The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). 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 working through edits and getting To Know a Dragon Spy, the second Dragons of Ivria book, ready to publish, so I thought I would share some snippets from the book. Here's a description of the book:
Felix is a prince, cousin of the current king, ward of the old king. Knowing he would never sit on the throne, he set himself to become something else—the king's best spy. Aside from a trusted few, people know him as a frivolous, flirtatious prince. They don't see the keen mind behind the silks and jewels or the love of family and quiet behind the charming smile. They certainly don't know he is the eyes and ears of the king. Months later, he still blames himself for missing the plot against Ivria and its king, and he's going to find the last few members of the conspiracy out there. If the commander of the king's guard will get out of his way.
Alan is commander of the king's guard, a role he set himself on a path for when he was very young. He takes his duty seriously, so seriously there is little room for anything else in his life, even more so now with the heightened danger to the royal family—not the things he used to enjoy or family or even love. He buried his attraction to beautiful Prince Felix long ago, but when he finds out Felix is more than he appears, Alan immediately becomes suspicious. Is Felix working for the king or against him? Alan can't let himself be fooled by a pretty face, especially one that hides so much.
But the real danger is closer than Felix and Alan realize, and they'll have to get over their animosity toward each other—and deal with the desire that sparks when they do—if they're going to survive it.
This snippet follows directly after the last one.
The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). 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 working through edits and getting To Know a Dragon Spy, the second Dragons of Ivria book, ready to publish, so I thought I would share some snippets from the book. Here's a description of the book:
Felix is a prince, cousin of the current king, ward of the old king. Knowing he would never sit on the throne, he set himself to become something else—the king's best spy. Aside from a trusted few, people know him as a frivolous, flirtatious prince. They don't see the keen mind behind the silks and jewels or the love of family and quiet behind the charming smile. They certainly don't know he is the eyes and ears of the king. Months later, he still blames himself for missing the plot against Ivria and its king, and he's going to find the last few members of the conspiracy out there. If the commander of the king's guard will get out of his way.
Alan is commander of the king's guard, a role he set himself on a path for when he was very young. He takes his duty seriously, so seriously there is little room for anything else in his life, even more so now with the heightened danger to the royal family—not the things he used to enjoy or family or even love. He buried his attraction to beautiful Prince Felix long ago, but when he finds out Felix is more than he appears, Alan immediately becomes suspicious. Is Felix working for the king or against him? Alan can't let himself be fooled by a pretty face, especially one that hides so much.
But the real danger is closer than Felix and Alan realize, and they'll have to get over their animosity toward each other—and deal with the desire that sparks when they do—if they're going to survive it.
This snippet follows directly after the last one.
The great hall was full of guests when Felix and Thalia arrived arm in arm. The din of so many voices—talking, laughing, murmuring, calling out—filled the large room and echoed from the rafters. With a glance shared between them, Felix and Thalia agreed silently to deal with this together.
Today’s event was a welcoming, less formal than a presentation to the king, showing the arriving guests they had the attention of the royal family, which was what most of them wanted—attention and royal favor. He and Thalia gave them the first and the illusion of the second, and Felix listened for any whispers among the assembled groups. It was, by now, second nature.
Felix had been aware that representatives of his mother’s birth clan had arrived at Wyndward, but it was still almost a shock to see them. Priscillian, Felix’s mother’s father, used to come to Wyndward for meetings of the clan heads, but in his old age, he’d become more reclusive. He seldom left his clan lands and sent exactly one formal letter to Felix each year. But the marriage of the king was something a clan head couldn’t miss even if he wanted to.
Today’s event was a welcoming, less formal than a presentation to the king, showing the arriving guests they had the attention of the royal family, which was what most of them wanted—attention and royal favor. He and Thalia gave them the first and the illusion of the second, and Felix listened for any whispers among the assembled groups. It was, by now, second nature.
Felix had been aware that representatives of his mother’s birth clan had arrived at Wyndward, but it was still almost a shock to see them. Priscillian, Felix’s mother’s father, used to come to Wyndward for meetings of the clan heads, but in his old age, he’d become more reclusive. He seldom left his clan lands and sent exactly one formal letter to Felix each year. But the marriage of the king was something a clan head couldn’t miss even if he wanted to.
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