Brushes - Book 2 of the Stitches Trilogy
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Here is the third sneak peak from the upcoming second book of the Stitches Trilogy, Brushes! It will be available in September, 2013.
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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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Funny. I love the idea of music cooties from Christmas contaminating the rock. Little musings like this make the characters so real.
ReplyDeleteTerrific scene. It's fun to learn how these characters think. Your delightful descriptions help us get to know them (especially the prohibition against mingling music!)
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ReplyDeleteYou've hit many of my hot buttons... I already want to know more about Jean and Spence, Mary and her greedy son and where their journey takes them (I peeked at the sidebar too)! I would love to read your book :) If you're emailing notices when it comes out please include me in the distribution! anne@globalwritingsolutionsonline.com.
Happy writing,
Anne
Freelance Writer, Author (Mental Pause) and fellow blog hopper
"A little magic inside"...it beautifully defines your book, Courtney, congrats, lovely excerpt!
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