Handbag and Book with
Adriana Kraft
Definitely, the opposite of a designer
handbag! Pragmatic, for a lot of reasons. For years I carried a large handbag
that always contained anything I or a family member might need. When I began to
develop shoulder trouble, I started downsizing and figuring out what I could do
without. It probably helps that the kids are all grown by now J.
But last fall, we obtained tickets to see a
professional golf tournament, and even the small purse I’d moved into wasn’t
tiny enough for the PGA regulations: “No opaque bags larger than a small purse
6 x 6 x 4,” which this one exactly fits. Once I took it to the tournament, I
discovered I liked it. It manages my wallet, phone, small spiral notepad, pen,
pencil, lipstick, a tissue or two, breath mints and a couple other essentials
quite comfortably. Plus, with my keys attached to it, I’m less likely to drive
off without bringing the purse along!
Where did I get it? I don’t even remember. Do
I like the color? Well, it goes with anything I wear (pragmatic again!), so I
love that I don’t have to think about it.
All of which has set me wondering – I don’t
think of myself as a particularly pragmatic person. I love adventure, and the
fiction I co-write with my husband is off-the-charts sexy escapades, not for
the faint of heart. So maybe having a few practical items in my daily life sets
energy free for the adventures of our life, as well as those we put on the
page.
That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it!
What could college English professor Caitlin
Shanahan ever have in common with the brash carpenter Kurt Davis? Meghan Keenan, that's what. The twenty-year-old sprite brings the
unlikely pair together through sharing her sexual delights with each of
them.
Peering through shuttered eyelashes, Meg
Keenan nearly purred. She’d seen the tall figure of Cat Shanahan leave the
curtained window. Apparently the lanky redhead had no idea the sun struck the
window in a way that showed her slim form off to nice advantage.
Meg snickered. Why else would she choose this
particular time of day to come out onto the sundeck? Because the sun shining on
the window exposed Cat to her view almost as much as she was exposed to Cat’s.
At least she had the woman’s attention. Meg
closed her eyelids and exhaled slowly. Soon she’d have Cat’s body.
Stretching languidly, Meg smiled and sat up.
Her plan was proceeding quite nicely. Kurt had been pissed she’d rented the
professor’s upstairs apartment. Though Meg was quite comfortable being a
townie, Kurt carried a chip on his shoulder about town-gown tensions. Was that
part of why he’d never gone to college in spite of doing so well in high
school? Instead, he and Jack Mobly had established a construction company. At
twenty-four, Kurt had a certain amount of control over his life that Meg
envied. He didn’t seem to care that there was a world outside Burntside,
Wisconsin.
She, on the other hand, needed to see beyond
the horizon. She hadn’t found her ticket out just yet, but she knew she’d find
a way. Fortunately, they both knew that. Meg was ready to leave Burntside, and
she wanted Kurt to have something he didn’t even know he wanted. She wanted him
to have Professor Caitlin Shanahan.
Find Seducing
Cat at: Amazon
Find Adriana at: Website
7 comments:
I, too, am one of those people who carries everything in my handbag. I probably should carry a backpack rather than a handbag (smile!).
Thanks for hosting me, Vicki! And Angela, confession time - I do have a shoulder bag that sometimes comes along with me in the car...
I have a little purse just a little bigger. I love it, it carries everything I need when I go somewhere. But then there is the bigger bag that I take with in the car that has everything else I may need when I go somewhere.
Hi, girls! Welcome, Adriana! So glad Crystal introduced you to HBW. I have two backpacks I adore: a Longchamps and a Boy Scout one. I like the scout one because I can fit a small handbag in it and lots of other things when traveling.
Hi Adriana, I've been thinking of downsizing my "monster" bag for some time. Thanks for inspiring me with your story. :)
I had a purse similar to this when my kids were little. My keys fit on the outside. I literally wore it out. I miss it so much. It carried everything I needed in the three tiny compartments: money, checkbook, credit cards, ID, etc. Thanks for bringing back the memory.
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