Sunday, October 14, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday #14!

Hello and good morning, my friends! I can't believe I've been doing this for fourteen weeks already, and I'm still having an absolute blast! Hope you're enjoying reading the excerpts as much as I enjoy sharing them and writing them in the first place. :) Today's six come from my January 2013 release, Cheapskates in Love. Here's the blurb: 


It’s couples' skating night down at the local rink and Elena Armstrong can’t seem to keep her cocky jock blind date around long enough to knee him in the balls. Sadly, she was too much of a cheapskate to pay for a membership to an online dating site and based everything on Leonard’s personality profile alone. Big mistake.

At the opposite end of the rink, Ben Kessel, another cheapskate on a blind date with Iris, the ice princess, is having a similarly miserable time. Elena, a hater of all things sports-related, inches out into the skating world butt-first and collides with Ben. After sharing their hilarious and horrifying dates-gone-wrong stories, the two disappear and make everything right again on the floor in the players’ dressing room. Almost everything. They forget to exchange numbers. Now these two cheapskates need to make the ultimate sacrifice: pay for a membership to the online dating site so they can track each other down. But is the possibility of love really worth the price of $24.95 per month?

And heeeeere's my six sentences!

          At present, Mr. Smooth was currently skating circles around every man, woman, and hormonal teenager in the public rink like he was frigging Dick Button. Well, he wasn’t getting his dick unbuttoned tonight. She was ready to pull a Tonya Harding on the jerk.
          “Hey, Elena,” the big dope called to her on his twelfth trip around the oval, “let go of the boards and come skate with me!” He didn’t even wait for a response, the bastard. He could have at least paused long enough for her to tug off her skate and whip it at his giant head. 

Needless to say, the 'big dope' isn't Ben 'kiss-me' Kessel. :D Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful day! 


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24 comments:

  1. I like the playful tone of this. Nice six.

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    1. Thank you so much, Elin! That's exactly what I like to hear! :)

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  2. I enjoyed your writing style and voice.

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    1. Yay! Thanks very much, Cara! That's music to my ears! :D

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  3. Ugh! Google ate my comment! I said...I love Cheapskates in Love! Can't wait to see this one on my Kindle!

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    1. Google is a jerkface! My Cheapskates love you too, Maggie! Thank you for commenting x2! :x

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  4. Haha! "Tonya Harding the jerk." Love that line!

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    1. Every girl should carry a crowbar with her on the first date, just in case. ;) Thanks for reading, Tonya!

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  5. Cute six. I enjoy your playful style (I almost typed smile. But, that's playful too. ;) )

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    1. You're all about the playful smiles this morning, aren't you? ;) Thanks for commenting, Laurie!

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  6. Love the inner voice although I must confess I do not know who Dick Button is. lol

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    1. Thank you, Melissa! :D Here's Mr. Richard Button for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Button

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  7. I was laughing but at the same time feeling so sorry for your heroine - you totally took me there on this awful date. Great job! :)

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    1. Woohoo! So thrilled to hear that, Zee! Thank you so much for saying so! :)

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  8. Thanks so much, Xoe! Glad you enjoyed! :)

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  9. Great voice! I love your heroine. Story sounds great. :)

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    1. So happy you think so! Thank you very much for visiting! :)

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  10. Wow, Tonya Harding. That takes me back!

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    1. No kidding, right? But it's something everyone still remembers, mostly for its mocking appeal. ;) Thanks for stopping by, Anastasia!

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  11. What a fun few sentences - really enjoyed this. Happy Sunday!

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    1. And Happy Sunday to you! :) Thank you for visiting, Debora!

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