January 1831
Aurelia Vennaway held her breath as she tiptoed from the stuffy parlor and stole along the hallway. Her mother and aunts had paid her no attention for the past hour but that did not mean she would be allowed to leave. Her mother thought that the weather would keep her inside, that for once she would sit quietly and decorously in the corner as a little girl should. She jammed her fur hat over fat, drawing-room ringlets and stuck her feet into sturdy boots. Shrugging on her blue cloak as swiftly as she would shrug off her destiny if she only could, she heaved open the door.
Amy Snow by Tracy Rees
Something was distinctly wrong, Aurelia decided, when a naked infant lay alone at the edge of a deserted wood. "Hello?" she called, staring all around. "Hello? I have your baby!"
8 comments:
I already have this on my wishlist. Thanks for sharing it though, to remind me. I like that prologue-- and the snippet, wow, what is going on there! Good title choice :)
Great teaser, cover doesn't go with the teaser to me but I like both.
I love that cover! I really like the sound of this one from the opening and teaser you shared, 'Nise. I will have to look for this one.
Now I am definitely curious. The excerpt is very visual, which I always enjoy. Thanks for sharing.
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I like the excerpts. I would keep reading. Enjoy!
I love the writing in the opening - "fat, drawing-room ringlets" says a lot about the little girl. Also, "for once she would sit quietly and decorously" tells us she is not a meek little thing. So we already know a lot about this character from the get-go! Great choice for a Teaser. I'm already hooked on this book!
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I'm with the others. Compelling writing. And such a lovely cover. Been too long since I've read a historical book.
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I enjoyed that intro, I'd read more.
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