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
I got a chance to review a really awesome Advent Calendar from Adagio Teas! It’s supposed to be for Advent but I couldn’t wait so I opened it right away. :)
As with other Advent calendars I’ve used, the best part is being surprised by what you get each day. I would open the calendar and drink whatever tea I got for my teatime each day around 4 pm, so I ended up eating a lot of cookies and pastries with my tea. :)
I’m really impressed with the variety of tea in this calendar. There was everything: plain black tea as well as flavored black tea, oolong, green, flavored green, white, flavored white, rooibos and herbal. I admit I’m not a huge fan of oolong or rooibos, but I ended up liking some of the tea I got despite my bias.
Since I don’t want to spoil the surprise of what tea is in it, I’ll only highlight my favorite flavors. I liked the flavored black teas the best, but especially the winter and Christmas themed ones. The chestnut black tea was surprisingly good. I usually don’t really care for roasted chestnuts, but the tea was wonderfully nutty and slightly sweet, and it tasted great with milk and honey.
The box had some of my favorites, such as the Genmaicha “popcorn” rice green tea and the Masala Chai.
I also found I really enjoyed the Silver Needle white tea prepared hot. Previously I had only made it as a cold brew iced tea, but prepared hot, it was nicely mild and even a little sweet. It was perfect with a chocolate cookie.
A tea I tried for the first time and really liked was the Candy Apple tea. It was surprisingly “juicy” tasting and was great with only a little sweetener.
I liked having the opportunity to try teas I hadn’t tried before from Adagio. Since I usually don’t drink oolong tea hot, I especially liked how the different oolong teas in the calendar let me taste the difference between the different types.
All in all, I loved this Advent tea calendar! (And no, it’s not because I had an excuse to eat a lot of cookies and cakes! Really!)
As with other Advent calendars I’ve used, the best part is being surprised by what you get each day. I would open the calendar and drink whatever tea I got for my teatime each day around 4 pm, so I ended up eating a lot of cookies and pastries with my tea. :)
I’m really impressed with the variety of tea in this calendar. There was everything: plain black tea as well as flavored black tea, oolong, green, flavored green, white, flavored white, rooibos and herbal. I admit I’m not a huge fan of oolong or rooibos, but I ended up liking some of the tea I got despite my bias.
Since I don’t want to spoil the surprise of what tea is in it, I’ll only highlight my favorite flavors. I liked the flavored black teas the best, but especially the winter and Christmas themed ones. The chestnut black tea was surprisingly good. I usually don’t really care for roasted chestnuts, but the tea was wonderfully nutty and slightly sweet, and it tasted great with milk and honey.
The box had some of my favorites, such as the Genmaicha “popcorn” rice green tea and the Masala Chai.
I also found I really enjoyed the Silver Needle white tea prepared hot. Previously I had only made it as a cold brew iced tea, but prepared hot, it was nicely mild and even a little sweet. It was perfect with a chocolate cookie.
A tea I tried for the first time and really liked was the Candy Apple tea. It was surprisingly “juicy” tasting and was great with only a little sweetener.
I liked having the opportunity to try teas I hadn’t tried before from Adagio. Since I usually don’t drink oolong tea hot, I especially liked how the different oolong teas in the calendar let me taste the difference between the different types.
All in all, I loved this Advent tea calendar! (And no, it’s not because I had an excuse to eat a lot of cookies and cakes! Really!)
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