I’m changing pace this week, leaving Ancient Egypt (temporarily) for science fiction romance. Here are six from my current WIP PRINCESS OF SHADOWS (title subject to change!).
Here’s the blurb:
Blind since the age of ten due to an attempted assassination plot, Princess Shalira is resigned to an arranged marriage with a warrior chieftain… until she meets Sectors Special Forces Major Mike Varone, sent to the planet Majumdar to investigate a crashed spaceship, lost in the planet’s mountains. After Mike saves her from another assassination attempt, she persuades her father the Emperor to order him to join her caravan, going to meet her bridegroom.
Mike resists his growing attraction to her but the pair bond further as they work to retrieve sacred artifacts from her mother’s tomb, narrowly escaping another ambush. Mike offers Shalira the opportunity to go off planet with him, but she insists on carrying out her father’s wishes to create an important alliance by marrying the chieftain. Heartsore, Mike promises to deliver her safely to her bridegroom and walk away.
But when they reach the mountain camp, the chieftain is revealed to be a brutish thug, with no intention of honorably marrying Shalira. Mike rescues her and from that point on they’re in a race against time to accomplish his mission, escape the hostile warriors hunting them and make it off the planet.
And now for the six sentences – this is right after the bombing in the marketplace and Mike has whisked her to temporary shelter. Mike is speaking:
“Are you sure you’re up to walking?”
Straightening her shoulders resolutely, she said, “I’ll be fine – if there’s trouble on the streets, I shouldn’t be out.”
“Let me help you then,” he offered, taking her hand to guide her down the bakery’s three shallow steps.
“I can manage.”
Although she tried to yank her hand away, Mike didn’t relinquish his grip as he said, “I don’t care if you know every inch of this plaza on an ordinary day – today you won’t get ten steps without tripping over debris. Now do I guide you or do I carry you?”
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Oh, that take-charge side is so incredibly sexy. This looks like a fabulous story!
Loved this!!! Great six…
“Now do I guide you or do I carry you?”
Great line, great six!
Now that’s an Alpha! Wonderful six!
Fabulous blurb. The tension you show and Mike’s controlled power in this 6 is especially superb.
Love it! 🙂 I really enjoy your sci-fi stuff. What a great alpha hero.
Good for him! Sometimes even the heroine needs to let herself get looked after 🙂 Great 6.
Love how he takes control without being insulting to her!
He should be a diplomat! But I love how he takes charge. This sounds like another amazing tale from you! (Love your SciFi, btw)
I agree with all of the commentors, his take charge attitude rocks. Great six!
Love the premise. Can’t wait to see how it all plays out:)
What a sweet, chivalrous hero!
Nice writing from a blind person’s point of view. Smell and sound would be paramount.
Oh, I like him a lot! Great six! 🙂
My vote is for him carrying her. It’s be faster for them. And funnier. 🙂 LOL.
There’s a time and a place for a girl to be independent and this isn’t it, but he’s sensitive enough of her pride to give her the choice. Nice six.
Thanks for the feedback, glad the story seems to be working ok for everyone. I sort of alternate between doing my Ancient Egyptian paranormals and my SFR novels – talk about two ends of a historical spectrum! Well, off to read more Six Sentences myself….
Carry. I vote for carry! LOL : )
Carry her! Carry her!
I also vote for ‘carry her’. great interaction between these two.
Love that last line 🙂
Love the way he wants to take care of her.
What a great hero. I love him already.
A caring take-charge hero. He’s already got my vote.Great set up.
I love men with “take charge” personalities like that. 🙂 Great six, Veronica! Happy New Year!
Excellent! Love the choice he gives her! Great six.
I love the idea of a blind heroine. Great ending also!
Sensible man. I like how he handled that. 🙂
I have to vote for the strong, capable heroine and say “guide her.” I like the dynamic between these two characters. Great blurb and great six sentences follow it. Great job!