Category: The Envoy's Honor

Rainbow Snippets September 11-12

9/11/2021

Another man who entered the room behind them with Ligeia on his arm wasn’t quite so emotionless. Something smoldered in his eyes, some emotion hastily banked.

But that wasn’t what made Kirill utterly freeze where he stood.

The man did that on his own.

He was watching Kirill, stare intense out of rich brown eyes. His bronze hair was thick and wavy, framing an incredibly handsome face of chiseled features. Kirill gritted his teeth. He’d never let it happen before and he could not afford to get turned around by a handsome face now of all times. He had no time for an affair on this trip and certainly not with someone connected with the royal palace--and to Corentin, too,considering this man’s close resemblance to the earl Corentin was going to marry.

You can find more about The Envoy's Honor here. Thanks for reading today, and I hope you're all staying safe and well.

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Rainbow Snippets June 26-27

6/26/2021

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Griffen’s day had been utterly normal--boring, even--until the dragons arrived.

The only mildly interesting thing that had happened was Bastien for once being convinced to attend a family dinner at the palace. Griffen didn’t delude himself into thinking his persuasion and prodding had anything to do with his older brother’s decision. No, Philip’s order had gotten Bastien and Corentin, the man he would soon marry, here. The prince rarely ordered his family about--and never in this type of situation, so Philip’s edict had probably been at least half joking--but Bastien was too dutiful to ignore it, despite his preference to be something of a hermit.

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Rainbow Snippets April 24-25

4/24/2021

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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+

I'm continuing on with first kisses today with Griffen and Kirill's first kiss in The Envoy's Honor. The Envoy's Honor is an adversaries to lovers romance between two men whose devotion to family and country is putting them on opposites sides of a dispute that it will take careful diplomacy to get everyone out of safely. Unwitting attraction complicates matters, of course, and just when they might be getting closer, someone is murdered. But at least they know neither of them could've done it since they were...together...at the time. And there are dragon shifters...which is where all the trouble starts, really.

Griffen and Kirill's first kiss happens in the middle of an argument. (These two do a fair amount of arguing, dancing around each other, and being distrustful before they get it all together...) It certainly is one way to end an argument, though.

Griffen surged forward and kissed Kirill. As soon as he did it, he regretted the action. Kissing Kirill was a bad idea, and kissing Kirill when Kirill hadn’t invited him to was even worse. Still, it was a moment before he could tear himself from those soft lips.

Once he did, he stared into Kirill’s eyes. Kirill seemed frozen in front of him, and Griffen froze too. How would Kirill react? Was Griffen about to be hit? He wouldn’t blame Kirill if he did.

But Kirill didn’t hit him. He shook his head and muttered Griffen’s name, before snaking a hand behind Griffen’s neck and pulling him against his body. And into another kiss.

You can find more about The Envoy's Honor here. Thanks for reading today, and I hope you're all staying safe and well!

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Read an Ebook Week Sale!

3/7/2021

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All of my books are 50% off in the Smashwords Read an Ebook Week sale through March 13th. You can find them all here. Go grab some books!

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Rainbow Snippets February 13-14

2/13/2021

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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+

For today's snippet, I'm sharing more from The Envoy's Honor, the newest book in my Chronicles of Tournai series, which is now out everywhere. The Envoy's Honor is an adversaries to lovers romance between two men whose devotion to family and country is putting them on opposites sides of a dispute that it will take careful diplomacy to get everyone out of safely. Unwitting attraction complicates matters, of course, and just when they might be getting closer, someone is murdered. But at least they know neither of them could've done it since they were...together...at the time. And there are more dragon shifters in this one!

Since it's Valentine's weekend, I decided to skip ahead in The Envoy's Honor and give you Griffen and Kirill's first kiss, which comes in the middle of an argument. (This is much longer than six sentences, but I thought it was necessary to set the scene—sorry!)

“I was hoping we could trust each other enough because of common interests,” he said stiffly.

“Common interests?” Kirill let out a short laugh. “What would those be?”

“Wanting the best for both our countries. Perhaps building a mutually beneficial relationship between them?” Griffen’s irritation was growing in the face of Kirill’s obstinacy, but Kirill’s flashing eyes had his desire growing too.

Kirill scoffed. “All you care about is Corentin.”

He was rapidly running out of patience at Kirill’s refusal to believe, even though he did, in some part of him, understand why. Nevertheless, his frustration won out, which he’d kick himself for later. “And, according to you, getting you into bed.”

Kirill lifted his chin a fraction. “Yes, and that.”

“Then I suppose I should get started on trying.” Griffen surged forward and kissed Kirill. As soon as he did it, he regretted the action. Kissing Kirill was a bad idea, and kissing Kirill when Kirill hadn’t invited him to was even worse. Still, it was a moment before he could tear himself from those soft lips.

Once he did, he stared into Kirill’s eyes. Kirill seemed frozen in front of him, and Griffen froze too. How would Kirill react? Was Griffen about to be hit? He wouldn’t blame Kirill if he did.

But Kirill didn’t hit him. He shook his head and muttered Griffen’s name, before snaking a hand behind Griffen’s neck and pulling him against his body. And into another kiss.

Find out more about The Envoy's Honor here. Thanks for reading today, and I hope you're all staying safe and well. Happy Valentine's Day!

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Rainbow Snippets January 30-31

1/30/2021

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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+

For today's snippet, I'm sharing more from The Envoy's Honor, the newest book in my Chronicles of Tournai series, which is now out everywhere. The Envoy's Honor is an adversaries to lovers romance between two men whose devotion to family and country is putting them on opposites sides of a dispute that it will take careful diplomacy to get everyone out of safely. Unwitting attraction complicates matters, of course, and just when they might be getting closer, someone is murdered. But at least they know neither of them could've done it since they were...together...at the time. And there are more dragon shifters in this one!

I'm picking up a little after last week's snippet. After Rozenn calmed the situation down (for the moment), the meeting broke up, and Kirill and Romilly went off alone to discuss the situation. Though Kirill's main question is "What is going on tonight?" (I went over the sentence limit...a lot...this time, but I thought it would be good to finish out this scene.)

Romilly held out a glass to him and then sat in the chair next to his once he’d taken it. “To answer your question, I have no idea what happened tonight. When Ederic began, I was hoping you and he had devised some sort of strategy and not told the rest of us, though I couldn’t imagine you would.”

“No, I wouldn’t. I would’ve told you—well, I wouldn’t have just made plans with him in the first place.”

Romilly pursed their lips as they stared down into their glass. “You and he are the most senior members of this expedition.”

“I don’t know about that,” he protested automatically. But he and Ederic were probably the most experienced. Romilly, Rozenn, and Galina ranked right after them with the others sent along as support in some capacity.

“You do, and it’s all right. What isn’t all right is that Ederic is letting his anger or whatever happened today carry him away.” Romilly waved a hand as they tried to come up with the proper words.

“I know. I’m just not certain what to do about it yet.” He took a long sip of the liquor in his glass.

“I’m feeling less hopeful and wondering what we can do, especially after that display just now.” Romilly raked fingers through their rich red hair. “Is he going to listen to any of us? He nearly pushed the princes past the point of listening to anything we had to say, and I don’t think he saw it.”

Kirill sighed. “Let’s hope after he gets some rest he’ll have calmed down, and we can all have a rational discussion about it.”

“Let’s hope so.”

You can find out more about The Envoy's Honor here. Thanks for reading today, and I hope you're all staying safe and well.

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Rainbow Snippets January 23-24

1/23/2021

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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+

For today's snippet, I'm sharing more from The Envoy's Honor, the newest book in my Chronicles of Tournai series, which is now out everywhere. The Envoy's Honor is an adversaries to lovers romance between two men whose devotion to family and country is putting them on opposites sides of a dispute that it will take careful diplomacy to get everyone out of safely. Unwitting attraction complicates matters, of course, and just when they might be getting closer, someone is murdered. But at least they know neither of them could've done it since they were...together...at the time. And there are more dragon shifters in this one!

I've skipped ahead a little from last week's snippet. Kirill tried to defuse the situation between the princes and Ederic, and now that the meeting has ended, Ederic is not pleased with Kirill—and is expressing his displeasure loudly. Kirill finally gets a word in to start this snippet.

“Ederic, I did as I saw fit,” he finally said. “I’m sorry you don’t like it, but the princes were not intimidated by you, nor were they going to surrender to your demands. At least this way they’re going to talk to us again. If they’d had us expelled from the city or even the country, what would we have done?”

“Come back and show them why they would do well to do as we want,” Ederic shouted.

Silence fell over the room, Kirill unsure what to say. Ederic wasn’t really suggesting...

“Let’s all calm down,” Rozenn said from behind him. Only she and Romilly were in the room with them, but Kirill wouldn’t be surprised if everyone in this wing--perhaps the whole palace--could hear Ederic.

You can find more about The Envoy's Honor here. Thanks for reading today, and I hope you're all staying safe and well.

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Rainbow Snippets January 16-17

1/16/2021

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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+

For today's snippet, I'm sharing more from The Envoy's Honor, the newest book in my Chronicles of Tournai series, which is now out everywhere. The Envoy's Honor is an adversaries to lovers romance between two men whose devotion to family and country is putting them on opposites sides of a dispute that it will take careful diplomacy to get everyone out of safely. Unwitting attraction complicates matters, of course, and just when they might be getting closer, someone is murdered. But at least they know neither of them could've done it since they were...together...at the time. And there are more dragon shifters in this one!

This week, I'm picking up just after last week's snippet. I went a little (a lot?) over the sentence limit this week, but I thought the snippet worked better this way.

“I’m afraid I can’t do that.” The prince’s tone was as mild as his expression, but Kirill knew it had to hide much more. Philip was good though—Kirill couldn’t get any real sense of what those emotions were. He kept trying to figure out what the prince thought of them, of their demand, of Corentin even.

“May I ask why, Your Highness?” Ederic asked after he’d puffed himself up again. Had he really expected the princes to just give Corentin to them? Was he so deluded or so self-centered he assumed he would demand Corentin be handed over and Tournai’s ruler would do it with no discussion or objections? If so, this meeting was going to go even worse than Kirill feared.

“Well, for one, he isn’t our prisoner. I have no authority to make him yours. Nor would I if I did. I don’t make it a habit to seize my subjects for no reason and hand them over to other kingdoms on nothing but the say- so of one man.” The prince raised a hand before Ederic could speak. His expression wasn’t so mild now. There was a hint of something sharp and strong there. “He is however in our jurisdiction and under our protection. We will not be pleased if he’s forced to go anywhere or do anything he doesn’t want to do."

You can find more about The Envoy's Honor here. Thanks for reading today, and I hope you're all staying safe and well.

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Rainbow Snippets January 9-10

1/9/2021

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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+

For today's snippet, I'm sharing more from The Envoy's Honor, the newest book in my Chronicles of Tournai series, which is now out everywhere. The Envoy's Honor is an adversaries to lovers romance between two men whose devotion to family and country is putting them on opposites sides of a dispute that it will take careful diplomacy to get everyone out of safely. Unwitting attraction complicates matters, of course, and just when they might be getting closer, someone is murdered. But at least they know neither of them could've done it since they were...together...at the time. And there are more dragon shifters in this one!

I'm skipping ahead just slightly from last week's snippet. Here's the beginning of the dragon's delegation meeting with the royal family. (I went a few sentences over—sorry!)

Kirill’s heart sank as Ederic puffed out his chest and stepped toward the thrones from his position at the front of their group. He didn’t wait to be acknowledged, and Kirill bit back a groan. Ederic seemed intent on ignoring all protocol, and Kirill couldn’t see it not getting them in trouble. Trying not to appear weak and pointless blustering were two separate things. And the second was unlikely to get them anywhere. Why was Ederic acting this way?

“Your Highness, we’ve come to retrieve Master Corentin. Hand him over and we’ll cease interrupting your evening.”

Prince Philip raised an eyebrow in what had to be a deceptively mild manner. Kirill wanted to cringe.

You can find out more about The Envoy's Honor here. Thanks for reading today, and I hope you're all staying safe and well.

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Rainbow Snippets January 2-3

1/2/2021

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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+

For today's snippet, I'm sharing more from The Envoy's Honor, the newest book in my Chronicles of Tournai series, which is now out everywhere. The Envoy's Honor is an adversaries to lovers romance between two men whose devotion to family and country is putting them on opposites sides of a dispute that it will take careful diplomacy to get everyone out of safely. Unwitting attraction complicates matters, of course, and just when they might be getting closer, someone is murdered. But at least they know neither of them could've done it since they were...together...at the time. And there are more dragon shifters in this one!

I'm continuing on from last week's snippet today.

Ederic was convinced Corentin would try to run from them if warned of their arrival, but Kirill wasn’t so sure, not after the odyssey they’d been on today. Corentin had entrenched himself in Jumelle. He’d built a life here with work and an upcoming marriage. He wasn’t likely to flee. But Ederic obviously wasn’t of the same opinion, and Kirill didn’t want to be wrong, so he allowed himself to be carried along...and they’d ended up in a receiving room in the palace of Tournai’s crown prince.

What he’d seen of the palace had been impressive. Light globes, charged with magic, on fancifully wrought posts lined the drive up to the palace, illuminating the sweep of the approach to the majestic building. Kirill could only get impressions of the soaring towers in the dark, but inside, they were hit with the full grandeur of the building. The entry hall was certainly meant to intimidate and awe with its soaring ceiling and polished marble floor and the ornate carvings on the columns. Tournai might not have been as large as its neighboring kingdoms, but it was rich due to trade and its glass makers, who were conceded to be the best in the world.

You can find more about The Envoy's Honor here. And you can get The Envoy's Honor and my other books 50% off at NineStar Press with code FINALLY2021 through January 8th, if you need some fantasy romance to start your year. I hope you're all staying safe and well and that 2021 brings you good things. Thanks for reading!

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