WICKED WEDNESDAY
Please welcome Barb Caffrey to Wicked Wednesday because we all love a little wicked.
Sometimes, we all
like to be wicked.
Really. We do.
The thing is, we
don't necessarily like to admit to it. Not when we're out paying bills, or
being responsible, or making sure the kids in our lives get their teeth
brushed.
When my late
husband and I worked on the Elfy duology together (at that time one book; now,
it's AN ELFY ON THE LOOSE and A LITTLE ELFY IN BIG TROUBLE), we knew that
everyone loved a villain. But we weren't sure at first what to do in order to
get that villain across.
Enter Dennis the
Dark Elf Priest. (Soon shortened to Dennis, the Dark Elf, as writing "Dark
Elf Priest" all the time became too much for us to bear.) Dennis was a
nasty cuss who hated anyone who wasn't a Dark Elf, but was masquerading as a
human priest in order to stir up as much trouble as he could. (If you're
thinking, "That Dennis really is a menace," you're right. I even said
so at one point in the book!) He planned on sacrificing at least one Elfy (a
race of short magicians, none above four feet two inches tall) at Beltaine,
otherwise known as May Day, because he wanted power. And he didn't care about
any repercussions – for example, the fact that most humans know nothing about
magic, and would be upset to find out about it, after he'd killed someone in
cold blood in front of them at a major church festival, didn't even enter his
mind.
Our hero, Bruno
the Elfy, is in love with Sarah, a mostly human teenager. He is good all
through, but as a teen himself, he doesn't particularly realize it.
I'm sure you can
tell where this is going, but I'll spell it out: in A LITTLE ELFY IN BIG
TROUBLE, Dennis's aim is to capture Sarah. Because she has power, and is partly
of the Elfy race. And if he sacrifices her, he'll gain more for himself.
But in the
interim, he's got another Elfy to sacrifice. And that person is Bruno's teacher
Roberto the Wise. The only other person Bruno cares deeply about…and the person
who took Bruno's place at the sacrificial table by way of a ruse.
First, here's a
blurb for you telling you what A LITTLE ELFY IN BIG TROUBLE is about:
Bruno the Elfy has lived through
much since he was sent to Northern California. And while he's freed himself
from enslavement, his Elfy mentor has been taken by an evil Dark Elf—and his
mostly-human fiancée, Sarah, is also at risk.
Can young love, desperation, and
great unexpected power win out despite it all?
I hope this will
whet your interest! But in case you want more right now, how about an excerpt?
(Dennis has to be wicked enough for any three others, so hopefully he's a good
choice for Wicked Wednesday!)
## Excerpt follows
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"Now is the day of
reckoning," Dennis said briskly, rubbing his hands over the top of the
sacrificial table. It looked to be rough-hewn marble. An auric stench permeated
it, which made Bruno wonder just what—or who—Dennis had sacrificed recently. Bruno
offered up a prayer for the unknown innocent's soul just in case.
"What day of reckoning, Dark
Elf?" Sarah retorted. "All I see is you, my father—Daddy, how could
you do this?—and some of your buddies
causing trouble."
"The Elfy presence on Earth will
be eradicated," Dennis growled. "Starting with this—" he pointed
to Roberto "—then we'll get to you. And maybe we'll even kill your mother.
How's that for 'what day of reckoning?'" he finished silkily.
"You'll never get away with
this," Sarah said, tears coursing down her cheeks.
"Not only will I get away with
it," Dennis corrected her, "I have some of my people out searching
for your Elfy boyfriend. When we get him, our work will be
complete."
"You'll never find him,"
Sarah said. "And Daddy, I hate you! I repudiate you!"
Thomas turned away from Sarah with
a smug, self-satisfied smile on his face. Bruno had never hated anyone more
than he hated Thomas in that instant. That hatred kept him from thinking much
about Dennis's statement, which was probably just as well.
He was already
scared enough as it was.
Links for A LITTLE
ELFY IN BIG TROUBLE:
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-little-elfy-in-big-trouble-barb-caffrey/1123003283
Three sample
chapters are available at my publisher, Twilight Times Books: http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/ElfyinBigTrouble_ch1.html
And a few links
for me!
My blog: https://elfyverse.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barb.caffrey.1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarbCaffrey
Thank you so much for having me, Brenda! I truly appreciated being part of Wicked Wednesday, and I hope everyone will understand why Dennis the Dark Elf is definitely wicked! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here. You're welcome back in the future!
DeleteWaving hello to Barb! :) Excited to see you here.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping in, Kayelle.
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