It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

Today I'm sharing a snippet from The Artist's Masquerade. We're in Cathal's point of view here.

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It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

A few people wanted to know what happened next in Flavian's encounter with baby Julien (which started in last week's snippet), so I thought I would give you a little more of it. Flavian is one of my favorite characters to write. He's snarky and fiercely independent but loyal and caring too. And he has no idea what to do around babies. I love this scene so the snippet is a bit longer than six sentences again—sorry!

​Flavian sputtered a few protests, obviously trying to be polite to Amory and avoid having to hold the baby at the same time, but he still took the infant prince when Amory released him into Flavian’s hands. Cathal couldn’t hold back his grin as Flavian held the child out from him and stared at him. Julien stared back just as seriously.

Amory laughed. “He won’t bite or break, but you don’t have to hold him.”

Relief washed over Flavian’s face, and Cathal joined in Amory’s laughter, unable to hold it inside any longer. It was kind of adorable really, how flustered Flavian was. Cathal was content to be the child’s doting, honorary uncle and nothing more, but Flavian just looked lost.

As Amory was reaching for the baby, Julien lunged at Flavian. Flavian let out a strange squeaking noise, almost a yelp, but the baby just grabbed for the long strand of beads Flavian wore around his neck. Cathal doubled over laughing and only laughed harder when Flavian glared at him. He was no help at all as Amory took the baby back and tried to pry the necklace from his little fist. 

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If you'd like to know more about The Artist's Masquerade, you can find it here. Thanks for stopping by and reading! And happy 4th of July a little early to everyone in the US!

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

When I was trying to choose a snippet of something for Father's Day weekend last week, I kept finding scenes I loved with fathers and children, and I wasn't sure what to share. I also came across this scene in The Artist's Masquerade in which Flavian meets Amory and Philip's baby son for the first time and has absolutely no idea what to do when presented with a baby. (It's a bit over six sentences again—sorry! I'll do better next time!)

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It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

This weekend, I have a snippet from The Artist's Masquerade for you, in which Cathal is thinking about (really, trying not to think about!) Flavian.

​And Cathal was rather looking forward to the outing, not for any particular interest in glass art but for how Flavian would react. Cathal’s new favorite pastime seemed to be finding ways to get past Flavian’s outer shell, the mask that Flavian wore, and see him interested, excited, full of wonder.

Lost in passion.

​But he couldn’t think about Flavian like that at the moment— couldn’t remember what happened to Flavian’s face when Cathal touched him, how his cerulean eyes went dark with desire—not when he was surrounded by his father and cousins and his betrothed and her family. Because no one could suspect what they’d done, not just for his sake, but for Flavian’s. 

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If you'd like to know more about The Artist's Masquerade, you can find it here. Thanks for stopping by and reading!

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

This week, I have a snippet with Cathal and Flavian from The Artist's Masquerade for you. We're in Flavian's point of view here. 

You can find out more about The Artist's Masquerade here. And, The Artist's Masquerade and the other Tournai books are all 25% off at Dreamspinner this weekend. Thanks for stopping by and reading! 

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

​Another sort of random snippet this weekend, this one from The Artist's Masquerade. In this scene, Cathal has arrived home exhausted and dejected after a couple of difficult encounters to find Flavian waiting for him, and Flavian ends up keeping him company and taking care of Cathal, even though Flavian thinks it would probably be smarter if he left. But because he's Flavian, his sharp tongue will always make an appearance.

​He took Cathal’s hand and led him into the bedchamber to the bed. Pulling back the blankets, he urged Cathal up onto the soft bed, and once he was, Flavian pulled the blankets back over him.

“Are you tucking me in to sleep? When you mentioned bed, I thought you had something else in mind,” Cathal said with a flash of a smile.

Flavian narrowed his eyes in a glare. “I did, but I can just leave if you’d like.” 

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You can find out more about The Artist's Masquerade here. Thanks for stopping by today!

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

The last couple of weeks, I've been snippeting first kisses, and since it's February and Valentine's is coming up, it only seems appropriate to continue. Here's Flavian and Cathal's first kiss in The Artist's Masquerade from Flavian's point of view. (I actually posted a snippet of the lead up to and beginning of the kiss from Cathal's point of view a while ago. You can find it here if you missed it.)

You can find out more about The Artist's Masquerade here. And, all of the Chronicles of Tournai books are all 30% off at Dreamspinner this weekend. ​Thanks for visiting and reading today!

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

I can't believe it's this is the last snippet of the year (or perhaps the first of the new year depending on when you're reading this!). I decided to give you a little more of The Artist's Masquerade this week. This snippet is from a little later on the same night as last week's snippet, and things have progressed between Cathal and Flavian. You also should know that Flavian is disguised as a woman at this point as he tries to escape a very bad situation. Cathal has already found out the truth, but Flavian still has some doubts.

​It was... odd. What Cathal’s mouth was doing to that spot on his neck sent shivery heat racing through his whole body and tore a moan from his throat that was almost embarrassingly wanton. But he was also being held firmly yet so carefully, Cathal’s arms curving around him in a way that was almost protective. He didn’t understand it. Cathal had thrown him against a wall moments ago, and now, he was... what?

“I’m not really a woman, you know,” he rasped out.

“For the last time, I’m quite aware of that.” Cathal’s voice was lower, rougher, enough to send another shiver through Flavian, and that was before he felt Cathal’s low chuckle rumbling through the places where they touched. “Come to bed, Flavian.” 

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If you'd like to know more about The Artist's Masquerade, you can find it here. Thanks for reading, everyone, and Happy New Year!

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

December 21st marked one year since The Artist's Masquerade was published, so I thought I would share a snippet of that with you this weekend. In this scene, Cathal has drawn Flavian away from a party that neither of them was enjoying (but both should be present at) to show him a room in the royal palace created to house a particular enchantment. Or perhaps just to be alone with him...

If you'd like to know more about The Artist's Masquerade, you can find it here. And The Artist's Masquerade and the other Tournai books are included in Dreamspinner's 30% off sale this week. Thanks for reading! Happy Holidays, everyone!

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your tbr. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ+.

This weekend I have a snippet from The Artist's Masquerade for you. I'm continuing my random theme, and pulling snippets from a random page in each book. Here's a bit from page 145, which is the morning after Cathal and Flavian spend their first night together.

​He had to fight back a smile when Flavian blinked his way to awareness, big, cerulean eyes hazy and confused, hair tousled. Memories of what happened and where he was began to seep in, Cathal saw it happen, and those eyes flew open as Flavian sat bolt upright, nearly whacking Cathal in the head as he did.

Cathal did laugh then, but it was a soft chuckle, and even he could hear the affection in it, which scared him more than a little. But he wanted Flavian to see that even less than he wanted Flavian to see the affection itself. He leaned forward and kissed Flavian quickly. “Come on. Let’s get you dressed.” 

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Thanks for reading!