I really enjoy writing secondary characters, and as a reader I appreciate when the writer has SC's that add spice and humor to a story. In For The Bite Of It – one of my sister's favorite charcters is Angelo – Vincent's vampire friend who loves to dress in wild fashions and is a cliche machine. He's campy, and yes, probably a little flaming, but he's a GOOD friend to Vincent. And has the fangs that has a mean bite if he hurts anyone close to him. You don't really see this behavior from him in our current book – but Vina and I plan to give him more 'air time' in the future releases.
Here's a taste of his personality:
Looking up he (Vincent) groaned as Angelo strolled through the bakery door. Vince cast his eyes to the heavens. Angela wore black jeans — surely stitched on, for no one could have pulled those on. A skin-tight lavender shirt with an outrageous black leopard-spot pattern fought for attention with a grey jacket. And to cap the ensemble, a purple silk scarf, carelessly wrapped around Angelo’s elegant neck, its trailing fringe bringing the eye straight to a bulging crotch.
“Just what I need,” muttered Vince, through gritted teeth.
“Alors ce qui s'est passé ici?” inquired Angelo.
“You’re not seriously asking me what happened, are you. And why are you speaking French. I know it might tax your mind to remember but we’re Italian.”
““I am a man of the world. Why so touchy, mon ami?” Angelo leaned against the door-jamb, twirling one end of his scarf in a dizzying up and down motion.
“What you are is minchione.” Angelo was anything but the fool Vince had called him. Yet you’d never guess it from looking at him. “Are you auditioning for Project Runway?”
Vince ran his gaze over Angelo’s outfit and hoped John didn’t choose this moment to walk into his bakery. How would he explain this peacock to the detective? “This is summer in Arizona, you know?”
“Non. You know I don’t feel temperatures. I tell my body it is not ‘ot and it is so. I am as cool as a cucumber.”
While he had a special place in his heart for his best friend, there were many, many days when he could have strangled him. With no regrets afterward. Vince turned his ire on Greg who had come back out of the kitchen to gawk at Angelo, delivery forgotten.
For the Bite Of It – Liquid Silver Books
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