Saturday, July 30, 2011

Sweet Saturday Sample

Here's a scene from my The Legacy, my new release at Astraea Press!

Seated at his desk in his home office, Frank Becker turned on his computer. While waiting for it to boot up, he poured himself a stiff drink. He stared at the screen, his mind blank. What was the use of sending out his resume to more places? No one was going to hire him.

Nobody wanted him. Even his wife didn't want him. She found excuses to be out of town, even out of the country, whenever she could. No errand was too small or too out of the way for Kirsten Becker. Twenty years ago, her ambition was what had attracted him to her. She could do anything—win a case in court, come home and fix a gourmet meal, and then go out and party. It had been such a boost to his ego when she had agreed to marry him. Her cute little five year old had come with her. And now the daughter was looking more and more like her mother. Like her mother had looked. Except without the cutthroat tendencies. Leigh was a softer, gentler version of her mother.

Too bad he couldn’t have waited to marry the daughter instead.


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10 comments:

  1. Interesting sample. Leaves me wondering about the last sentence and wanting to read more. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. I'm definitely in agreement with Jennifer on the last sentence

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  3. shudder...makes me want to read it just to make sure the daughter is okay.

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  4. An interesting hero. I wonder where this is going? Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Congrats on the new book. Looks like an interesting read.

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  6. Thanks, everyone, for reading...
    @Sherry - this is NOT the hero!
    Patty K

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  7. Ooh, lusting after the step-daughter! Congrats on the new release!

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  8. Thanks for the sample. This sounds like an interesting read!

    Marsha Ward
    Writer in the Pines

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  9. Hmmm, interesting! Great excerpt. :-)

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  10. ooo enjoyed that, poor guy. would like to see more

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