Avon is hosting a Tour Wide Giveaway for Three Print Copies of THE LOVING DAYLIGHTS
The Loving Daylights
The B.L.I.S.S. Series #3
By: Lynsay Sands
By: Lynsay Sands
Releasing December 30th, 2014
Avon Impulse
Shy Jane Spyrus loves gadgets. She can build
anything B.L.I.S.S. needs in the international organization’s fight against
crime-although its agents aren’t exactly lining up at her door. Some of them
think her inventions are a little too . . . well, innovative. Like her
shrink-wrap prophylactic constraints, or her spray-on truth serum.
Of course, you can’t use wacky inventions to
fix all your problems; Jane knows that better than anyone. Her neighbor has
been kidnapped, driving that point home. She will have to team up with another
human being-and Abel Andretti arrives just in time. He will help Jane find her
neighbor, stop a villain, and most of all he will show Jane to love the
daylights out of something without batteries.
“I can’t believe
you made it on time for a change,” Lizzy teased gently as Jane hung her jacket
over the back of the empty chair she’d saved for her as promised.
Jane gave a
somewhat forced smile as she sat down, very aware that Dick had followed her.
Much to her relief, he didn’t comment, but kept on walking up the room, taking
one of the two seats at the far end of the table so that he sat with his back
to the windows.
“Y will be
impressed to find you here and not stumbling in after she starts the meeting,”
Lizzy continued to tease.
Jane grunted. Y
never seemed upset at her tardiness, but almost expectant of it. Jane
half-suspected that was part of the reason Dick Hedde was so obnoxious to her.
Y seemed to like Jane and was very patient with her lateness. Dick, however,
wasn’t well-liked by anyone and tended to take that out on Jane.
As if summoned by
her thoughts, the door suddenly opened allowing Y and Mr. Manetrue into the
room. While Y was the head of BLISS Mr. Ira Manetrue was the head of D. &
C. and Jane’s immediate supervisor. Jane got along well with him too, much to
Dick’s further annoyance. The gentleman, an old flame of her grandmother’s, had
taken Jane under his wing the moment she started at BLISS. He considered
himself something of a mentor to her. All of which made Dick’s loathing for her
almost understandable. Jane could have told the man that if he would just be
respectful and less of a greasy brown-noser he’d get further, but he made
himself so unpleasant she couldn’t bring herself to do so. For the most part,
she ignored him like everyone else. Or tried to.
“Good day
everyone.” Mr. Manetrue greeted the room as he and Y took their seats at the
far end of the table opposite Dick. Once the two of them were settled with
notepads and pens at the ready, he asked, “Who’s going to start the
presentations today?”
His gaze zeroed in
on Jane, but she merely glanced down at the pen she was twiddling nervously
between her fingers. She would have to make her presentation eventually, but
didn’t have the courage to actually volunteer to do it...and be first
at the presenting. Fortunately, others weren’t so shy and several stepped in
ready to lead the way. Jane felt relief seep through her as Mr. Manetrue
gestured for someone else to start.
Time
passed swiftly as idea after idea and several prototypes were presented and displayed.
Jane had a terrible time paying attention. She was all too aware that as each
person finished their presentation, she was that much closer to having to make
her own. She started trying to remember what she’d planned to say. Jane always
memorized a sort of speech for these meetings, and always forgot every word the
moment she stood up to speak. This time it appeared to have fled sooner than
that. Her mind was already a blank.
LYNSAY SANDS is the nationally bestselling author of the
Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series, as well as numerous historicals and
anthologies. She’s been writing stories since grade school and considers
herself incredibly lucky to be able to make a career out of it. Her hope is
that readers can get away from their everyday stress through her stories, and
if there’s occasional uncontrollable fits of laughter, that’s just a big bonus.
Please visit her on the web at www.lynsaysands.net.
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