Hi Devouring Horde!
Because you have been a most lovely, patient and fine and fluffy horde lately, behold, I have stolen you a treat from the equally lovely House Andrews!
Don’t ask me if there will be more, when will there be more and how will there be more. This never happened. ::Mod R melts in the shadows of Unicorn Lane::
Ms. Vigue adjusted her bright red glasses and peered at me from her perch on the sofa in our second living room. We were in the middle of renovations, and the second living room was one of the only functional rooms in the place.
Ms. Vigue was in her early fifties, with a lightly tanned skin and ash-blonde hair cropped short and brushed back from her face. Her eyes behind the lenses were either gray or pale blue. She wore a silky green blouse with a light gray skirt.
I wore a pair of old shorts and a paint-stained tank top over a sports bra, because I had been painting one of the spare bedrooms when Ms. Vigue arrived unannounced. I’d pulled my brown hair into a bun and pinned it in place with an old bandana to minimize the paint exposure, and since that side of the house had neither fans nor any either way of cooling, I smelled like a lumberjack after a long day at work. Making a great first impression on a school administrator – check.
We smiled at each other. Ms. Vigue was doing her best to appear approachable and welcoming, while I did my best to appear normal. We were both lying as hard as we could.
Making small talk was not among my few virtues. “I was under the impression that we were already done with the admissions. You sent us the acceptance letter.”
Which was part of the reason we moved here and got stuck in the renovation hell.
“You are correct.” Ms. Vigue offered me a quick humorless smile. “Our school is unique.”
You could say that again. It was so unique, it cost an arm and a leg, but they came highly recommended.
“We like to think of our body as being truly representative of the diverse world we live in. It is a special place where students of different backgrounds come together. This interview will help us to better understand your child’s needs and enable us to ensure their safety and help them thrive in our vibrant community.”
Aha. This wasn’t a get-to-know-you visit, this was a threat assessment.
I smiled. Think normal suburban thoughts. How hard could this be, right?
“Of course, my husband and I will do everything in our power to assist you. Please feel free to ask us anything.”
She took out a leather folder, unzipped it, and checked the contents. “You’ve been recommended by one of our patrons. How do you know Dr. Cole?”
“He was our family doctor. He delivered my son and has treated him frequently over the years. We consider him a family friend.”
Ms. Vigue nodded and made a note in her folder. “Your son’s assessment scores are quite remarkable.”
Was this a compliment? If I took it as a compliment, she wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. “Thank you.”
“Our school’s reputation ensures that we get the most outstanding applicants. Your son will be among his intellectual peers.”
That would be a tall order, but I didn’t need him to find his intellectual equals. I just needed him to learn to act like a person and interact with other children.
“It’s my understanding that your child is a shapeshifter.”
Here we go. “Yes.”
“What is the nature of his beast?”
I smiled even sweeter. “That’s a highly illegal question, Ms. Vigue. The nature of one’s beast is confidential and cannot be used as basis for discrimination by any educational institution in this country.”
I knew this because my husband had dumped a massive amount of money and effort into lobbying for those laws to be passed.
Ms. Vigue pushed her glasses up her nose with her middle finger.
Aha. Fuck you too. “Would you like me to cite the relevant federal and state statutes protecting shapeshifter rights, or can we skip the formalities?”
“Of course, we cannot compel you to release that information. However…”
“Your next words will determine what I’ll tell Dr. Cole tonight when he calls to check how we are settling in. And he will call. He is very thoughtful and thorough. I’m sure he and his seven thousand associates will take a dim view of your school attempting to discriminate against a shapeshifter child.”
Her eyes narrowed. “You’re going to be difficult, aren’t you?”
You have no idea. “I don’t know what you mean, Ms. Vigue. Did you have any other questions?”
“I will come straight to the point.”
“I wish you would.”
“Can you guarantee that your child will not snap and attack his classmates?”
“Absolutely. He is very much like his father. It’s important to him that his resorting to violence is viewed as a deliberate choice rather than a loss of control on his part.”
She blinked at me.
I leaned forward and fixed her with my stare. I’ve had a lot of practice and years of experience to back it up. Ms. Vigue flinched a bit.
“Since we’ve decided to be blunt, if my child decides to go on a rampage, the combined security of your school won’t be able to stop him. If something alarming happens, which it won’t, you will call us, and either I or his father will come and take care of it.”
“Are you suggesting that we make no effort to contain him?”
“He won’t attack you if you don’t present a threat. Your best strategy is to sit still and look down. Don’t run because he will chase you and he is very fast. Cringing and urinating on yourself will also remove you from his target list.” I smiled. “I’m so glad we had this chat, Ms. Vigue. Would you like some iced tea for the road?”
Three minutes later, I watched Ms. Vigue get into her Chevrolet Malibu and roll down the road west. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. The air smelled like sea and sun. It should’ve been calming, but it wasn’t. The past few days brought one minor calamity after another, starting with the floor in the utility room caving in and getting worse from there. Ms. Vigue’s visit was just a rotten cherry on top of this cake of woe.
I needed to vent some steam in the worst way.
The sound of footsteps made me turn. Our general contractor, Paul Oak, was walking toward me with an older man in tow.
Around me the walls of Fort Kure loomed against the sunshine, blocking the view of the beach. Conceived by a hare-brained multimillionaire as a privately owned ‘companion attraction” to the historic Fort Fisher, the structure had been only 2/3 complete when the owner bailed. Once finished, it would look like a hybrid of a medieval castle and a modern fort. My husband took one look at the absurdly thick stone walls and fell in love. His grey eyes got this crazy light, he took my hands in his, and said, “Baby, we would be crazy to not do this.”
I said yes because I loved him. And now Paul was coming to tell me that something else was broken.
Paul stopped a few feet away from me, looking like he wanted to be anywhere but here. Something was wrong. He was typically an optimistic guy who looked at a collapsed wall with an attitude of “I can fix it” and frequently did. The man behind him looked about fifteen years older than Paul, which put him in his late forties or early fifties. They had to be related – both had the same bronze skin, dark curly hair, and aquiline noses.
“I hate to ask,” Paul said, “But is there any way I could get an advance on the next month’s pay?”
“Why?”
Paul opened his mouth, thought about it, and sighed. “Look, it’s complicated.”
“Paul, you’re asking for ten thousand dollars.” We paid him, and he doled the money out to his employees and subcontractors. “For this amount of money, I need to know why.”
He opened his mouth again, closed it, thought about it, and finally said, “This is my uncle, Thomas. Someone took my cousin. We scraped together what we had to buy him back, but it’s not enough.”
We lived in unsafe times. Kidnappings weren’t uncommon, especially if the victim was, in Ms. Vigue’s words, “vibrant enough.”
“Do you know who took him?”
Thomas nodded.
“Are they holding him for ransom?”
“No,” Paul said.
“Have you tried the cops?”
“These are dangerous people,” Thomas said. “The cops won’t bother them unless there is evidence. I don’t have evidence.”
“Then how do you know who took him?”
“Because Darin’s best friend saw them take him. If I go to the police, bad things will happen to that boy.”
Right. This would do.
I pulled the rag off my head. “Wait here. I’m going to change, and we’ll go and get your son back.”
“You don’t understand,” Thomas said. “They are…”
“Bad people. I got it. Don’t worry, I’m worse.”
The two men looked skeptical. It was probably my winning ensemble of stained tank top and torn shorts.
My husband walked out of the north tower and jogged over to us. He was almost six feet tall, with blond hair and grey eyes, and he was built like a champion grappler in his prime. The two men instinctively stepped aside to make room for him.
“Hey.”
“Hey,” I told him.
“What’s going on?”
“Paul’s cousin has been kidnapped. I’m going to get him back.”
“Oh good. Will you be home in time for dinner?”
Paul and Thomas looked at him like he had lost his mind.
“Nah. Eat without me.” I stretched my shoulders a bit, gave him a quick hug, and headed to my bedroom.
“Don’t forget,” he called.
“Low profile,” I called out over my shoulder. “I remember.”
We had agreed before moving that keeping a low profile was best, and we’d both religiously stuck to it, so far.
Five minutes later I walked out wearing my work clothes: a pair of jeans lose enough to kick someone taller than me in the face, a grey T-shirt, and a pair of soft boots. I wore a utility belt on my waist and a sword sheath on my back. The handle of my sword protruded over my shoulder. I’d braided my hair, and there were two throwing knives and a bowie in the sheath on my thigh.
“Let’s go,” I told Thomas.
The older man looked at Paul. Paul spread his arms and shrugged. Thomas looked at him, looked at me, and fell in step.
“Did you bring a car?”
“I rode a horse.”
“Good. I like horses best.” They always worked.
The world skipped a bit. Technology coughed and died, and magic flooded us in an invisible wave. The colors grew a little brighter, the sounds turned a little louder, and the things came into focus with a new sharpness. For as long as the magic held, the guns would not fire, the electric bulbs would remain dark, and monsters would spawn in the darkness. I looked up at the horizon
“I still think this is a terrible idea, Mrs…”
“Don’t worry,” I told him. “I need the exercise. And, please, call me Kate.”
Ahhh!!!
Also aaaaah!!!
Ahhhhhhh that was so mean, but I loved it!!!
+1000
+1
I Just died! Ahhhhhhh love it <3
+999999
We need a like button, damn it xD
Yes!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah
LOVE IIIT
+100000000!
I am so so so so so excited! Even if this little thing is all there ever is, it is wonderful! My imagination is running wild!
All of the above!
Sooooo excited from this little snippet ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I was just in the mood for a Kate reread
so good, right!
She’s still alive in the KD universe. I love it when our universes collide, we get our own magic portal.
+1
I see your Ahhh!!! and raise you an Eeeeee!!!!
+1000!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!
I hope Fort Fisher is a hint that Wilmington is Wilmington NC.
Also Love the snippet
Yup 🙂
When I read Julie’s story, the words “up there in Wilmington” gave it away too. I always thought they moved to North Carolina. 😀
So happy! So,so happy!
*joining the enthusiastic scream*
Squeee! Love the snippet!!!
Thank you!!!! That was awesome. Now I need to reread the entire series. Didn’t realize how much I miss Kate.
After reading hints about Derek being an extra-ordinary shapeshifter and Roman is like background everywhere in Kate’s series, I’m back to rereading it. Yikes! I came upon some info I never noticed on previous rereads…. Like those associated with Kate lived when they should have died => Ghastek and Kate imprisoned in the well was one I missed previously…. Roman’s various names….
Thank you!!
Kate and Curran trying to be incognito? Oh, that promises to be fun!
Bwaaa-Haaa…Incognito…….such sweet dreams…….loving this…
Bahahhaha at least incognito isn’t trying to blend in.
This was so enjoyable.
“Oh yeah. You blend.” Eye roll.
+1
I did not know I needed Kate And Curran’s Not So Low Profile Suburban Adventures until now. thank you Mod R, and thanks to House Andrews!
I do so agree!
Agreed! This made my day!!!!
Another “agree” here!
So true!! And that was SO good!!!! But I am a patient person… I’ll just put it out of my head until you guys tell me it’s available for purchase.
+1billion, trillion!!!!
+1
If House Andrews decides to gift us with more (please), Kate and Curran’s Not So Low Profile Suburban Adventures would be the perfect title. In the meantime, I’m going to fantasize about Kate And The Kidnappers or The Soon to be Deceased.
Yes. +1
Please ??? With sugar on top?
+1
Thank you! Glad to see Kate can find someway to work out the anger even in retirement.
And historic Fort Fisher is about 45 mins from me. I havent hit Kure beach yet but I heard its nice too.
Kate has become my model for “how to deal with assholes who think they can push me around”, although I’m not nearly as successful at it.
More practice needed, I guess.
Lin,
If you aren’t in post-Shift Atlanta, saber driven problem solving directed at assholes usually isn’t worth the paperwork it generates.
😂 but oh, it’s nice to daydream!
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG MOD R!!!!!!! MOD R!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST.
Ok, I am done screaming now.
That was fabulous. These little glimpses here and there are so much fun
Thank you
+1000! Perfectly said!
Seconded! I’m sure y’all could hear my SQUEEEEEEEEEE in San Francisco, no matter where you are in the world! Thank you Mod R and House Andrews, you are too, too good to your adoring BDH.
my squeee was soo loud and long that my hubby called from the other side of the house to see what was going on. he heard me though 3 doors and zoom call.
Yes!
Love it!! I’m going to be imagining the fight to get the nephew back all day… a quick, but firm stare. Bad guys running away? A free repair for a job well done?
Some surviving bad guys running away. It will take some heads to show them the error of their ways. Low profile means no power words, I think.
“Low profile means no power words”
LOL!
Seconded!
And keeping her magic cloaked. I love a new snippet, it has the chance to grow
Aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
I can’t breathe!!!!!
Dammit why can’t I find emojis that show me screaming in joy, doing a happy dance and leaping around like a lunatic!!!
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
I want more Kate in my life! I NEED more Kate in my life! And I knew should couldn’t keep that low profile.
Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
+1
LOVE LOVE!
Thank you!
“We smiled at each other. Ms. Vigue was doing her best to appear approachable and welcoming, while I did my best to appear normal. We were both lying as hard as we could.”
Genius. Pure genius.
I was just thinking of starting a KD re-read! Now it’s on!
With bells on! 😀
Me too! Decided.
Thank you sooooo much to HA for filling my day with happy dancing!!
Listening to the last book as this was posted. Great timing.
See? Kate needed to vent, and the universe obliged!
So happy you posted this! I’ve been missing Kate
LOVE! Thank you!
OMG!!!! Thank you that was a wonderful treat.
I won’t ask those questions… but please…..PKEASE LET THERE BE MORE
Be cool 😛
WE’RE TOTALLY BEING COOL. EVERYONE IS COOL. WE’RE COOL.
/vibrates slightly
::snicker:: “vibrates slightly”
Alternating with the occasional happy seat bounce.
/sitting on hands
That’s a tall order for BDH Mod R, especially when it comes to Kate ⚔️ Especially after such an AWESOME glimpse into Kate’s HEA ❤️
I remember the post of Kid 1 or 2 asking Ilona why KD fans were so extra, which led to the hilarious (and accurate) description of the fandoms, with some enjoying afternoon tea or giggling and puns, and KD fandom kicking down the door screaming AMEHE amongst other 😆
Actually, I could do with a re-read of that post, can you help me re-find it? (The original, not the one with the illustration, I have tried previously to go back in old posts)
The post in question (Fandom Tea Party) is currently archived 🙂
Can we have a throwback Thursday style post of some really fun or most asked for posts not sure if you’d do on regular but I love some of the old silly things from a decade ago…yeesh I’ve been on blog/site since book 4/5 released. I remember this tea party post I’d love to reread again too!? Please and thank you xoxo!!
@VibekeR, as per Moderator R, the Fandom Tea Party is archived in the website. There is another way to access it. Do you receive email alerts (subscription) when Ilona Andrews posts in this blog? I do. I keep most of these alerts for a few years before deleting it. If you have not deleted yours, you can find The Fandom Tea Party that was emailed on 09Dec2020. It’s all there IN the email.
Hey KaReN,
I have posted the Fandom Tea Party for everyone after multiple requests to bring it back, it’s the post after this one 🙂 https://ilona-andrews.com/2022/fandom-tea-party-2/
Hi Moderator R,
I’m behind in reading my email. I just saw a new one from you and Jessie Mihalik dated yesterday. I’ve been binge reading and listening to the KD series. I’m now on book 8. Thanks.
You say that, and I’m trying (cuz cool horde gets cookies)… But I think it looks more like “Cool” from West Side Story after that snippet. POW!
Boy, boy, crazy boy…
*Grin* Thank you! It was a very enjoyable snippet.
OOoooh YUMMY! I don’t want to wait but for this I will!!!!
Love! love Love! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Snippets help SO MUCH. THANK YOU
Omg…loving this snippet! Can’t wait to see what the future will bring. Hope HA are havibg fun and relaxing on their well deserved vacation.
Oh gosh, oh gosh! *curls into a ball virtually holding precious scrap of KD world* I’ll be rereading this for days.
Silly, silly citizens of Wilmington.
Thank you oh so much 🥰
Wow! Cool
Fan girl down…. Thank you so much. Hope the break is going well. What a start to Monday.
House Andrews is lovely
Mod R is lovely
BDH is lovely
And a snippet has brought much joy
Thank you, I appreciate the glimpses into Kate and Curran!
Ye gods, that was delicious. Thank you!
Lovely Monday, ty mod r
I have no idea what you are talking about 😛
Ahh, I loved it! Thank you Mod R and thank you House Andrews!
Oh be still my heart 😍
Mod R! Mod R! Stay out of Unicorn Lane! Haven’t you learned anything from reading all of Kate’s books? Heaven knows who/what you might meet up with there! Really, who knows?
Yeah, maybe even a volhv in a dark crown…Oh dear, I really hope not, and me in these very slippery shoes, I might trip or something straight into his arms!
😝
Yah, I do think a delicious volhv has a stalker or 💯.
Hahahaha! Those volhvs….:D
No! Not with those two cups of coffee in your hands. Why, one would go to waste if he didn’t take it as thanks for the save. The one with your phone number on it.
This snippet just made my day. I can’t wait to read about Kate kicking butt in her new locale. Thanks for the sneak peak!
Squeeeeee!!!!
This is the only place I allow myself to squee with such abandon.
Thank you for this.
It made my day!
SQUEEEE!
Of course this was found in the recesses of Unicorn Lane. Magical snips from books that were never written, only dreamed. My heart will be skipping along next to an imaginary Kate all day long. Thank you Mod R!
Thank you for you theft. I hope this is an early indication of kleptomania. We promise to remain a fluffy horde in anticipation of treats.
Conlan at school now that would be a fun series to read. Even the few tidbits of him we’ve seen in the past are amusing.
I also love how laid-back Curran gotten about Kate running into danger. Will you be home for dinner? 🤣🤣🤣
Some thugs do not rate as danger on their scale – this is merely… a diversion.
Such an excellent tease! Kate has adventures wherever she goes. Thank you!
This was amazing! What a treat. Thank you very much <3
😉 I haven’t done a thing.
House Andrews are very good to the Horde!
Yes, y’all are! Happy sigh.
Love it!!!
OMG!! I won the lottery and Kate was my prize! Thank you, I love this sooo much!
Yessssssssssssssssss………….. 😀
More please!
Yea. We’ll stay good so we get goodies
Thanks IA & mod R
Gotta admit: When I clicked to who the first person narrator was, I got chills! Wow.
Love love love this. Thank you.
I love this so much.
This was unexpected and amazing as usual. You should release a book titled Parenting. The Kate Daniels technique.
1.Know your rights.
2.Perfect your menacing look.
3. Become a badass at sass.
4. Learn how to get your points across while looking innocent.
After reading Conlan’s first shift scenes and reading more about him in Blood heir , I always suspected his upbringing will be interesting. That healthy confidence isn’t just genetics.
Every line and interaction just reminded of the reason why I love the Kate Daniels world. As if I could ever forget. Kate doesn’t do low profile but I have faith that Curran can help and it’ll be nothing short of entertaining for me. Thank you .
+1
Nice surprise. Thanks. Looks like the adventures of Kate Daniels are not quite finished.
I just finished watching a French Canadian murder series called (English subtitles) The Wall. It us set in Fremont, which is in Labrador. The town’s main structure is a wall of buildings that serves as a wind break for the rest of the smaller buildings. Amazing structure and a good series as well
Thanks for the suggestion
Thank you so much for this, I’ve missed them so much 😭😭😭
Oh dear GOD!!!!! Now I want that book tooooooooooooo!!!!!
I must know more ,please!! Pretty, pretty please!!
I made the unhuman screech for half a minute and I might continue doing it for some time. Ohh Kate and Curran, I love it.
I will never, ever tire of these most wonderful characters. Gold star for sharing, Moderator R!!
I want… I want… I want… more… the fluffy BDH … hungry.
Fasting is good for body and soul, but want…………..more
Happy Dance!! Happy Dance!! Jumping, squealing and dancing all over the place!! Thank you Mod R and the ever generous House Andrews!!
Much swoon
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Ahhhhhhhhhh! Whatever this is, it’s the best. Ty
This was THE BEST THING EVEERRRRR!!!! (yep 100% yelling) I love you Mod R and clan IA ❤️❤️❤️
Love it! Thank you! Hope the vacation keeps going well 🙂
Love it!!!
Literally LOL. That was SO MUCH FUN!!!
I hate home renovation projects, so I get it. You can’t vent your frustrations on your GC.
NO, It is a very very bad idea to piss of the GC who is working on your project. Really, I know this from real life. They can make your project sloooow down like a drop of ever dropping never splatting honey. Caught in mid air, mid project forever, mid chaos moment to be lived through endlessly with no end in sight. The very definition of hell.
Squeeeee!
Ahhhh Crap!!!! Just enough of a tease to make you NEED to turn the page and read on, but NOOOoooooo… Oh Well.. We were warned..
Thank You Mod R! (and curse you Mod R) for this outstanding tidbit.
Love it! So very many possibilities! Nostalgia at it’s best! Slap my hands, no asking for more.
Laughing like a loon right now. Thanks, this is hilarious!🤣🤣🤣😃
Be still my heart!!❤️❤️🤗🎁
AHHHHHHHH OMG OMG OMG Red Alert! KD snippet!! *attempts to catch breath*
We love you Mod R and House Andrews <3
I miss Kate and co so much. *goes back to read this again*
Yes!!! Mod R you’re the best.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! You tease so mercilessly!!!!!
*fangirl screaming* Thank you mod R!!! Even if we never get anything else from this, I LOVE it!
❤️❤️👁👁❤️❤️❤️👁👁 it. Thank you.
:Does the happy dance!!
Oh! This was a lovely surprise! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you so much, a perfect tease. Love it!
Ooooo….yeah!!!
So much love for this.
Omg!! Thank you for this snippet!!
Dr. Cole, who was present at Kate’s son’s birth. Would his first name be Darren? I can easily see Doolittle as a pseudonym, since he works mainly with shapeshifters.
😉 Bingo.
Ahh, when I first saw Dr. Cole, I was like…”wait… Did they have another kid in Wilmington? Is there another one?!” This makes more sense, but now I’m a little disappointed there’s not a surprise baby.
The witch oracle says there will be another kid – a girl if I remember correctly – that’s how she knows Aurelia has changed the future.
We have no idea when her vision happens, however.
Thanks, i was trying to think who Dr Cole was, i knew the 3 witches were at the birth, and grandma and was trying to think who else was in the cave with them (besides Curran)
Thank you! Great way to start the week.
Thank you! I just started rereading Blood Heir and I am so happy to get a peek at what Kate was up to after Magic Triumphs. ❤️❤️❤️
I just re-read Blood Heir for the umpteenth time and it is just as good. And if you have already, also try to read Magic Stars which gives you another view into Julie/Derek
haven’t already
suhweet!!!!!!
Love how Kate and Curran have this as a couple. Poor bad guys. They have no idea what is coming for them.
Kate, however, will get to work out her frustration at the money pit.
Thank you!
That was absolutely perfect. And a little mean. Now I have to think of the ways Kate will get the boy back…😁🤓
Wilmington, North Carolina since they mentioned Fort Fisher. I wonder if that is far enough from Atlanta that people will not recognize them?
Julie says NC in Blood Heir. And Barabas calls Curran a “beach bum” in the scene at the Merc’s Guild.
More please…………
Wow, what a bright spot. Thank you
Oh my God, thank you!!!! Oh please oh please oh please may we have another??? I needed this!!
*screamsofjoy*
Love it!!!!!!!
I have involuntary sympathy for Ms. Vigue here. Doesn’t seem an unreasonable line of questioning even if she ought to have approached it in a different, not illegal manner. Safety of the other students is important!
No sympathy from me! Having dealt with many of that officious and irritating breed, I can only say “Go, Kate!”
Me either, i’d think Conlan has more control than most of the special teenagers at that school.
SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! *Hyperventilates till swoons in sheer delight* Thank you, Mod R!💜💜💜
That was so wonderful! I miss Kate and Curran so much. These little snippets make my day.
Thank you House Andrews!
Ahhh!!!
Now I need to know what happens next!! Does that make this a blessing or a curse?
I’m giddy from reading it though, so I guess a blessing. Thank you for sharing!
(Or totally not sharing, because this didn’t happen and it’s just afever dream)
Where is, as Paul Harvey would say, “the rest of the story”?
Loved it. Would love more.
What story? I see no story. 😇
Horde…we gotta work on sneakiness. Drills in the Keep all week!
Mysteriously and magically, “Kate And Curran’s Not So Low Profile Suburban Adventures” (h/t to one of the posters above whose name I already don’t remember) gets posted and you expected SNEAKINESS by the BDH? I’m pretty sure the 🌏 shook from all the squeeeeing and happy dancing!
I’ll report to the drills….
Awwww…drills…pout. (More sneakiness…???? hehe!)
I was already delighted to find I was among the ‘fine and fluffy horde’, and now we get to drill in the Keep?!
Life is good.
+1 for the Drills – at the Keep
#BDH for life
Love it!!!
This made me smile. Thank you
I am hooting and jumping around and scared the cat!!!
LOVE THIS!!!!! ❤️💕💗
I just cried a little. I miss them so much….
Same here!
I needed this today. I am so happy that this story just *fell off of the truck* or out of the work in progress saved file, however it decided to appear. It was magic. So excited to read any story but a snippet of Kate is amazing. She just needed an avenue to vent her frustrations. Those kidnappers will regret their life choices very quickly, though I imagine they will not have the chance to reflect on their regret for very long. Took me a second to realize Dr. Cole would be Dr. Doolittle. Whenever, however, or how often Unicorn Lane magics a story for the BDH I am grateful.
Yay! Soooo happy!
Thank you!!!
This was so beautiful, unexpected and I thought I couldn’t love the author more. I was wrong. Thank you!!!
Took me a bit to figure out what this was a part of (so many universes, so little time), but when they started talking about a prodigy shapeshifter son, it clicked.
❤️
Ahh… that was great. Thank you.
Love it!! It’s just like putting on an old pair of jeans so comfy and fit just right. Dropping into Kate and Currans world like you’ve never left
+1000 !!! So many Thanks to Ilona and Gordon!!!!
I totally needed this today! What a horrible day! My elderly car’s coolant system died (third time…), and it had to be towed (again) … and I can’t afford a new car …
so really hoping it can be fixed …
I was at a deeply stressful and frustrating meeting until well after 1 am this morning (since yesterday afternoon … and after 3 days of prep …)
I was woken after 3 hours of sleep by a friend calling from barn, who said:
“Your horse misses you!! Where are you?! We’re all here and we’ve ridden already! Your horse misses you!!!”
This would be my beloved horse with many (expensive) medical issues, who is my main reason for working like this …
So the heart attack of seeing a call from horse “daycare” softened to a painful guilt trip … and then the car trouble … and then the rental company had no cars …
and work head-aches …
after two days of piercing actual head-aches …
I bought a tub of ice cream with plans to eat the whole thing.
So tired I fell asleep instead. Then I woke and found this snippet.
Deepest gratitude.
Starting to recover my sense of resilience … Kate is always good for that. 🙂
Knew it was Kate right away! Right from
“… old shorts and a paint-stained tank top over a sports bra …”
I love how she flies under the radar … looks so innocuous … 😉
And knew for sure (!) with her smart-ass comment re: authority:
“… Making a great first impression on a school administrator – check.”
Clinched it with:
“… Making small talk was not among my few virtues. ” [chortling]
Does everyone remember:
“… Intimidation is one of my few social skills. …”
That always makes me laugh!
It’s funny because we were drilled with endless rules of decorum and etiquette …
endless dictates of how we needed to make other people comfortable, and smooth the social situation, and be good and gracious …
with immaculate manners …
Kate is refreshing and a lot of fun 🙂
She behaves the way we secretly (sometimes) wish we could …
Kate always brings a smile to my lips. Thanks!
Thank you!This made my day!!
What a treasure. Just… absolute treasure.
All of my gratitude.
Oh, evil, evil Mod R! You are the best and worst. We have no idea if this is something being worked on, or a companion scene, or deleted scene.
All we know is that it is fantastic and we want more.
Thank you!
Aaaaah! So good to meet again! Thank you HA and Mod R! 💞
I grinned the whole time!
Such a great gift Ilona and Gordon. Thank you so much!
Woo!
Also, I hope this means House IA are having a very good, very relaxing vacation.
THANK YOU!!!!!
When I’m reading this kind of snippet, I feel like a junkie who just had his fix 😉
Wouhouuuuu!! Go Kate!
Oh. My. Gawd….
Mod R, I love you and would absolutely bake you an apple pie (with normal apple, not the immorality type) for that!
You’ve just made my Monday so much better
*runs around like a squirrel on crack, arms flapping* YES, PLEASE!!
Amazing! I love these like interquel snippets.
Thank you 🥰
Thank you. I’ve been having a bad pain day and this made me smile!
So sorry 🙁
Oh my, how I have missed them. ❤️
::sputters:: Could this possibly mean that… OMG! Squeals and scares the dog.. Are we getting a Novella/Novel in the Kate universe? With more of Connor!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Repeat after me: nothing is confirmed unless and until it’s on the Release Schedule! 😛
We have ways of making things appear on the release schedule!
But the only IA approved method is ….
“Shut up and take my money!”
Pretty please 🙏 🙈
Hah.. I’m waving my cash around, hoping to catch their attention as I bounce up and down like a 5 year old in line for a Sno cone on a hot day.
Woohoo!! Kate story!! 📚🗡️
Many thanks HA and Mod R!! 💖💐💖
Oh my. I am in heaven. Thank you. The school won’t know what hit them. I am actually chuckling a bit. I love Kate.
Omg where is more.
THANK YOU!!!!!!😍
made my day!!
Eeee! Love it!
Unfortunately, I do not have great faith in Kate’s ability to maintain a low profile.
Although she has definitely gotten better at it, judging by the short story with Teddy Jo and the harpies…
Thank you. Things have been rough and this was lovely..
Great way to start the day 🤭
That’s going to be a struggle to be subtle.
That’s was awesome! Thanks for the treat!
Mod R, you are the absolute best!! What an incredible snippet! LOVE IT!!! You have made my day! Thank you so much!
Even if there’s no more to this story (hand wards against evil), this has such a movement-in-life vibe: KD “because it’s Monday”.
Thank you!
Thank You HA!!!
Thank You, oh ModR The SnippetBringer 😉
And now I’ m going to reread My Precioussss 🤩
Heart skips a beat, I dance in joy.
Oh my!
Thank you
V
The NOISES I have made whilst reading this. Keeping my fingers crossed for more!!
Ahhhhhh! This was so good, hoping for more lol. I guess Curran didn’t keep his height if he’s back to being under 6ft. That’s good, I loved that Curran wasn’t a super tall main lead.
Me too. I am really tired of all the 6’4″ MC’s squeeze/heroes. I am 5’7″ and I dated a guy who is 6’4″. I also dated a guy who is 6’6″. It’s a hell of a stretch. 5’10” – 6’1″ is great. 😀
Wahoo!!!! Thank you! A great way to start the week, even though it never happened! Love meeting old friends
Love it! Kate is always so much fun. Thank you very much!! 😀 😀 😀
❤️
Thank you!! Thank you!! This so Awesome 🤩
Thank you so much for this!!!!
Thank you! Oh my days! 😭😭😍😍🥳🥳😘👌
Oh gosh, thank you!
Thanks ModR!
We will try to remain a fine and fluffy BDH in response to so awesome a treat . . . which never happened. 🙂
Hehehehe (chortles and runs hands together) “keep a low profile” she says….. Thankyou for the Kate snippet!!
I am betting this will get you a handy dandy new covered porch or added weight room area thrown in! Just think of the deals you can get if you do small favors for you contractors. I’m thinking of an outdoor grill/seating area with a below counter fridge, a smoker with one of those brick pizza ovens. You know that they will use it when company comes. You also need a flat hibachi grill area to make the veggies tasty.
I like the way you think, Debbie 😀
Let me be the first to tell you.This is incomplete.So what happen with the rest of the story?Wink,wink.
See,didnt ask for more.
A big thank you to House Andrew’s!! What a treat!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
SQUEEEEEEEE
Doubling down on patient and fluffy here. Extra fluffy means two cookies for snack time.
OooooooOooooooo. I like!!!!! Thank you Madam Moderator !
OMG!!! KAAAAATEEEEEEEEEE!
LOVE!!!!!!!
Thank you Mod R, I will keep your secret that you stole this Wonderful Treat. Helps me get thru a Mad Hot Monday!
Hooray! Thank you Mod R!!!! I needed a laugh.
Oh My *lol*. Initially I thought it might be Hugh’s kid, but then I realized it had to be none other than Kate/Curren and their kid. And trademark Kate, loved ‘or pee yourself and fall over’.
Love it!!
🥰🤍🖤💚💜🧡
Lovely surprise! I wasn’t thinking Kate world, so didn’t get it until the description of Curran joining them. A little slow, but so happy!
Squeeee!! 🤩😍🤩 (that is all I have to say on the matter )
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TYVM! Mod R and HA are the best! 💖
Oh my!! I love Kate!!
👍
SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!
I love it, I love it!! thank you, Mod R! Thank you, House Andrews!
I feel like a little kid who is saying “I want more”. I love it.
*fist pump* Yes! Yes! Yes!
All hail sneaky Mod R!
What a great surprise… but now, you baited the horde in the worst way… we want MORE!!!
(Insert picture of a zombies clamoring for… books.)
She’s in a bad mood so to get the catharsis she needs she’s planning to attack what sounds like a group of violent criminals (how many there are as yet to be determined). Oh God, how I have missed Kate. But I’m wondering – a short story, novella, novel (hope! hope! hope!).
EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
So much love!
I feel sorry for the kidnappers.
On the other hand the contractors won’t try to cheat Kate or do a crappy renovation.
This was sooo awesome…I laughed so much…Thanks for making my Monday!
This was so good. House Andrews is brilliant, and it’s great to revisit Kate & Co again! Thank you.
KATE!!! AND CURRAN!!!! Surprise of the day, and made me so happy!!! It’s like meeting old good friends after a long time and not realizing how much you missed them ❤️ On a side note “He was almost six feet tall….” I guess Curran did end up losing that extra height 😄
Almost 6 feet tall could also mean 6 foot 5 inches, because that’s less than half and would round down to 6. This is my height math. My 5 foot 3. 5 inches gets rounded to 5 foot 4 inches because half round up. 😉😁
He lost the extra height brought on by eating the divine animals 🙂
Just like a warm hug.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!💕🦁🐾💕🗡💕
Ahh so wonderful to read about Kate again. I miss them so much.
Thank you for this
Thank you….. just, thank you!
Thank you!!!
After a week straight out of hell, this was the best surprise. Thank you House Andrews for a beloved snippet desperately needed <3
Oh thank you, thank you!!!!! A million thank yous ❤️❤️❤️❤️
*chef’s kiss*
Squeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
That was an unexpected and fabulous treat, many thanks. Very happy.
Absolutely delightful.
OMG, this is absolutely great and had me wondering who it was for a minute. I am incredibly excited. Thank for interrupting vacation with a teaser.
I do enjoy a bit of fantasy on a blistering afternoon!
Woo-Hoo! And they’re back!
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! and YAAAAAAAYYYYY!!! and Thank you Thank you sneaky treat-doler-outer!!!! Also Thank You House Andrews for writing the sneaky treat!!
A much bigger achievement 🥰
OMG! Yes!!
I’m sitting here,typing this with a smile on my face but inwardly,I’m squealing like a little girl…I am not in fact a little girl but a very big one. I am also not squealing out loud because I am surrounded by people! I’ve missed Kate so much!!
Never too big to squeee! 🦄
Wow! Didn’t know I needed that.
So fun!
The moment as I was reading and it hit me that it was Kate! Ah bliss!
What a lovely present. You made my day. Thank you
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today is my thirty fifth wedding anniversary, and this is my favorite gift so far! THANK YOU!! 💚💚💚💚💚
Happy anniversary!
What’s your secret 🙂?
My parents have been married now for 67 years. Pretty sure they’ve stuck it out this long because neither was willing to give the other the satisfaction. Oh, that and they love each when they’re not arguing.
My brother and I are both single.
Congratulations! <3
May you have many more happy ones! 🙂
Oh my gosh, what an unexpected treat! Thank you all (including Mod R) !!
This has made my entire week and it’s *Monday*!!!
Oh My Atlanta!!!!… no longer. I’m so excited! This scenario of parenthood and as someone going through home renovations right now just really hits home. Following and growing up with Kate Daniels and getting to read more of her as she tackles day by day in passing is just so much fun!!
Ohhhh!!! Yay!!! 🤩
Kate!!!! I’ve missed you!!!! Need the exercise? Que idiotic kidnappers! Yay!
Thanks for the treat!
Ahhhhhh. Omg omg 😲 not sure what else to day. Going to have to sit on my hands so I don’t ask any questions. So many thoughts. Just have to wait for more.
Loved the teaser. Thank you.
About two paragraphs in I’m like “It’s Kate!!!” And the rest of me is “Don’t jump to conclusions” see this is what happens when Mod doesn’t confirm there are not any new stories in KD. KD is back!!!!!
Double Ditto with me as well. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Thank you.
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I Looooooove Kate.
🥰😍🤩 All the love Mod R – Thank You!!!
I Love IT
🎈
Haha
thank you, thank you, thank you.
I’ve missed Kate 🙂
Oh my!!!
Sooo cool to have a look into Kate´s and Curran´s lives! Miss it so much!
Thank you so much!
Wonderful snippet – love the way you know it’s Kate if you’ve read KD, but if not you get the confirmation at the end!
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On another note – what a beautiful picture! Looking at Google Earth is Fort Fisher on something like a spit or a sandbank then with a river estuary behind spotted with islands?
It is beautiful! The area is a barrier island so parts of the original Fort Fisher fortifications have eroded and are underwater. I think the reference to opposite Fort Fisher must mean Fort Kure is toward the SW/Aquarium (smell of the sea) rather than N/toward the NC Guard training center (inlet side, though the CF river is still saltwater there.) If it hadn’t mentioned Kure I would have thought it was near the Fort Anderson area on the opposite side of the Cape Fear river so Curran’s castle could have the size and fortifications of the original Fort Fisher (1 mile along the sea and about 200 acres.)
And, yes, I absolutely intend to take the treat out to Fort Fisher this weekend and try to place where Fort Kure would be! Thank you so much for confirming Wilmington, NC!!
Thanks for the information – another place to put on my list of ‘spots to visit’ when I finally get across the Pond!
Hooray! That was a wonderful treat 😊❤️ Thanks Mod R for being a stealthy ninja and thanks House Andrew for letting us visit some of our favourite people.
Hehehehe. Kate changes completely and simultaneously never changes. I’m so glad she survived to have a family and community and continue to be a menace to uptight people.
Glad to see I’m not the only one yelling “SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” about this! Quietly. Deep inside.
I’m so excited!!!! I might have squealed a bit and scared the hubby.
I’m going to sound horribly ungrateful…but can we have more, please?
NOOOOOOOOOO! You cannot leave me hanging like this!!!! Whimper….
P.S. Love it. 🙂
Oooo… So gooooood! Thank you muchly, Mod!
I love you, HA and Mod R. Thank you!
Kate, Kate, Kate…
Can never get enough of this world which, for me, also includes Julie and Derek stories.
A little exercise…
Awesome.
AHHHH MADE MY DAY!!!!!!!!
I. Love. It.
Thank you mod R!
Also, if it helps, I would absolutely buy a new KD book in triplicate (audio, kindle and dead tree)…. just throwing that out there.
Love this!
The absolute best thing I’ve seen today!!!!
OMG, love it, love it, love it!! Please tell me this will be a short story or novella at some point. Pleeeaaaassse. Not too proud to beg.
Why think small? Why not KD #11?
AMAZING!
Thank you!!
And look how subtly and tactfully Kate threatened Ms. Vigue with Dr. Cole’s “seven thousand associates” if she didn’t lose this line of inquiry, fast. Kate? Subtle? Tactful? The mind boggles.
“Seven thousand associates”. Heh. And no other lawyer is as vicious as a Pack (or previously Pack) lawyer…
She was subtle and tactful right up to the point where she recommended pre-emptive urination.
Side note: Autocorrect does not believe pre-emptive is a word, and offers “pre-emotive” instead. Autocorrect needs to get out more.
What a wonderful surprise today! Thank you!
SQUEEEEEEE!!! Love it and I accept this teaser because this means there is more of it out there (even if only in the minds of the AuthorLords). I swear that their writing gets better and better with each book. How they are able to create such different worlds/characters/plots and still be amazing is just another reason to love them and their creative process!
If you heard a fangirling scream from France, it’s me XD
Thanks BTW.
Question: Why did HA place Kate Daniels in Atlanta?
Did anyone ever make a detailed map of various locations? I am rereading the series and every time there’s a name of a street or area I go to a map app and locate it.
At the time, both Ilona and Gordon drove into Atlanta for work 🙂. They were inspired by their surroundings.
There is a map for the main series, but it needs updating for the changes that Blood Heir brought. I’ll look for the old one for you 🙂
Here it is- again, as of Blood Heir, this map is no longer accurate
Thanks much
Wow, even when fluffy we, the BDH, just can’t keep a secret! But then, KATE! Hahaha!
This was the best! Low profile … as if!
OMG this totally made my Monday…. I am re-reading these books she makes me so happy. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOU
YES!!!!!!!!
Love this – thank you so much!!!
Holy freaking yasssssssssssssss. I love Kate.
What a wonderful gift to your fan base! This has the makings of a new book (perhaps). So the youngster is going to finishing school. (I thought there would be a daughter by now.) So some nefarious people will get the chance to meet the daughter of Roland. My brother and I love it! Please, pretty please give us some more?
Conlan is about 7-8 here, it’s not chronologically after Blood Heir. 🙂
Yeah, they said they moved here for the school and in Blood Heir or a dropped snippet said they were in Wilmington because of Conlan’s school, so I placed this with Conlan approaching kindergarten or first grade.
Woo hooooooooo! Giddy up!
I’m woefully slow.::sad face::
I was wondering who Dr. Cole was. It needed me getting to the end of the snippet to understand that it’s Dolittle. Even with the 7000 associate clue, it flew over my head.
Did Curran’s height recede the same year he lost his godhood or was it gradual over the years? I noticed it says here he is almost 6 feet.
I miss Grendel. Did they take him with them?
Can you imagine what Grendel could get into / try to eat on a construction site?
I’m guessing he’s vacationing with somebody until the house is inhabitable.
Personally, I’d love to read *that* snippet, though I might hurt myself before I stopped laughing…
Of course, they took Grendel with them 🐶
Aaaaahhhh! I love this, I want to read more (whenever you feel like writing it), this is amazing and tantalizing and so good!
Thanks so much. I’ll never get tired of Kate’s stories.
Eegads, that was sooo good that I feel I owe money for that snippet.
I immerse myself in the KD world about once a year. Just finished Blood Heir, again and it is so wonderful seeing snippets of their life in NC. Squeee
When I was a child, I would go outside and spin around until I fell and then lay there with my eyes closed. It was as if I were flying. It was so fun. Reading this was just like that. Thank you!
Oh thank you!!
I smiled the whole way through! Hit me in the best way … I miss Kate and her world. Thank you for all you share!
I am excited beyond words!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
This is so Great!!! Thank you very much!!
Somehow House Andrews knows when I really need something! Thank you so much for this.
Like a phone call from old friends who are letting me know they’re soon coming to visit.
Thank you
SSSSQQQQUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU Mod R. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I SO needed this.
I’m sooooooo happy. Miss Kate and Curran
Thank you. ❤️
Loved it! Now I need to go reread the entire series….again! 🙃❤️
Ahh! I didn’t realize how much I missed Kate! Thanks you made my day.
Squeeee! Loved every word. Puzzling over the uncle’s child & Paul’s nephew bit. The child of my uncle is my first cousin, not my nephew. Perhaps there are more convolutions in this family than have been revealed here.🤷🏻♀️
It’s a stolen snippet, not something that’s seen edits or proofreads. I just thought it would please the BDH 🙂
Oh, it does. It certainly does.
Oh it does. Not sure why my brain fixated on that. Thanks, Mod R
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Thank you thee who shall not be named and hides in or on the corner of 🦄lane
Woo-hoo!!!!! Thanks for the lovely peek. Go get ’em, Kate!
Thank you – didn’t know I needed that 😊
OMG thank you for this!! I miss these characters like they are friends long gone! So enjoy updates on their lives!
This just made my day!!! 😀
Aaaahhhhhhhhh!
LOVE Kate!
Need MOOOORRREEE!!!!
This was the best part of my day! Thank you for this!
I‘m dreaming. This was just a dream, right? A very very very good dream.
… thank you so much!
This is lovely; thank you so much!
So exciting!!
This made me so happy to read! Thank you! 😁
Thank you! I wish I could buy you both a drink for a treat on your vacay. Have a blast and Thanks again.
*cackles gleefully for five minutes straight*
Oh my. Thank you for the treat!
Thrilled! I have really enjoyed glimpses of Conlan, and hope to see more, and love seeing Kate and Curran!
That is So awesome!
Y’all are such excellent wordsmiths. The movie that plays in my head as I read is always so clear and colorful as your world sucks me in. Thank you for the pleasure.
🎉🎉🤣 Kate!!
Looks like Wilmington NC to me (who lives in Eastern NC)
Don’t know how you do it! You have such distinctive “voices” for your characters. Wasn’t more than 2 sentences into when I thought “Kate – that’s Kate”.
WHOO HOO!!!! Love getting back to Kate’s world!!!
Ahhhhh! Kate! It’s Kate and Curran!
He finally got another fort. Does it have a moat yet? I’ve missed them in a way re-reading doesn’t help! Thank you! Is this going to be book length? I know, you don’t know, this never happened, but is it? They usually run long even when intending to write novellas, so chances are good, right?
Curran will possibly, maybe get a moat.
After 2 canceled flights and sick kids, thanks for taking me to my happy place.
Hoping fervently HA is having a better vacation than mine.
Tank you so much!! We will try to remain a lovely, patient, fine, and fluffy Horde!!
* Thank!
Woo hoo! Live love love!
Thank you!!
I hope they are enjoying their break, getting the rest, relaxation and rejuvenation needed.
A special treat! I love special treats and I especially love unexpected super special treats from HA! *happy sigh*
Thank you!
I love it!! Thank you so much for your thievery, Mod R! *ahem* I mean, mysterious stranger.
I usually dislike Mondays but this will have me doing my happy dance all week! This was soooooo freaking awesome!🥰🥰🥰
Can we all live forever to keep reading these characters?
Awesomeness!!! My heart and inner beast is soothed…I have heard a snippet about my beloved Kate.
That was great! Thanks
Yyyyaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Thank you!!!! Love it, Love it and Love it more❤️
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! House Andrews and Mod R are the best!!! What an awesome Monday this turned out to be :: happy dance::
I love this world so much it really means a lot to me, THANK YOU!
Any story involving Kate, Curran and family brightens my ❤️. Thank you !!
🎵 Kate’s gonna kick some ass🎶
Doo-dah, doo-dah 🎶
I want to say the BDH will wait in fluffy quiet but I am fairly sure I would join those who lie hard(;
“And, please, call me Kate.” :All the shivers:
What a lovely gift!
I just finished listening to the KD series for the umpteenth time, and this was the perfect cherry on top.
Yay!!!!
🙂 this is everything.
You guys are such a tease! Already salivate uncontrollably about any pending new release and not probably have to wait years for this…
Love it! What a vivid glimpse into their family…magic.
Thank you x
Kate decides low profile and incognito needed a time out and oh, lookee, here comes a reason for flexing. After a minor skirmish with a principal, Kate has the opportunity for being Kate.
The snippet and clippet I needed this morning! Blessed be from Tuesday morning in Oz
Thank You!!!!!
I could cry with happiness!!
Thank you!!
Thank you so much. It is so appreciated. I love Kate and Curran.
That just made me absurdly happy. I didn’t realize how much I missed Kate. And after working in schools for years in the business/accounting side, I have horror stories about admin and teachers if the AuthorLords ever need it 🙂
🤩🥳
I love it!
Squeeeeeee! So, so epic!😆😆😆
SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
I was studiously doing my work when i heard the echo of a squeeee!
Ah, the horde alert has sounded! This can only mean a new snippet or story update!
Mod R, ” I has cookies”
The Horde, pretending their hardest to be cute, fluffy, polite and patient gazes at the cookies while preparing to pounce.
Cookies are gone now. More cookies promised? Should we invade and hunt for the rest of the story? Do rampaging hordes get fed? 🤔
Horde agrees we will be patient. Patient and sneaky… there is a story to hunt. Walk softly horde, think fluffy thoughts… we will search every bookcase, investigate hard drives, haunt vlogs and find story. Listen for the Squeeeeeeee
+10000000
MMOOOOOORRRRRREEEEE, please and thank you! this was awesome!!
Thank you. ‘deep breath’ so I don’t plead. Thank you.
❤️ 💕 💗
Ya’ll just made my day…
Thank you! <3
OMG!!! This reads sooooo exciting! I love how Curran said “cool, will you be home for dinner?” Like she was just going out to see a friend! lol
Squeee!!!
😯
This reminds me of Hugh
Dressing in armor
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/vgnm0f/dressing_in_late_14th_century_armour/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I am dead!!!!! 🥰😍😘❤️😍😘🥰❤️😍😭😉😘😍😭😍😀🥰😘😍❤️😉😘😉. This is the best day ever.
Wow! That beats any “welcome to the neighbor” I’ve ever heard of! 🤣
Ahhhhhhhhh and you say don’t ask for more!! Evil thy name is Mod R😱😭😖
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Seriously amazing they still have thoughts and dreams of this series so many years after they started it. It’s probably a gift and a curse. Especially with the fluffy BDH perched on top of their slippers while they type at the desk…and I’m pretty sure there’s a few more poking their noses from between the books on the shelves behind them..😜 thanks for sharing & hope u all enjoy your week!! Hope Reno went well!!
All I want is more Kate in my life. KD will always be my favorite series. It’s my GOAT.
Absolutely lovely. I’ve missed Kate so much. I’ve been wondering about the move away from Atlanta!
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Well, there was supposed to be a big SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE between the chevrons but apparently I violated a blog coding something-or-other. Oops!
Call me Kate. This is the tag line to all of the KD world. This is merchandise. This is paradise to the eyes. I read it and just felt as full as after having a full stroopwafel. Squuuueeeeeeeeer
What a wonderful surprise as I sit here, sweltering in the TX heat. A slight breeze, bird song, deer at the feeder below and THIS YUMMY THING!
Mod R is my favorite Mod EVER!
I HAVE been feeling extra fluffy today. Thank you for noticing 🙂
Ohhh, why didn’t I read the blog earlier?!! My day would have been so much better.
Then again maybe I should have saved it for tomorrow when I’ll be stuck in the mega strike action travel zone. Or I can just reread it. Or better still reread the series!
OHOHOH
The best. Authors. Ever.
And the Best. Moderator. Ever.
I really, really, really needed this. Like, there is a Lifetime movie-the kind where someone could really, truly be murdered–happening in my children’s father’s life. I am beyond stressed and really appreciate this break from an unbelievable reality.
AHHHHAHAHHHH
And, please, call me Kate:)
So good – this snippet will get me through the week and allow me to run wild(in my head)
Thank you so much! I excited to think that the next Sneaky Treat might explain how Kate, in a deliberate, controled, and low profile way, rescued the kid and took her bad day out on someone who richly deserved it.
Just what I needed on my birthday. God, I missed that.
So awesome. I can’t stand it. (Insert cheers here.)
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
EEEEEEE, I CAN’T STOP SCREAMING!!! MORE KATE AND CURRAN!!!
You are SO GOOD to us! Thank you!
OMG!!! I LOVE it!!
Hugs and love and thanks 😊 💕 💖
Loving this so much! What better distraction from home remodeling than taking care of kidnappers? Will I be banished to the outer realms if I whisper softly, “Will there be more?” Don’t worry, I won’t scream or shout if there isn’t. I promise I won’t even whimper or look pitiful. But I’m delighted to see a chance of Conlan getting some space of his own.
Love it! I want more, more, more, pleeaase 😊
I was so angry about something earlier and now I can’t stop smiling 😍😍🥰🥰 LOVE LOVE LOVE!!
AHHHHHHHH I KNEW IT HAD TO BE HER A COUPLE PARAGRAPHS IN!! THATS MY BEST GIRL 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Glorious day 🥰❤️ I love you HA ❤️❤️❤️
Best thief ever!
We’ll behave.
Please steal more
Love Love Love! Mod R you just made my day!
It like slipping into your favorite worn t-shirt.
Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh….. I love this so much. Thank you for slipping it to us mod R.
Exactly what I needed today. Reading about their world, is like slipping on a favorite old jumper and drinking hot chocolate.
Oooh, fabulous! Hilarious too. We all can be ever so fluffy, the fluffiest ever!
Sqeeee!!!!
Wow wow yes thank you
I love the “Oh good. Will you be home in time for dinner?”. Lol
Made me soooo happy to hang out with Kate again! If there were actually something to thank you for, Mod R, I definitely would. But since there isn’t, I won’t! 😏
I needed this so badly. I am so happy
I love it 🙂 🙂
I love Wilmington! It’s truly one of my favorite places. And Kate. And the snippet. Thank you!!!! You are a wonderful Mod R and should be showered in gifts and jewels and delicious food and drink.
(I will note that I didn’t get an email re this post like I normally do)
There is usually a day delay for the newsletter 🙂
I’m dead, but oh sooo happy! Thanks for sneaky this yummy morsel out!!
Internal screaming with reserved hope when I started to suspect it was kate. Louder and louder as curran was described. And then full-on aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! Waaaaaahhhhh!!!! Weeeeee!!!!!
!!!!!
As soon as I read a bit about the walls and gray eyes I thought “that sounds like Curran” 🙂 I love this so much.
Wow thanks!
Well i think we all know that that situation will not last long 🤣
Squeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Thanks Mod R! This is so appreciated! Had a bad day in what is guaranteed to be a worse week and what do I see when I finally get to unwind? An amazing snippet! In KD universe no less! Woo hoo!
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Thank you House Andrews! Where is Mod R? I can’t hug her when she disappears into Unicorn Lane… I’m not equipped for it.
I so needed to hear from Kate and Curran again. It was a bit of a day.
It’s ridiculous how this snippet lifted my spirits. I love Kate so much.
Please, sir, may I have some more, please?
+1000
SWOON
Thank you!!!
We’ll that was a most unexpected and pleasant surprise 😁
Best surprise Ever!! That never happened.. wink wink
Ermagerd, derhmahelemisshkajaisjhwhwj! Common brain think of things, common brain think of things, common brain be so smart.
Words cannot describe how good this was!
Absolutely amazing treat!!! Thank you Mod R for your sneaky powers & thank you HA for your wonderful talent.
I’m channeling my fluffiness right now while Squeeeeeeing internally!
Hope the vacay is going slowly for you HA, as they always seem to go at double time. And hope the reno is fabulous.
As I was reading, I’m thinking could it be.. . Yes! What a wonderful return to my favorite literary couple. Thank you!