Another Hump Day Hook!
This week I’m so excited to reveal my disturbingly gorgeous cover! Dawne Dominique did an amazing job at capturing just what I wanted and couldn’t get for myself.
Minnie and Roy are unlike any other couple I’ve written before. Their strength is quiet, their relationship simple and complex all at once. I created their story as a challenge to myself…to write something shorter than my typical 300k story that required breaking down into a series.
I wanted a set story, and went so far as to plan it out (and I succeeded, with only one surprise thrown in). Minnie and Roy did not come easily, both were so guarded about their past and themselves, but once they warmed to each other, they let me in a little more.
So here’s a little hint of Minnie and Roy…the blurb will follow. No release date yet, but hopefully soon I’ll have that for you 🙂 In this snip, Roy is trying to get Minnie to talk to him. To explain why she hates the Cheyenne that are part of their travelling wild west show, inevitably he turns her reasons back on herself:
“You stay.”
“I have no choice.” Her jaw worked. A glimmer of a tear shimmered at the corner of her eye before a rapid blink carried it away.
“And Max?”
“There’s a price on his head, and he’s old. He has no choice.”
“And me?”
“You don’t matter.” She tossed aside the tomahawk, and then turned to leave. “You’re one of them.”
BLURB:
Minnie Woodward lives a lie. After barely surviving the Bear River Massacre she’s spent her life in the white world of her guardian, Mister Rawlins. The burden of her life debt to Rawlins grows heavier with each passing day. The last thing she needs is Roy’s continuing attempts to gain her favor. With her fate sealed she’s never believed in hope, and not even Roy can make her start now.
Roy Ornum rescues Minnie every night in the traveling Wild West show. The job he took to pay his debts and break his gambling habit brought him a new addiction – her. He knows she doesn’t want to be rescued, but maybe he does. She’s the key to a past he lost, one he wants to find again more than anything.
As the two grow closer old wounds are reopened and their burgeoning trust is shattered. When lives hang in the balance of their choices they’ll need to put aside their fear and work together. Otherwise everything will be lost before hope can be found.
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This book sounds intense. The hook hooked me! 🙂
Thanks, Paloma!! It’s not quite edge-of-your-seat as my series, but I can’t do a story without plenty of drama 😉
Love the title and really disturbing cover 🙂
Nice hook. Minnie sounds like she isn’t the easiest person to get along with. Can’t wait to read more.
LOL. Hope you mean ‘disturbing’ in a good way, Mandy 😉 That’s pretty much exactly how I wanted it to be. 🙂
Minnie makes it difficult at first, but once you put a crack in her walls, you might be surprised at what you find 🙂
Yes, disturbing in a good way 😉 Definitely catches the eye and makes you wonder what happened to her back.
That is a nice cover, and I loved the last line of your hook snippet. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
C.R. Moss
Thank you! I had a little trouble picking out what snippet to use, this one just summed up their beginning too well to pass up. 🙂
Great cover! Interesting storyline.
Thanks Tamara! I’m so happy with the cover 🙂 Dawne did an amazing job. I can’t wait for the story to get out there 🙂
Wow…this hooked me! Great writing lady. Def one I’m going to read.
Glad to hear it, Lacie!! Maybe the next time around you’ll win a copy of my books instead of the other way (considering I’ve won 2 of yours so far. lol)!!
I’m understanding why she doesn’t want to talk. It feels like she’s trapped…
Very astute, Sabrina 🙂 In many ways she is!!
Love it! and the cover is wonderful! I had to open it so i coudl see it better…very inriguing x
Great hook and I love the cover!
Oh, nice hook!
An intense snippet. You achieved a lot with a relatively simple dialogue here. I loved it.
Love the cover, and the paragraph is enticing.
Great hook, well done!
That cover speaks volumes, wonderful…..and great hook. Thanks for sharing.
Intense and I love the last line! Love the cover!
Wonderful hook! Can’t wait to read more 🙂