#SixSunday ~ 4/29

This is the last Six Sentence Sunday I am going to post for a while.  There seems to be much more interest in my other blog topics and frankly, I've been a little too busy and getting very little writing time.  Since there are fewer visits to this page, I'm going to focus on other things -- mainly working on the new book!  For those of you who have been coming, I hope you have enjoyed it, and I really appreciate your support and comments along the way.

I didn't want to stop without a word and so decided to sign up one more time this week.  Who knows, I may post a few snippets in the future on my new story when I have more done on it. :-)

This week's snippet follows last week's from Always & Forever.  Zach has followed Lilly into her kitchen and is watching as she arranges the vase of flowers he brought her.  We are in his POV.

She seemed attracted to him, though today's events may have changed her mind.  At the very least, she appeared to enjoy the frequent flirting he instigated.

It was a different story when he touched her.  An innocent pat on her arm or a slight caress against her shoulder altered Lilly’s demeanor noticeably.  Tension consumed her body on those occasions, breaking the comfortable companionship they had achieved.  Not for the first time, he wondered what happened in Lilly’s past to make her so cautious.

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Six Sentence Sunday ~ 4/22

It's time for Six Sentence Sunday again.  This week I decided to let you all know what happened after Lilly answered the door last week.  Poor Zach, he really needs to work on his charm!

“You might as well bring those things into the kitchen,” Lilly said.

Zach stepped into the house and kicked the door closed behind him, following as Lilly led the way through her tiny living room.  She leaned heavily onto a cane with every step she took, her limp more pronounced than usual.  He hadn’t meant to startle her earlier.  He had only wanted to be near her, to be helpful.  Nearly knocking her down hadn’t been part of his plan for seduction. 

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Six Sentence Sunday ~ 4/15

Well, Zach stuck his foot in it, and now has to try to mend some fences with Lilly.  This week's scene is from Zach's point of view and happens after the disastrous scene from last week.

     “I come in peace.” He held up a bouquet of pink and white lilies and bottle of wine for her inspection. “I made an ass of myself today. I’m hoping you’ll forgive me. Can I come in?”

     Lilly bit her lip and stared at him so long, Zach was sure she would refuse him entry.

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Thanks so much to everyone who has been coming back each week and posting!  Your support means a lot to me!  I've decided to post the first chapter of Always and Forever as a teaser while I am editing and getting it ready for publication.  Please take a look and tell me what you think. Chapter One 

Six Sentence Sunday ~ 4/8

This week follows along with the same scene from Always and Forever. 

Well, Lilly has finally had it.  Following last week's bungle when Zach offered to pay Lilly to date him, he continued to stick his foot in his mouth by insisting that really was what he meant.  Disgusted, Lilly told him she must decline his offer and attempts to leave.  He stopped her at the door, demanding to know why she won't help him.  Here is Lilly's response.  Enjoy!

“Sir, if what you are looking for is an escort, I am sure they have a service you can call.”  Any concern about the loss of her job faded against her growing rage at his presumptions.  “If you are looking for more than a date and need bed services too, find yourself a hooker.  I am no prostitute!”

Zach’s eyes widened in shock, and his hand dropped away from the door frame.

     Lilly yanked the door so hard, it flew open and bounced off the wall.

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Six Sentence Sunday ~ 4/1

Happy April Fool's Day to all you fools out there!!

This week's 6 take the thread of the story up right where last week's left off in Always and Forever.  Zach and his grandmother have asked Lilly to be a decoy date for Zach, and she is trying to figure out how to get out of the situation without losing her job.  It is from Lilly's point of view.

 

     If Zach asked her on a date without all this explanation, she would have been delighted; but as things stood, she didn’t fancy being a decoy to fool his parents and keep other women away.

     Zach seemed no longer able to take the tension. “I would pay you for your time, of course.”

     Lilly’s eyebrows drew together. “You want to pay me to date you?”

     “Now, dear,” Leticia said quickly, “that’s not really what he meant.”

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I hope you are enjoying this series of sentences.  This was the first scene that formed in my mind when I starting thinking of this book, and I'm quite partial to it. 

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Six Sentence Sunday ~ 3/25

This week's six follow the meal from the six sentences last week in Always and Forever and the conversation shown in Wednesdays writing tip.  Leticia and Zach have revealed they want Lilly to date Zach as a decoy date to a boat party, since Zach's mother is trying to force him back into the dating scene, and planned the party to introduce him to women. Zach told Lilly she is a perfect decoy.  Since she doesn't have any money or family, she can be totally devoted to him as far as his mother needs to know.  He also told her she was beautiful, and would quickly win his family over.

Lilly pulled her hand out of Zach's and brushed aside the compliment. She tried hard not to feel offended by his unconscious arrogance. Before she lost everything, she probably looked down at poor people the same way he looked at her, without ever knowing she did it. What would Zach think if he discovered she used to have money and connections and family of her own?

The silence stretched out between them. Lilly tried to think of a way to refuse him without putting her job in jeopardy--she couldn’t afford to offend Zach or Leticia, which she feared outright refusal would do.

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Six Sentence Sunday ~ 3/18/12

This week's six comes from chapter three of Always and Forever.  Zach is taking a meal with his grandmother, Leticia, at Woodbridge Manner where Lilly works.  Lilly has served food to the pair (with problems abounding, not shown here) and Zach is upset because Leticia didn't have Lilly bring a meal for herself, but asked her to join them. This is from Lilly's point of view.

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Zach shook his head at Leticia and placed the crystal dish of raspberry sorbet in front of Lilly, handing her his spoon.

Lilly took a few small bites while she studied Zach.  His black hair had been smoothed slick against his head when she first entered the room, but now stuck up in places.  He was forever running his hand through his hair, and Lilly found it quite endearing.  To her eyes, he was a lot more handsome with that imperfection.  She’d once had perfect, and knew perfection couldn’t fulfill its own promise.

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Six Sentence Sundy 3/11/12

I think this could be fun for everyone.  I will post six sentences from one of my books every Sunday. Feel free to comment or give me suggestions to improve--whatever you feel like doing.  This first post is from chapter one of Always and Forever and I don't think requires explanation.  Enjoy!

The man eyed her with undisguised pity, and his gaze flicked to her left leg. He’d obviously noticed her limp. 

That limb would never be the same, but at least she could walk. A whisper of fear laced her spine as she remembered the cold steel at her neck, the white-hot pain as the knife slid into her belly. The man’s breath had smelled of onions, though he wore an expensive brand of cologne. Lilly’s mind refused to release these odd little details, and the terror of them returned in random moments.

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