Cliff Hanger Saturday is a place where you can post your favorite "cliff hangers" of all time or just good writing at the end of the scene. (if not your own work, please give credit to the author and the book.) We all know, a scene should not end with anyone going to sleep. YAWN. But sometimes we see this. If the characters go to sleep, so do we.
So share favorites or write one here.
I have been posting excerpts for advertising and Rogue Phoenix Press. If you are writing an excerpt for something make sure that excerpt ends making the reader turn the page and read on. Do we want the reader up all night? Of course we do.
Here is a cliff hanger from Safari Moon by Christine Young writing as Ann Christine.
He
pulled his hand back and rested it on her hip. She rolled onto her back. With
the movement, his hand slid across her hip until his fingers lay on her
stomach. Her eyes still closed, she made a sleepy sound, her hand coming to
settle on his own.
“Solo?”
she asked in a soft sexy voice. “Wouldn’t you like to come to bed?
Since I'm finishing up edits to the fourth book of my LEGACY series, I'll share a cliffhanger from that book, titled CHASING THE LEGACY.
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Silence settled between them, and soon Layla heard Grady's gentle, even breathing--the sign of an exhausted sleep. With tousled hair and smudges of soot on his face from the fires, he seemed more like a little boy than a man who sought out explosives for a living.
Soon Tallie appeared with a quilt over her arm. She tucked it around Grady and kissed his cheek. Always the mom and, again, Layla felt a pang of envy.
"May I bring you a blanket?"
Layla shook her head. "I'm going inside in a few minutes."
But she didn't. When the sun peeked over the eastern horizon, she had cuddled up against Grady and burrowed under his blanket.
His arm stretched along the back of the settee over her shoulders and he smiled shyly at her. "I won't tell your pop if you don't tell my mom."
Her belly did a funny little somersault as a grin formed on her face. "It's a deal."
He kneaded the muscles in his neck. "I need to get back to town."
Then he stood and tucked the blanket around her, much as Tallie had done for him earlier. "Welcome home, Layla."
Her breathing quickened as he leaned close to her. Was he going to kiss her? Was she going to let him?
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May love fill all your days!
-Amber Angel