All I have to do is post 6 paragraphs - so, I'm choosing my recently released ancestral mystery - TOPAZ EYES. The story so far:
Keira Drummond and Teun Zeger have paired up to search for a collection of fantastic jewellery that once belonged to a Mughal emperor. The quest has been fraught with danger already, though they have located some of the jewellery...
During the night
Keira woke suddenly, though had no idea what had disturbed her. Teun wasn’t in
the bed beside her and didn’t seem to be in the en suite bathroom either, since
the door was open and the light was off. The door to the corridor was open,
however, and dim light from the hallway window gave a soft moonlit
illumination. As silently as she could, she rose from the bed, yanked on the
panties and top lying discarded on the floor, and then tip-toed out into the corridor.
Ignoring the squeaks from loose
floorboards, she made her way along to the staircase. There was the faintest
sound coming from downstairs, as if someone closed a door down below her. What
was Teun doing? The jewels? Was he doing something downstairs with them?
Retracing her steps, she scurried back to Teun’s side of the bed. Feeling her
way across the surface of the nightstand, she located the velvet boxes. For
some strange reason a sigh of relief escaped her. Whatever he was doing didn’t
include the jewels; she knew that, having made sure the jewellery was still
inside both boxes, and no stray pearls having dropped on the floor.
Adam? Was it Adam who was unwell and
she’d not heard him? Guilt made her embarrassed as she crept back out of the bedroom.
How mercenary she’d been. Thinking of the jewellery before Adam’s welfare.
Speeding her way down the stairs, the breath whooshed out of her as her foot
left the bottom step. A muffled whimper was all she managed as someone tackled
her to the floor, before a heavy body pinned her down. What the hell was
happening? Face bent onto wooden floorboards, she struggled her way free,
kicking her legs wildly. Before she could cry out, a hand cuffed her mouth.
“What are you doing?” Teun whispered
in her ear, his arms tightly clasping her, though he did take his hand away
from her mouth. He rolled over with her now on top of him, prostrate, his chest
heaving into her back, his arms now a protective clutch. His breathing was so
loud at her ear, it deafened.
“Teun?”
“What the hell are you doing,
Keira?”
Topaz Eyes is available from: http://amzn.to/RhRWK1
www.crookedcatbooks.com
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/261511
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very good!
ReplyDeleteLove it, Nancy!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! Thank you.
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