February 16, 2020
Ugh. What a rough
week. I've been battling some wicked-bad insomnia lately and I hate walking
around like a zombie and trying to catch some much needed rest whenever I can.
Not a fun time.
I did have a wonderful
revelation on Thursday, which was my youngest's eighteenth birthday. To date,
the husband and I have successfully raised three offspring to adulthood. Now to
get her through prom and graduation then off to college. LOL
Slow week for
television, mainly due to the insomnia. I caught a full arc of Classic Who and had a thought… the
Daleks have been around for a long, long time. Just saying.
Got back into Gargoyles and watched a couple of episodes.
The second season is super long and it'll be a while before I get through all
of the various stories.
Watched a few
episodes of Danger Man. This is
pretty much a rewatch of the series for me, but it's nice to have a
thirty-minute show to sink into while I'm doing dishes or cooking dinner.
Caught an episode
of Murdoch Mysteries and finally
discovered what would happen with the neighbors. I'd forgotten about the hotel
detective and his mad vendetta against Murdoch. All in all, a satisfying
wrap-up to the storyline. Sadly, the widow might end up rearing her vengeful
head at some point in the series. That should be interesting.
I watched another
episode of Arrow and I can honestly
say I'm impressed with Stephen's performance. He brings the emotional element
to the screen every episode. That said, he mentioned in an interview that
Emily's decision to not be involved in most of season eight made the show feel
kind of wrong (absolutely paraphrasing here) because Felicity is the heart of
the show and no Felicity means no heart. I totally get that. But… it's kind of
cool to see the reunions Oliver is having with people from his past. Talia and
Thea teaming up could be a show on its own, especially if Nyssa got involved at
some point. Just saying. Also really interesting to see what's going on in the
futurescape, especially with the twist at the end of the episode.
Getting ready to
start an episode of Riverdale and
watch the premiere episode of Strike
Back's final season. I also plan to watch the Passionflix original, The Will sometime this week. Looking
forward to some great screen time.
That's it for
television this week. Tonight's post is from Zipline and Sinker, a South of the
Border novella.
Here's the
mini-blurb:
Vaughn Dyson is a relic hunter who goes out of her way to
save old treasures and preserve their place in history. But when Faulkner Roush
gets word she's trying to smuggle a priceless artifact out of South America, he
has to track her down before a rival, out for profit, group gets to her.
And a snippety peek…
Faulkner Roush answered the phone
after checking the screen. "Yo, Vail. How's the quiet life treating
you?" His buddy had gone and found the woman of his dreams and finally
settled down.
Something Faulk envied… even if
he'd had his shot. Too bad the woman Faulk wanted didn't do the whole stay in
one place thing.
Vail gave a short answer.
"Good." Then he dropped a bomb. "Someone put a target on
Vaughn's back and the payoff is in the six-digit range."
So, it finally happened. Vaughn
Dyson, otherwise known as the woman who never stayed in one place, had pissed
someone off enough for them to eliminate her. Faulk shouldn't give a damn.
She'd pretty much told him to fuck off the last time he'd seen her.
But he did give a damn.
Putting Vail on speaker, Faulk
headed for his bedroom. "Where is she?" He grabbed his go-bag and
checked it over.
Vail sighed. "Intel's
sketchy, but she's somewhere in…" He rattled off coordinates for an area.
"I know. It's a lot of land mass to cover."
Faulk keyed in the digits and
snorted. "Yeah, it is. Remote and hard to navigate." He knew the
region well. "Who put the bounty on her?" He'd have to know who in
order to know what to expect.
Vail didn't hesitate. "Bishop
Cramer." He snarled the name, no doubt because he'd had a run in or two
with the black market kingpin.
Faulk growled. "Fuck. It
figures." Dammit, Vaughn.
Only Vaughn would get trapped in
such a crappy place with a price on her head issued by the man who probably
hated her more than most. If his goon squad got her, no one would ever find the
body—
Vail broke into Faulk's musings.
"Look, I can get free and meet you. I can also call Lars and Hayden, see
if they can help—"
Faulk shook his head. "No
need." While he'd welcome the assist—after all, Lars owed Faulk for saving
his life after a nasty meet-up with a knife—he'd travel lighter and quieter
alone.
Searching his memory, he scrolled
a little further on the map, zooming in to get a better look and—bingo—he found
what he needed.
Faulk tapped the screen. "I
might need a place to regroup after I get her out. Is the offer to visit still
open?"
Vail's confusion came through
when he answered. "Uh, always. It sounds like you already know where
you'll find her."
Faulk snorted. "Not the
precise location… but I do know exactly where to look."
A little mission not far from an
abandoned excavation site. Working with Vaughn gave him a slight advantage—he
knew her thought processes—but Cramer's men wouldn't take long to track her
down. Faulk had maybe twenty-four hours before she'd be in the red zone of
their sites.
If
she's not already.
Vail wished Faulk luck and ended
the call.
Faulk hit the ground running,
called in several favors, and planned to be parachuting back into Vaughn's life
in just over six hours.
I love this little adventure
romance series. Faulk will get to visit with at least one other couple from the
other books and Vaughn will make some new friends.
That's it for this
week. Happy reading!
Skylin
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