EXCERPT: In this excerpt, my hero remembers the time he had dinner at the White House with the Russian president. His father was the American president.
His mother had gone out of town and left him in the care of his nanny. He’d woken up screaming for his mother and father, probably had a nightmare, and no matter how hard the nanny tried, she couldn’t calm him. An aide had interrupted the president’s dinner to tell him his son needed him.
His father had left the Russian president at the table and rushed upstairs to comfort him. He had stopped crying until his father tried to leave him; then he had thrown a fit. His dad had carried him downstairs in his pajamas, where he had eaten dinner with them while sitting happily in his father’s arms.
It had caused a big hullabaloo across the entire world. Half the globe thought children should be seen and not heard while the other half trumpeted the resurgence of the family values that made America great.
His father hadn’t understood why everyone made a fuss about it.
BLURB:
"First Lady
Kills President Lovinggood"
December 29, 2018
Thirty years later Hank Lovinggood embarks on a quest to
prove his mother's innocence and punish the killers who took his family from
him. Together Hank and lovely physicist Kathryn Sinclair confront an
implacable, twisted, merciless enemy who'll do whatever it takes to hide
the truth forever.
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Yes, everything the President does is observed and commented on. That's popularity!
ReplyDeleteOh, that last line!
ReplyDeleteI was alsways sorry that his father died, but now I *really* feel it.
Great scene, Elaine.
Sorry---"always sorry"
ReplyDeleteShouldn't try to type before the coffee kicks in!
Sweet snippet!
ReplyDeleteI love the juxtaposition of a practical dad and the world-stage of major politics. Great snippet, Elaine.
ReplyDeleteGood snippet, Elaine. You've hooked me. I just bought it on Amazon. :-)
ReplyDeleteIntriguing snippet. I definitely want to know more.
ReplyDeleteExcellent snippet, really gives us a feeling for his father and what he lost when his Dad died.
ReplyDeletetimely snippet lol
ReplyDeleteThe snippet gives the reader an insight to the character and his feelings for his father. Well done!
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