With: Brynley Blake
Bucket lists have always intrigued
me. This small snippet of conversation
between Navy SEAL Liam and obsessively organized Charlotte, the main characters
in my new release, Resurgent, sums it
up well. As the two walk along the beach
in Playa del Carmen, Liam points out the Southern Cross constellation, telling
Charlotte that seeing it in person was something he just crossed off his bucket
list.
“You have a bucket list?”
“Don’t you?” he teases.
“I don’t need a bucket list. I have
a life list,” I retort.
“Touché,” he says with a
low chuckle. “Same difference.”
In a way, a bucket
list is a life list, ensuring that
you make every moment count…that you take that trip you can’t afford but will
never forget, push yourself to run that marathon, or continue to step outside
your comfort zone and try new things that make you feel alive.
My own personal bucket list has a few
things in common with Liam’s, such as riding the Pacific Coast Highway on a
motorcycle and learning to salsa dance.
In contrast, seeing the Northern Lights tops mine, while many of the
items on Liam’s list are a bit too daring for me (if I ever jump out of an
airplane, it’s going to be because that sucker’s going down in flames). Another
stark difference is that Liam’s bucket list is a map to some guns he illegally
smuggled and sold to a drug cartel, but never delivered. Definitely not a
problem I have!
Resurgent is a fun and sexy
not-so-typical road trip romance about Liam, a Navy SEAL accused of selling
smuggled guns to the Mexican drug cartel, who is on the run with Charlotte, his
little sister's best friend whom he rescues after she's kidnapped by the drug
cartel. Unfortunately, Liam was injured
in an explosion while on a mission in Afghanistan and he doesn't remember
anything—why he was involved with the cartel, where he stashed the guns the
cartel paid for but never received, or the night of passion he shared with
Charlotte. Now he and Charlotte have to
find the guns before the cartel finds them, and all they have to go on is his
bucket list.
Following is one of my favorite excerpts
from Resurgent, when Charlotte
decides to embrace a few of Liam’s bucket list activities herself. Tell me what’s on your bucket list in the
comments for a chance to win one of two e-book copies of Rogue, the first book in
the Phoenix Rising series.
Excerpt from Resurgent by Brynley
Blake
I
want to do every damn thing I can that’s left on my bucket list that I don’t
remember putting on it. Anything might be a clue.” I move my finger down the list, stopping at
each unmarked item. “Let’s start with salsa dancing. We can do that tonight. I
saw a sign about it in the hotel lobby.
When I talk to Tony, I’ll ask him about the Dominion, maybe get him to
check it out for me, so we can skip that. Tomorrow we’ll fly to Malaysia and
check off diving and getting a tattoo.”
Charlotte looks at me incredulously. “You’re going to get a tattoo, just like
that?”
“Sure.” I wink at her. “Never underestimate the
power of fuck it. I have a couple of days to think about what I want.” I look back at the list. “Tweet from the
equator…we can manage that while we’re in Malaysia. Sail the Philippines…probably won’t have time
for that.” I look at her and wink. “Want to join the mile-high club?”
Her grin is contagious. “Sounds interesting.”
“Let’s see… Get a dog? Another one that doesn’t make sense. I travel too much to have a dog.”
“I’ve always wanted a dog,” she says wistfully,
looking over my shoulder at the list.
“I can totally see that. One of those frou frou rat-looking things
that you carry around in your purse?” I tease.
“No!” she retorts. “A big goofy lab from a shelter. Maybe one whose owner died or didn’t want him
anymore. One that’s big enough to hug when I’m feeling sad.”
I have a sudden image of a forgotten little girl
with the weight of the world on her shoulders, whose life might have been a
tiny bit better if she’d had a dog to confide in. But before I can say anything, she quickly
changes the subject.
“What about this one?” Charlotte’s perfectly
manicured finger is pointing to “kinky sex,” and although her tone is
nonchalant, I can feel the vibrations of arousal coming from her body that I
can somehow read like my own.
I arch an eyebrow at her. “You want to?”
She flushes.
“Just to make sure we cover all the bases and don’t miss anything.”
She’s trying to act casual, but I don’t buy it for a minute. And there’s nothing I want more than to see
her unravel as she gives her all to me.
“Oh sweetheart, we’ll definitely cover all the
bases. And I’ll make damn sure you don’t
miss a thing. But first things first. Go put on your dancing shoes.”
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