectations… 😀
Good job!
Well she may think that’s funny, but I’d love to have something to warm my feet! How thoughtful!! Love it!!
Ha ha, that made me chuckle! And it is something me and my friends can well relate to! Thanks for sharing, and for a rough draft it is pretty darn good.