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Showing posts with label chick lit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chick lit. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Giveaway & Excerpt: A Canter of the Heart by E.E. West

 

I am such a sucker for books with horses on the cover or that have a horsey title and this has both! LOL I have an extensive excerpt from the book and at the end of the post is a giveaway so get your drink and get comfy.

Author E. E. West has been a resident of the Pacific Northwest for the better part of two decades, and blithely accepts life in the shadows of the nesting grounds of bald eagles while ensconced amidst the company of wild, damp and understandably nervous bunnies. She prefers to write at the dining room table, where the light is better and she can work next to Simon, the sweetest one hundred and twenty pound Rottweiler that you're ever likely to meet -- except when he's in the mood to editorialize, which he is only on rare occasions. She much prefers to write love stories that take place in warm, sunny and exotic locales as she admires and rates the latest downpour direct from the Pacific Northwest's over-active convergence zone, but in her heart she will forever be drawn back to the lucky country... Australia... and maybe one more lovely canter along an endless beach.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Quote-Tastic #34 Eavesdropping, it's what's for dinner.


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"First (Wrong) Impressions" is Krista D. Ball's update on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". In this scene, Lizzy, her sister Caroline, and two men, Charles and Darcy, are at a dinner. Earlier, Lizzy and Darcy had a misunderstanding. :D


Soon, even Caroline noticed something was up. "Darcy," she said, "you're so quiet this evening.. Are you bored?"
"Not at all. Just thinking." He smiled at her, but flicked a look at Lizzy long enough to catch her eye.
"About what?" Charles asked.
"I was thinking how even the plainest woman built for manual labor can be made rather lovely by expressive eyes."
Charles choked on his beer.
Lizzy tried to contain her grin; she guessed that was his pathetic way of apologizing. Then again, maybe he was trying to goad her into admitting she'd eavesdropped, thereby forcing her to apologize for listening to a conversation never meant for her ears.


Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you overheard something you shouldn't have? How did you react?


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