“There you are!” Spider’s buoyant smile lit up the room as he bounded over. He flung his lanky arms around me, nearly knocking over Hellhound’s beer bottle in the process. “I’m so glad you’re okay!” He turned his grin on Kane. “And I’m so glad you’re okay! And your mission is over! It’s so good to see you together again…”
His enthusiasm faltered. “Um, I’m not, um… interrupting anything, am I?”
“No, of course not,” I reassured him. “We’re just having a beer with Arnie, and you’re welcome to join us.”
“Great!” He plopped into the opposite chair.
I rose. “Actually, I’m just going to return some of this rental beer. Back in a flash.” I wandered in the direction of the washrooms.
When I ducked into the corridor, Hellhound straightened from where he had been leaning against the wall. His gaze searched my face. “Everythin’ okay, darlin’?”
I slid my arms around him as I turned to look back at Kane, his injured leg propped on a chair, smiling at Spider’s chatter. The tension drained from my body in a long, slow breath. “Yeah. I think everything’s going to be…”
Movement caught my eye and a chill shook me when Paul sat down a few tables away. He inclined his head in my direction and flashed a sardonic smile before turning to speak to the waitress.
“…just fine,” I finished with determination.
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Books in the NEVER SAY SPY series:
Book 1: Never Say Spy
Book 2: The Spy Is Cast
Book 3: Reach For The Spy
Book 4: Tell Me No Spies
Book 5: How Spy I Am
Book 6: A Spy For A Spy
Book 7: Spy, Spy Away
Book 8: Spy Now, Pay Later
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About Me
By profession, I’m a technical writer, computer geek, and ex-interior designer. I’m good at two out of three of these things. I had the sense to quit the one I sucked at.
To deal with my mid-life crisis, I also write adventure novels featuring a middle-aged female protagonist. And I kickbox.
This seemed more productive than indulging in more typical mid-life crisis activities like getting a divorce, buying a Harley Crossbones, and cruising across the country picking up men in sleazy bars. Especially since it’s winter most of the months of the year here.
It’s much more comfortable to sit at my computer. And hell, Harleys are expensive. Come to think of it, so are beer and gasoline.
Oh, and I still love my husband. There’s that. So I’ll stick with the writing.
Diane Henders
Since You Asked…
People frequently ask if my protagonist, Aydan Kelly, is really me.
Yeah, you got me. These novels are an autobiography of my secret life as a government agent, working with highly-classified computer technology… Oh, wait, what’s that? You want the truth? Um, you do realize fiction writers get paid to lie, don’t you?
…well, shit, that’s not nearly as much fun. It’s also a long story.
I swore I’d never write fiction. “Too personal,” I said. “People read novels and automatically assume the author is talking about him/herself.”
Well, apparently I lied about the fiction-writing part. One day a story sprang into my head and wouldn’t leave. The only way to get it out was to write it down. So I did.
But when I wrote that first book, I never intended to show it to anyone, so I created a character that looked like me just to thumb my nose at the stereotype. I’ve always had a defective sense of humour, and this time it turned around and bit me in the ass.
Because after I’d written the third novel, I realized I actually wanted other people to read my books. And when I went back to change my main character to not look like me, my beta readers wouldn’t let me. They rose up against me and said, “No! Aydan is a tall woman with long red hair and brown eyes. End of discussion!”
Jeez, no wonder readers get the idea that authors write about themselves. So no, I’m not Aydan Kelly. I just look like her.
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