{"id":8283,"date":"2020-02-29T19:07:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T00:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8283"},"modified":"2020-02-29T19:07:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T00:07:49","slug":"ari-tobias-weekendwritingwarriors-8sunday-sciencefictionromance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8283","title":{"rendered":"Ari Tobias &#8211; #weekendwritingwarriors #8sunday #sciencefictionromance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/wewriwa.blogspot.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cWrW5h1cKkY\/UQaGUcSiNeI\/AAAAAAAABAA\/UxDMpIoXpJk\/s1600\/wewriwa_button.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nIn the WeWriWa blog hop, writers share 8-10 sentences from one of their stories.<\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s snippet left off with a cool, detached high priest meeting Selena and Elspeth at the temple gate. This week&#8217;s snippet continues the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/covercomingsoon.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>He didn\u2019t smile, but his expression wasn\u2019t unpleasant. \u201cWelcome. I\u2019m Ari Tobias. I\u2019ll give you a tour of the temple and training grounds.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m Selena, this is Elspeth, and these are our guards, Franklin and Grant. It\u2019s a pleasure to meet you.\u201d She smiled warmly and Ari Tobias\u2019s lips flicked upward almost unnaturally. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>His gaze traveled carefully over the priestesses and the guards before he glanced at Judith. \u201cThank you for delivering our guests, sister.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou\u2019re welcome.\u201d Judith nodded and left.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About Warrior Priest<\/p>\n<p>(Science Fiction Romance)<\/p>\n<p>What happens when a warrior priest from a strict religion meets a free-spirited priestess from a new age commune?<\/p>\n<p>Jade and Selena are as different as two people can be, but to facilitate an alliance between their worlds, they engage in a cultural exchange. With their galaxy in danger from a planet that wants to conquer or destroy all others, they realize the importance of their assignment, but it is difficult for a warrior priest and a nonviolent priestess to understand each other.<\/p>\n<p>Selena is both attracted and appalled by his old school masculinity, and Jade is tempted to break his vow of celibacy until marriage due to his powerful desire for her. Will this unlikely pair not only find common ground, but unconditional love?<\/p>\n<p>Coming in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read snippets from other authors in the Weekend Writing Warriors Blog hop <a href=\"http:\/\/wewriwa.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the WeWriWa blog hop, writers share 8-10 sentences from one of their stories. Last week&rsquo;s snippet left off with a cool, detached high priest meeting Selena and Elspeth at the temple gate. This week&rsquo;s snippet continues the scene. &nbsp; He didn&rsquo;t smile, but his expression wasn&rsquo;t unpleasant. &ldquo;Welcome. I&rsquo;m Ari Tobias. 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