Sunday Snippet: Loud As Hell

What a week! Mybrain is all spinny at the moment because I have an abundance of work projectsin my inbox. I love having a full calendar. That said, I need about five morehours in each day, please and thank you.

Honestly, theoverflowing inbox comes at an excellent time for me. I have several things thatneed attention, one of them being the brakes on my car. Now to buckle under andget the work done.

Weather in Ohio istypical for March. Maybe a little on the extreme side, but March always seemsto be whiplashing back and forth between winter and spring. Today is springlikewith temps in the fifties. Yesterday we barely broke freezing for our high.

Another verylimited week for viewing. I'm not kidding when I say five more hours each daywould be helpful. Just saying.

I did finish up theDeath in Paradise episode I started last week. So sad to see Floranceleave again. But what a way to go out. And pretty sure we'll see her again.

Also started a BeyondParadise episode, which will finish out the first season. I'm reallyenjoying this show.

That's pretty muchit for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from Loud As Hell, afollow-up story to A Quiet Hell.

Here's the miniblurb:

Bailey Wendelson has come a long way and learned a lotsince almost trapping his brother in a prison for the paranormally gifted. WhenBailey meets Yazmin Meechum, a woman with siren capabilities, she has no desirefor his assistance, but he won't walk away because she's being followed by thepeople he used to work for.

And a preview snippet…

Yazmin pushed her cartto the self-checkout area. "Gotta love twenty-four-hour grocerystores." She always waited until after eleven p.m. because the aisles weremore or less deserted.She ran her items overthe scanner and paid with her debit card. She smiled and nodded when thenight-shift manager asked if he could put her cart away. Grasping the bags, sheexited the store and retrieved her key from her jacket pocket.The parking lotlighting left a lot to be desired, but the tradeoff of fewer people to dealwith ranked pretty high on her list. With the exception of talking to herself,she rarely had to interact verbally with anyone. Luckily, she didn't have farto go.She hit her key fob tounlock her car. "Home. Unpack. Binge watch something until I fallasleep." Not exactly a thrill a minute but she'd grown used to theroutine.Almost to the vehicle,she'd just pressed the trunk button when a large man grabbed her arm and triedto pull her into a van sitting opposite to her sedate sedan. She screamed and thegroceries went flying. Twisting and turning, she started to fight back whenanother guy attempted to scoop her legs up. Kicking out, she shouted for helpagain.A metal baton came outof nowhere and cracked the guy trying to grab her legs on the head. He landedon the asphalt with a loud grunt. The other brute let her go and engaged in afight with her rescuer. Punches were thrown and the baton struck the assailanton the knee, the shoulder, and the nape.The rescuer whirledaround, and Yazmin's eyes went wide. Bailey Wendelson. Holy shit.His head jerked towardher car. "It's not safe. Pretty sure they planted a tracking device."He collapsed the baton and tucked it into his coat. "We don't have muchtime. Will you let me get you somewhere safe?" His eyebrows arched.Not trusting her voice,she gave a shaky nod.He used his thumb topoint over his shoulder. "I'm over here. Sorry about the groceries, but weneed to get moving now." He headed for his vehicle, not waiting to see ifshe followed.But follow she did,sliding into the passenger seat of the running car. Bailey put the SUV in gearand gunned the engine, lurching forward and barely stopping before pulling outonto the nearly deserted street.Yazmin hunched into hercoat and stared straight ahead. Who were the men and what did they want? Howdid Bailey know she'd need help? Willing her heart rate to slow down, shetwisted her hands in her lap. What the hell am I getting into?

Then a ridiculousthought pinged in her brain. Dammit. My trunk is still open.

I'm having a lot offun with this story. Bailey really wanted to redeem himself after being a bitof an ass in the first book.

 

That's it for thisweek.

Cheers!

Skye