Showing posts with label novellas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novellas. Show all posts
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Excerpt: Valentine Hound Dog by Rachelle Ayala @AyalaRachelle #sweetromance
Coming Feb 2, 2016
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14 All-New Sweet Romance Novellas
EXCERPT – Valentine Hound Dog by Rachelle Ayala
(Exclusive to the Valentine, Pets & Kisses Box Set)
Unfortunately, now that Connor was promoted to chief, he
didn’t hang out as much anymore, which meant Larry was facing a Friday night
with a TV dinner in front of a basketball game.
A piercing wind blew as he lifted the dumpster lid,
threatening to blow it down. Larry held the lid with one hand and hefted the
trash bag into it. Letting the lid slam, he turned toward the warmth of the
building.
Something moved near the dumpster, darting behind it.
Probably a rat. He should set traps, but not tonight. The wind whined and
howled as he opened the door.
Another whine and something furry touched the back of his
leg. It was a puppy, likely a basset hound, with a brown and black patchwork
face and white paws.
“What’cha doing here, boy?” Larry bent down and held his
hand out for the puppy to sniff. There was no collar, but the puppy appeared
well groomed and plump. “Did you get lost?”
The puppy licked his hand, and Larry scooped him up. “I bet
you’re hungry. Tomorrow I’ll put up a poster. See if anyone lost you.”
He rubbed the puppy’s head and long ears while the puppy
licked his jowls and yawned. How could he resist such cuteness?
# # #
“I can’t believe I lost him,” Jenna cried on the phone to
her sister, Melisa. “One minute, he was following me to your apartment building,
and the next minute he disappeared.”
“Following you?” Melisa glanced at Rob who was driving her
home from work. “Didn’t you have him on a leash?”
“The leash and collar were in the shopping bag. I don’t have
five hands. I was carrying him and then when I got to the security door, I had
to put him down to punch in the code.”
“Couldn’t you have set the bags down?”
“No, that little rascal would have stuck his nose in and
stolen a chicken strip.”
“Rob and I are on our way. You stay put and we’ll help you
look.”
“Okay, hurry. It’s getting dark, and he’s only a tiny little
puppy. I’ve already run all around your building but no one’s seen him.”
“Maybe he went back home. Where did you get him?”
“The rescue center down near where you work. But there’s no
way he could have made it back. He’s so tiny and there’s so much traffic.”
“Don’t worry, we’ll find him,” her sister said. “We’re
almost home.”
“Good. I don’t know how much more stress I can take. What
with the show, the firemen not cooperating, and now my model gone.”
“Model? Which one?”
“Little Treat, the puppy.” Jenna couldn’t help pulling at
her hair. “He’s my signature piece.”
“Signature piece? Wait? What about the gowns and the
outfits?”
“Those are a mess. I need to get back home and sew, sew,
sew.”
“Then what are you doing with a puppy?” Her sister’s voice
took on a motherly, or was it a teacherly, tone. How was it that Melisa was
younger than her and so calm?
“He’s supposed to be Connor’s bribe so the firemen can
undress for my show!” Jenna wailed. “Now, the show will be a flop, all because
I lost Little Treat.”
***
Rachelle Ayala From
romantic suspense to sweet contemporaries, I write from my heart and love to
include children and pets in my stories.
Website:
http://rachelleayala.me
Newsletter:
http://bit.ly/RachAyala
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Excerpt: Surviving San Francisco by Susan Oloier @narrawriter #sweetromance
Coming Feb 2, 2016
Valentine, Pets & Kisses Box Set
14 All-New Sweet Romance Novellas
EXCERPT – Surviving San Francisco by Susan Oloier
(Exclusive to the Valentine, Pets & Kisses Box Set)
Mary smiles over at Leah, who works hard to muster
even a grain of enthusiasm.
“She can go home now,” Mary says, trying to elicit a
happier response.
Leah pets the cat and finally looks at her for the
first time. “You hear that?” she says to the cat. “We’re going home.”
Mary puts Fur Elise back in the kennel.
“Ev—Dr. Grady said I should make a follow-up
appointment?”
“You can do that at the front desk with Stacy.”
“Okay.”
“See you up front.”
Leah rummages through her handbag for keys, but her
attention is almost magnetically drawn back to the flowers.
She pads over and sneaks a peek at the card.
It reads, Forgive
me. Love, Tess.
There’s a sinking in Leah’s chest. She takes the
kennel handle and lifts Fur Elise out of the room and back to the lobby.
Mary hands paperwork to Stacy. “If you have any
questions,” Mary says to Leah, “be sure to give us a call.”
Us.
Leah nods. It’s all she can manage.
Stacy reads from the sheet. “Says we should see you
back here in one month.”
She clicks in the computer. “We’re looking at
February 14th. How sweet! Valentine’s Day.”
“You know,” Leah says, “I don’t have my calendar with
me. I’ll just call and schedule it later.”
“Sure.”
Leah picks up the cat carrier, ready to leave and
find herself another veterinarian. But then the door flies inward, and Everitt
walks through. His jacket collar is pushed up and his hair is a mop from the
wind. The gusty weather keeps the door wide open, and Everitt fights to close
it.
He prepares to move straight to the back exam rooms,
but stops when his eyes meet Leah’s.
“Hi,” he says, brushing back his bangs.
“Hi.”
***
Susan Oloier is a mother and educator who writes
memoir, as well as adult and young adult contemporary fiction.
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