Yay, Spring is finally here. My tulips and daffodils are up, and last week's ten inches of snow is almost gone. Just old piles of snow from where the snowplows piled it up remain. But the 70s weather should help it melt fast this week!
In the meantime, here's a quick sneak peek of my romantic suspense novel, Bear Trap by Edna Curry:
Mel glanced
upriver as he sipped his coffee. Two people stood on the cliff overlooking the dam.
A man and a woman? They seemed to be arguing, facing each other and gesturing,
not admiring the dam as he would have expected.
Foolish city slickers. It’s not safe there.
A constant spray of water rushing over the dam made the rocks slippery. He put
down his coffee and picked up the binoculars he always kept handy for a closer
look, looping the safety cord around his neck. Yes, long red hair on the woman.
A flash of green, maybe her blouse?
If only he
could warn them to go back to safer ground. They were too far away for them to
hear him if he tried yelling. Besides, the roar of the water going over the dam
drowned out all other sounds.
Signs posted along
that road warned of danger, but he knew people were fascinated by the dam and ignored
warning signs all the time, trying to get close to the waterfall. Nothing the
authorities did stopped people from putting themselves in danger.
As he watched,
the man’s arm swung out. He slapped the woman. She put a hand up to her cheek.
A moment later, the man reached out and gave her a hard shove away from him.
Mel gasped as she
fell over the edge of the cliff. He froze and held his breath as she dropped
down, down, down until she disappeared far below. The curve of the rocks on the
bank prevented him from seeing her. Had she fallen on rocks or into the rushing
water of the bear trap?
Bear Trap by Edna Curry
