Saturday, April 19, 2014




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 
 
 
 

3 comments:

Christina Cole said...

Powerful excerpt!

Jean Joachim Books said...

Suspenseful! Nicely done.

Unknown said...

Very nice. I really enjoyed it.