It’s Snippet Sunday! Happy Father’s Day weekend and belated Juneteenth. I’m sending good thoughts to all y’all.
I’m showcasing ANGEL INK Book 2 in the Concrete Angels MC series. In this snippet, we’re in Haley Michaels’ POV (all in first person) and Michael has just brought her to a coffee shop in Wyoming so she can tell him what’s going on. She’s telling him about the story she’s working on.
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He hissed and looked away, his expression stoic. “You need to let that one go, Haley.”
“What? Are you kidding me? This is a huge story. I’m not interested in your club, only the crooked law enforcement officers who got into illegal stuff—”
“No, it’s too dangerous. This is bigger than you know.”
“That’s what I’m trying to understand.” I balled my hands into fists under the table and lowered my voice again. “I can’t trust the cops, which is why I anonymously reported the murder. I don’t know who’s involved with the murder of the ADA or if it’s tied to this group of dirty law enforcement. But I wasn’t going to take my chances with them finding me before I’m prepared.”
Michael shot me a sharp look. “Prepared for what?”
“To bring them all down and expose them.” I spread my hands. “Don’t you see? This is a career-making story that could get me onto the front page. I don’t have to mention the connection to your club. I want to make sure the crooked cops are taken down.”
He shook his head, his lips tightening in to a flat line. I was pretty sure I could convince him to help me if I played my cards right.
“Come on, Michael. You know I’m right.”
He made a noncommittal noise and sipped his tea. “Why were the cops looking for you today?”
“I don’t know. I went to work and they were there. My friend Tori suggested that my date sold me out and said it was me who reported the murder.” I shrugged as my lips turned down. “It wouldn’t surprise me. That guy’s all about himself and he wouldn’t know a real story if it landed on him.”
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Yeah, I wouldn’t have stuck around either. 😉 There are several great authors on the Weekend Writer Warriors list, the Snippet Sunday Facebook group, and the Rainbow Snippets Facebook group. A few of my favorites are, P.T. Wyant, Karen Michelle Nutt, Veronica Scott, Jessica Subject, Kathy Griffith Karysa Faire, and Iris Blobel.
Here’s the blurb for ANGEL INK:
Now Available in ebook!
Angels, Art, and Abduction: The magic of an angel’s heart…is written on his skin.
Haley Michaels, Reporter
I was minding my own business, trying to escape a party, and walked straight into a murder. Which would’ve been the scoop of a lifetime if my phone hadn’t died. And the door hadn’t locked. Now I’m stuck in a cabin in the mountains with a hot guy who appeared on the street like my knight on shining motorcycle, and I should be more worried than attracted. I mean, he’s covered in tattoos and is VP from the notorious Concrete Angels MC, the same group I’m investigating. Because I know they’re involved with the deaths of a U.S. Marshal and two FBI agents. My love life luck sucks.
Michael, Concrete Angels’ VP
Love isn’t something that archangels ever expect to feel. At least not the all-consuming, no-holds-barred kind of love spoken about in films and songs. But that’s what I felt the moment I laid eyes on Haley. She doesn’t know I’m not human, or just how inhuman the rest of my MC is, but I can’t stay away from her if I tried. Now I have to protect her – not only from the men hunting her, but also from the truth. The question is: will she stay when she finds out what I really am? Because if she can’t be trusted with the truth, Loki will make sure she can’t pass on the information. Permanently.
Will she persuade him to help or not?
I think she’ll convince Michael to help her even if he believes it’s crazy to do so. Enjoyed the snippet.
Complicated new development but I thoroughly enjoy it! Can’t wait to read more…I should just sit down and read the entire book, which is on my kindle, but I’m trying to finish the next one of my own and I KNOW if I crack yours open, I’ll read it all in one lonnngggg sitting LOL. No writing will be done! Great snippet.