Sunday Snippet: First Time Ever Laid Eyes on You

Happy Father's Dayto the dads out there, including fur dads and mentors. We've got beautiful weatherafter a very soggy week.

My work projects arebringing me so much joy right now. The books are so amazing! Also heard fromone of my authors on two new stories he's got percolating right now. And I got atext message from one of my current authors that completely made my weekend. So… work is awesome right now.

Had a very goodviewing week. I ended up doubling up on a couple of shows because the moodstruck.

Ended up catchingtwo episodes of the Brokenwood Mysteries. Both were pretty great. Ithoroughly enjoyed meeting another one of Mike's ex-wives. And my heart kind ofbroke for him by the end of that episode. I'll probably finish out season ninethis week.

Finished the completerun of available Classic Who episodes. Have to say in retrospect, it'sweird how there have been seven doctors and only one master. That said, I'mactually kind of happy with how Seven's tenure ended. Not sure if I'll watchthe movie with Eight or just skip over to New Who. It might be a few weeksbefore I start that.

Caught the secondpart of Silent Witness. This two-parter ended up being very twisty and Iliked it. Looking forward to starting a new one this week.

Watched two episodesof Death in Paradise. I'm enjoying watching from the beginning inchronological order. It's nice to see how the original group came together.

Enjoyed thepenultimate episode of Only Murders in the Building. What a cool twistor three. Can't wait to watch the finale this week.

Caught anotherepisode of Classic Rugrats. This is my nostalgia show. I have so manygreat memories of watching this when my kiddos were little.

Watched an episodeof Peak Practice. Joanna breaks my heart sometimes. And we're nearingthe end of season nine when things don't go so well for her.

Continued my rewatchof Battlestar Galactica with a double-header of "Home Part I and II."These are two of my favorite episodes of season two. The fleet is brought back together,and the acting is stellar.

Enjoyed anotherepisode of Madame Blanc Mysteries. Very interesting development at theend. I have a feeling I'll either love or hate the twist.

That's pretty muchit for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from First Time Ever LaidEyes on You, a novella that brings two polar opposites together.

Here's themini-blurb:

Nadia Blunt takes one look at Bart Uppermark and decidesthey'll make a great team in the air and on the ground. But when Bart showszero interest in working together—she takes too many risks for his comfortzone—Nadia pulls out all the stops and proves him wrong.

And a sneaky peek…

Bart stood toe-to-toe with Nadia."I haven't dismissed you yet, lieutenant." She didn't get to leavejust yet.

No matter how pissed off she mightbe.

Nadia snapped to attention butremained silent. Rigid shoulders. Back ramrod straight. All taut anger andcoiled tension.

What a woman! Just a little on theinsane side, but the best natural pilot I've ever flown with.

And he wanted her. Theunbidden idea popped into his brain and took up residence. Wanting her as hiswingman oddly became almost an afterthought.

Bart made a slow circle aroundNadia, trying to formulate a response to her outburst. "Am I to understandyou're taking yourself out of contention to be reassigned with me?"He wouldn't stand for that at all.

She kept her eyes straightahead. "Fairly sure I made myself clear … sir." She all but spit thesign of respect for his higher rank out.

Bart bit the inside of his cheek.Her smart mouth amused the hell out of him. Which shouldn't happen but heenjoyed her open candor.

He came to a stop in front of her."I see." He sighed. "Unfortunately, that doesn't work for me."He couldn't accept her decision.

Her gaze shifted, finally landingon him. "Excuse me? Why the hell not?" She shook her head. "Youwere out there with me. I sucked. Worst I've flown in well … ever." Sheglanced away then back again, refusing to do anything but own her horrible testflight.

He cracked a smile. "And yet,you're still the best pilot I've flown with in…" He twisted her words backon her. "Well … ever." Including Mallet who'd been a kick-ass pilot.

She blinked. "I'm sorry.What?" She shook her head, clearly confused.

He pointed to the chair at thedesk. "You heard me. At ease, Lieutenant. We've got some issues to workthrough here." He moved around the desk and sat down.

This story isfinally coming together, and I hope to have it ready to launch soon!

 

That's it for thisweek. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye