Welcome to another round of Weekend Writing Warriors, the blog hop where a bunch of really awesome writers share excerpts from their work in ten lines or less. I’ve been sharing from Matthias: Order of the Black Knights, due to hit the virtual shelves on November 2nd. Dylan, a reporter, discovers he’s been assigned to help investigate an old acquaintance of his, Matthias Krall. Matthias was a mystery man back in college, and things haven’t changed much. (For previous snippets, click here and here.)
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Matthias kept a low profile even while he mingled with jet-setters. Most of the photos Dylan uncovered were thanks to tabloid coverage of Matthias’s brief affair with Jason Vaughn. A few others showed him with senators, CEOs, and movie stars. All were incidental. Matthias was never the focus of the shot, merely a bystander.
Dylan had lost track of Matthias, had tried to put him out of his mind, but now that Amanda had stirred the slumbering coals of his obsession, he was determined to find out what he couldn’t back in college. Who was Matthias, and what the hell was he up to?
As a journalism major and stalker-in-training, Dylan had quickly discovered that, although Matthias attended classes, he wasn’t a registered student at UW. That was as far as Dylan’s research got. Matthias had disappeared from campus and from Dylan’s life, until now.
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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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Great snippet. And the premise sounds fascinating.
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Ooh, i wonder if he’s going to like what he finds out? Matthias sounds like an intriguing guy.
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Mmmm, what an intriguing mystery you’ve laid out in this snippet, Alexis! I wonder too… 🙂
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“although Matthias attended classes, he wasn’t a registered student at UW”
Now that is a red flag, if ever! Good luck on your release.
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You have a lot of suspense going on here. Very intriguing.
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OK I’m hooked! This sounds very intriguing! Great snippet and blurb.
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Great background into these two characters. Very intriguing! 🙂
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Great snippet, I look forward to more
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Ooo mysterious. I want to know more!
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Very mysterious – I’m looking forward to finding out more!
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I’m enjoying Dylan’s efforts to get to the bottom of the story! Great snippet…
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Love how you conflate ‘journalism major’ and ‘stalker’. Sounds like he could make a good paparazzo.
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“Stalker-in-training,” huh? I suspect he may find it too easy to let his curiosity get the better of him. That doesn’t always end well!
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