Okay, today’s entertaining guest post has a special
feature from bestselling author author, Sherry Soule! She has compiled a few of
her favorite moments from the first two Young Adult books in the thrilling Spellbound
series. *pg numbers are from the mass-market paperback
edition* Enjoy
the excerpts!
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from BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN – pg 14 “Initial Glimpse”:
Trent turned his
head, his gaze capturing mine. My face flamed, interrupting my ogling. His eyes
widened, then narrowed. His arms dropped to his sides. Once those hypnotic
green eyes seized mine, the atmosphere shifted, and for a moment, my heart
ceased to beat. His gorgeousness silenced the thoughts and whirling emotions
inside my head. The lingering anxiety from earlier vanished.
Finally, Trent
turned away. I exhaled. He kept his head down like he had something to hide.
Something he didn’t want people to see. Something he didn’t want me to see.
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from BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN – pgs. 77 -78 “Meet the Kitten”:
I leaned out the
window and lifted the kitten. She purred and I rubbed her soft fur against my
cheek, tension that had snapped my spine straight when I’d heard the eerie cry
easing with the each rumbling purr. “Ah, poor baby. Are you hungry?” She loudly
meowed.
Trent returned
with a bowl of milk and set it on the floor. I lowered the kitten and watched
her greedily lap the milk.
“She’s cute,”
Trent said. “What should we name her?”
The ball of fluff
raised her head, licking white drops off her mouth.
“Charm.” I
hoisted the kitten and cuddled her in my arms.
Trent scratched
her under her white chin. “Charm?”
“Yeah. It’s
perfect.”
He scratched the
cat behind her ears. “I’d rather have a dog,” he teased.
“Shhh, Charm will
hear you.” I covered the cat’s pointy ears with my hands.
Trent grinned,
taking the kitten from my arms and surprising me by kissing Charm’s head.
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from BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN – pgs. 86 -87 “A Kiss”:
I
went to snatch my hand away, but Trent caught my hand in his, startling me. I
looked up to see warmth on his face. His smile held the promise of happiness.
He scooted closer and held my gaze for a breath, glanced down. He leaned forward,
as if he had no control over his actions. I inhaled his nice, soapy-clean
scent, and all coherent thought left my head.
His hands gripped
my waist and Trent yanked me against him, his mouth covering mine in a deep
kiss. The caress of his lips was softer than I’d imagined. An unfamiliar rush
of excitement engulfed my senses. My hands wrapped around his neck, fingering
his silky tousled hair. His moist lips seared a path from my lips to my neck,
igniting a blaze of desire that flooded my skin everywhere his lips and roaming
hands touched. Boys had kissed me before, but not like this. Never like this.
Yes, yes…this is what I want and yearn for—affection. To
fall in an impetuous head-over-heels kind of love. Let myself go. Surrender my
heart…
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from MOONLIGHT MAYHEM – pgs. 85 -86 “Nervous Belly”:
Luna Pizza wasn’t super busy yet, when the door opened and swoon-worthy
Trent Donovan sauntered into the restaurant with a guy I didn’t recognize,
which meant I had no place to hide. I felt the air whoosh from my lungs. I
closed my eyes and took a deep breath. When I opened them, I swear my body
froze. My heart stopped beating. A volatile, relentless thrill shot through my
veins, and I shuddered. Messy blond hair, startling emerald eyes, cocky grin on
his face…
His hands flickered
upward, and before I knew it, they were cupping my face. So, damnably fast now.
Demonic-like fast. Trent reeled me
closer. Our foreheads joined. He held me, while I trembled in his arms. I was
vaguely aware of Evans and Maxwell watching, although it didn’t seem important.
Nothing seemed important whenever he did this. It felt like we were enclosed in
our own personal bubble made only for the two of us. Trent murmured something
in my ear. We
stood like that until my shaky legs gradually regained strength. I
shut my eyes and pretended my body wasn’t sizzling with heat because Trent
stood so close. My hormones always decided to rebel whenever he put his arms
around me. And it wasn’t totally awkward and uncomfortable. No, it felt
like the best thing I’d experienced since before Dad’s death. And that’s saying
a lot.
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from MOONLIGHT MAYHEM – pg 224 “Zombie Encounter”:
Her pale brow furrowed. Her
skin veiny and colorless. Sheesh, she’s a
hot mess. Zombie Girl tilted her head and raised her arms. “Ashley—hag!”
“What! Did that
corpse just call me a hag?” Ashley sounded more like her usual bitchy self.
“No, I think she means hug. It’s zombie lingo. I’ve read online that zombies can be
affectionate, but hugging one often leads to, well, having your brains eaten,”
I said.
“Yuk!” Ashley
backpedaled, scrunching her thin face. “Beyond gross.”
Zombie Girl giggled, but it
sounded choked, a mere gurgling rumble in her throat. She had these nasty
bloody scrapes on her arms and legs. Her right calf had deep teeth marks. Her
feet were dirty and bare, her movements jaunty and slow.
I wanted
nothing more than to hug Ashley and tell her everything would be okay, but I
wasn’t sure it was true. I blinked several times. Didn’t help. Yup, she’s real.
“Nobody
panic.” I tugged the cell phone from my pocket and dialed Evans. He answered on
the second ring. “We have a situation. No,
more like an undead situation,” I said, then listened to him bark orders. I
hung up and faced the girls. “We need to go without being seen. ‘Cause Kayla
will freak people out.”
“Ya think?”
Ashley snapped.
“I’m hangrah.” Kayla patted her stomach. She
had this whole pale Goth look going for her now. She needed a fresh spray
tan—and quick!
“I bet she’s
hungry. Zombies eat, um, flesh or brains, right?” I said. “God, I hope she
wasn’t a vegetarian.”
Ashley made a
face. “Morbid much?”
Places you can cyberstalk Sherry
Soule:
Thank
you so much for letting me chat up my YA series with all of you. It’s been an
honor to share my favorite moments from the first two books in the Spellbound
series. If you haven’t seized your copy of BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN yet,
please do so. More thrilling and spooky adventures await you! I Hope you all
enjoyed this post, now go feed your mind and read a book! Preferably mine.
J
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