I received the ARC galleys for Sweet Lenora this week. This last step before publication is always exciting because it means that release day is near. Sweet Lenora is a historical romance novella set on an clipper ship in 1862. It will be available for purchase on July 1.
Here's this Sunday's eight, the opening lines of Sweet Lenora:
On the day of my father’s funeral, the gray October sky opened and shed copious tears. It was good that the sky was so willing to cry as I could not find my own sorrow. It seemed I buried it upon learning of his death.
We stood around the gravesite as he was laid next to the mother I had never known. My Aunt Louise looked up now and again from under the awning of her black umbrella to insure herself that I had not jumped in after the coffin or run off into the rain. To Aunt Louise, I was a spoiled and fractious child, not a young woman of twenty with a mind of my own.
“High time you found her a husband,” she had said to Father on more occasions than I cared to count. “It will not do to let her run wild.”
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Wouldn't let he do to run wild! enjoyed the loss of emotion...not ready to deal with the death. Good snipet!
ReplyDeleteThanks Patrick!
DeleteGreat descriptive passage! Especially liked the sky shedding copious tears because she couldn't.
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to start with a funeral..Thanks for stopping by Debbie
DeleteLovely description. Nice 8.
ReplyDeleteThanks Elaine
DeleteI have a feeling she and the Aunt are going to find themselves in disagreement again soon. The somber description was excellent - terrific snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks Veronica. Yes, Aunt Louise and Lenora aren't going to get on at all.
DeleteVery descriptive. Very nice. I can feel her sense of loss. Fabulous snippet.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne.
DeleteA great opening there.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stevie
DeleteI have the feeling that aunt Louise is going to be making trouble.
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