Tuesday 9 July 2013

Teaser Time!

It's been awhile since I posted a teaser for "Absolution" so here's one for you:

“You want to know if I told her about what happened that night.”
Callum glared at him, and Jack could tell he was on the right track.
“The answer is no, I didn’t.  But why the hell didn’t you?  You were there, you knew.”
“Because it wasn’t my place to tell her – it was yours!” Callum snapped.
“Jesus, Callum!  You just let her think God knows what, all this time?”
“What the hell do you care what she thought!  You weren’t here, remember?  You didn’t have to pick up the pieces – we did!  I made a decision not to tell her because what the hell would be the point?”
“What would be the point?” Jack repeated indignantly.  “She would have known!
“Known what?  That you were a coward?  That you left because you were scared?  She knew that already!”
Jack opened his mouth to speak, but Callum cut him off.
“Don’t you dare come back here and start blaming anyone else for what you did – you did it yourself, you left!” Callum hissed, eyes blazing.  “You did the wrong thing then and by coming back now and stirring it all up again you’re just making everything worse.  Why don’t you just get the hell out of here?”
“I’m trying to make it right!” Jack insisted feebly, heart racing.
"And how in the hell do you think you’re gonna do that?”
Jack stared at him dumbfounded, knowing that he had asked himself that question a million times and come up empty.
“She doesn’t need you anymore.  The best thing you can do now is just crawl back into whatever deep, dark hole you crawled out of and let her get on with her life.”
Jack shook his head determinedly, his heart pounding.  “No.  I’m not going anywhere, not this time.”
Callum laughed scornfully.  “That’s your master plan?  Seriously?”
Jack glared at him in silence, his anger mounting.
“Oh come on – you gotta admit, that’s a reckless statement, especially for you.” Callum snorted derisively.  “You disappear when the going gets tough, remember?”
Jack clenched his teeth so tight his jaw ached.  “That’s not what happened and you know it.”
Callum threw his hands in the air, his eyes burning hot with rage.  “Do I?  Because that’s what it looked like from where I was standing!”
“You know damn well why I left!” Jack blurted out, his voice thunderous and desperate.  “You knew what I did – you were there!”
“Yeah, I knew what you did - big deal!  You were trying to save her life - she wouldn’t have blamed you!” he said hotly.  “You did the wrong thing, Jack – you should’ve stayed.”


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~Amanda

20 comments:

  1. I really hate reading teasers (but I do it anyways) because I just wanna keep reading! An easy to read excerpt Amanda, and it has my attention instantly. I look forward to reading the finished book.

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    1. That's great to hear - thanks Bobbie :) Really appreciate your support and your feedback x

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  2. Great teaser - I so want to know the whole story now. The suspense is killing me :)

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    1. Fantastic - that's exactly what I was hoping for :) Thanks so much Di!

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  3. I can't wait!! My mind is racing with thoughts of what he may have done . . .

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  4. Tick tock. Tick tock! Foot tapping impatiently til this book comes out!!!

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    1. Hehe! No pressure though, right?? Thanks chick - awesome :-)

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  5. You know what I love?? How easy your dialogue flows when you read it. It's so natural and real that it's just a pleasure to devour each word. I can't wait to get my hands on the finished product....you are knocking it out of the ball park. :)

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    1. I can't tell you how much reading this has made me smile - I really can't :) Coming from you, this is such high praise. Thanks so much!

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  6. More please. Great teasers so far hope there will be more

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    1. Thanks so much for reading and letting me know - and glad you're enjoying the teasers! I will be sharing a couple more before the book heads off to the publisher, so stick around :)

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  7. LOVE this. Thank you for sharing. The conversation flows so well and just made me want to sink my teeth into this. I want to learn more about these characters!!! Thank you :)

    Tara x0x

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    1. I have NO idea where my other reply went LOL! But it went something along these lines: to hear that both you and Lisa are enjoying this - and knowing how much I trust and admire you both in this field - really has made my day :) Thanks so much for letting me know. I can't wait for you to read the finished book - there's some stuff in there that I think you will really get :) xx

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  8. Oh I lost first reply lol .. I am feeling rather sorry for Jack at the moment. Love being a fly on the wall with your teasers Amanda , Also love the way you make it sound so plausible as if you're there in the room listening on. A real down to earth writer :) xx

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    1. I think you and I must have been writing on here at the same time, because I just lost the first reply I was writing to the comment above yours LOL! Regardless, thanks for coming back and letting me know Tracy - really happy that you're enjoying the teasers so far :) I know - I feel for Jack too. It can't have been easy to come back home with all of this hanging over him. I remember writing a tag line for this story awhile back, something along the lines of "You can spend your life living with regret, or you can step up and try to make it right. There's no such thing as the easy way out." I truly believe that in Jack's case. He thought that leaving would be easier, but it turned out to just prolong the agony. Coming home was even harder, but I have to hand it to him in that he is determined! I love that about him - broken, but determined. I think that's probably something to do with love :)

      Thanks for your comments on my writing style too - I'm glad you're enjoying everything. To get feedback like this is magic :) xx

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  9. I can't wait to find out more about the story and the characters - your style is easy to read and you have a talent for engaging the reader and drawing them in ... I guess I'll just have to wait until September!!! Very proud of ya xxx

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    1. Thanks so much :) All things that I love to hear! Glad you're enjoying it so far xxx

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  10. Can't wait to read this!! When is it due out btw???

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    1. Yay! Thanks Jennie! The ebook is scheduled for release in September. I'm writing the last 4 chapters now :-)

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