Hi everyone. Spring cleaning going on here. I’m spending the day in the garage with hubs debating the merits of each piece of junk we’ve accumulated and stored since last spring.
My snippet today is from my heroine’s POV and continues last week’s scene from my next Unlikely Gentlemen title, Cerise Amour.
When Cherry woke at daybreak to the sounds of battle coming from Milliken’s Bend, she grabbed her glasses and hastily dressed. No doubt her dad would have told her to stay hidden away on their patch of dry ground in the woods, but he wasn’t here and she could get a better view out by the bayou where the trees thinned.
She made her way to the edge of the waterway, swatting at blood-sucking insects and scouting the area for other noxious creatures before she turned her attention in the direction of the shots being fired.
The pall of sticky heat already blanketing the day steamed her glasses and she removed them, absently wiping the lenses with a handkerchief and squinting at the skyline where smoke hung like low clouds. The day’s heavy humidity changed to a fine drizzle and she returned her spectacles to her nose, preparing to retreat.
Suddenly, a hand snaked out of the weeds and seized her ankle. Cherry gasped, lurching backward, pulling loose from the weak grip.
Instead of fleeing, after she’d caught her breath, she peered down to inspect her assailant and met the fevered gaze of a Confederate soldier.
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gem
Great description of the setting!
So tense and exciting. Will she help him or leave him there?
These scene is beautifully described (again! 🙂 ). You write really good battle, Gem, from all sides.
wow, love the way you “show” the heat and humidity and love the cliffhanger you left us with — need to read the rest next week! 🙂
Very vivid, with great character details. And the ending! Can’t wait to find out what happens.
Wow, I’m right there in the heat and humidity, hearing the battle. And then I jumped when he grabbed her ankle – really an excellent excerpt!
My goodness, I jumped a mile when he grabbed her ankle!! Love the description and the detail of her steamed up glasses. Wonderful. 😀
You did a great job of taking the reader into the sights, sounds, and feel of the bayou. The grab at her ankle was a terrific surprise! Good job.
Very vivid descriptions, as always. Brave lady, isn’t she?
Wonderful description, and it scared me when he grabbed her ankle.
Wow, she’s pretty brave. I loved her sneaking out to watch the battle. I’m wondering if she’s going to be sympathetic to the soldier.
This is wonderfully vivid. I feel like I’m right there with her!