Saturday, April 25, 2020

Saturday Sample and Weekend Writing Warriors: Never Trust a Pretty Wolf

Welcome to Saturday Sample and Weekend Writing Warriors. Today we'll continue to share excerpts from Never Trust a Pretty Wolf. On Sunday when you finish here, do go to http://www.wewriwa.blogspot.com for more excerpts from a bunch of great authors.

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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Excerpt: 
Chapter One

Last Week


“Why should I?”

“Because we can be tracked from tower to tower if you leave your phone on.”

None of this was news to Andy. “So?”

He caught a slight hesitation, so brief, he had to think twice to be sure he saw it. “I want to win that money. Don’t you? Why else would you play the game?”

“Yes, I’d like to win, but I hardly think anyone would try to track us. Ordinary people don’t have the means to track someone’s cell phone.”

This week: We're in Andy's POV

“Don’t be too sure about that. A million dollars is a lot of money.”

 Why did she want his phone turned off so badly? She had offered a plausible explanation, but he’d bet she had another reason. As a marshal he knew that people lied, some of them very convincingly. Unfortunately, he thought she had skirted the truth. His internal hackles rose a bit. Did he really want to play ball with Liesel Wolf? He had enough troubles without adding any more.

 The Mustang shot forward the second the light changed; guess he’d waited too late to quit.

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11 comments:

  1. Charmaine GordonApril 26, 2020 at 10:25 AM

    Oh my gosh, trouble ahead as always. Well done, my friend.

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  2. Jessica E. SubjectApril 26, 2020 at 11:15 AM

    Yes, he's in this whether he likes it or not.

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  3. Diane BurtonApril 26, 2020 at 12:56 PM

    Too late to leave now. I like how you showed his cynicism, typical in law enforcement officers. So, what's he going to do now? Can't wait to find out.

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  4. Veronica ScottApril 26, 2020 at 1:35 PM

    He's definitely in for it now,whatever may be going on. I'm curious about what else is happening in his life...so many threads to pull - great snippet!

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  5. Karen Michelle NuttApril 26, 2020 at 2:17 PM

    Can't wait to find out what he's going to do.

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  6. BrittanyApril 26, 2020 at 2:47 PM

    This can't be good! Too late to turn back now! Can't wait to see what happens next.

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  7. Nancy GideonApril 26, 2020 at 3:31 PM

    Yup. In for a penny or a pound, as they say (I don't know, do they still say that?). These excerpts are such a tease . . . in a good way.

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  8. AnonymousApril 26, 2020 at 5:35 PM

    His uncertainty is a great way to ratchet up the tension.

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  9. LindaApril 26, 2020 at 10:06 PM

    The thing is with the phone off, you can't call for help either.

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  10. JennaApril 26, 2020 at 10:40 PM

    And he waited too late because he really wants to go with her. This is proving quite the adventure for both of them!

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  11. Teresa CypherMay 1, 2020 at 1:42 PM

    Nice scene! I'm surprised that she said more than two words to him. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but the money is for charity?? If that's the case, the competitiveness is way over the top. If the contestants are personally winning the money, I could see why she's reacting this way. SO...I'm really wondering why she cares so deeply about winning the money unless her stakes are in some way personal...

    Love the buildup of tension. And the fact that you have my wheels turning so hard trying to figure it all out says that you're doing a great job with this story!

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