I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving week, even in the Pandemic. For this Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sundays, I am using a snippet that helps transition to my new book, The Scent of Memory, Green Rising Book 2, which releases from Evernight Publishing on December 16. In the snippet below from Race to Redemption, Green Rising Book 1, Elaina meets Gold Captain, a cyborg, who is the hero in The Scent of Memory.
“Know any good jokes,” she asked her companion, not expecting an answer. She needed to let out some steam and keep it friendly. Sitting in a small space with a volatile weapon that could go off any minute had her on edge.
“Yes.” His body remained taut, as if a tent pole had replaced his spinal cord.
Okay, that was unexpected. Enough to get her out of her own head, which was a place she didn’t really want to be. “You going to tell me one?”
“No.” He remained rigid as a statue. Maybe he was all machine?
“You guys always this much fun?” His hand loosened around the clutch. “Oh my god, you’re joking with me.”
“I am human.” His voice vibrated like a tuning fork. “Parts of me, anyway.”
“What’s your name, partial human?” A grin tickled her lips.
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Race to Redemption Blurb
Intergalactic storm racing champion, Elaina Carteret, left the circuit in disgrace after a horrendous accident. Willing to deal with the devil, aka her business manager, she accepts a challenge for one last chance to fly again. The deal seemed easy – pose as Lainie Carter, medical transport pilot, and spy on a hospital outpost. Until she meets the director, Dr. Erik Johansen, who runs the station with an iron hand, a permanent scowl and the tightest bod on the planet.
Erik keeps his emotions and laboratories locked up tight. He once trusted a woman who turned out to be a spy—and millions died. When the sizzling hot Lainie Carter sashay’s into his office with her endless legs, pouty mouth and penchant for sneaking into forbidden areas, he knows she’s dangerous. If only she would stop sneaking into his fantasies.
When the outpost is attacked by mercenaries, the Diva and Dr. Dictator are thrown together in a race across the desert to save two dying children. As a fragile trust grows between their damaged hearts, will it be strong enough to survive the truths that threaten their growing bond?
The Scent of Memory Blurb
Twelve years ago, Marisol lost Aren. Now he’s back – pointing a gun at her head and treating her like a stranger.
Rebel hacker, Marisol Martinez, never thought volunteering to keep the hospital safe from cyborgs would lead her back to the man sabotage ripped from her arms. The man she swore to avenge by any means possible.
For over a decade, Cap protected the cyborgs under his command from every danger. Until he meets an insurgent, whose scent wreaks havoc on his control. She calls him Aren and insists she knows him. But she’s wrong. He has no past, no present, no future – only orders he’s programmed to complete.
Forced together, Marisol and Cap can’t resist the passion that keeps building between them. With time running out, Marisol must use her computer skills to restore Aren’s memories or Cap will kill all subversives on the planet – starting with her.
I like the straight-faced humor.
The blurb is intriguing!. 🙂
LOL! It sounds like he has more of a sense of humour than he’s letting on 🙂
Enjoyed the excerpt, like his sense of humor. That was great!
He really sounds like a lot of fun, once you get to know him. The question is, how long does that take? Great snippet!
You’ve done a great job of making him seem like a real cyborg, from his tent pole spine to his clipped speech.
I love his dead-pan sense of humor – not what I’d expect from a cyborg but that makes it even funnier.
Great scene. Great sense of humor.
Great snippet, I enjoyed the humor.