I've been sharing snippets from my sensual novella (drama), A STRANGER'S KISS for the past few weeks. (It's available exclusively at Amazon. If you'd like to read an excerpt, click here.)
This week's snippet is just after Karen has experienced a not-so-pleasant run-in with her notorious past and David has subsequently spilled the beans that he's the mystery man she slept with on Valentine's night. He's just confirmed his suspicion that she is the infamous Karen Cutty, daughter of a famous race car driver, and she is telling him what happened to her from her perspective when she was almost 13 years old.
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“It had been a crazy couple of years. First my mother died,
then my father’s career took off and our entire lives turned into a circus. I
traveled around from city to city with him and there were only adults, or near
adults, around to talk to. I don’t know. My therapist says it was a reaction to
grief, loneliness, and my burgeoning hormones, that had me falling for the son
of his crew chief. He was sixteen, wild, and paid a hell of a lot of attention
to me.”
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Enthralling, like she is whispering a secret. Sensational six!
ReplyDeleteO_O Whoa, thirteen is ... yikes. This adds a whole new level to the story!
ReplyDeleteHe sounds pretty crush-worthy to me!
ReplyDeleteHer whole past summed up in six sentences - excellent!
ReplyDeleteWonderful six! And a sensational cover too!
ReplyDeleteI love this. Great insight into her character. I feel for her. Great six!
ReplyDeleteGreat summary and insight. I especially like how you snuck in the bit about her therapist. Great six!
ReplyDeleteI like the diary confession. The snippet is laced with emotion. Good job with weaving in therapist.
ReplyDeleteGreat six. Hey, if I'd been in her place, I would have hooked up with the bad boy.
ReplyDeleteGreat six, she captured quite well that time period in her life, it seems to me, and leaves us eager to know just how bad that guy was for her...
ReplyDeleteGirl with a complicated past, can't wait to read more, especially about how she is NOW, after all that drama. Terrific snippet!
ReplyDeleteLetting him know about her past is such an important step in their relationship. Great six!
ReplyDeleteyou conveyed her story in a very neat bundle. Now how will he react
ReplyDeleteI can totally see how that went down, lol. I'm glad she's sharing this with him now - love her voice here!
ReplyDeleteOh gawd, we should all get a 'pass' for the dumb decisions we made when we were teens. Does anyone emerged unscathed from that hellish period of childhood?!
ReplyDeleteSounds like she was a typical teenager. Loved her voice here, very matter-of-fact now that she's telling it. Great six!
ReplyDeleteGreat six...your writing is so smooth! Love it :)
ReplyDeleteAww, Karen really beats herself up about her past. What a great story. :-)
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting childhood. I hope she is able to move past it. Great six! :)
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