Welcome to Snippet Sunday.
Enjoy a snippet from last week: Flowers and Fangs Chapter 2 #2
This week’s snippet is from Flowers and Fangs.
Derek and Wade Hayes are at the McBride’s house to find out if Tim infected his girlfriend and her family. Wade is making his way around the front of the house, while Derek took the back. Derek encounters a black lab, but he came prepared with doggy treats. This is in Derek’s POV.
*The excerpt may have been modified to fit the 10 sentence limit.
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Derek relinquished the gift from his hand and he patted the dog’s head. “Good boy.” The dog crunched the treat with enthusiasm then trotted behind him as he peeked inside the back windows of the house. He didn’t detect any movement within the bedroom.
The creaking of hinges had him swinging around with the crossbow aimed at the back door. When he caught sight of his brother’s cowboy hat, he lowered the weapon with a curse.
His brother spotted him and his face split into a grin. “Well, are you going to lurk around all night like a peeping Tom or are you coming inside?”
He shook his head and strode toward him with long strides. “I could have shot you, dim wad.”
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Good thing Derek doesn’t shoot first and ask questions later. lol
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About Flowers and Fangs, “Stake and Dust series, Book II”:
Derek Hayes and his family are preternatural hunters. Stake and dust is their motto, but Derek has a difficult time accepting his sworn duty when Sloane McBride, his ex-girlfriend from high school, is the one he’s been sent to eliminate. Once infected from a Nosferatu bite, there is no turning back. Sloane has been bitten and she will eventually change.
It proves a race against time when Derek puts aside his core beliefs and teams up with Sloane. The Nosferatu wants Sloane for his own, Derek’s brothers are hunting her, and every second brings Sloane closer to changing into the very fiend they want to kill.
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Stake and Dust, Book I- These are stand alone stories.
A Lamia, a sea creature worthy of John Keats’ prose, teams up with a vampire with serial tendencies. When young promising artists are found dead, the Preternatural Bureau sends Cassandra Hayes to the Hamptons to help a fellow hunter track down this lethal duo. She’s only spoken to Mr. Green once on the phone and when she meets him in person, he is not what she expects. His hunting skills are spot on, but there is something the man is hiding, and she’s determined to find out what it is despite the attraction developing between them.
Tremayne Graystone, a vampire from one of the oldest septs, is not pleased when he finds a dead hunter left on the doorstep of his pub. He should have never answered the hunter’s phone, but someone is trying to frame him and he wants answers. Surely he can masquerade as Mr. Green, the hunter Cassandra is supposed to meet, before she figures out his true identity and stakes him. She’s a Hayes, from a long line of vampire hunters, and fraternizing with the enemy is simply not done, but as they work together and follow the clues, the lines become blurred when he falls for the hunter’s charms.
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lol, “…dim wad.” Not a good place to be lurking. Good snippet, Karen!
Teresa,
Brothers- they say the nicest things. 🙂
Yikes, that was a close call. Sounds like they might need to coordinate a plans a little better. 🙂
Christina,
Derek didn’t expect Wade to break into the house without him at his side. lol
Really enjoying this story, and their dialogue is priceless. Great snippet as always.
Joyce,
Thanks so much, Joyce. So glad you like the brother’s banter.
It’s a good thing his brother knows him well enough to expect him to ask questions first.
Ed,
I suppose he is. lol Thanks for popping in, Ed.
Brothers… it’s all fun and games until someone gets shot by mistake. I really like the feel of this story.
Jeff,
Brothers- so very true. Never know what’s going to happen. lol
These two definitely sound like brothers. I enjoy how they have such different approaches to the hunt. Great snippet!
Close one! Enjoyed the continuation of this scene. 🙂
Stephanie,
So thrilled you did. 🙂
What a delicious comment between brothers. Love the pooch.
I have Vertigo for the past week and pray it will leave this frail mama soon. A bad scene at this point just as I was writing my Valentine’s story and going good.
Charmaine,
I do hope you feel better soon. 🙂 Prayers for a quick recovery. I would sure love to see read that Valentine’s story, too, 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
That’s a really dangerous place to be lurking!
Carrie-Anne,
Yes, it could be. lol
Surprising armed, jumpy people never seemed like a good idea to me. But they’re vampire hunters, so safe isn’t something they prize, I suppose.
Caitlin,
lol- Danger is in their blood.
This is why I love writing relationships between brothers. Great scene! 😀
Amy,
I know it’s lots of fun. I have 2 brothers and lots of cousins. I have loads of info stored. lol
Love their interaction and insults.
PT,
Brothers are great with the insult, but if you need them to watch your back, you know who to call. lol
That would not of been good if he shot that crossbow and hit his brother. His brother should not lurk around like that.
Brothers can be annoying. Great snippet. 🙂
Jennifer,
lol- they can be that too.
“Dim wad…” That’s a new one, but I like it! I’m used to hearing dim wit. Lol. Great interactions and some slight unease to keep us on our toes. I still find something unsettling about that dog.
Dim wad is a great word. lol The dog …there is more to come.
I wonder how the brother arrived first without taking care of the dog himself.
haha … liked their interactions.
Iris,
Thanks. The brothers were fun to write. 🙂
Yep, definitely brothers. Great snippet, Karen. 🙂