Hump Day Hook – Week 18 {Derailed}

Mar 12, 2013 | Books, Changing Tracks, Hump Day Hook, Publishing Credits, Secret Cravings Publishing, Writing

ChangingTracks_LRGAnother Hump Day Hook!  Changing Tracks has taken me on a whirlwind of joy this week.  It showed up on Secret Cravings Bestseller list (#1 on the Historical Bestseller list still)…and got a Silver Star at All Romance Ebooks, indicating another best seller.  I just got my first review & rating from someone unknown to me (and it was [amazon_link id=”B00BEMN5SC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]4 stars[/amazon_link]!).  So it’s been a bang-up week.

So as a treat I’m going to give another little hook from Derailed (Dominion Falls Series #2). One you might kill me for…because it’s from a little later in the scene that I posted two weeks ago – but it’s just another tease:

She couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. The tight grip his hand had on hers transferred his old panic and fear right to her heart. A soft gasp whispered through the room and she wiped at a tear, “You had no choice.”

“I didn’t mean to hurt her. I just was trying to get the knife.”

A small splash of salty sorrow landed on his stomach and curved along the lines to the bed beneath. “Cole.”

 

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Sarah

15 Comments

  1. Jennifer Simpkins

    Congrats, Sarah, on all the wonderful things that are happening with Changing Tracks. Have fun with your edits this week! I hope to be joining you soon with some of my own…lol. And of course, you’ve left us with another great HDH. 🙂

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  2. Jade Crystal

    Congrats on the success with Changing Tracks! I hope to be able to get to it soon. 🙂 As for the hook, lots of emotion. I could feel the sorrow. Great job.

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  3. C.R. Moss

    congrats on your great news! I liked the wording in your post ~ salty sorrow. nice. thanks for sharing! 🙂
    C.R.

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  4. Kerrianne Coombes

    Congrats!!!! And this hook is so nicely written x

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  5. Sabrina Devonshire

    Short and intense and leaves a lot of unanswered questions. Great!

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  6. Lucy Felthouse

    Congrats on the fab news. And great hook! 🙂

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  7. Michelle Hoefle

    Congrats on the excellent news! Nice hook, left me wondering? 🙂

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  8. Ally Thomas

    Congrats Sarah! Enjoyed the excerpt and best of luck on the series!

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  9. Mandy Earles

    Congrats to your success with the series!
    Great emotions in the snippet. And I’m left wondering if someone died and who was it? Nice hook!

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  10. Sandra Sookoo

    Oooh, “salty sorrow”. Nice!

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  11. Lilly VanHorn

    My heart is breaking and I don’t even know the characters yet, great job!

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  12. Layna Pimentel

    Aww… What a great hook!

    Congrats on the fabulous news this week. 🙂

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  13. Kathleen Grieve

    Wow! Strong emotion Sarah! Loved the salty sorrow!! Poignant! !

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