キャミー・タング著「戌年」連載小説 プロのドッグトレーナーであるマリ・ムトウは、厄年を迎えている。 犬小屋と訓練所の改築をしながら、いつも不服そうにしている家族と同居することになった。母と姉に言わせれば、犬の毛とよだれかけにまみれる仕事は、家族にとって恥ずべきものだという。彼女は元カレを説得し、数ヶ月間犬を預かってもらうことにした。しかし、彼の兄は、数週間前に彼女が誤って車に追突した、怒り狂ったセキュリティ専門家であることが判明する。 アシュウィン・ケイトウは十分な問題を抱えている。叔母が玄関先に現れ、同居を希望している。彼は彼女にすべてを借りているので、断ることができません。母親が家を出て行った後、ネルおばさんはアシュウィンと弟を引き取り、愛のあるキリスト教の家庭で育てた。しかも、弟のダスティもアパートを追い出され、居場所を求めている。しかし、彼は犬を飼っている。そして、その犬の飼い主は誰だと思いますか? しかし、旧友でオアフ島のノースショアでデイスパを経営する私立探偵のエディサ・ゲレロから依頼を受ける。マリの施設で奇妙な破壊行為があり、3年前に失踪したエディサの妹の財布を発見する。エディサはマリが危険な目に遭っているのではと心配する。警備の専門家であるアシュウィンがすでにマリを知っていることを知ったエディサは、忙しい若い女性を密かに監視することを彼に依頼する。 アシュウィンは、活発でのんびりとしたドッグトレーナーに不本意ながら惹かれていく。彼女は、幸せそうな母親を思い出させる。その母親の裏切りによって、彼は人と距離を置くようになったのだ。マリは、アシュウィンの冷たい外見を見抜き、彼が家族に忠実な男であることを認める。彼は、彼女のキャリア選択を批判するだけの母親や姉とは違う。 マリのバラバラな家庭とアシュウィンのバラバラな家庭の中で、過去を隠そうとする人たちから、彼らの周りに危険が迫ってくるようになる。彼らは、影で動く秘密に光を当てることができるのか? 過去に発表されたパートへのリンクはこちら。 *** 第8章 - 恐ろしくも真っ白な不動産書類 『みんな仲良くできないのかな?』 マリは無用に力を込めて箱に本を投げ入れた。最近、なぜ彼女は人生の中で全員と言い争いをしているのだろう?もしかすると、これは本当に悪いアイデア
Captain’s Log, Stardate 04.28.2006
Blog book giveaway:
My Monday book giveaway is THE REMEDY FOR REGRET and A WINDOW TO THE WORLD by Susan Meissner.
My Thursday book giveaway is MOTHER OF PREVENTION by Lori Copeland.
You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Monday, I'll draw the winner for Susan Meissner's books and post the title for another book I'm giving away. Stay tuned.
Four things: I’ve been tagged by Susan Hatler, a chick-lit writer from the Bay Area whom I met at RWA National last year.
FOUR THINGS (not in any order)
4 movies you would watch over and over
• Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
• Firefly series, including the movie Serenity
• Bubblegum Crisis (old and new versions)
4 Places you've lived:
• Wahiawa, Hawaii
• San Jose, California
• Stanford, California
• Santa Clara, California
4 TV shows you love to watch
• CSI
• Prison Break
• Bones (LOVE the dialogue! Wish I could write witty like that)
• 24
4 places you have been on vacation:
• Japan
• New York
• Arizona
• China
4 Websites you visit regularly (daily/weekly):
• Forensics and Faith (Brandilyn Collins)
• Fab Four Book Picks (me, Heather, Pammer, Squirl)
• The Breast Cancer site
• Steeple Hill discussion boards
4 of your favorite foods (you're kidding me! Just FOUR?!)
• Krung Thai restaurant
• Southern fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy
• French fries
• Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi, Too! Italian restaurant
• Ruth Chris Steak House
• Kabuki Japanese restaurant
• Crustaceans Vietnamese-fusion restaurant (I'm going there tomorrow!)
• Scott's Seafood restaurant
• Arcadia American-with-a-twist restaurant
Oh I guess I can't count.
4 places you would rather be right now:
• In Hawaii, eating sushi at Kabuki in Pearl City
• Touring Great Britain, Ireland and Scotland
• In that wonderful hot springs resort in Japan whose name I can’t remember
• At the ACFW Conference with all my friends (old and new ones)!
Tag 4 Friends you think will respond
• ALL OF YOU RESPOND! Post in the comments section when you have your own list on your blogs.
TMI:
Writing: Aaaargh! I can't believe it's the 28th already! I'm working hard on my manuscript, but I wish I wrote faster! I'm trying to finish by mid-May--that's my self-imposed deadline.
Diet: Aaaargh! God, please give me more self-control and discipline!
Blog book giveaway:
My Monday book giveaway is THE REMEDY FOR REGRET and A WINDOW TO THE WORLD by Susan Meissner.
My Thursday book giveaway is MOTHER OF PREVENTION by Lori Copeland.
You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Monday, I'll draw the winner for Susan Meissner's books and post the title for another book I'm giving away. Stay tuned.
Four things: I’ve been tagged by Susan Hatler, a chick-lit writer from the Bay Area whom I met at RWA National last year.
FOUR THINGS (not in any order)
4 movies you would watch over and over
• Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
• Firefly series, including the movie Serenity
• Bubblegum Crisis (old and new versions)
4 Places you've lived:
• Wahiawa, Hawaii
• San Jose, California
• Stanford, California
• Santa Clara, California
4 TV shows you love to watch
• CSI
• Prison Break
• Bones (LOVE the dialogue! Wish I could write witty like that)
• 24
4 places you have been on vacation:
• Japan
• New York
• Arizona
• China
4 Websites you visit regularly (daily/weekly):
• Forensics and Faith (Brandilyn Collins)
• Fab Four Book Picks (me, Heather, Pammer, Squirl)
• The Breast Cancer site
• Steeple Hill discussion boards
4 of your favorite foods (you're kidding me! Just FOUR?!)
• Krung Thai restaurant
• Southern fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy
• French fries
• Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi, Too! Italian restaurant
• Ruth Chris Steak House
• Kabuki Japanese restaurant
• Crustaceans Vietnamese-fusion restaurant (I'm going there tomorrow!)
• Scott's Seafood restaurant
• Arcadia American-with-a-twist restaurant
Oh I guess I can't count.
4 places you would rather be right now:
• In Hawaii, eating sushi at Kabuki in Pearl City
• Touring Great Britain, Ireland and Scotland
• In that wonderful hot springs resort in Japan whose name I can’t remember
• At the ACFW Conference with all my friends (old and new ones)!
Tag 4 Friends you think will respond
• ALL OF YOU RESPOND! Post in the comments section when you have your own list on your blogs.
TMI:
Writing: Aaaargh! I can't believe it's the 28th already! I'm working hard on my manuscript, but I wish I wrote faster! I'm trying to finish by mid-May--that's my self-imposed deadline.
Diet: Aaaargh! God, please give me more self-control and discipline!
Comments
Love your list. But now I'm hungry.
Too bad I never get tagged. But then, my comments are long enough already. I still feel down. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Hope you make your deadline soon. Hmm, can't really think tonight. I hope I made a little more sense in the e-mail yesterday.
I'm there with ya girlfriend. I was finally FINALLY able to sit down and write out by hand more on my WIP. I don't even know how much I have written, but I'm plugging away at it again tonight.
It'll come, give it time.