The writings and ramblings of Colette Saucier

Thank you to Close Encounters of the Night Kind and Natasha Blackthorne for arranging this wicked blog hop! We have over 220 participants with over 220 giveaways !  I will be giving away an eBook of my novel Pulse and Prejudice (international), plus my special Halloween giveaway is a DVD of Bram Stoker's Dracula (sorry - US and Canada only). Just  Follow my blog or leave a comment telling me how you enjoy this excerpt to enter. Runs through November 1st. Pulse and Prejudice retells Jane Austen’s classic love story from the perspective of Mr. Darcy but reimagines it with Darcy as a vampire.  The reader need only refer to Pride and Prejudice to gain Elizabeth Bennet’s point of view; however, as Miss Austen did not provide Elizabeth’s reaction after finding out his dark secret, I added a few scenes from her point of view to show her response. In this excerpt, Elizabeth has just dined with Mr. Darcy and his sister Georgiana. During dinner, Miss Darcy enter...

Welcome to the Hump Day Hook Hop for October 31, 2012! With this blog hop, each author posts one paragraph from a WIP or finished book for all to see. Then, it would be really cool if you could visit all the writers participating and comment on their paragraph! This romantic paragraph is from my current work in progress, Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth , the sequel to Pulse and Prejudice , the vampire adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story . Darcy felt a lump forming in his throat and a rock in his stomach as he watched his wife pour the dark, red, viscous liquid into his wine glass.  “What is this?” he struggled to say. She blinked back her confusion.  “It is blood.” “I know what it is,” his voice low and stern.  “What are you doing with it?” She still stood beside him, the amber coloured bottle in her hand until he wrenched it away from her and set it down on the table with a thud. “I thought we could… dine together.” Darcy resisted the urge to throw...

Welcome to the Hump Day Hook Hop for October 24, 2012! With this blog hop, each author posts one paragraph from a WIP or finished book for all to see. Then, it would be really cool if you could visit all the writers participating and comment on their paragraph! This romantic paragraph is from my current work in progress, Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth , the sequel to Pulse and Prejudice , the vampire adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story .    Crimson drops fell onto the white snow, staining it pink.  Darcy had not intended this – to drink from his wife – when he claimed his prize of a kiss after catching her as they raced through the hedge maze at Pemberley.  As had so often occurred in the span of their brief marriage, his tender kiss had escalated quickly into fervent ardour.  The laughter then in her eyes, his wife had taken hold of the lapels of his greatcoat and, falling back onto the snow, pulled him down with her.  As their k...

Click for the latest Hump Day Hooks from Colette Saucier . . . . With this blog hop, each author posts one paragraph from a WIP or finished book for all to see. Then visit all the writers participating and comment on their paragraph! Click here for the list of all the participants to visit for this Hump Day Hook!