Another excerpt from BLUEBONNETS FOR ELLY. In this scene Elly is manning Granny's table at the Sunset Acres Retirement Village rummage sale. She's in for a nice surprise.
“Hi.” A deep
voice shook Elly out of her musings. “You must be Mrs. Macauley’s
granddaughter.”
Elly looked
up from her chair—and up some more—to see a tall, brown-haired man approaching
the table. His shoulders filled out a faded chambray shirt in a way that
promised firm muscles underneath. He had his hand extended, and his even white
teeth flashed a friendly smile.
The memory
of his sweet-as-molasses voice and buff body made Elly stare.
Derek.
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How is it she knows him but he doesn't know her, I wonder?
ReplyDeleteElly has seen Derek and overheard him talking with someone, but this is the first time she has actually met him.
DeleteI remember this scene. LOVED this book!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jacquie.
DeleteWell, well, Derek is a very interesting character all right! Enjoyed the excerpt, can;t wait to see what happens next.
ReplyDeleteGood description of Derek. But from her reaction, I guess she's not happy to see him?
ReplyDeleteActually, she is happy to see him! In trying to abide by the WeWriWar rules, I limited my intro to the excerpt. But I could have made my set-up clearer.
DeleteOh, nice. ;-) Love the second to last line. I at first wondered how he didn't know her but she knew him. Then I thought of several scenarios, the top one being that she'd had a crush on him in high school. Yep. I've known a few of those myself.
ReplyDeleteThat's the problem with having only eight sentences to work with! They've seen each other (revealed early in the book), and this is the scene where they finally meet.
DeleteDelightful eight and the name Derek alone was perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It seemed to fit him.
DeleteAh ha! Someone from her past. This could get very interesting...and yummy!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you describe him. I like him already.
ReplyDeleteHe's a likeable character. Thank you for stopping by.
DeleteHmmm... "Derek". Could be good. Could be bad... Marvelous description, Sandra! :-)
ReplyDeleteYummm...I got chills reading this... ;) Delicious snippet!
ReplyDeleteGreat descriptions! And I get what other comments are about - this brief snippet is ambiguous, but from the intro I guess this is a welcome meeting.
ReplyDeleteI should have written a better introduction to the scene in my post. Next time I'll do better.
Deletesounds like she knows more about him than he thinks...
ReplyDeleteYou're right!
DeleteThis leaves me wondering what her previous knowledge of him comes from, though it seems like she's glad to see him regardless.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read this one! I have it on my Sparky.
ReplyDeleteSparky? I like that!
DeleteShe doesn't seem apprehensive at seeing min.
ReplyDeleteOoh. Do they have a past? I am intrigued.
ReplyDeleteAlso, cute cover! :)
Thank you. The cover was created by artist Dawne Dominique at Sweet Cravings Publishing, my publisher for this book.
DeleteI might have a little 'mouth dropping' stare going on to. He sounds wonderful. :)
ReplyDeleteWhite teeth, great smile, wide shoulders, gorgeous voice...if they don't have a past together already, I'm guessing they will soon. Yumm...
ReplyDeleteOoo, long-lost love has returned? Great snippet.
ReplyDeleteI like that she knows him, but he doesn't know her. A superb description of him, with that sweet molasses voice. A nice touch :)
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