I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group!
I’m snipping from The Best-Laid Plans, an unedited Work in Progress. This story continues The Contingency Plan. I’ve decided the good princes could use a little challenge on the way to the HEA we imagined for them at the end of their introductory short story. I’ve got three snippets scheduled giving the opening lines from the new story.
Told from Prince Efren’s 3rd-person POV.
This Week’s Snippet:
Crown Prince Efren of Zioneven masked his inner scowl when Gideon Bailey, Zioneven’s ambassador assigned to Sheburat, signaled to him with a subtle tilt of his head. It was early in the morning after Efren’s wedding to Prince Marcelo of Sheburat—no…now of Zioneven. Efren and Marcelo had just entered the great hall of Sheburat’s castle to break their fast before beginning the long journey home to Zioneven.
Efren turned to Marcelo. The younger man’s long, soft, strawberry blond curls shone in the early morning light slanting through an east-facing window. “My darling, please excuse me for a moment.”
My sweet short story, The Contingency Plan is available at distributors everywhere (Books2Read Universal Buy-Link | Publisher/JMS Books).
If you’ve already read and enjoyed that one, you might also be interested in the bonus scenes (the opening scenes retold from Prince Efren’s POV).
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Sweet scene but a bit of tension there, I think. What does Gideon want?
Thanks. Ahh…tune in the next couple weeks to find out a bit more on that! 😉
Such a beautiful visual…this was a fun story!
Thank you! 💞
Oh, boy. A summons. I could never deal with royal/political intrigue. Thank you for sharing. And Happy Writing!
It’s new for me. We’ll see how it goes. 😉
I’m also new to royalty stories. Liking this so far. 🙂
Thank you! 💕
Ooh, some nice tension there at the end.
Thank you! 💖
Are you being mean to the princes?? looks sternly at 🙂
Hey, don’t shoot the messenger. I’m just telling the tale of what’s happening to them. I have no control. 😉
“I’ve decided the good princes could use a little challenge”…
#evilauthor 😉
cackles gleefully
Hmm, this is an interesting start on things.
Thank you! 💕
Somehow I don’t think this bodes well for their plans for the day…
Correct. It’s not good news. 🙂
You can feel his frustration here.
Thank you! 🙂
Intriguing start.
Thank you! 💗