Saturday Snippet: Pigs Will Fly This Week

The following snippet is from my latest book, 

Nissa, 

from the series, 

The Widows of Wildcat Ridge.

          Mortimer dropped all pretense of joviality and leaned forward with a menacing stance. “It is you I want to strip bare of that peasant sack you are wearing, Mrs. Stillwell. I want you dressed in a fetching green evening gown to entertain gentlemen who will appreciate your assets at my salon.” Mortimer narrowed his eyes and smiled with a salacious expression on his face. “You know the one I mean, Mrs. Stillwell. You flaunted yourself before me the night your late husband brought me home for supper in hopes of him securing a raise from me.”

          Nissa felt her flesh crawl. She knew the gown of which he spoke. The one time she wore it, the ice green silk skirt draped lavishly across her front before it gathered into a bustle made of three layers of flounces. The tight, cut-low bodice and off-the-shoulder sleeves displayed far too much skin for her tastes. James, having understood his employer’s tastes, had insisted she buy and wear it for the very purpose the reprobate before her stated.

          “You left it in the house when you moved out, Mrs. Stillwell. I saved it, knowing I and my guests would want to see you in it again. Now, let’s not be foolish by claiming any false sense of propriety. Your husband owed me money, he’s dead, and it is up to you to make up my loss. I want you in my Gentlemen Only Salon entertaining customers to pay for your late husband’s—indiscriminate spending, shall we say? It is only fitting, don’t you think, since part of what he owes me is for services he availed himself of at the very establishment where I expect you to work off his debts?”

          Nissa snorted. “When pigs fly.”

          “This is the week pigs will fly, Mrs. Stillwell.”

Nissa now on preorder. The publication date is October 15, 2018. To view the book description and purchase, PLEASE CLICK HERE.