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Rainbow Snippet December 28-29

12/28/2019

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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+.

​It's the last Rainbow Snippet of 2019—how did that happen?? I'm finishing out the year with another snippet from The Merchant's Love, my warm and cozy fantasy romance set over Tournai's winter holidays. In this snippet, Maxen is walking his younger brother home from school and goes into a shop to look for a Midwinter gift for Faelen. (It's too long again. I'm sorry! I really do promise to do better next time!)
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The shopkeeper wasn’t gone more than that before he came back with a tray containing a glittering array of hair ornaments. He began explaining each piece but was called away almost immediately. Maxen accepted his apologies, happy to be left alone to look in peace. Well, as alone as he could be with Thierry hanging over his shoulder.

Maxen picked up a little silver comb. “Hmm.”

“Do you have a sweetheart? Is that who the gift is for?” Thierry piped up from behind him.

“I...I suppose I do.” He hadn’t ever thought of Faelen in those terms. “Who is she, then?”

He twisted to look at his brother. “His name is Faelen.”

Thierry’s eyes went wide. “Then why are you looking at hair combs?”

“Because he wears his hair long, and he likes them.” Maxen had

noticed that when Faelen did something with his hair other than leaving it loose, he seemed to have a fondness for combs and clips with fanciful work to them, some made of silver that stood out in his rich dark hair.

“Oh. All right.” Thierry turned to the tray and seemed to study it with interest. “What does he like? What is he like? You haven’t mentioned him.”



You can find more about The Merchant's Love here. You can also buy The Merchant's Love and all of my other books 50% off at Smashwords through January 1st. Thanks for reading today!
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Louise Lyons
12/28/2019 09:29:51 am

I love Thierry's reaction - surprised at first and then keen to help find a gift

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K.S. Trenten link
12/28/2019 11:05:49 am

There's something so touchingly eloquent in how he's speaking and sorting out his feelings for Faelen and how Thierry is reacting and asking questions about them. It's a gentle, yet intensely character-driven scene where the characters are finding out things about themselves and readers join them in the discovery. (heart)

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P.T. Wyant link
12/28/2019 04:39:46 pm

I have the feeling Maxen may be beginning to wish his younger brother was somewhere else. Anywhere else other than giving him the third degree.

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Stephanie Danielson
12/30/2019 07:20:04 pm

I love the turnaround in attitude at the end there.

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