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Monday, July 29, 2013
Friday, July 26, 2013
Brushes - Book 2 of the Stitches Trilogy
Welcome back to the Friday Blog Hop!
Here is the third sneak peak from the upcoming second book of the Stitches Trilogy, Brushes! It will be available in September, 2013.
Don't forget to check out the sites of the other Boomer Lit authors who are also posting today. Click the link at the bottom to connect!
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BOOK 2 of the STITCHES Trilogy
Coming in September, 2013
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This scene from BRUSHES is taken
from Chapter Four.
It's Christmas morning and Spence has just given Jean the 1963 T-Bird they inherited from Mary Coulter. Now she has a special present for Spence, the 1930 edition of The Maltese Falcon she bought from Mary's estate sale . . . and there's magic inside of it.
“Incredible! Absolutely
incredible! I’m not sure my gift can top that,” she said, kicking off her shoes
at the front door. She bounced down the steps to the living room to join
Spence.
“Neither one of us needs to
top anything. It’s about making things special, don’t you think?” Spence turned
the gas crank in the wall and held the long match under the logs. The flames caught
and gave him a welcoming Queen Mum wave. “Let me get some tunes.”
Jean waited, her knee
jiggling in anticipation as Spence dug through the separate Christmas album section
in the end cabinet. That was one of Spence’s album organization rules:
Christmas music wasn't allowed to fraternize with rock music, and neither were her
albums from Broadway shows she’d worked on. If they were filed all together,
then it was the equivalent of genetically altered corn. Who knows what would
result from the cross-contamination of music cooties -- Jimi Hendrix dressed as
Santa Claus in a Radio
City
They had agreed to give only one present each, since
they already had too much stuff. But this one would push at least two of Spence’s
collector buttons: it was vintage, and
it was a book by one of his favorite authors. Plus, this particular book might
have a little magic inside, just like Christmas morning. 
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Brushes - Book 2 of the Stitches Trilogy
Welcome back to the Friday Blog Hop!
Here is the third sneak peak from the upcoming second book of the Stitches Trilogy, Brushes! It will be available in September, 2013.
Don't forget to check out the sites of the other Boomer Lit authors who are also posting today. Click the link at the bottom to connect!
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| BOOK 2 of the STITCHES Trilogy Coming in September, 2013 |
This scene from BRUSHES is taken
from Chapter Two.
Jean and Spence have just arrived home from checking out the bungalow they've inherited from Mary Coulter. They run smack into a reporter who's been staking out their house, and he pounces on them about the death of Raleigh Coulter in London. Questions are swirling about Raleigh being killed killed by an enormous hawk. Only the Collinses and an FBI agent know the truth: it really was a hawk . . . a magical hawk.
Spence came through the door
spitting tacks. “That reporter insinuated that we killed Raleigh to get his mother’s estate! Can you
believe that guy?” Mycroft turned tail and ran upstairs.
“Where did they come up with
that?” Jean asked and flinched when the doorbell rang. She rushed to the
peephole. “Same guy.”
“Ignore
him,” Spence said, throwing the car keys on the kitchen island. “He just took a
string of incidents and found a common thread that would be a cheap, dirty way
to sell the newscast. That guy doesn't know that the real truth would sell a
hellava lot more.”
“But he mentioned the hawk --
and witnesses.”
“Now I think getting out of
town is a really good idea.”
“Let’s talk to Jon when he and Meg come over
for Thanksgiving. If we’re being hounded, I’m sure he’s feeling the pinch too.”
She
looked up at Spence, both of them having calmed down. “Hey, you were pretty
chivalrous out there. I kind of like this damsel-in-distress stuff.”
Spence wiggled his eyebrows at
her. Then he said, “Where’s Mycroft?”
“He
ran upstairs. I bet you couldn't blow him out of the comforter with a stick of dynamite.”
“Then
he’s going to have to move over.” Spence wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. “Let’s go upstairs, right after I
take the batteries out of the doorbell.”
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Brushes - Book 2 of the Stitches Trilogy
Welcome back to the Friday Blog Hop!
Here is the second sneak peak from the upcoming second book of the Stitches Trilogy, Brushes! It will be available in August/September, 2013.
Don't forget to check out the sites of the other Boomer Lit authors who are also posting today. Click the link at the bottom to connect!
Happy Reading!
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| BOOK 2 of the STITCHES Trilogy Coming in August, 2013 |
This scene from BRUSHES is taken
from Chapter One.
After receiving the keys to the bungalow they've inherited from Mary Coulter, Jean and Spence Collins head over to the house to check it out. In this scene, Jean is doing her initial walk through of the empty rooms, hoping she might see the Mary Coulter as an immortal. So far, she's been disappointed. But then she gets to the kitchen . . .
The magic was like a drug. She still couldn't
believe it had happened -- and was still happening. Other types of magic crept
into their lives in unexpected ways, when they touched Mary’s things: flashes of Mary’s life. The fabric’s magic was
still inside of them.
Jean pulled herself from the window and
opened one of the doors of the two small closets. At the estate sale, Mary’s
husband’s clothes were still hanging inside this closet. Now it was empty. Mary
had held onto those clothes for over forty years after Jim Coulter’s untimely death. Time to check out the kitchen. She
descended through the tight turn of the staircase and inspected the plaster on
the walls and in the stairwell. No cracks.
Her steps squeaked through the dining room.
As she came around the corner to the
kitchen, Jean laughed out loud when she spotted the light-blue, rotary-style phone
on the wall.
“Look at that. God, I think my parents had one just like this.” She picked
up the receiver, weightier than she expected, and listened for a dial tone. Nothing. Then her hand went numb. An electrical
charge whooshed up her right arm. She
sucked in a breath and closed her eyes.
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Friday, July 5, 2013
Sneak Peak of Brushes - Book 2 of the Stitches Trilogy
Welcome back to the Friday Blog Hop!
The Friday Blog Hop is back! I'll be introducing some snippets from the upcoming second book of the Stitches Trilogy, Brushes! It will be available in August, 2013.
Thanks to all of you, The Hop is growing! Enjoy the exciting new reads on the sites of those Boomer Lit authors who are also posting today. Click the link at the bottom to connect!
Happy Reading!
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| BOOK 2 of the STITCHES Trilogy Coming in August, 2013 |
This scene from BRUSHES is taken
from Chapter One.
As the second book opens, Jean and Spence Collins are full of magic. After helping Mary Coulter pass into immortality with the ancient magical fabric, the choice of living forever is a real one. But Jean and Spence feel they have a lot of living to do in this life. The Collinses have inherited Mary Coulter's estate. The keys to Mary's house have just arrived in the mail.
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Frank pulled his mail truck into the driveway and leaned out to hand Spence their banded bundle of mail.
“Looks like mostly begging letters today, Spence,” Frank said. “I think you and Jean are on every pet charity list out there. I bet something from Possum Rescue Mission will show up next. But there’s something in there from some lawyer. Looks important.”
Spence’s stomach flipped as he peeled off the rubber band and fingered through the smaller envelopes on top, trying to act nonchalant. Squeezing the larger bubble-pack one at the bottom of the stack, he said, “We've been waiting for this one, Frank. There’s a house and an old T-Bird in here.” Spence shook the envelope to release the jingle of keys inside. “It’s going to be a good day, my friend.”
“I hope so, Spence. Give Jean a ‘hey’ for me. You two have a good one.”
“See ya, Frank. Thanks!” Spence turned, distracted by the puffy envelope, and climbed the wide steps back up to the house.
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