CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
Yesterday, as Ilona said earlier, we got a whole box of Bayou Moon ARCs. So I figured ya’ll ought to get a snippet and a chance to win a copy or two. This is one of my favorite scenes in the book. If you would like to be entered into the contest please leave a comment and we will randomly pick two winners on Friday. Hope you enjoy and good Luck.
“There was a girl,” William said. “I met her in the Edge. I liked her. I did everything right. I said all the smooth things, but it didn’t work. I don’t know why, but it just didn’t. I guess, she didn’t need another fixer-upper in her life. She had two brothers to take care off, so she went off with my best friend. It was good for her. He’s steady and he always knows the right thing to do and does it.”
Cerise winced. “You’re not a fixer-upper.”
He bared his teeth. “Don’t kid yourself. You saw me this morning.”
Cerise took a deep breath. “Do you like me the way you liked that girl?”
“No.”
It felt like a slap in the face. He was in love with some other girl. And the idiot didn’t even want him. How could she not want him? He ran into an open field to save a kid everybody shunned.
Cerise bit her lip. She wouldn’t be a consolation prize; she had some damn pride left.
But before she cut him loose, she had to be one hundred percent clear where they stood. If it cost her a tiny bit of pride, that was fine. Nobody but the two of them would ever know.
“How is it different?”
He rolled his head back, sable hair falling down on his shoulders. “With Rose I knew what to say. I could take a step back and talk to her. I remembered all the crap from the magazines. It was easy.”
“And with me, it’s hard?” Why? Because she was a swamp girl? And how did the magazines fit into it?
William looked away from her. “I don’t like it when you’re away. If I don’t see you, I can’t settle down. If I see you talking with another man, I want to claw his throat out. And none of the things you’re supposed to say fit.”
Oh, this had to be good. “What sort of things?”
He sighed. “The lines. Like ‘You’re my everything,’ or ‘Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?’”
She lost it and laughed. She sounded hysterical and broken, but she couldn’t stop.
He sighed again. “Why are you laughing?”
She couldn’t stop. It was that or crying.
“Cerise?”
“Are you going to ask me if my daddy was a thief, because he stole the stars and put them in my eyes?”
He pushed away from her. “Forget it.”
The laughter finally died. “It’s called the rending, isn’t it?” she asked. “The thing you did this morning? Your kind does it when you become overwhelmed—”
He lunged at her. A blink and he pinned her to the floor, his big body bracing hers, his eyes on fire.
Excitement zapped through her. She felt her muscles tighten in all the right places.
Now or never.
snippet instead of studying! ARC bayou moon instead of textbook! me likey!
Can’t wait for this to come out. Thanks for the snippet.
Ooooooooh I’m liking this already! Thanks for the snippet but, it just isn’t enough!
Well, my chances aren’t great but if you’ll post to aus please count me in!!
Ever optimistic…over 600 reponses and I JUST KNOW it will be me who gets an ARC!
Hope I’m not too late!! Awesome snippet.
great snippet, so please count me in
I would like to be considered pretty please with cinnamon marshmallows on top.
How exciting! Thanks for sharing the snippet.
I am really excited for this book to be released! I like that it’s so long.
Hope I’m not too late! Fantastic snippet! Can’t wait for the book! Hope to win ARC! Your books put “stars” in my eyes!
I can’t wait for this to come out! Great snippet.
If you ship to Canada please count me in.
Best weekend present ever! Bayou Moon is going to be amazing; I can feel it in my big toe!
OMG! what a teaser. I absolutely cannot wait for this book to come out – i’ve got a countdown running on my desk…
Please enter me in the contest!! I just can’t wait to read this one!
Yay!! I hope you are still taking entries for the drawing!
Loved the snippet. I can’t wait to read more!
Consider me in- doing the wave. I already requested a copy from Kindle but I would love a signed copy of anything from you.
Thank you. Fingers and toes crossed.
Oh I want it, I want it! The snippet is niiiiiice!!
Wow! Pick me! Pick me!
It would find a good home with two readers at our place.
Sweet! Can’t hardly wait!!
You guys are awesome with arc giveaways!!
Looks like William is going to be as fun as I had hoped!
Thanks for the snippet and a chance at the ARC.
Thanks for the snippet! I can’t wait for Edge 2!
I’ve reread the snippet multiple times now. As much as I love it, I’d rather be reading the whole book. Please, please.
Oh, he sounds so sweet! *sorry Gordon-Ilona if that wasn’t the way you wanted him* i tend to be a little angelic this early in the morning.
Can’t wait for the release!
God bless with magic pens for a magical world.
Wow…631 respeonses. lol I’ll be optimistic and try anyways. Can’t wait for the release. Loved William in The Edge.
Awesome snippet. I SOOOO want this book NOW!
eek!….can’t wait for the book to come out!
O_O …*SQUEEL!!!!!*
Well…I never win, maybe I’m too late to enter, but I love all your books and can’t wait til your next one!!! Keep them coming!!! and Thank You so much for the Curran Pov’s at Smashword…I have them on my phone so I can carry them around and read whenever I get the urge…
woohoo ! You are such a tease but i loves ya for it
seriously can’t wait now!
Ooh. I would love an ARC. Perfect birthday present.
That was a wonderful snippet, but I want more…please, pretty please…
William=ooh+aah+grr x wow
yay!! Snippet yay!! i wanna enter. i never win but what the heck.
oooh i really want this!
Kai
Would love to win the ARC. Can’t wait to read this book! Thanks for the snippet.
Love a copy!!! Great snippet.
Oooh, what a great snippet! I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Bayou Moon!
I’ll buy it when it comes out, anyway, but yeah, I’d like to read it NOW!
Ooh. Me, me
I live in France so if you can send it there, I will be extremely thankful. Even if I am pretty sure that I will buy it anyway !
love your writing very much, thanks you two.
I hope I win!
So good!! Can’t wait for this book. I may have to reread On the Edge now…
I love these snippets, I always check the blog several times a day from work. It’s my destressor.
ack! am i too late? *whimpers*
i am waiting oh-so impatiently for the newest book.
M