Today I am promoting a new friend of mine... It is simply amazing the different and fascinatingly talented people I have met since starting on my writing career last year. Yes I have written for years, but it was only January 2011that I actually decided to submit my work.
A.T. Weaver is one such amazing person so now I will share with you her new release. Catriona's Curse.
BLURB:
When Sunny Nelson walks into the house
built by an ancestor, strange things start happening. First, he senses an
attraction to April Davis. He hasn’t been attracted to a woman since he
discovered the difference between boys and girls. Of course as soon as he sees
her brother, Jeff, he forgets April. Later, as he turns the old house into a
B&B, he starts having dreams and visions about people who lived in the
house. As he and Jeff attempt to build a relationship, Jeff becomes upset when
Sunny reverts to the Pagan rituals taught to him by his grandmother.
Together April, Jeff and Sunny work to
discover the secret of Catriona’s Curse.
EXCERPT:
JEFF
I arrived at
the house about six Tuesday evening; Jim was stripping paint from the mopboard
in the library. I asked, “Is Sunny here?”
“He went toward
the orchard about an hour ago with a backpack and Fetcher.”
“What’s he
doing out there?”
“Sunny is the
only one of us kids who still sometimes practices the Pagan rituals our
mother’s mother taught us,” Jim explained. “You and April were probably raised
on Mother Goose and the Brothers Grimm. We grew up on tales of Queen Maev,
Connor mac Nessa and Cuchulain. Today is Mabon or the Autumnal Equinox; he’s
gone to commune with the Goddess and celebrate the harvest.”
“I have no idea
what you’re talking about. I got the idea from Sunny he was Christian.
“Well, we were
raised to believe in Christianity, but the family also honors the religion of
our ancestors Mother’s mother taught us. We try to observe the holidays in some
manner. It’s usually just in the foods we eat and the color of candles we burn,
but sometimes Sunny takes it a little further, especially if something’s
bothering him. Lately, something’s seemed on his mind besides remodeling. I
don’t think it’s only the dreams either.”
I frowned and
said, “Maybe I shouldn’t interrupt him.”
“Go on. I doubt
if he’ll mind. In fact, I think he’s expecting you.”
I wondered at
this because I hadn’t planned on coming out tonight. It was a
spur-of-the-moment thing.
I knew it would
be dark before I got back, so I grabbed the flashlight out of my car and headed
across the pasture. When I got to the brook, Fetcher lay on a blanket spread on
the grass. I smelled the scent of cinnamon from the candle burning on the
witches’ stone. Also on the stone was a bottle of wine, two glasses and some
food. Sunny stood totally nude in the middle of the brook facing away from me
toward the west. In the glow of the setting sun, he looked like a god. Although
I didn’t know much about Celtic gods, I seemed to remember the name Lugh as a
being similar in nature to Apollo, the Greek God of Light.
Fetcher gave a
soft woof as I approached and Sunny turned.
I caught my
breath at the sight of Sunny’s muscular body. I thought him attractive Labor
Day in his surfer trunks, but seeing him totally naked and aroused, I realized
what made the front of his jeans fit so snugly. Droplets of water dripped from
his hair and ran down his chest like shiny silver ribbons in the rays of the
setting sun. My body responded at the sight of him. A feeling of anticipation
caused my stomach to flutter.
As nonchalantly
as I could, I asked, “Isn’t it a bit cool for skinny dipping. Besides, the
water isn’t deep enough to swim in.”
“The water’s
fine; come on in.”
Although I
wanted him, I wasn’t ready for him to see my body’s reaction to him. “I think
I’ll pass,” I answered.
Sunny
maintained a steady gaze as he taunted, “Chicken.”
I stared back
into his eyes. I felt hypnotized and started removing my clothes. As I
stripped, I walked toward the water. Sunny held out his right hand. I took it
and stepped into the water. As I started to speak, Sunny placed the index finger
of his left hand over my lips, “Shhh.”
OTHER NEWS:
Okay, Tomorrow I am going to post the Q & A that A.T. Weaver did for me... So until then you will just have to wait and wonder.
