Welcome to Snippet Sunday.
Enjoy a snippet from last week: Flowers and Fangs, Chapter 5 #1
This week's snippet more from Flowers and Fangs, which is a RONE Finalist for best New Adult tale! Thank you so much to those who voted. This couldn't have happened without you. Now for the second round–the judges will read the stories. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Chapter 5. This is in Sloane's POV.
Quick update from last week: Derek has tackled Sloane to the ground in her backyard, trying to keep her from escaping. He claims vampires are real, but she believes he's nuts. She hasn't quite grasped he might be telling the truth, and for good reasons. He told her he thinks she might turn into one of those fiends. Not a great reason to trust him when he's a hunter who stakes and dusts such creatures. Then to make matters worse, Derek's brothers show and they are calling to him. Derek clasps a hand over Sloane's mouth to silence her. If the brothers find them, Sloane is a good as dead.
*The excerpt may have been modified to fit the 10 sentence limit. 
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At this close range, his rugged face half lit by moonlight proved almost too beautiful to be on a face of a madman. She pursed her lips realizing how stupid her reasoning sounded because let's face it, if potential killers had crazy tattooed on their forehead, they wouldn't have any murderers and rapist roaming the streets. The police could just arrest them on sight. Then she realized what the man standing at her backdoor had said and her eyes narrowed. The madman was named Derek. Her gaze riveted to him, taking in every feature with knowing dread. The truth hit her hard and her breath solidified in her chest. Older and more muscular…but it was Derek Hayes. He'd been the bad boy, the one not afraid to do as he pleased, but he'd also been kind, and he stood up to bullies, protected the underdog.
Lad growled, but not at Derek who held her captive, but at the newcomer.
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Sloane now realizes she knows Derek. Will this make her trust him? Would you trust someone you once dated if he told you vampires were real?
About Flowers and Fangs, "Stake and Dust series, Book II":
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Derek Hayes and his family are preternatural hunters. Stake and dust is their motto, but Derek has a difficult time accepting his sworn duty when Sloane McBride, his ex-girlfriend from high school, is the one he's been sent to eliminate. Once infected from a Nosferatu bite, there is no turning back. Sloane has been bitten and she will eventually change.
It proves a race against time when Derek puts aside his core beliefs and teams up with Sloane. The Nosferatu wants Sloane for his own, Derek's brothers are hunting her, and every second brings Sloane closer to changing into the very fiend they want to kill.
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A Lamia, a sea creature worthy of John Keats' prose, teams up with a vampire with serial tendencies. When young promising artists are found dead, the Preternatural Bureau sends Cassandra Hayes to the Hamptons to help a fellow hunter track down this lethal duo. She's only spoken to Mr. Green once on the phone and when she meets him in person, he is not what she expects. His hunting skills are spot on, but there is something the man is hiding, and she's determined to find out what it is despite the attraction developing between them.
Tremayne Graystone, a vampire from one of the oldest septs, is not pleased when he finds a dead hunter left on the doorstep of his pub. He should have never answered the hunter's phone, but someone is trying to frame him and he wants answers. Surely he can masquerade as Mr. Green, the hunter Cassandra is supposed to meet, before she figures out his true identity and stakes him. She's a Hayes, from a long line of vampire hunters, and fraternizing with the enemy is simply not done, but as they work together and follow the clues, the lines become blurred when he falls for the hunter's charms.
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How will Sloane react now that she recognizes Derek? Love the tension being created here, the conflict of his duty and the monster she might be. Good luck in your second round of judging!
Kris,
Thanks so much. Glad you liked the snippet and thanks for the good wishes, too.
Hmmm…not sure if I’d trust him. Maybe, right up until he said that vampires are real. 🙂 Good scene–excellent job, as ever, of painting it for the reader.
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Teresa,
I’m with you. Can’t say I’d believe him even if I knew him, liked him and probably kissed him. lol
Thanks for looking into why my link isn’t working. 🙂
I enjoyed following her train of thought – Derek appeals to me too! Excellent excerpt, can’t wait for more.
Veronica,
So glad you liked her train of thought. Glad you like Derek too.
Yay, I’m glad she’s finally recognized him. And that she remembers both his good and bad qualities! Great snippet.
Joyce,
It’s good to know both, isn’t it?
I love her memories of him. I’m curious as to why Lad is growling at his brother instead of him, and I’m REALLY curious as to how Derek is going to explain this.
PT,
So glad you’re liking the snippets. There’s more to come. 🙂
The dog is smarter than she is.
Ed,
lol- now, now…She’s still processing all this.
She has mixed memories of him from her past, he was a bad boy so could she trust he is telling the truth… on the other hand he was protective and kind so she shouldn’t fear him. What a perplexing situation! I say trust Lad, animals have an innate way of reading true natures.
Chelle,
lol- When all fails, trust the dog. Love it and possibly so true. They do have a good sense of character.
I’m also glad she recognized him–and that he stood up to the bullies. Great snippet!
Nancy,
He really is a good guy. 🙂
Glad she recognized him. Her dog isn’t growling at him, which should tell her something too. Good snippet.
Elizabeth,
Yes, pay attention to your dog. 🙂
Hah! A tattoo would be convenient, wouldn’t it?
i liked finding out more about him … and i’d say trust the dog. they usually have a good instinct.
Glad to know she recognized him! Can’t wait to see what happens next, especially with Lad freaking out about someone else approaching… 🙂
Interesting snippet. I wonder who the newcomer is?
Me? Yes. Lol but this is coming from a girl who is convinced mermaids are real. lol. Great snippet.
Oh this could prove very interesting now that she’s recognized him! I wonder if she’ll come to trust him or not, and I wonder if they can stay hidden from his brother now that Lad is growling. Love the bit about tattooing crazy on murderers foreheads, that would be quite helpful in society! LOL.
I think she should trust her dog. But Derek might still want to kill her. Decision decision!