Here's an explosive sneak peak--and a cliffhanger from my January 1 release, LEGACY UNDER FIRE...
**Shifts in the
emergency room hadn't prepared Shiloh for triage on a site that looked like a
battlefield. She simply patched up bloody arms and faces as best she could with
limited supplies, then sent people on to a safe place.
Though shocked and hurting, the pioneer spirit of
these citizens was obvious in their stoic expressions and assistance in helping
their neighbors and the strangers who were in town for the news conference. In
a short time, the bandages and antiseptic Shiloh had crammed into her bag were
gone, leaving her searching the bottom of an empty bag for tape to close a gash
on someone's forehead.
"I'm going to get more supplies!" Shiloh
shouted to one of the EMTs.
She sprinted back across Celestial Creek
to her clinic, through the side door and upstairs where medical supplies were
stored. As she jerked open the door of the storage room, orange tongues of fire
roared toward her like the angry bellow of a giant beast intent on swallowing
her whole.
The gasp of surprise was ripped from her
throat as the force of the inferno threw her against the wall. Shiloh crumpled
to the floor, instinctively curling into a ball.
Stunned and gasping for breath, she lay
unmoving...
**Excerpt from LEGACY UNDER FIRE, copyright by Genene Valleau, writing as Genie Gabriel.
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