New Story Excerpt - The whole band at Mikey's house. #amwriting #WIP #rockstars

NEW!

I've been working on Mike and Hannah's story. On 7/23, I posted "Just wrote a chapter of the whole band hanging out and giving each other crap." 

Here's a sample of that. It's a Sunday and the band has a rare day to chill. Mike's POV:

Christmas in July Party! #rockstarromance #independenceday

Christmas in July Facebook Party

Jul 4 at 6:00am to Jul 6 at 9:00am (UTC+10).

A bring-a-book party for authors to post their free books and readers to scoop them up. Living in the southern hemisphere, Aussies often host Christmas in July parties. Everyone is welcome! 

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I'll be sharing DYLAN AND JEN this weekend!

Dylan is the bassist for Jake Lindsey's band, but not when he's in his hometown. It's Christmas Eve and a sudden, strong blizzard has left the mountain submerged in snow, wrecking his plan to drive back to Los Angeles in time to attend Jake and Beth's party Christmas Day.

Jennifer's family was coming to spend the holiday at her cabin, but the storm is keeping them off the mountain. Resigned to entertaining herself for the night, she's startled by someone pounding on her front door--a handsome man needing shelter from the storm. Dylan is sweet, funny, and so damn hot she can't resist learning what he has to offer.

Was this a single night of passion, or the beginning of lasting love?

This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations. 

My Once and Future Love Revisited series stand-alone story. Takes place after Beth and Jacob's final book. Minor spoilers.  

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#WIPWednesday 2015 Excerpt #5 by @carlakrae #contemporaryromance #amwriting

WIP Wednesday #5

Here's excerpt #1. And excerpt #2. And excerpt #3. And excerpt #4.

The weeks preceding the Grammys had been comfortable, so Beth wasn’t tense around him anymore…no more so than she’d ever been since age fourteen.  Spending the day with him was fine.  It was the not-knowing what scheme he had up his sleeve that was the problem.  She didn’t like surprises.  They tended to not go well.

Ready to leave, they headed for the garage, where she saw an unfamiliar car.  “New?”

“A rental.”

“Why do you need an SUV?”

“One, the paparazzi don’t know it, and two, I’m not tellin’.”

“Are we going off-roading?”

“Nope.”

“How far away is our destination?”

“You’ll see.”

“Jacob…”

“Patience, love. I promise today will be fun.”  He opened her door and helped her up.  “I could blindfold you if you intend to be difficult.”

“Very funny. No.”

He winked, shut the door, and ran ‘round to his side.  The windows were tinted as dark as legal in CA, making it harder for any paparazzi lurking outside the gate to identify them, and Beth hoped they wouldn’t be followed.  Jacob found his way to the 10 Freeway and pointed the SUV east.

With a comfy leather seat and warm cabin, she drifted off.

Pressure in her ears woke her up.  She yawned.  Why would…altitude?  The SUV was moving up a grade. 

“Good morning again,” he said.

“Where are we?”  Unzipping her purse, she dug for gum.

“Almost there.”

“How long was I out?”  Never could give a straight answer to a question…

“’Bout an hour.”

She popped a stick in her mouth, then glanced out the window.  Snow lined the road.  “The mountains? Jacob, neither of us is wearing snow gear.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“So you plan to stay in the car all day and drive around?”

“Nope.”

“Why can’t you answer questions like a normal person?”

“When have you ever called me ‘normal’?” he replied with a grin.

She might hit him.  She wanted to hit him.  A nice sock on the bicep, right within reach.  He did this shtick on purpose to annoy her and it worked every time.  “You’re not nearly as amusing as you think you are, bud.”

“Aww, that hurts.”  He turned off the main road.

“Where are we going?”

“Patience, love.”