Snippet Sunday and Weekend Writing Warriors

Welcome to Snippet Sunday and Weekend Writing Warriors, your chance to sample snippets from a wide variety of wonderful authors. My excerpt comes from a yet unnamed manuscript. In the story, my hero had a one night stand with another woman who eventually died of cancer. Her parents couldn't keep the boy, so they contacted his father who had known nothing about him. In this snippet, Rhett brings the boy home for the first time. Introductions have gone well, and this is when he meets his stepmother for the first time.

Rhett and Eric had reached her now. “Eric, this is your stepmother, Alex.”

A flare of panic contorted the child’s face. Had Rhett said something bad about her to the boy? She cleared her throat. “Hello, Eric, welcome home. It’s so nice to meet you.”

Eric mumbled something, but she didn’t catch it. 

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Nothing Like a Good Defense

Today's excerpt is from my current WIP.  In this excerpt, my heroine's husband is in Afghanistan, and his people have invited her to come to dinner on Christmas Eve.  Sheila is the heroine's mother-in-law.  Riley is her child.

She had never liked Jack’s cousin Miranda and still didn't. Miranda wore a beautiful red sweater that set off her dark hair and made her look like a picture from a magazine.  She looked Anna up and down before smirking at her overalls.  “You’ll need something a little sexier when Jack comes home, Anna, and you might consider gaining a little weight.  You aren’t anorexic are you?”

“Miranda, leave her alone,” Sheila scolded.  “She has Riley to take care of.  She can’t be worried about her clothes or how she looks.”

Rascal is sharing another excerpt if you'll scroll down. 

 

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