Saturday, May 12, 2018

Snippet Sunday and Weekend Writing Warriors


Welcome to Snippet Sunday and Weekend Writing Warriors, your chance to sample the work of a talented group of authors. When you finish here you can find more excerpts at:

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Blurb:

Jenna West has no idea what she might have done to her new tenant Mike Hightower. He's surly and hateful every single time they meet, and he looks at her as though he despises her.

He does despise her. She's from the Middle East, and people like her killed his friend Ramirez when the army sent them to Iraq.

Will the power of love work its magic to soften Mike's bitter hatred, or will he ignore his growing attraction for his pretty landlady?

Last Week:

He found the rental without any trouble. The small, rectangular shaped house had two front doors on one of the short sides. It looked to Mike as if Ms. West had recently painted. He wouldn’t have thought of painting the house a bright, cheery yellow, but he liked it very much.

He didn’t see a doorbell so he knocked on the right hand door. Ms. West opened it almost immediately, giving Mike the shock of his life. In spite of her all American accent and name, Jenna West was Middle Eastern! He had seen women just like her every day of his life when he served in the army. The only difference was that in the Middle East people like her spent a lot of time throwing rocks and yelling obscenities.

“Are you Jenna West?” he asked.



This week: In this excerpt Mike meets Jenna West. I did some creative punctuation. 

“Yes; Mike Hightower?”

 Mike nodded.

 “I unlocked the door for you. If you’re interested, give a yell; if not, I’ll assume that you don’t want it.” 

 “Fine.”

 Mike almost left. A Middle Eastern woman had no business in Eden’s Crossing! Her people had killed Ramirez. When did she come here? Oh, wait.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 13, 2018 at 2:25 AM

    "Oh wait" for what? I guess I'll have to wait for next week to find out.

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  2. Aurora SpringerMay 13, 2018 at 9:56 AM

    Good realistic reaction.

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  3. Veronica ScottMay 13, 2018 at 12:04 PM

    Oh wait WHAT?! That's a great place to leave us LOL! Enjoyed the snippet though, can't wait to see what changes his mind to rent the place.

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  4. Hywela LynMay 13, 2018 at 8:17 PM

    Love this cliffhangr! I wondr what he's going to do now?

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  5. UnknownMay 13, 2018 at 11:21 PM

    Even with his trauma, I'm having a difficult time excusing his blind hatred. This poor woman!

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  6. Diane BurtonMay 14, 2018 at 9:39 PM

    Although I can understand how bitter he is that his best friend was killed, I'd hope that he could separate the perpetrators from the innocents. Or maybe not. He's got a long way to go to be a hero in my mind. My sympathy leans toward her who has done nothing to him.

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