I am sharing a few snippets from one of my works in progress:
Gumbo Ya Ya: for women who like romance Cajun!
This anthology is filled with five stories and five times the fun! Ooooh, La La!
MARRYING OFF MURPHY
Settling into his office chair, Professor Murphy Flynn glanced at the faxed copy of OP News. “I Want To Get Married,” the headline read. When he realized the grainy photograph was of him, he upended his coffee mug, sending the liquid perilously close to a six-inch stack of ungraded papers.
He snagged the papers with one
hand, using the other to dab at the puddle with his tie. His gaze locked on to
the name of the submissions editor: Sylvie Dupree. The memories hit him hard
and fast, leaving Murphy to feel like he’d taken a direct blow to his solar
plexus.
Determined and intelligent, Sylvie
Dupree had been his stepsister’s college roommate for three years. A dark-haired Creole beauty with a
soft-as-sin smile, she had captured his interest with her quick wit and charm.
Only later, after too many pizza-and-study nights spent in her company, had she
also captured his heart. Much to Murphy’s perpetual torment, she’d kept him in
the friendship zone.
LOVE POTION #9
“Don’t shake
your finger at me, Simone Basso. I know what I’m doing.” Persia Richmond said,
filling a half-ounce bottle with perfume. The warm scent of spice, magnolia,
mimosa and a hint of something unnamed and mysterious wafted across the narrow
processing room.
The fragrance
was New Orleans; culture at its most upscale moments and Mardi Gras at its
naughtiest! A smile of supreme joy curved her mouth and success warmed her
soul.
Persia had
dreamt of creating a signature fragrance since the time her grandpapa had begun
her tutorage in perfuming.
“I’ve done warned you and warned you about
messing with love potions!”
THE PIRATE OF GOMBI ISLAND
Celeste Brossard stared up at the turbulent
sky above the gulf. The water churned
and slapped choppy waves against the levee’s edge, but she still heard the
click-click of stiletto heels on the cobblestone street. As was their usual Sunday custom since high
school, Francine Grant always brought breakfast after Mass while Celeste
secured a table and ordered coffee at the café.
After taking a hurried sip of her
mocha latte, Celeste scooted over so that her best friend could slide into a
vacant bistro chair.
“Girlfriend, you look like you need substance.” She tilted the white paper bag between her
French manicured fingertips and offered Celeste a warm beignet.
Celeste snagged the donut-like, powder-sugared
covered confection, and took a healthy bite.
“We’ve got to get another habit,” she managed to say around the tasty mouthful.
Francine grinned and reached for
her cup of chicory coffee and poured in an unhealthy amount of cream. “We’re
both in our early thirties, single…still.
What other habit were you contemplating?
Bar hopping?”
‘No! Something healthier. I was thinking more
along the line of adding fiber—“
“Fiber? Girl, what is wrong with you?”
Celeste shrugged her
shoulders. “Work, work, and more work.”
Her friend rolled her eyes. “Tell
me something I don’t already know. What
happened with that guy—“
“What guy?”
“You know, the know guy in the
office down the hall?”
“Married.”
“Oh. What about that Spanish guy—you know the sea
captain with the funny name?”
Celeste gave an unladylike snort
that sent sprinkles of powdered sugar down the front of her silk-print waist
dress. “Bocanegra?”
“Yeah, that’s the one. You were all
excited about him”
“Francine, I’m cataloging the
University’s latest acquisitions.
Therefore, whomever I’m excited about is dead. Dead, as in no longer living.”
“That’s a real problem.” Francine popped the final bit of her beignet
in her mouth and brushed her hands together to remove the powdered sugar.
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I did say those Cajuns stories was fun. . .and as exciting as, well, New Orleans and the wild bayou.
Join us next month for more snippets. I will be featuring the final two stories from my anthology. Including award winning T.A.R.A paranormal romance, 1-800- FORTUNE, and action packed Cajun crime mystery, A Slice of Scandel.
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Connie
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2 comments:
Nice excerpt, Connie. Have a great week.
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