Today she shares some thoughts with us on Tidying Up.....
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I don’t know about you but tidying up is one of my least
favourite activities. And my kids like it even less than I do. Having said that
I do put things away. I just don’t like turning stuff out and going through it.
But… that’s another story in itself.
Turning out a box from the attic led to the discovery of a
piece of paper with a list written on it. A
box containing the following: a shopping list, a journal, length of rope, box
of matches, paraffin, nails, a pick axe, set of overalls, and a tin of black
paint, a charred fragment of a letter and a tape recording. And that led
directly to the main plot behind After The Fire.
So maybe tidying up isn’t such a bad thing after all. Maybe
I send hubby back up into the loft today to see what other gems I have tucked
away up there. Perhaps there’ll be a box of photos or another folder with story
ideas hidden. Perhaps you have something put away that you’ve forgotten all
about. It might just be worth turning out that cupboard after all.
Private investigator, Freddie
Flynn, wants nothing to do with the man who left her fifteen years ago—or the
God he abandoned her for—especially if reports of corruption within high
ranking levels of the P.I. firm are true. She might have to accept him as the
company V.P., but she doesn’t have to trust him.
Jason Bryant knows his leaving to
enter the ministry cut Freddie deep, but now he’s returned to Headley Cross and
wants to make amends. But Freddie’s different—jaded, distant, distrustful—so
what’s he to think when a file claims Freddie is the traitor who’s sabotaging
the company?
Thrown together on a case that
could cost them everything, including their lives, Freddie and Jason must look
beyond suspicion and innuendo to catch the real traitor before it’s too
late…and maybe, just maybe, they’ll find the love they once shared by listening
to the still small voice that comes after the fire.
Excerpt:
She paused. "I’m sorry,
Jason. I shouldn’t have said all that stuff, and I shouldn’t have been rude to
you. I suppose you called the office and told the boss I’m working the
forbidden case?"
"Now why would I do
that?" He looked at her over the coffee cup. His tone was abrupt, and she
knew he was mad at her.
"Because you’re the vice
president, and I’m defying orders."
Jason gave her a long hard look.
"Yes I am, and yes you are. But no, I haven’t rung the office. I rang the
boss before I left work. He knows you’re undercover on one of the cases, but I
didn’t tell him which, because I didn’t know at the time."
"You can’t tell him."
Fear knotted her stomach, and the tiny bit of sandwich she’d eaten felt like a
ten-pound rock.
"Why not? Because he
specifically said to leave the Rafferty case alone?"
"Partly. I can’t tell you.
I’m sorry. You have to trust that I have a very good reason."
Jason ate silently and finished
his lunch, so deep in thought that Freddie could almost see the cogs turning in
his mind. For the first time in her career, she had crossed the line and was
dragging someone else down with her.
Well friends, hope you enjoyed this Thursday Thoughts from Clare! Stay tuned tomorrow when we feature another of her great titles and of course, she'll be here on Saturday Spotlight!
Until later...take care, be blessed & remember...when the going gets tough, the tough go dancing!
Pamela S Thibodeaux
"Inspirational with an Edge! (tm)
2 comments:
Isn't it wonderful where ideas come from? They are all around us. Thanks for telling the story behind the story, Clare.
The creative mind is amazing! Once again, I loved this story!
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