Being that we're now into November, that means it's the start of the Christmas season here at our place. And, according to tradition, the first wave of decorations went up this weekend. Added to my collection this year is this Grinch quilt, which I finished up last week. It's so cozy and snuggly.
My father and step mother arrived home safely after their three month trek across all the -stans (Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, etc--they even dipped across the border into Afghanistan!), so I'm relieved. I wasn't too crazy on them being over there, but they managed okay. My father said again he wished I'd gone with them, especially the leg across Tajikistan and the border of A-stan. You know, since I write about that stuff.
I'll be honest--I'm quite happy to look at their trip through pictures, rather than experiencing it firsthand. Some of the places they traveled to were extremely rough (they slept in tents in the desert, no running water or plumbing or heat, and even had to kill a goat at one point), and there have been kidnapping and shootings between the locals and the military. At any rate, they're home safe and sound and that's all I care about. My Christmas wish came early this year!
And, if you're looking for some holiday reading right now,
Katie Reus has another installment of her Red Stone Security romantic suspense series out.
Miami, Mistletoe and Murder is only 99 cents!
Blurb: Fierce
and sexy, former Marine Travis Sanchez has always held himself back
from the rest of the world, using his tattoos and piercings as armor.
But when the woman he’s wanted for months is threatened, he knows it’s
time to strip away the bad boy image and show her just how much he wants
to be with her. As one of Red Stone Security’s best contractors, Travis
is trained for almost any situation. But nothing prepares him for the
most dangerous threat of all: the one to his heart.
Kind-hearted Noel Baskov’s only wish for the holidays is that her
Miami coffee shop has a successful Christmas season. But her focus on
work is interrupted when the family of the young girl she mentors is
threatened, and the man she’s been lusting after for months steps in to
handle it. Unfortunately the danger is far from over. Can this sexy and
mysterious warrior protect Noel? Or will he be the one to shatter her
heart.
Warning: features a heroine determined to fight for those she
cares about, a protective hero with a very interesting piercing, and
some holiday magic.
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