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Rainbow Snippet November 11-12

11/11/2017

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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 week, I'm snippeting from The Artist's Masquerade. Flavian is thinking about Cathal and reminding himself (again) that's a bad idea to be interested in Cathal at all.
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​Cathal confused him. So much. His heart still beat too fast as he remembered the look in Cathal’s eyes, all simmering heat and impishness. And Flavian liked that, far more than was good for him. He liked other things about Cathal too—flashes of heart and humor that came through at the oddest times, past the outer shell of propriety and rigid adherence to duty. And that smile of his, not the practiced, polite smile Flavian had seen often, but the real one that had graced Cathal’s lips tonight... that had been beautiful.

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But Cathal was rigid and overly proper and infuriating at times and betrothed to Flavian’s friend. 



If you'd like to know more about The Artist's Masquerade, you can find it here. Thanks for stopping by today!
11 Comments
AM Leibowitz link
11/11/2017 01:19:33 pm

Yes, I think "betrothed to Flavian's friend" is a significant barrier here.

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Antonia Aquilante
11/11/2017 01:33:45 pm

It's an arranged marriage that neither Cathal nor Flavian's friend is particularly happy about, but, yep, definitely an issue.

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Addison Albright link
11/11/2017 01:56:54 pm

Well, that does rather complicate things. 😏

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JL Merrow link
11/11/2017 03:30:19 pm

Love this! :)

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Kari Trenten link
11/11/2017 06:25:31 pm

Such exquisite description...followed by the painful punchline. (wry grin)

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P.T. Wyant link
11/12/2017 11:09:49 am

Well, that last bit is a complication. I hope they can find a way to uncomplicate things.

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Jana Denardo
11/12/2017 03:52:08 pm

Yes that IS an issue and I love the descriptions of what he loves about him.

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Louise Lyons
11/13/2017 09:37:18 pm

Oh dear, annoying when they're engaged to your friend :/

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josexpressions link
11/14/2017 05:37:52 pm

There may be barriers, but methinks they will be usurped! :)

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Jackie Keswick link
11/16/2017 11:15:28 am

That last line... /sigh/

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Jeanne GFellers link
11/17/2017 07:39:07 am

Seems things are getting a bit, um, messy, or at least have the potential to become that way.

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