Thrills and Chills

Today is The Thrill of it All Blogfest, hosted by Tara Tyler and Heather M. Gardner. The point of the fest is to thrill fellow hoppers with your own personal brand of thrillage.

My entry is an excerpt from my latest novel, but before I give you that, I want to share some other thrilling news---to the left you will see the newly revealed cover of Hold Tight by Cherie Colyer. Hold Tight is the upcoming sequel to Embrace, a fabulous YA novel that has also gotten a brand new cover! Click on either image to see them bigger and get all the wonderful info. on these books. Congratulations, Cherie!

For my blogfest entry, you'll see that I definitely went for thrills via chills. Here is an excerpt from Divine Temptation:

Strings of vomit spilled out the sides of Tommy's mouth. The demon was trying to get out. A flash of fear ripped through Maggie, and then eased. Everything was going to be okay. She could take the pain from this child. She had the ability. All she needed to do was open up to accept the spirit into herself instead. She’d be a savior. As an adult, she’d be much better able to handle the gifts this being would bestow upon her. Of course a stupid child had failed to deliver. But she wouldn’t. She was so much more worthy than this sniveling creature and his insipid parents clutching their trinkets. As if those could ever save them.

Maggie gasped. These thoughts weren’t hers. She shot her gaze desperately at Monsignor Sarto and saw that his eyes were opened, watching her with an odd expression of expectation.

Below is the list of fellow Thrill Hoppers, but before you go, I'd love it if you'd click over to my new page where I talk (spoiler-free) about the original ending to Divine Temptation---which was far different than what made it into print. I also offer you an opportunity to get a pdf copy of it. [Hint: Some of you have already earned that right. ;)]