by K T Bowes
He laughed and opened the passenger door for me, pinching my bum as I shinned into the seat. Jangling the keys to my car, he rounded the bonnet and looked up at the window, through which my father yelled obscenities. He gave a small salute with his right hand and I watched Dad’s eyes widen in disbelief. He recognised the New Zealand Police salute and pitched himself at the glass in fury.
“Oops! That’s gotta hurt.” Teina climbed into the driver’s seat and started the engine, gunning my car out of the car park. Behind us, Jordan Saint raged about Saint rules in his insular Saint world, surrounded by bitterness and self-made Saint misery.
I sat the Level 1 test for New Zealand referees and passed with top marks, celebrating with a trip to church to confess my many sins. The sweet vicar didn’t care, embracing me like an old friend and praying a blessing over me with shaking, elderly hands. “What have you been up to, Ursula Saint?” he asked me with a smile.
I stared at him for a moment and decided on the truth. “This and that, vicar. This and that.”
About the Author
K T Bowes worked in education for more than a decade, both in New Zealand and the United Kingdom and has been writing since she could first hold a pencil. Now she works part time as an archivist maintaining a private collection. She believes in God, which is just as well because the situations she gets herself into often require His assistance. Surprisingly happily married despite her crazy escapades, K T Bowes still hankers after another parachute jump but hasn’t convinced her husband to join in. Her four beautiful children are all now making their own way in the world and finally eating salad and vegetables. She lives in the North Island of New Zealand between the Hakarimata Ranges and the Waikato River with a mad cat and often a few crazy horses. Horse riding is her passion but unfortunately she keeps falling off and breaking bones, so has gone back to road running instead. She can’t be seen pacing the streets of Ngaruawahia because she runs in the dark, convinced people will laugh. Often accompanied by one of her characters complaining about something, the author appears to have mental problems as she frequently answers back, which is another good reason for running under cover of darkness.
Other books by this author:
The Hana Du Rose Mysteries based in New Zealand:
Prequel - Logan Du Rose
About Hana
Hana Du Rose
Du Rose Legacy
The New Du Rose Matriarch
One Heartbeat
The Du Rose Prophecy
Du Rose Sons
Check out this series HERE
Novels for teens/young adults based in New Zealand:
Free from the Tracks
Sophia’s Dilemma
A Trail of Lies FREE to mail subscribers
Check out this series HERE
From Russia, With Love series:
The Actuary
The Actuary’s Wife
The Actuary in Trouble
Check out this series HERE
UK based mystery/romances:
Artifact
Demons on Her Shoulder
