Continuing on with my paranormal romance set in Ancient Egypt. Nima the dancer and Kamin, one of Pharaoh’s warriors, have been traveling with the caravan for a few days as they seek to escape the pursuing enemy and get vital information to Pharaoh to stop an invasion. Nima was exposed to various temptations involving her future as a dancer and Kamin realized how much she means to him. But he’s got secrets he can’t share…they’ve quarreled, made up and then some (it’s in the book)… the caravan has now stopped, which is totally unheard of and signals danger.
This snippet follows directly after last week’s excerpt. Thala is a friend Nima made among the Minoan dance troop. Artistic punctuation warning (and a run-on sentence or two)!:
Face set in worried lines, Thala was swathed in her cloak, walking as fast as she could without breaking into an attention-drawing run. “You’ve got to flee,” she said as soon as she drew near. “There’s a party of Hyksos determined to search the caravan. Their leader is a man by the name of Amarkash, and he seems sure you’re here.” She thrust a parcel at Nima. “Water, some food – a map. Ptahnetamun is trying to delay the enemy commander, saying they’ve no right to search his caravan and he passed the word to his men to make as much confusion with the camel strings as they could, while I came to find you.”
“But he’ll have to submit eventually,” Kamin said, “He won’t get embroiled in a fight on our behalf.”
I’m having a hard time leaving Kamin and Nima, who are two of my favorite characters. So possibly another excerpt or two from Dancer of the Nile before I switch to Magic of the Nile. (Don’t you just looove my amazingly creative titles LOL???)
The story for DANCER OF THE NILE:
Egypt, 1500 BCE
Nima’s beauty and skill as a dancer leads an infatuated enemy to kidnap her after destroying an Egyptian border town. However, she’s not the only hostage in the enemy camp: Kamin, an Egyptian soldier on a secret mission for Pharaoh, has been taken as well. Working together to escape, the two of them embark on a desperate quest across the desert to carry word of the enemy’s invasion plans to Pharaoh’s people.
As they flee for their lives, these two strangers thrown together by misfortune have to trust in each other to survive. Nima suspects Kamin is more than the simple soldier he seems, but she finds it hard to resist the effect he has on her heart. Kamin has a duty to his Pharaoh to see his mission completed, but this clever and courageous dancer is claiming more of his loyalty and love by the moment. Kamin starts to worry, if it comes to a choice between saving Egypt or saving Nima’s life…what will he do?
Aided by the Egyptian god Horus and the Snake Goddess Renenutet, beset by the enemy’s black magic, can Nima and Kamin evade the enemy and reach the safety of the Nile in time to foil the planned attack?
Can there ever be a happy future together for the humble dancer and the brave Egyptian soldier who is so much more than he seems?
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Well, you certainly have the Nile on the brain.
“Brain of the Nile” sounds like a horror novel, doesn’t it? LOL!
Nope, eh won’t, so us ethe diversion and get moving!! Move this!
Oh my goodness…the ipad leaves horrible comments for me. I believe move this should be Love this! Just so you know. He won’t. use the diversion… naughty naughty ipad
I hope they can escape without trouble.
Great tension, and you always do a wonderful job of developing character just through dialogue. Great 8!
Oh now they’ll have to run for it, but the Hyksos will still be close. Thank goodness for Thala! Another couple of characters I’ll be worrying about all week 🙂
Read it; loved ever page. You’re in for a treat so keep in touch the the Nile series.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m so glad you enjoyed the book 🙂
I hope they can safely make a run for it, without being detected or getting caught up in a fight.
I’m so behind on my TBR list. I may have to bump a few things. I can’t wait to read this one.
When I read this bit, I remember saying out loud, “Exactly! That’s why you two need to move it! Go go go!!”
Men. Sheesh. 😀
Yikes! Runnnnnn!
Your excerpts are always fascinating. Thanks for sharing!
It’s all wonderfully tense and visual! Loved it.
Hope they can get away! Good thing Nima has a friend in Tahlia. I love anything to do wtih Ancient Egypt and you’ve captured the era so well. 🙂
So many great twists and turns in this book–and danger at every corner! Good choice for the #8 🙂
Loved the tension. I love ancient Egypt. The book sounds really interesting. Will have to check it out.
I appreciate everyone stopping by and commenting! I’ll do one more excerpt from Dancer next week and then on to something else. I might do a week or two of something not-Egypt…we’ll see. Sent Magic of the Nile off to the copy editor today so I’m making progress…
Escape sounds fraught with danger, good thing Nima has a friend helping. Good 8
Lots of danger and suspense. Wonderful.
Dang, and I just started following a couple of weeks ago! Will check out the book!
At least they have a little bit of a head start… but not so much that I’m not worried that they’ll get caught up to. *chews on a knuckle*
Ah, fleeing into the desert with the bad guy hot on their trail. Great snippet!
Very tense. They’re certainly in a bad situation. I hope the manage to escape.
Great snippet and I do love the titles. 🙂
Thank you, especially re the titles!
Can feel the intrigue and danger in this scene.
Great build of tension. Trouble is nigh! Excellent 8.