Had a wild week with several work projects coming in hot and taxiing on the runway. Also had some wild weather, which isn't a big shock. We're supposed to be chilly again sometime next week, which I'm not looking forward to.
Very slow week of viewing. Between the work projects, weather, and an award ceremony for my daughter's university, I didn't get a lot watched.
I did get another episode of Pennyworth watched and, ugh, it kind of broke my heart. The fallout is not going to be pretty, I'm sure.
Watched one my very favorite episodes of Battlestar Galactica with "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down." Seriously, the acting in this episode is beyond stellar. The dinner party from hell has to be one of the funniest scenes in the entire series, which okay, might not be saying much because the subject matter of the series isn't always open to humor. But kudos to the writers for working it in whenever they could.
I also started a new episode of Wednesday and I'm definitely settling in and enjoying the wild ride. The snark is top notch and Wednesday's quest to find answers that keeps generating more questions intrigues me. I love this show.
And that's pretty much it for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from Drink Me, a sexy short bonus read featuring the characters from One Hot Mess.
Here's the mini-blurb:
A bottle of alcohol takes on the role of perpetrator in a couple's romp filled weekend. Both would swear the damn thing dared them to drink every last drop.
And a preview snippet…
Van poured another round. "Here's
to a brief moment of calm in our otherwise intense and blistering
schedule." He lifted his glass.
Eva smirked and raised hers.
"I'll drink to that." She let the alcohol slide down her throat.
Mesmerized, Van swallowed hard. He couldn't
get over seeing a different side to Eva. She never ceased to amaze him. In the
arena, she proved to be a stellar opponent, going after points with a warrior's
mindset. She dripped with sweat and often blood by the end of a match.
She'd transformed herself tonight
and he liked the sultry vixen she revealed. Who knew a veritable siren who
loved to flirt existed under the bravado and brash boldness of the athlete?
Well, he did … now.
Eva snapped her fingers. "Hey,
where'd you go? Please don't make me do something crazy like singing the latest
chart-topper…" She chuckled. "Or, even better, an old standby from
our grandparents' era." Her finger traced the rim of the tumbler.
Van's eyes widened. "You mean
one of those torch songs? The kind they always sang in the smoky jazz
clubs?" Color him shocked. "Those date back several centuries ago. How
come you're familiar with them?" Her costume made some much sense now.
Eva poured two more shots, the
bottle at the halfway mark. "My grandparents were mad for early twentieth-century stuff. Specifically, anything from the nineteen twenties through the
sixties." She shrugged. "Their love rubbed off on me."
Van shook his head. "Everything
old is new again. Mine loved stuff from even earlier, like the nineteenth century."
Hence his detective garb.
Eva flashed a quick smile.
"Amazing what you find out with a little conversation." She raised
her shot. "To all things retro, vintage, and really, really old." Her
lips twitched and she laughed.
Van got into the spirit. "Let's
throw in ancient and fossilized, too." He downed the vodka, welcoming the smooth
sting against his throat.
Eva let out another laugh, this one
loud and merry.
Mac returned. "You two are
having way too much fun over here. Need anything else?"
Van gave a quick back and forth.
"Nah, we're good. Discovering our grandparents share a weird affinity for
relics and antiques." And that Eva had an incredibly sexy laugh.
Van and Eva are a fun couple to write and this scene fills in a blank from their story, which I hope to finish up soon and get out there for all to read.
That's it for this
week. Catch everyone on the flipside.
ML Skye
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