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I am going to share a snippet from C. L. Hart's forthcoming sweet second-chance holiday romance, Snowbound Hearts. You can learn more about the story and a special opportunity here.
“Really,
Marti? Blasting The Ride of the Valkyries while tearing up the
Dalling Rise?” Ophrah Pololáník asked, checking her seat belt and
looking askance at the driver.
“You
know The Ring is my focus music, OP,” Marta Benscoter said. The
calmness in her voice belied the intensity in her light hazel eyes.
She could have posed for the cover of a business magazine with her
perfectly coiffed, collar-length pale blonde hair and her sharp gray
suit jacket with the high-end dark-blue t-shirt underneath.
“You
look like a mild-mannered fifty-three-year-old interior decorator on
the outside, but your devil-may-care behavior suggests a hostile
takeover," Ophrah quipped. "Have you been possessed by a
Valkyrie?"
“I'm
not devil-may-care; I'm just focused,” Marta explained. "I
want to get to Arbofil before the storm hits. Those roiling clouds
grow closer and darker every time I glance in the rear-view mirror."
“You
know best,” Ophrah said, nervously running a hand over her frizzy
mahogany hair as if checking to ensure that she’d at least look
good when they crashed. “You’re a good driver. It’s just that
I’ve always been a slow-cruising kind of gal. I like to take my
time and get there in one piece.”
“I’m
all for that, but we’re more likely to get there in one piece if we
aren’t driving on slick roads.”
For a little added fun, here are some images generated by Pixlr to give you an idea of what these characters look like.
Marta
Ophrah
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You don't have to worry about issues such as spelling, grammar, or sentence structure. I've cleaned the document up pretty well, and my line editor will take care of the rest. I'm interested in your impressions as a reader, not an editor.
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