Picture this. The sun is shining like golden fire in a cloudless, Carolina blue sky. The ocean sparkles, and waves break on the sand around the feet of delighted, screaming children. Gulls cry overhead, adding their voice to that of the sea.
But it’s getting a little warm under your beach umbrella, so you slather on some sunscreen, SPF 100, and wade out into the water. It’s wonderful! You and your daughter-in-law hang from the side of a surfboard talking while you lazily float over perfectly sized waves.
Your shoulder starts to itch under your bathing suit strap so naturally you scratch it. It itches worse. You scratch it again, but nothing stops the itching. In fact, it’s getting worse and worse. You get out of the water as fast as you can and run to the outdoor shower where you rinse yourself thoroughly, allowing the water to run all the way through your bathing suit. Before you get finished your daughter-in-law shows up. “I’m itching to death!” she cries.
She sure is. She has allergic whelps all over her, and her lips are starting to swell. Quick! Let’s run to the store for some Benadryl. She takes it, and some of the blotches start to fade. What in the world happened?
Fast forward one day. Same scenario. Guess we won’t be getting back in the water even though nobody but us has the problem.
I just described my vacation in July of 2011. The people who owned the condo where we were staying said that every few years microscopic jellyfish migrate up the coast from Florida. The itching we felt was the jellyfish stinging us. Since they are microscopic it wasn’t painful, just itchy. Some people are affected, and some aren’t. They were getting trapped inside our bathing suits, and when they stung us they were trying to escape. We had never heard of such a thing, but since we’re going back to the same place this year I hope they’re through with their migration.
We couldn’t see the jellyfish coming at us any more than Liesel Wolf-my heroine from Never Trust a Pretty Wolf-could see the monster coming her way. People can hide their true natures just as the jellyfish hid themselves from us. Here’s an excerpt from Never Trust a Pretty Wolf. In this excerpt Liesel is dealing with her monster.
Excerpt:
They pulled the black limo up in front of the warehouse, a crumbling structure with boarded up windows and peeling paint. Water stood in puddles from the recent near‑hurricane that had downed trees and knocked out power all over the city. A beer can rolled in front of the car, its tinny sound grating on her ears.
William stopped the car and opened Liesel’s door for her. The wind pushed and pulled on her coat, blowing her hair across her face the moment she stepped out of the car. He took her arm and led her into the decrepit building. Sheer terror assailed her. Something awful was inside that warehouse. She could feel it. Gasping for breath, she tried to run.
Blurb:
Liesel Wolf has a secret, a dangerous secret she’ll go to any lengths to conceal. When she’s paired in a charity game with sexy marshal Andy Bryce, a man with secrets of his own, her carefully constructed world comes crashing down, and Liesel’s on a collision course with her past.
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