Sunday, March 6, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday!

Today is my first week participating in Six Sentence Sunday, in which writers post six consecutive sentences from their work.

In honor of my new Regency historical, A Marriage of Inconvenience, which comes out April 11 from Carina Press, I'm posting the first six sentences:



“Marry you?” Lucy stared open-mouthed at her cousin Sebastian for a long moment before she remembered that she must always be ladylike and self-controlled. She closed her mouth and looked down at her clasped hands. She could not stop her heart from trying to gallop its way out of her chest, but she could and did force herself to breathe slowly and steadily.

This was the very thing she had always wanted most, the thing she would have dreamed of had she permitted herself dreams. It could not possibly be real.


Comments always appreciated, and please click on the link above to see other participants' work.

29 comments:

  1. Great six, Susanna! Last week was my first time.

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  2. Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! Great opening six!

    ~Sarah

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  3. Ohhhh, hot! Btw, love the cover, it is sooooo pretty!

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  4. lol loved your six! Congrats on the upcoming release!

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  5. Excellent 6Sentences and I love that cover!

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  6. If it's too good to be true... uh oh! Great opener, and love that cover too. Congrats on your release!

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  7. I'm so thrilled you have another book coming out!! Great Six!

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  8. Fabulous six to start your book! I hope you'll share more.

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  9. Wow! Well, I am sure her perspective is going to change! lol! great six!

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  10. Great cover.

    My next part would be: "And there has to be a catch" because there always is.

    Great Six, Congrats and good luck.

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  11. Oh, there's definitely a catch--the guy in this scene is NOT in fact the hero. :)

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  12. Aww! What a nice six. You can really feel how happy she is.

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  13. I love the image you paint with the horse reference. Great snippet.

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  14. Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday, Susanna! Nice debut. Love Regencies; love marriages of convenience. LOVE your cover. Carina Press artists outdo themselves again!

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  15. Oh oh, Things never go well in a Regency when she thinks she getting what she always wanted.

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  16. Welcome to Sunday Six! Love your snippet. And your cover is GORGEOUS! Congrats :)

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  17. Great to welcome a newbie like myself this week! Very nicely done six.

    jessicaknauss.blogspot.com

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  18. welcome - I just started last week here - and glad to hear he not the hero !

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  19. Loved the six and the cover is beautiful

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  20. Beautiful cover and great opening lines. Congratulations on your Carina release!

    gem

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  21. Whew. I got worried about the cousin thing :) Congrats on the upcoming release!

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  22. Welcome to SSS. :) Congrats on your upcoming launch! And I'm glad to hear that her cousin is not really the hero! LOL Great six!

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  23. Hmm...intriguing...wonder what makes her dream man "inconvenient"? Congrats on the upcoming release!

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  24. Welcome to SSS! Great six, and great character name ;)

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