As if she sensed the direction his thoughts had taken, her gaze travelled to his mouth, making him burn. Mixed emotions marched across her face, ragged as raw recruits.
Adam swallowed, trying to squelch his feverish attraction by recalling a long ago tea—a lifetime ago, it seemed to him—and a young lady’s impertinent proposal. But the feisty woman confronting him was decidedly a woman, all of twenty now, not an impetuous eight-year-old suffering a bout of puppy love.
Her eyes flayed him as if only by stripping the skin from his bones would she know any respite from her grief. The starch that straightened her spine held her rigid as the chalk that formed the cliffs upon which they stood.
35 comments:
Great six, Taryn. I don't read much Regency, but I'm going to have to check this one out.
Very sensual. The reference to her as an 8 year old is cute. Great six!
So very vivid!
Good six,Taryn. I am excited to read the whole thing when it's out.
wow. Her emotions shown through his thoughts are intense. Well done.
Beautiful, beautiful writing!
Loved this "Mixed emotions marched across her face, ragged as raw recruits." Congrats on the upcoming release. Can't wait to read it!
Beautifully written snippet, Taryn. I'm excited for your upcoming release!
"Her eyes flayed him..." Love that!
Passionate, poetic. Lovely.... Cant wait to read it xx
The starch that straightened her spine held her rigid as the chalk that formed the cliffs upon which they stood... Love it when the scenery is worked into the emotion, lovely snippet
Loved "her eyes flayed him." Wonderful six.
I loved the "ragged as raw recruits" line too. Great six : )
Really nice six! Not long now before it's out!
Beautiful, can't wait!
These people, your writing, everything about this six is so very passionate!
Great sentences Taryn!
Loved the raw recruit line, tells so much with such few words. Well done.
Moving this higher up on my TBR list! I love your author's voice.
Wow, such vivid imagery. Great job and great six!
Thank you everyone! (Working on a rom susp at the moment, so I'm experiencing a little culture shock!) Glad you're enjoying Healing Hearts!
I'm not generally a Regency reader either but these characters and the very visual phrasing in this snippet really intrigue me.
Gorgeous, gorgeous writing.
emotions "ragged as raw recruits"
"trying to squelch his feverish attraction"
"the starch that straightened her spine"
Beautiful!
And just to explain the "raw recruit" line in case it has newcomers to Healing Hearts mystified...Adam is a combat vet. (Peninsula War)
I love a good Regency. Can't wait for this to release!
"Mixed emotions marched across her face, ragged as raw recruits." Loved, loved this line!
Oh, that is tempting. Must go check it out.
Great sentences. I really enjoy your voice in this one.
Really nice. Looking forward to the release.
Some great lines 'ragged as raw recruits' and 'Her eyes flayed him'! :)
great snippet...love your language and flow. Regency is defo NOT my thing, but I want to check this one out!
Hey, all. Thanks for the terrific comments.
A little surprised that so many are saying Regency is not their thing! Why the heck not? They're just paras with better manners. You can think of the heroes as rakish werewolves of London, sartorially splendid and perhaps deeply damaged but nevertheless heroically hunky and possessed of tony titles.
I love to read everything! Haven't read a historical in a while...there's definitely a couple of new ones from this week's SSS on my list! This wasn't simply well written--it was AWESOME!
Wow! Thanks. This makes my heart sing!
(Sha-la-la-la-tick-tock-thumpity-thump!)
The last line really grabbed me. Very nicely done. :)
"Her eyes flayed him..." LOVE that! Very hot!! Very visual writing, Taryn. Beautiful.
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