Sunday Snippet: Founder's Day Flames (Capital City Seasons)

Well, it's been aweek. I hit a slump even though I got a lot accomplished. Not sure why I endedup being so distracted, but I struggled to stay focused on anything.

Had a very slow viewingweek, probably due to being randomly distracted by everything.

I watched anotherepisode of Strangest Things and enjoyed the artifacts featured. Thisshow makes interesting connections when they're trying to figure out whatsomething is.

Caught a Deathin Paradise marathon, which ended up being fun to watch. I'm still doing afull watch in chronological order, but fun to have a whole day of great episodes.

Enjoyed another episodeof Battlestar Galactica. We finished up the first half of season two andduring our discussion we remembered how long we had to wait for the next half,especially because the episode kind of ends on something of a cliffhanger. Andthere were so many great moments in this episode!

I planned to start CannesConfidential this week but ended up being too distracted. I'll be watchingit in the very near future and will post my reaction next week.

That's pretty muchit for television this week. Tonight's post is from Founder's Day Flames,a Capital City Seasons sexy short.

Here's the mini-blurb:

An arsonist strikes Capital City, setting blazes, eachmore devastating than the last, on the lead up to the Founder's Day holiday,which falls on Beltane. Graham McClain is called on to analyze the firebug'sactions and help get a handle on his next move. Fire captain Prima Alton reluctantlyworks closely with Graham and together they discover she plays a role in theculprit's twisted fantasies.

And a sneaky peek…

Captain Prima Alton pushed her wayinto her chief's office. "What's this I hear about bringing in some talkerfor our firebug?" What is there tonegotiate? "We don't even know who the asshat is. Only that they'resetting fires all over the quad." She dropped her cover, bill side down,onto the desk of the fire marshal.

Wade Digbee gave her a level look."Are you questioning my decision?" He settled back, folding his armsover his chest.

Prima didn't back down even thoughcommon sense warned against her making this a bitch fest. "I discoveredthe pattern. This is my forte. The whole reason you brought me on board in thisoffice." And she didn't want to share the job until she had a handle onthe situation. "Why bring someone who makes compromises for a living inwhen we don't have anything for them to compromise on?" This shouldn't bedifficult to understand.

A throat cleared behind her and a sublimelygorgeous man with dark wavy hair and lovely golden eyes moved into her line ofsight. He wore a button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms,a pair of dark dungarees, and suede lace-up shoes with soft soles. His lipsquirked into a brief disarming smile.

Which threw her a little.

Prima slid her gaze back to Wade."I've interrupted a meeting. I'm sorry." She reached for her cover."I'll just step out—"

Wade lifted a hand. "Don'tleave, Captain. This is Graham McClain, the talker." Digbee rose andmotioned for Graham to join them. "McClain isn't just a skilled negotiator,he's also a data analyst." His mouth curved into a satisfied smirk.

Because, of course, the chief wouldhit her with something she lived for—crunching information and details to findcommonalities. Prima shot a quick look toward Graham. Looks aside, Prima stoodready to discount anything the negotiator had to say. Seriously, did he succeedby bowling people over with those incredible genes?

Wade rocked back on his heels."We brought him in because data tends to talk to him." Hemanaged to keep the smarmy smile to a brief flash.

Prima raised her eyebrows. "Datatalks to you? I'd like to see that." She met Graham's gaze.

His lips quirked again. "Thebits and bytes tend to be a little shy. You'll have to let me interpret foryou." Humor filled his eyes.

She laughed, almost hating to admitshe liked him. "Well, there's no time like the present." She noddedtoward Wade. "Mind if we get started?"

Wade spread his hands outward."Not at all. We need to nail this down sooner rather than later. And I'mconfident you two will get the job done."

Prima motioned toward the door."If you're ready, we can head to the situation room. I've got everythingset up in there." She'd play nice and give this guy a shot.

If for no other reason than topossibly catch the firebug before anyone else got hurt … or worse.

I love this series.Graham took a while to get a handle on, but Prima started talking right away.This is a fun book to write!

 

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

ML Skye