My Lucky Charmer is now LIVE! The PDF link is at the bottom of this post.
Paperback Writer had this awesome idea she called PBW’s e-Book Challenge. The basic idea behind PBW’s challenge was to write a story, create the cover art for it and put the story on the web for readers to read for FREE.
I thought it was a great concept, so I joined in the fun. Below you’ll find the “cover” I created for my story, an excerpt and also a link to a downloadable PDF file so you can read the rest of MY LUCKY CHARMER!
I hope you enjoy it!
Patrice
Excerpt from MY LUCKY CHARMER
Copyright (c) 2006 Patrice Michelle. All rights reserved.
Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to be going right and then suddenly it all turns around? I’ve had one of those years.
My life took a turn in the right direction the day after I ditched a date with one of my co-worker’s friends. I met Mr. Too-Sexy-and-Debonair-for-Words a year ago at Sandy’s 3rd annual Halloween
party.
“Come meet Zane.” Sandy’s excited voice hit an octave I didn’t know existed as she grabbed my hand and jerked me away from an enlightening conversation about vampire costumes.
“Using cement to hold on the fake fangs? Girl…that is soooo yesterday.”
“I can’t believe you didn’t know some people have their real teeth sharpened.”
“I’m not really dressed to impress a date, Sandy.” Once again, she was trying to interfere in my love life. Lovely.
“He’s in his thirties, er, I think,” she said, ignoring my comment.
When I thought about the last guy she `introduced’ me to—not my type—a devilish smile tugged at my lips. Tonight, I wore an outfit that screamed, “Bet you want to take me out to the fanciest restaurant in town, don’t ya, fella?” I mean, who wouldn’t want to take a woman out dressed to the nines in a glamorous Halloween costume of painted-
on oversized freckles, a coat hanger holding her long, red braided pigtails straight out from either side of her head, dumpy overalls and bright red high-top tennis shoes?
Tugging me through the crowd, Sandy glanced back and grinned, “And best of all, he’s single.”
“Great. Thirties and single. Just when did my requirements for a man become so broad?” I mumbled.
Sandy stopped walking and pointed to a crowd of people.
“Are you talking about the tall guy with the sunglasses on?” I asked. Who the hell wears shades at night? Sandy tugged me onward until I stood in front of the best looking man I’d ever seen.
“Alex meet Zane. Zane, Alex.”
By the time he’d pulled off his glasses and hooked them on the vee in his shirt, my gaze traveled past his high polished knee-high black boots, over his thick, muscular thighs encased in black tight pants, up the long silver sword that hung off his trim hips, to his broad, tan chest showing through the loose ties on his white poet’s shirt. My heart raced as I took in every inch of his six feet four inch frame. My God, just where does this masterpiece end? I reached out to grab Sandy and whisper my thoughts but my hand swiped air instead. The traitor! She’d ditched me.
Note: While the language and content in this story probably falls in the “at least PG13″ range, I prefer you to be 18 or older to download this story.
Click the link below to read the rest…
After you’ve read the story, please come back and comment on my blog. I’d love to hear what you thought of my foray into first person point of view. 
(If your comment doesn’t show up right away, don’t worry. I have my comments on moderation due to crazy spammers. I’ll approve your comment when I get back on line.)
Thank you Patrice!! I’m gonna go download the rest now!! Its great to read an excerpt then can read the rest now. LOL.
Cool with the authors who did this. This one is the first i’ve seen!
I hope you enjoy it, Cathie. And check out the others at Paperback Writer’s blog! She’ll post the links to the stories tomorrow.
Great story Patrice. I saw your note over at RBL and came to check it out. Excellent!
I loved it!! The excerpt was great and the rest of the story was entertaining. Thank you!!
It is a great story!
I’ve got it downloaded. Looking forward to reading this! : D
Hi Chez! Thanks for checking it out. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Melissa, I’m thrilled you found it entertaining. It was a blast to write!
Thanks Chey!
Charlene,
I hope you really like the story. It’s my first FFPOV story and more humorous then my other books, but it was SO much fun to write.
I’m reading your story via the web. Valentine is yummy!
Hey Patrice. I sent the link to work and downloaded it there. It worked. Read it at lunch. Great story, loved it.
Hey Judy! I’m so glad you enjoyed My Lucky Charmer!
Patrice, it was great! Made me laugh more than once.
Glad you found Valentine yummy. ; )
Thanks, Charlene! I’m glad parts of it made you laugh.
Wow – that was a great story!!!!
Loved it – thanks for posting it!
It was the perfect Happy Halloween tale!!
Hey Sam! I’m thrilled you liked My Lucky Charmer. I had a blast writing it!
Another excellent story!
Yey! I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it, Suzanne!
Patrice, stopped on by due to note on PNR, glad I did. I loved your story! It was just the right combination of humor, romance and paranormal. Will there be more?
Hi Cat,
Thanks for stopping by and I’m so glad to hear how much you enjoyed My Lucky Charmer! This short story could easily be turned into a longer one so…we shall see if these characters talk me into telling the rest of their story.
Ok, don’t even ASK why it’s taken me this long to read this, lol.
But I really liked it! I would love to see it expanded into a full story or even a longer short.
Hey Katie! Thanks for stopping by. It’s always great to hear that people are liking this fun story. I had a blast writing it! And yes, I do think I’ll expand it. :yes:
[...] The rest of this year has been spent writing and writing and writing! I participated in Paperback Writer’s eBook challenge and challenged myself by writing a MY LUCKY CHARMER that was a bit of a departure from my normal style of writing. I also finished my first Nocturne novel RESURRECTION and am now almost done with my edits on it. I recently turned in a cowboy novella called ANTICIPATION to my publisher. Hopefully I’ll get the green light on that book soon. I have three more stories that are completed but need smoothing edits: two contemporary stories (SUSANNA’S SEDUCTION and SNOWBOUND) and a paranormal (TWIST OF FATE). And then there’s the book that wouldn’t let me sleep until I started it! I have a mainstream trilogy I’m working on–these books are high on my radar as they will follow a cool story that unfolds with lots of twists. I can’t wait to dig back into working on that first book in January, but that’ll be after I turn in my partial for my second Nocturne novel! [...]
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Thanks Sebrena! I’m glad you liked it. :yes:
I like a little tweak to a story (and loved yours)! And I thought it was great that Zane was willing to give Alex the time to grow emotionally before they are together again. What a second meeting!
Hi Sharon,
I’m thrilled you loved Zane and Alex’s story. It was such a blast to write! :yes:
[...] Ilona’s site. Jill’s site. Patrice’s site. Nalini’s site (scroll down to the Free Stories section). I don’t have any, because I used to spend all of my extra time writing *hackingcough* Wonder Woman fanfiction *hackingcough*. [...]
Wow, That was a great story. Is it really a book? Its so short! Or maybe it just seems that way because I got so caught up in it that I lost track of time. At any rate, I Googled for a paranormal romance and I got my fix. You are one heck of a writer!
Hi Jaydia,
My Lucky Charmer is considered a short story. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Did you ever write a sequel to My Lucky Charmer? It was good!