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 snippeting from The Dragon's Devotion. I thought I'd give you when Corentin first sees Bastien. They're at a mutual friend's wedding reception, at which Corentin doesn't know very many people. His attention is wandering, and he sees Bastien. I went way over the sentence limit. I thought it was necessary, but I'm sorry!
Today, I'm snippeting from The Dragon's Devotion. I thought I'd give you when Corentin first sees Bastien. They're at a mutual friend's wedding reception, at which Corentin doesn't know very many people. His attention is wandering, and he sees Bastien. I went way over the sentence limit. I thought it was necessary, but I'm sorry!
Corentin let his gaze slide from them to those seated at the tables nearby. Other family members for the most part, it would seem, from the resemblance to either Etan or his husband. Then his gaze stalled on one particular man.
The man was stunning, his features chiseled, his skin glowing in a way that only came from much time spent outdoors, and his thick bronze hair fell in neat waves around his face. From what Corentin could see of his clothes, they were of good quality but a bit sober, not as daring or fashionable as many of the ensembles worn that evening. The rich, warm brown wasn’t a poor color for him, though. He sat next to a young woman, who might have been wife or sister or some other relation, but she leaned away from him to talk to someone else, and he seemed to be doing much as Corentin was, studying the room.
Suddenly, the other man’s gaze collided with Corentin’s, and everything seemed to freeze for a moment as the connection held. Corentin couldn’t make out the color of his eyes from the distance—something dark, he thought. But he could see them go wide, a bit startled, and Corentin smiled, slow and sure. He had no idea why this man had captured his interest in one look, but he dearly wanted to find out if longer exposure would bear it out, perhaps deepen it.
If you'd like to know more about The Dragon's Devotion, you can find it here. It's also 50% off at Smashwords for a few more days, along with The Merchant's Love, A Dance of Water and Air, and A Harmony of Fire and Earth. Thanks for reading today!
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