Without A Word: Matrimonial Advice

Snippet Sunday: At First Sight

Another snippet from our manuscript Same Time Tomorrow. This features our leading lady Chloe and her best friend Dana at a party in New York, where Chloe is about to see Gabriel for the very first time in the story...

“How can any woman ever tire of fashion?” Dana wanted to know. “You’re a disgrace to your gender.”

“I’m tired of shoots with painfully skinny models who look like clothes hangers with faces,” Chloe said. “I want something fresh, new.”

“I want that,” Dana said, looking past Chloe.

“What?” Chloe turned in the direction of Dana’s wanton gaze. Across the room, a tall, blond man with a seductive smile was engaged in an animated conversation with three women who hung on his every word.

“Yes, I definitely want that,” Dana said again.

“He’s probably already taken,” Chloe said, still watching him.

Snippet Sunday: Looking Smashing

Back into Snippet Sunday for us, with a brief passage from Same Time Tomorrow, set early in the story. This has Gabriel showing up at the office of his agent and best friend Olivia in New York City on the day of a party they're both going to be attending in the evening.

“You look smashing,” she remarked with an English accent, rising from the desk, a wine red blouse and skirt matching to the general impression of a woman who liked looking refined. Olivia walked over to him, and the two shared a hug.

            “That’s what Tess told me.”

            “You do look good in a suit.”

            “I’ll take your word for that.”

            “Trust me, darling, you do.”

            “Just really uncomfortable.”

            Olivia laughed. “My dear, believe me, if I were single and straight, I’d throw myself at you in a fit of passion.” Now he laughed. “Trust me, you look smashing.”

Balls Dropping And Other Spectacles

 

New Year's Eve is upon us... so we're spending the night sneaking into the governor's bash. Sure, we've been kicked out of there before for getting all exhibitionist, but why not have another go at it? Just because the governor's mother-in-law is prudish doesn't mean we can't have a little fun...

 

Incidentally, our New Year's resolution? More sex. In more out of the ordinary locations. In front of an audience.

 

We Admit It: We Have Been Very Naughty This Year

Christmas Eve is upon us... and we'll be busy unwrapping our presents. By which we mean lying by the fire and stripping out of our clothing and having our way with each other. And doing a lot of things under the mistletoe that would shock Sister Mary Margaret.

Or get her wondering what on Earth she was thinking with that whole vow of chastity thing.

Merry Christmas! And be sure to have your attorney with you when you appeal Santa's appalling lack of presents. 

Snippet Sunday: Unsexy Thoughts

Another snippet from our work Same Time Tomorrow, featuring our Chloe and Gabriel sharing a bed (before things get too steamy) and trying to behave themselves...

He could feel her snuggle closer to him in the bed at the sound of his words, felt her breath at his neck, the form of her body close to his own. It had an erotic energy all of its own. Think about something not sexy at all, lad, or you won’t be able to stop yourself, he told himself with a smile.

“I definitely don’t want you to be there alone.” Her voice was full of promise, and it was enough to drive him over the edge. Let’s see here, what would do the job? Thinking about Mrs. Wallace, the sadist music  teacher back in grade three? That’ll do the trick, getting me out of the mood. She could have taught cruelty lessons to Hitler. She probably did. Chloe’s voice reached him. “Hey, Gabriel?”

“Sorry. Trying to behave myself, thinking about things that aren’t sexy.”

Snippet Sunday: A Rotten Day

Another Snippet Sunday post today, with a short passage from our work Same Time Tomorrow. This features our leading lady Chloe early in the story, having a rough day that just keeps getting rougher....

By the time Chloe left the office that evening, the rain had stopped, but her troubles hadn't. She had no sooner left the building and was standing at the curb than a passing truck hit a large puddle and sent a torrent of muddy water her way.

"Damn!" she shouted as the light changed, allowing her to finally cross the street to the bus stop... just as the bus pulled away.

She decided to walk. As she reached Central Park, she saw a couple in a horse-drawn carriage, locked in an embrace. He's probably just proposed. In a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park, Chloe thought with disdain. Now he'll take her to dinner at an elegant restaurant. Then they'll have an inexcusably expensive wedding with five hundred of their closest friends, a honeymoon in some exotic location, and end up divorced.