Hi! I missed last week because I was at the coast. Good thing I went last week because a few days later a freakin’ tornado touched down not far from where we stayed! Sheesh, we’re not supposed to have weather on the west coast. So the moral is..never miss Weekend Writing Warriors.
I’m picking up where I left off last time. This is from the second chapter of my upcoming release Matthias. Dylan, a reporter, is flashing back to when he first met Matthias ten years ago.
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Matthias hailed from Louisiana. Dylan had learned that much in one of their few conversations way back when, when they’d both been students. Correction–when Dylan had been a student and Matthias had been pretending to be a student.
Now Matthias was an über-rich businessman, some sort of spiritual guru at the head of a swanky members-only retreat on San Juan Island. Until recently he’d been dating a rock star. This irritating fact was just too natural and made the bile rise in Dylan’s throat. Matthias had been way out of Dylan’s league in college and now was even more so. Mysterious, powerful, and apparently up to no good.
Why else would Amanda Arno, Dylan’s senior editor, instruct him to dig up any photo he could of the reclusive businessman? There weren’t many.
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Matthias: Order of the Black Knights ~ Release date November 2, 2016
From Louisiana swamp rat to revivalist huckster to skilled con artist, Matthias Krall clawed his way out of poverty using his natural gifts of grift and manipulation to become the leader of an exclusive retreat center. Exploiting the guise of spiritual guru, Matthias seduces the rich and powerful into turning over their lives and fortunes to his control. But wealth and a small cadre of loyal followers can’t protect Matthias from the betrayal he knows is imminent. Everyone wants what Matthias has, except for one man who wants to destroy it. Dylan Connelly is a reporter who’s determined to prove the charismatic recluse is not only a fraud but a murderer.
Irresistibly drawn to Dylan despite the warnings in his gut, Matthias lures Dylan to his island retreat, determined to destroy his enemy once and for all.
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Order of the Black Knights
Every century has seen its knights, but they are not always seen. Some of them do what must be done—getting their hands dirty when no one else is willing. Assassins and antiheroes who work from the shadows, they are called the Black Knights. From the time of the society’s creation in the 1100s, these men are cursed to repeat their lives of bloodshed. But for each knight, there is one who can bring out the man that waits inside and break the cycle. The question is whether or not the knight will kill his true love before he figures it out.
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“This irritating fact was just too natural”
Oooh! What is not to hate! Love the premise of your story, Alexis. Sounds like this is going to get REALLY messy! Can’t wait for more.
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Haha, sounds like Dylan has a real chip on his shoulder. I’m sure this will go splendidly!
Glad you escaped the coast before things got crazy!
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Envy/jealousy and now revenge while he works. Wow! Good scene. Exciting.
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Mystery and intrigue with rock star-dating thrown in for good measure! Quite an enticing set up…
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Up to no good? Well, I’m sure he’ll find out sooner or later. Very intriguing! 🙂
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Great setup. This has the makings of an intriguing story.
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I’m hooked! Love it
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“Mysterious, powerful, and apparently up to no good.” Sounds like the perfect romance hero.
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Well, rock stars have to date someone, right? 😀
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All the right stuff. This should get good.
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Oooo I like Matthias already! Great snippet!
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Intriguing snippet, very intriguing, and I can see why Dylan has doubts about this instruction.
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Glad you managed to avoid the hurricane, hmm, sounds like the Univerese might have been trying to tell you something about missing Snippet Sundat! 🙂
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