This week we get to highlight our books in the firm of excerpts. I thought it might be fun to get acquainted with Tasha, a minor character in Wolves’ Pawn, who ended up being the hero of her own story in Wolves’ Knight. But first, for those of you who managed to stumble upon my blog and haven’t read Wolves’ Pawn yet, here’s the blurb:
using everything available to her to stay one step ahead of her
pursuers. When she is offered a chance for friendship and safety with
the Fairwood pack, she accepts.
pack leadership, is content to let life happen while he waits. But
old longings surface when he appoints himself Dot’s protector …
and becomes more than a friend.
friends at risk, and Dot must go into hiding again. When old enemies
threaten the destruction of the Fairwood pack, it will take the
combined efforts of Dot and Gavin to save it.
when she becomes a pawn in a pack leader’s deadly game?
Outsidethe conference room, a number of men and women with guns stood at
alert in the hallways. Dot shivered at the sight, and Gavin placed a
comforting hand on the small of her back. One of the women, a tall
blonde with two guns strapped across her back, a pistol stuck in the
waistband of her pants, and a nasty looking knife strapped to her
thigh, jumped out of the chair she’d been sitting in, and
approached them.
Gavin,” she said with a grin as she pulled one of the guns over her
head and handed it to him. “The arms master sends his regards—said
he remembered this was your favorite model rifle.” Nodding, he
hefted the AK-47 then slung the band on his shoulder. She handed him
a magazine. “He said to see him if you want more ammo,” she
added. She turned to Dot and extended her hand. “I’m Tasha. One
of your bodyguards for the night. Tanya will be the other one. She’s
my twin sister. You won’t see much of her, she’ll be taking
outside duty.
Tasha got written out of the story about halfway through it. Spoiler alert! No, she didn’t die. But I guess she wasn’t real happy with that, because about a year after Wolves’ Pawn was released, she started bugging me. She wanted me to tell her story. I tried putting her off for awhile, but she wasn’t listening. I finally gave in and Wolves’ Knight was the result.
First, here’s the description of the book:
Tasha Roeper knows what it means to protect your own. So when her friend, Dot Lapahie, CEO of Lapahie Enterprises, suspects that the Free Wolves are under attack, Tasha immediately signs on to lead the investigation and guard Dot.
But Tasha’s not convinced it’s the Free Wolves that are the target. She fears that her own pack—the Fairwood Pack—are the actual quarry and Dot is only a decoy.
The deeper Tasha digs, the more puzzles she uncovers.
Torn between tradition and a changing world, will Tasha risk everything to save a friend—including her own life—when old enemies arise?
In this excerpt, Tasha, after being gone for over a year, is meeting with the Fairwood’s pack arms-master, Elder Fenner.
“We weren’t sure you’d
want to come back. The reports we got were that you fit in well with
the pack in Maine. I half-expected you to find your mate.”
sent reports back. At first she felt like a kid in school again, but
soon decided that it didn’t matter. It wasn’t like she was a
prisoner. She had been free to leave anytime she wanted.
“Have you been talking to my
mother? Because she mentioned the same thing.” She grinned. “I
bonded deeply with many members of the pack, both male and female,
and I can count on them for help if I ever need it. But none of the
males appealed to me as anything but friends. My mother is worried
because I’m well past the typical mating age for females, and I’ve
never been in a serious relationship.” Although Tanya hadn’t
mated yet, she’d had several long-term boyfriends. The older she
and her twin got, the more they developed their own personalities.
“Your mother has mentioned
her concerns to several of the elders. That’s why I brought it up.
As much as people push the whole concept of mates, there always have
been exceptions to the rule. For a while, we thought Elder Fairwood
might be one of them, that he might never choose a mate. That
would’ve been a disaster for the pack.”
“And then he found Dot.”
“Yes.”
gossip about the pack members’ love lives.”
“It’s not gossiping,”
Elder Fenner said sternly. “We’re showing our concern for the
future of the pack.” He grinned. “Don’t tell anyone. It’s a
badly kept secret.”
“Got it.” She watched an
ant crawling up a stem of grass, wondering if she should breech
protocol and ask a personal question. “You never mated.”
“No.” He closed his eyes.
“I came close once, but she was killed in a pack war. Since then,
I’ve devoted myself to making the pack as secure as possible so the
same fate doesn’t happen to anyone else.”
“You’ve done a good job.”
“Am I good enough?” she asked quietly.
So Tasha is responsible for turning Wolves. Pawn, which was intended as a stand-alone book, into a series. Yes, there will be more books in the Free Wolves’ Saga. If you haven’t bought the books yet, the links follow.
I can’t wait to see what all the other bloggers posted. You can find out by following the links below. And feel free to leave a comment!
Wolves’ Pawn
smarturl.it/tyseu6 (Amazon world-wide)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wolves-pawn-pj-maclayne/1119391168
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id873248397
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/wolves-pawn
Here are the links for Wolves’ Knight, Tasha’s Tale
http://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Knight-Free-Book-ebook/dp/B0199BC6YI/
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/wolves-knight
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wolves-knight-pj-maclayne/1123127673
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1066865102
https://www.createspace.com/5920665
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Sounds good! Thanks for sharing.
I like it. I could see myself reading it.
Reads very nicely P.J. I think I could enjoy it!
Does she have an accent? I read her with a Southernish accent.
No southern accent. The pack is located "somewhere" in Northern PA. I'm sworn to silence on the exact location. 🙂
Sounds like an exciting read. Can't wait for more.
Thanks. I have two more potential plots rumbling around inside my head, but I have to finish the next Oak Grove mystery first!