Saturday, February 13, 2016

Is this Love? Snippet from #SciFi Novella Captured by the Hawk for #WeWriWa



Welcome to another Sunday with Weekend Writing Warriors. Here, writers in different genres showcase their stories with 8-10 sentences. Join the fun and read our snippets.
For Valentine’s Day, I’m offering you a romantic snippet from my novella, Captured by the Hawk. In this fun space operetta, pirate Black Hawk dresses like a ninja and absolutely no one sees his face. Of course, our feisty heroine is determined to uncover his identity during their misadventures. Here, they have crashed in a lake after escaping from a wrecked spaceship. 

Her clothes sodden and cold, Katrina sprawled on coarse sand. She had a dim recollection of being dragged onto the shore. Strangely, someone was murmuring her name repeatedly and kissing her face. She flicked her eyes open; Black Hawk’s masked face hovered over her. The clinging wet cloth outlined the chiseled contours of his hidden face. His head covering was askew, revealing a triangle of forehead and his black curls. The effect fascinated her.
He breathed, “Katrina, you’re alive!”
“Barely alive,” she groaned, relaxing with her head propped on his arm.

Hawk

Captured by the Hawk is FREE today:

Next week, I’ll start on my new superhero romance.
As always, your comments are welcome. Please return to www.wewriwa.com to sample the works of the other writers.

19 comments:

  1. Wonderful descriptions, Aurora. I could feel the cold, coarse sand. :-)

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  2. An aweome way to be 'resurrected', Aurora!

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    1. Unfortunately, this is the third time while following his crazy scheme.

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  3. An aweome way to be 'resurrected', Aurora!

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  4. Yeah, I would want to know what's behind the mask too.

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  5. Great scene! Your characters always seem so 3-D, I love that. Thanks for sharing this bit.

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  6. I would love to be awakened by the kissing of a ninja pirate. Great snippet!

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  7. Sounds like he will take great care of her. A wonderful snippet! :)

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    1. He got her into this trouble, after promising they wouldn't get caught.

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  8. Barely alive is good, under the circumstances, coarse sand and all! Great snippet!

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  9. Hmm. 'Captured by the Hawk', or 'Saved by the Hawk?"

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  10. Ooo, I like Black Hawk already. He sounds intense! Great snippet!

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    1. Self confident, usually, but things are spinning out of control.

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