Foreshadow of Things to Come

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Gianna Thomas

Well, I am done with Elizabeth Bennet’s Bad Days

Okay, so I am almost done with corrections from Kay Springteen’s edit. The book should publish by next week, and I feel that this one is the best variation I’ve written so far. Hopefully, the public will agree.

At any rate, although I’ve given you all several chapters, I have not mentioned The Foreshadow of Things to Come. I don’t do Prologues. My Foreshadows are actually a small piece of the story: short and to the point.

Please read on.

Foreshadow of Things to Come

Darcy was almost to Oakham Mount when he heard a young woman give a scream of terror. Quickly locating the source, he saw a splash of yellow on the ground and a woman on horseback nearly trampling the person trapped on her back at the horse’s feet.

Taking his whip to Centaur, they arrived just in time to see Miss Bingley swing her whip at the ground. Filled with rage that Bingley’s sister would attack someone helpless to defend herself, he set Centaur so that he would knock Baron to the side giving Darcy a chance to stop Caroline’s attack.

Darcy was taking a great chance in what he was trying to execute, but he knew his horse would never step on someone helpless on the ground. Between Centaur and himself they succeeded in knocking Baron to the side without knocking him off his feet.

Darcy then grabbed Miss Bingley’s whip and laid it on Baron’s rump, making him jump and begin running away from the person on the ground. He then snapped the whip in two and threw it away.

He did not follow Miss Bingley as he knew she was an adept rider and would soon have Baron under control, but not before Darcy could jump down and see whether or not the woman on the ground was severely injured.

What he found broke his heart.

17 responses to “Foreshadow of Things to Come”

  1. mcmcbrayer Avatar
    mcmcbrayer

    I definitely want to read this. Will it be on ku?

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    1. Gianna Thomas Avatar
      Gianna Thomas

      I’m delighted I caught your interest. I am thinking about putting it on Kindle Unlimited but not when it first publishes.

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      1. Michael B Avatar
        Michael B

        To let you know what my practice is: I always read the book in KU first, and then if I wish to read it again, I buy it. That way the author gets a bit from KU and then a bit more from the sale of the book. I generally don’t risk buying a book without knowing I like it (I reread books frequently).

    2. Amy D Zelenka Avatar
      Amy D Zelenka

      I can’t wait to read this!!!

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      1. Gianna Thomas Avatar
        Gianna Thomas

        Thank you. I appreciate that, Amy. I hope to get it published this week but don’t know when KDP will follow through. If not this week, should be no later than next week. I’m excited about it too. 🙂

  2. fnev23e6b6c4d52 Avatar
    fnev23e6b6c4d52

    Wow. I am really looking forward to reading this. I will keep an eye out for it. Thanks for the teaser! -Neville

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  3. Gianna Thomas Avatar
    Gianna Thomas

    You’re quite welcome, Neville. I love writing or saying something that catches people’s attention in a good way. 🙂

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  4. Hollis Avatar
    Hollis

    I want it now!!! Do you hear me Gianna Thomas?#$%%&^%

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    1. Gianna Thomas Avatar
      Gianna Thomas

      Me too, Hollis. I have worked on it until my eyeballs are falling out. Do you think I should have an Epilogue #2 concerning what happens to Wickham?

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  5. cindie snyder Avatar
    cindie snyder

    Nice teaser! Sounds really interesting and intriguing!

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    1. Gianna Thomas Avatar
      Gianna Thomas

      Thank you, Cindie. I hope everybody enjoys it. I loved writing it.

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  6. Lois Stacey Avatar
    Lois Stacey

    Wow love this bit. It was an email. Sorry to say I am a total duffer with computers, so all those lovely bits and pieces that pop up I devour assiduously, then can’t find the rest. Still hopefully I will know when the full book is released. My only fault is I dislike Caroline being good at anything. An adequate rider, but one with no really feeling for the animal she rides

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  7. Gianna Thomas Avatar
    Gianna Thomas

    I’m delighted that you love this Foreshadow, Lois. I’m not the best with computers either, so I fully understand. As to the characters in this book, I tweeked their personalities just a little, and Caroline Bingley could be a better person, but she’s not. 🙂

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  8. Kirstin Odegaard Avatar
    Kirstin Odegaard

    Great teaser, Gianna. I love the last line. Congratulations! I know that feeling of reading it until your eyeballs are falling out.

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    1. Gianna Thomas Avatar
      Gianna Thomas

      Thank you, Kirstin. I’ve been working on this book off and on for four years. It’s also the most difficult fiction I have done because the plot could have gone several different directions and that was part of the delay in getting it published. My “Stress Management for the 21st Century” was the most difficult of the non-fiction that I have written. It turns out that I miss working on both books, but now I am deciding what my next variation will be about. I am planning to do at least two per year so I won’t be forgotten. 🙂

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      1. Kirstin Odegaard Avatar
        Kirstin Odegaard

        Two a year is a great goal.

        How interesting that you have a nonfiction line, too. We all need pointers in stress management.

        I understand your feelings. It can be such a struggle when you’re in it, but then you miss working on that piece. Sometimes that in between time is intimidating–finding the next project and getting it rolling.

        Good luck with the next adventure!

  9. Gianna Thomas Avatar
    Gianna Thomas

    Thank you, Kirstin.

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