by Sarah | Mar 8, 2014 | Books, Holiday, WeWriWa, Writing
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Back to Michaela and the delectable Tag. Last week, Tag showed up to apply for the assistant manager position. This week Michaela has agreed to an interview, but worries about a flaw of hers…a tendency to blush at everything:
“Thanks, Miss O’Keefe, you won’t regret it.” He held out his hand; when she responded with her own, his warm hand folded hers in a gentle, but firm handshake.
“Easy, Tag-I haven’t given you the job yet.” She could swear the heat of his hand travelled up to flood her cheeks. If she did give him the job, working alongside such eye candy would be rough—especially with how easily she blushed.
“I know-let’s just say I’ve got a good feeling.”
So do I-oops, hush your inner voice. She had no doubt she was blushing now, but forced herself to smile and nod.
*A little creative editing in force to make it fit in the 8
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Michaela O’Keefe is in over her head with her restaurant, The Midway. Her ad for an assistant manager brings Owen “Tag” Montague to her doorstep. With an impeccable resume and dozens of letters of recommendation, she has little choice but to give him a chance. Ten years her junior, Tag sets her long-dead libido humming, but she gave up on love and her instincts on men years ago.
Tag has had a crush on his new boss since his youth, but he’s determined to prove he can do the job. Still, he can’t resist the urge to make her blush down to her toes as often as possible. He knows her rough past in life and love makes it hard to trust, and he’s wary of crossing the line he so desperately wants to.
Just when they manage to figure out how to work and play together, Michaela’s ex does all he can to destroy their budding love. When push comes to shove Michaela’s inability to give Tag the benefit of the doubt might destroy everything.
Learning to trust herself again is the hardest lesson Michaela will ever have to learn – and by the time she does, it may be too late for love.
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by Sarah | Mar 1, 2014 | Books, Holiday, WeWriWa, Writing
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While I’m sad to leave behind Changing Tracks for my Sunday 8’s…I’m happy to be bringing you bits of another story. This is from my contemporary Holiday’s in Lake Point series. This book is, clearly, my Valentine’s Day story.
Michaela, 31, runs a fair-themed restaurant called The Midway. In over her head, she’s put out an ad for an assistant manager. Who shows up to apply for the position is not who she expected:
Another knock disrupted her train of thought. A familiar, “Excuse me, Miss O’Keefe?” came from the doorway. Of course, if her business thoughts had to be disrupted there could be no better way than with Owen Montague, better known simply as Tag. Ten years her junior, he’d grown up into quite a looker.
She could remember joking with her friend, Eve, five years ago about Tag being jail bait for women like them. Now he was lethally legal at the age of twenty-one, and even better looking with azure eyes, mussed blond hair, and a crooked smile that she bet had melted the panties off of many girls in his class. Just when she realized she’d been staring at him and jolted out of her reverie, he rewarded her with that signature grin, and she swore her heart skipped a beat.
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Michaela O’Keefe is in over her head with her restaurant, The Midway. Her ad for an assistant manager brings Owen “Tag” Montague to her doorstep. With an impeccable resume and dozens of letters of recommendation, she has little choice but to give him a chance. Ten years her junior, Tag sets her long-dead libido humming, but she gave up on love and her instincts on men years ago.
Tag has had a crush on his new boss since his youth, but he’s determined to prove he can do the job. Still, he can’t resist the urge to make her blush down to her toes as often as possible. He knows her rough past in life and love makes it hard to trust, and he’s wary of crossing the line he so desperately wants to.
Just when they manage to figure out how to work and play together, Michaela’s ex does all he can to destroy their budding love. When push comes to shove Michaela’s inability to give Tag the benefit of the doubt might destroy everything.
Learning to trust herself again is the hardest lesson Michaela will ever have to learn – and by the time she does, it may be too late for love.
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by Sarah | Feb 22, 2014 | Books, Changing Tracks, WeWriWa, Writing
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This is the last week I’ll be posting excerpts from Changing Tracks! I’m at the end of the story and this is the last I can do without revealing the end…and I’d love to leave you hooked 🙂
So hopefully I’ll leave you all intrigued with the beginning of the series [amazon_link id=”B00BEMN5SC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Changing Tracks (The Dominion Falls Series book 1)[/amazon_link]. You know, my amnesiac with the eidetic memory, Jane Doe…and the brothel-owner, anti-hero…Cole Mitchell.
This snippet is actually just before the one I posted last week. Mike is about to reveal the wanted poster to Jane…and yes, for those that guessed, it did have a likeness similar to Jane on it:
“Syrus says ‘the remedy for wrongs is to forget them’. Well, I’ve forgotten them – too bad no one else has.”
Michael chuckled, “Yes, the forgetting is supposed to be done by those that were wronged. Not the other way around.”
She wiped at an errant tear and focused on the passing scenery. “I’m not getting out of this, am I?”
“Probably not with your neck the length it is now.”
The corner of her lip twitched, “What a pleasant way to put it.”
*Creative punctuation was used. Wish it wasn’t, but there it is.
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by Sarah | Feb 15, 2014 | Books, Changing Tracks, WeWriWa, Writing
Welcome back to the Weekend Writing Warriors!
Wow, it’s been two weeks since I participated!! I’ve missed WeWriWa so much, but February left me with editing brain as I tried to edit both books 4 & 5 of The Dominion Falls Series for submission. It’s finally done, now I’m working on the synopses, or I will be next week (taking a few days off.).
In the meantime, I’m back and I’m still keeping you all intrigued with the beginning of the series [amazon_link id=”B00BEMN5SC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Changing Tracks (The Dominion Falls Series book 1)[/amazon_link]. You know, my amnesiac with the eidetic memory, Jane Doe…and the brothel-owner, anti-hero…Cole Mitchell.
When I last left you, Jane had her ankle set by her (or rather, Clara’s) ex. She’d managed to rescue the boys that had been kidnapped…
This is a short while later. Jane is on the train back to Dominion Falls talking with her brother, Mike, about a wanted poster he spotted in the Denver depot. Mike speaks first:
“Murder.”
“Of a Mr. Jake Querney. I see-I can read.”
Michael moved next to her, “It happened here in Colorado.”
“She was sent to an asylum.” The blood drained from her face, “Where she escaped. Wanted for murder, fraud; it would seem you’re right. Hanging would be the sentence for either crime.”
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*Creative punctuation was used. Wish it wasn’t, but there it is.
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by Sarah | Jan 25, 2014 | Books, Changing Tracks, WeWriWa, Writing
Welcome back to the Weekend Writing Warriors!
I’m still keeping you all intrigued with the beginning of the series [amazon_link id=”B00BEMN5SC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Changing Tracks (The Dominion Falls Series book 1)[/amazon_link]. You know, my amnesiac with the eidetic memory, Jane Doe…and the brothel-owner, anti-hero…Cole Mitchell.
Skipping ahead again. Jane/Clara was not the person killed last week…but I’m afraid I can’t tell you who. Jane has actually managed to rescue the boys and ended up under the dubious protection of Clara’s husband (Jane’s soon-to-be-ex-husband), David…who has to re-set Jane’s broken ankle thanks to her rescue attempts:
The hum of David’s voice lacked solid form. Whatever he said swam through her head without making sense. She caved to the pain moments later, slipping into welcome black. Another sharp spike of pain brought her back.
Colors danced before her eyes when she blinked them open and a quiet groan escaped. “That hurts.”
“Really? I thought it tickled.”
*For once, no creative punctuation was used. Can’t guarantee as much for future installments 😉
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by Sarah | Jan 18, 2014 | Books, Changing Tracks, WeWriWa, Writing
Welcome back to the Weekend Writing Warriors!
I’m still keeping you all intrigued with the beginning of the series [amazon_link id=”B00BEMN5SC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Changing Tracks (The Dominion Falls Series book 1)[/amazon_link]. You know, my amnesiac with the eidetic memory, Jane Doe…and the brothel-owner, anti-hero…Cole Mitchell.
Skipping ahead a little bit. For those that were wondering if Cole really did believe the stories over Jane’s word…well, you’ll just have to read to find out 😉 No, really, it’s a romance, what do you think? More on that another week, for this week…I move to the POV of a man named Michael. Mike is Jane’s brother (that she doesn’t remember) who came back into her life. After last week where Cole “kicked her out”…Jane took off out of town in an attempt to save some kidnapped children. Mike (and another townsperson, Archie) has gone after her, and thinks he spots her with “The Bad Guy”. Oh, and before she awoke a Jane Doe (and kept that name), Jane was Clara:
She jumped and turned, racing from the depot; the man followed right behind.
Mike jumped over the back of the bench in hot pursuit. Before he ever got outside, screams reached his ears. A police whistle sounded through the doors when he and Archie burst through them at the same time.
A crowd gathered near the alley beside the depot and a woman screamed, “She’s dead. He just ran up and killed her.”
Mike’s whole body went numb and he dropped to his knees. “No, Clara.”
*For once, no creative punctuation was used. Can’t guarantee as much for future installments 😉
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