Today's six are from the opening of Summer's Wolf. The second book in the Westervelt series. Please make sure to check out all the 6 Sunday entries here! Death.
Someone inside her parents’ house was dead.
Summer Morrison shut the front door with a thud and covered her nose and mouth with her hands. She tried not to gag. The stench of rotten flesh permeated through her hands, into her nasal passages and then coursed around her bloodstream. Her heart pounded and her stomach churned as its contents threatened to make an undesired reappearance.
A great six. I love the cover, so hot!
ReplyDeleteAwesome six! You described the stench so well I went outside for some fresh air. Thank you for a great snippet.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great opening! Fabulous six! :)
ReplyDeleteI was about to eat breakfast o.O Not sure now...lol...very descriptive six!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully graphic and nasty description! Am so with Summer right now. Well done.
ReplyDeleteUh-oh! Well-chosen six. I'm hooked!
ReplyDeleteShe is brave - I would not go in! Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteOh nasty - yet knowing what comes next hurts my heart! Great six Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteAwful to "know" before you walk in that something terrible is inside. Great tension!
ReplyDeleteThat is a creepy beginning. And as someone who works in a mortuary...there is nothing in this world that smells worse than a bad decomp.
ReplyDeleteVery vivid and great opening! :-)
ReplyDeleteMy stomach is roiling right there with her. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove the cover and great six.
ReplyDeletevery realistic 6. I liked it
ReplyDeleteJeez. I feel like gagging for her. *hork*
ReplyDeletePowerful decsription.
ReplyDeleteOh jeez, this is totally one of those 'no, don't go in there' moments, and I'm cringing before she's even found the corpse.
ReplyDeleteThis is very unsettling! You captured the mood and the emotions really well
ReplyDeleteUrgh! Wonderful writing.
ReplyDeleteGreat opening, You've described her reactions perfectly.
ReplyDeleteOh, bleurgh! A powerful start!
ReplyDeleteSo vivid. I could almost smell it myself. Great six Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteGreat. You really engaged all the senses here. Incredible six!
ReplyDeleteWow. Fantastic six. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery powerful description.
ReplyDeleteTense. Great description. You pegged her reaction to a T.
ReplyDeleteUgh! You've definitely got a vivid way with words.
ReplyDeleteUh-oh, bad news on the way, and in her parents' house, very, very bad. Powerful cliffhanger!
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