Today was a really bad day for me. I donβt have many really bad days, but when
they come up, Iβm not a nice person. And the strange thing is that a really bad
day has a tendency to escalate into a horrific day quite easily.
It started with waking up late. I try to wake up in time to work two hours
before my kids go to school. Not today. I not only woke up late, but I woke the
kids up late too. Once theyβre up, thereβs no working until I drop them off and
return to the house. Today, life was a mad scramble.
After working a frustrating four hours on my current manuscript, my slow descent
in chaos escalated when I had a doctor appointment and was told to permanently
eliminate sugar from my diet. Chocolate is my valium. Without it? A very bad
day. No- make that a very bad life!
From the doctorβs office I went to grab a bite to eat before heading to pick up
the kids from school. My snack? A salad. No matter what anyone says, salad can
NEVER replace chocolate as a snack. EVER.
Add on a traffic jam to the school and being late for a school assembly. The
blood pressure rose higher and higher until my chest hurt. In my rush to get to
the school, I forgot to pick up the dry cleaning my husband needed for a
business trip tomorrow. It was closed when I drove by later. Since guilt is my
second most used emotion after happiness, I was not pleasant to be around.
The meal Iβd planned for dinner that looked awesome on the internet, Brussel
sprouts with bacon and garlic was not a meal. It was barely edible. And finally,
I poured myself a cup of tea and proceeded to miss the cup and pour the hot
water over my hand (luckily not boiling).
At this point, I want to fall into bed and sleep until the new day comes and
wipes the slate clean. More than that though, I want to apologize to my children
for not quite living up to expectations today. They didnβt need their day ruined
too.
My dadβs advice is worth repeating, and I wish Iβd lived by itβ¦ On your worst
day, treat others even kinder than usual. I intend to write that on the back of
my hand tomorrow. Along with a smiley face to remind me just how blessed I am.
A Bostonian by birth, Veronica Forand regrettably lost her Boston
accent while moving from state to state and country to country. Cleveland
probably had the most profound effect on her ability to pronounce the "r" in the
word "park."
She does try to return now and then to visit family and eat
long neck clams and lobster. Summers on Cape Cod are also high on the priority
list.
Her experience in crime involves time as a court appointed attorney.
Eventually, she switched fields to where bigger crimes take place, corporate
tax. The allure of spending mornings in her pajamas homeschooling her children
and writing fascinating fiction caused her to change careers again. Now that the
kids are out of the house (in school), she writes romantic thrillers by day and
is the perfect wife and mother at night.
Her experience in romance is
limited to one man. Luckily, he's still finding ways to charm her by taking her
on vacations to the south of France, Fiji, and the Green Mountains when time is
short. Avid travelers, they love to roam with their kids across continents in
pursuit of skiing, scuba diving, and the perfect piece of chocolate.
She's
lived in London, Paris, Geneva, Washington D.C., and the accent destroying city
of Cleveland. She currently resides near Philadelphia.
She's this assassin's toughest assignment ever...
Socialite Trista
Patterson has turned her back on her life of privilege and dedicated herself to
helping others. Her mission to protect the worldβs children often takes her into
the bleak and violent underbelly of third world countries. When a kidnapping
attempt goes wrong, Trista quickly finds herself running for her life...and
married to a man she just met...as sheβs placed at the top of the Cartelβs most
wanted list.
Some days no good deed goes unpunished.
Dane
OβBrien has spent his life in the shadows. Once a lethal assassin he grew tired
of losing his soul with every hit, trading his gun and missions for a conference
table and office politics as an undercover operative for the CIA. But when
visiting his humanitarian sister turns deadly, Dane finds himself swearing to
protect her beautiful and passionate friend Trista no matter the cost...even if
it means stepping back into the world he swore never to return to. Although
falling for the tough-hearted Trista is easy, keeping her alive is hard.
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