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 sharing another snippet this weekend from The Merchant's Love. It's as close as I have to a holiday book at this point, and I often describe it as a warm hug in book form. In it, Faelen, a bookish royal, and Maxen, a merchant, fall in love over books and baked goods as fall turns to winter. In this snippet, Faelen and Maxen have been at a family Midwinter holiday dinner.
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 sharing another snippet this weekend from The Merchant's Love. It's as close as I have to a holiday book at this point, and I often describe it as a warm hug in book form. In it, Faelen, a bookish royal, and Maxen, a merchant, fall in love over books and baked goods as fall turns to winter. In this snippet, Faelen and Maxen have been at a family Midwinter holiday dinner.
They lingered over dessert—cakes with warm cinnamon-spiced apples over the top—as if no one was quite ready to end the holiday. Faelen’s first Midwinter back in Jumelle had been really lovely. He could only hope next year’s was as good.
The hour was late when the party reluctantly broke up. Meriall left first to return to the city, Alexander offering to escort her home. She rolled her eyes but didn’t argue. After the first departure, they all drifted off, warm and happy and floating from good wine and good company.
Faelen returned to his suite with Maxen after bidding good night to the others. They didn’t talk, but Faelen let his hand brush Maxen’s, smiling when Maxen tangled their fingers together and held on as they walked the rest of the way through the dim corridors.
Faelen let them in and closed the door softly but decisively behind them. Maxen tugged lightly on Faelen’s hand and Faelen went into his arms willingly. “Hmm,” Faelen sighed, snuggling in.
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Happy Holidays and thanks for reading!
Happy Holidays and thanks for reading!
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