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.
I'm sharing snippets now from A Harmony of Fire and Earth, the second book in the Elemental Magicae duology (which should be read in order, so I'll try to keep this spoiler free—definitely start with A Dance of Water and Air though!). This series is filled with elemental magic, romance, and intrigue. The first book begins with a betrothal arranged between a prince and the queen of a neighboring country, but when he arrives, something isn't right and he ends up falling in love with her brother instead. When the prince is accused of trying to kill, the two princes go on the run, trying to save themselves and their kingdoms. Harmony picks up the story of the two princes and also introduces others who are important to their ability protect their homes and people from a growing threat. Gaz is a a reclusive Fire wielder with secrets, and Rhys is an Earth wielder and healer who has been in love with him for a long time (and keeps knitting him things). I'm jumping into the second chapter with a scene between them.
After they finished eating, Rhys and Gaz bundled up against the cold night and left Briallen and Meraud chatting and finishing the wine. Gaz needed to retrieve his and Meraud’s horses from the stables. Rhys went along to check on his and Briallen’s and make sure they’d been made comfortable for the night. He could admit to himself it was just an excuse to spend a few more moments with Gaz. If the others knew, they kindly didn’t mention it.
“So we probably won’t be seeing you for a while, then,” Gaz said after a few moments. They were strolling, despite the chill. Rhys didn’t envy his friends their ride home in the dark. “Since you want to get home before the worst of winter sets in.”
“We don’t really want to have to travel then, so probably not.” As much as he regretted it. There was nothing to say they couldn’t travel, but Aither’s winters meant a lot of snow, even here in the foothills, and it wasn’t pleasant to try to get through it, even though he wanted to see his friends.
You can find out more about A Harmony of Fire and Earth here. Thanks for reading today!
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