June 25, 2023
Summertime specials
There’s a LOT going on around Elder Ridge, including MORE porch demo and repair. Yeah, we found more damage and I had to get more wood to fix it. Doing things in stages means it just takes a whole lot longer.
Working on Knight - Chase Payne’s story - and it’s flowing so well. I’m glad to be back in the Chess Club groove and writing these friends and their families.
Have you grabbed your preorder yet? Yes, I did move the date out because I needed a couple more weeks to get things done and done well, but it’s the next one up on the list. Check out the sample below and grab your copy here or here.
The boys have been enjoying the porch time and I’ve enjoyed being able to work out there sometimes. It’s hard being in any office - even a home office - when the weather is warm enough to be outside.
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Okay, so here’s the clip from Knight. Check it out:
Chasen Templeton Payne decided he needed to seriously reconsider some of his life choices. It was early morning, and he was in his truck as it sat in the parking lot behind the Lakeridge County sheriff’s office. It was a Monday, so he’d grabbed coffee for himself and a box of mixed pastries to bring in to the office as a way to sweeten his arrival as the Fucking New Guy.
He’d not been the FNG in a long, long time – and he’d never been the FNG in his hometown. All of this conspired to make him wonder what in the actual hell he was doing with his life that had brought him to this particular set of circumstances.
Yes, logically, he knew he was here because when your chosen family asks you to come help, you show up. He didn’t really have anything holding him in Raleigh, and a change of venue had, at the time, looked like a brilliant solution to his issues.
Now? Now he wasn’t so sure.
“Just suck it up, Chase, and get your ass in gear,” he said to himself. “But first, a donut.” He picked out a jelly filled and took a bite, then washed the sugar down with a swallow of coffee. Of course, that’s the exact moment when Lieutenant Cassidy Redbird walked in front of his truck, stopped, then turned to stare at him through the windshield.
He pictured what she saw – a big black man with a shaved head, moustache and goatee now covered with powdered sugar. His suit coat and collared shirt gave him a professional appearance – if you discounted the sugar dusting.
What he saw? A gorgeous woman with legs for miles, dressed in slacks, low-heeled boots, and a jacket that nipped in at the waist and flared over her hips. She had tawny skin, wide dark eyes, and silky black hair cut to chin length that slid across her jawline when she tipped her head. Then she smiled and Chase’s heart stuttered. Sure, he’d seen a picture of the woman, but in person? Her charisma and sense of presence knocked the wind out of him.
Cassidy arched one slender brow, then gave a soft laugh and approached his driver side door. A tap on the window and he lowered it with the hand he’d been brushing the sugar off of himself with.
“Lieutenant Redbird,” Chase said as the window sank out of the way. Damn, now he could smell the faintest hint of some light fragrance as the breeze fluttered the ends of her hair.
Hi! I’m TK Eldridge, a bestselling author of murder mysteries, romantic suspense, and supernatural stories. You can find all of my books at https://tkeldridge.com - and most of them at your favorite shops.
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