A Little Something To Tease & Titillate

-

The following is an excerpt of my novel, Silence in the Mist.  This historical novel with strong romantic elements has a July 7, 2011 release date! 

His voice slithered into her ear while the hot tip of the dagger pressed against her thigh.

“This torment will be at an end if you tell me the name of your leader.”


“Never,” Françoise said, shaking her head and licking her swollen, blood-encrusted lips. An unpleasant metallic taste filled her mouth and she had to fight to keep from retching.

“Tell me his name.”

“Non.”

Hoche snatched a clump of her hair and wrenched her head back. “I want the name of your commander.”

Her eyes fluttered shut but the image of the menacing general was still very much before her, invading her senses, striking terror in her heart, denying her escape.

Dear God, she prayed, please deliver me from this evil.

A warmth and overwhelming sense of security flooded over her then, as if an angel had wrapped his wings about her.  She felt a peace that passed all understanding and it gave her courage.

Watch the Book Trailer for Silence in the Mist: 

Comments

Jen Miller said…
eep! I love it!! <3
May 2, 2011 at 3:20 PM
Lisa said…
I can't wait for July so I can purchase my copy of "Silence in the Mist"!
May 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM
Veronique Valentin said…
I am already so excited to read Silence in the Mist! This excerpt just makes me outrageously excited.
May 4, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Michael M. said…
I have followed your blog for two years now and enjoyed all of your posts. You move me with your words. I look forward to buying and reading your novel. Congratulations Leah Marie.
May 4, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Dear Fireflies said…
Wow, Leah! This is so exciting! Congrats to you, I'm sure this novel is going to enchant so many people. All the best! oxx
May 4, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Cheri Herouard ~ La Vie Parisienne

-
Image
While looking for artwork to decoupage onto candle jars, I serendipitiously found vintage covers of the French magazine, La Vie Parisienne .  Founded in 1863,  La Vie Parisienne was originally designed to appeal to the upper-classes, offering literary pieces, society gossip and articles about the arts.  It also featured the work of immensely talented artists like Georges Barbier , Gerda Wegener , Chéri Hérouard , Georges Léonnec , Maurice Milliere .  The artwork was considered risqué, even erotic (think early porn for the intellectual). I adore the work Chéri Hérouard did for La Vie Parisienne and wanted to share some of it with you.  I hope you find it as titillating as I do!
Read more

Have Plot, Will Travel

-
Image
(This article was first published in Writers Digest, August 2005) So you have become obsessed with the idea of writing a novel about a daring spy in Revolutionary Paris? Or maybe you have decided to plot the perfect murder by writing a cozy set in a crumbling old manor home located somewhere in the Scottish borders? No? Perhaps you are working on a time-travel romance wherein your modern-day heroine takes a hike, falls through a fairy hillock, and finds herself in medieval Ireland? You have given birth to the characters and toiled over the plot, all that is missing now are setting details. The small particulars that make your story really come alive. Whatever the plot, wherever the setting, you will need those details to add authenticity to your story. How would your daring spy have moved about Paris undetected? What food would one find in the refrigerator of a crumbling Scottish manor home? Do the Irish still believe in the mystical powers of the fairy hillocks? Do fairy hillocks
Read more

Creepy Château de Chaumont & Catherine's Shady Squad

-
Image
The first time I visited Chateau de Chaumont was in the winter of 2003 - a brief visit that lingered in my imagination for years after.  Since the castle was closed to tourists, I wandered the grounds alone in hopes I might encounter the spirits of inhabitants past.   This might seem an unusual pastime unless you pause to consider the castle's rather unusual history.  Chaumont was once the home of Catherine de Medici, queen to Henri II of France.  Catherine practiced what some called "the darker arts" at Chaumont, inviting astronomers, numerologists, and a host of shady characters.   The astrologer  Nostradamus was one of the member's of Catherine's shady squad.  He  visited her at Chaumont on several occasions.  Legend has it Catherine attended ritualistic animal sacrifices in the castle's front hall (this told to me by a groundskeeper I encountered) .   On that first visit, when the wind eerily whispered through the ancient pine trees,
Read more