Patricia Briggs

As most of you have already learned (thank you for the spoiler, Amazon!), there is indeed a book of Asil's dates coming out later this year.  Just to tide you over and tantalize you, here's a little snippet from date number five.  Enjoy! --Ann the trusty assistant

“Who are you?” asked Sage.

Ruby had already introduced herself, so she figured that Sage hadn’t meant her name.

“I’m the fourth date,” Ruby told her. “Like you are his fifth.”

Sage didn’t like her answer. “How long have you known him?”

Yep. Asil made a big impression. Ruby wondered uneasily if she was making more of their date than had been real. Like she thought Sage was. She gave the other woman the truth and to remind herself how little she knew him.

“About three hours yesterday–wait we’re into the wee hours of the morning now. So about three hours the day before yesterday,” Ruby told her. “One phone call, four texts. Oh, and a drive-by. Just now. You were here for that one.”

“Three hours the day before last,” Sage said thoughtfully. Then she smiled–an expression filled with false sweetness. “I am sorry you must concede the field of honor, Ruby. I have the advantage of our prior commitment, you see.”

“Maybe,” Ruby conceded, stifling the impulse to touch her lips where the memory of Asil’s end-of-date kiss still lingered. “But why do you think so?”