Welcome to Rainbow Snippets and Snippet Sunday! Today, Nicolas loses his temper…
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Piter watched him, a sneer lifting his ripe lips. “It won’t save them, Jamie. We can get into any house we want, whenever we wish. Truth, my dear Nicolas of Myra?”
Nico replied, his voice low, menacing, “Bastardo. Silenzio, Knecht Ruprecht, dark helper, before I stuff you up a chimney.”
Piter laughed. “Ho, ho! Not such a saint after all, my love. Careful, or our dear Jamieson here will start wondering about you.”
NICOLAS
Dreamspinner Press Amazon ARe Books
Betrayed by a lover, Jamie rents an isolated cabin on Lake Huron, wanting only to be left alone. Instead, he is pulled from his solitary existence as an artist and tumbles headlong into the legend of Saint Nicolas.
As a young man, Nicolas accidentally killed a man intent on murdering three children, only to have the man’s malicious spirit rise up against him. Fleeing through the centuries from the Krampus, the evil troll-like creature that dogs his steps, Nico finds refuge with the young artist who takes him into his home and bed. But Jamie has questions. Who is Nicolas, and why does the Krampus want to destroy him?
When the Krampus begins to torment and torture anyone Nico comes in contact with to punish him, Jamie’s life is put in danger. And Jamie isn’t sure whether he can help Nico defeat his nemesis or if he’s merely a pawn in the Krampus’s game.
Dianne Hartsock 
I like that he gives Piter what for. Great snippet, Dianne. 🙂
I loved the chimney line! Great snippet.
I love the way you’re playing with the legends and folklore here 🙂
I love the chimney line and the reply of Nico not being such a saint. Great snippet!
Is it wrong that i think Nico losing his temper is kinda hot?
Great snippet, Dianne! 🙂
That does seem ominous (say I, as I give my chimney a sideways glance). Great snippet!
Really loved that last line
🙂 A fun snippet! Nico is… Interesting. And hot.
Very intriguing, I like the banter between them! 🙂
Oh those ripe lips…
Love the chimney insult to Piter! Great snippet, as always. I’m very hooked on this book, it’s just an interesting storyline.
Interesting snippet. I have to agree, with the others. I like the chimney insult. 🙂
I think it’s good that Piter is here to have things move forward a bit.
Love the interplay between the two of them.