Point Blank ~ Catherine Coulter

FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich face the most dangerous case of their careers in Catherine Coulter's explosive new thriller.

Point Blank's propulsive story takes off when FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver are nearly killed while trying to rescue popular entertainer Pinky Womack from kidnappers. Lured to a motel in Pumis City, Virginia, by a known snitch, the only thing the agents discover is a glowing red timer. The place is demolished in a catastrophic explosion, but everyone survives.

The same snitch leads them to Arlington National Cemetery, promising the agents Pinky's safe return. The search is interrupted when Savich takes a fateful call on his cell. The mysterious caller taunts Savich with other threats-against him, and against his wife, fellow agent Lacey Sherlock. Up against an untraceable foe-not even MAX can locate him-Savich and Sherlock find themselves fighting an unstable villain with a very long memory.

At the same time, Agent Ruth Warnecki's passion for treasure hunting leads her to Winkel's Cave and a cave chamber that really shouldn't exist-as well as a dead student from Stanislaus Music School, left there for eternity. Some students have wandered quite far from the beaten path, with terrible consequences.

An edge-of-your-seat thriller as exhilarating and frightening as anything she's ever written, Point Blank is Catherine Coulter's finest achievement.

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In typical Catherine Coulter fashion, this story moved quickly and with smooth character development. I had a difficult time putting this one down. Now to wait for the next installment.

Here Comes Santa Claus, Here Comes Santa Claus

This has been a project in the works for 2 1/2 years and 146 hours and it has now been moved to the finished pile!!! I'm not sure I actually believe that I've finally finished this piece. As much as I love it there were times when I just dreaded it coming up in my rotation. I think most of that stems from the linen, but in the end I wouldn't change a thing. Okay, maybe I would I'd have never put it down and neglected it for so long.

Now that both pieces, Spirit of Christmas and Gift of Peace are completed I'm faced with what to do with them. I'm going to leave them hanging and mull it over for while. You think in the past 2+ years I would have some idea about what I had planned for them, but I don't.

February's piece is Mirablia's Elf Fairy. I'll update with progress pics as I produce them.

Happy Stitching Days to you.

Stitching Chattering

January saw a month of amazing stitching numbers. I logged 55 hours 55 minutes in the month of January. I don't know that I've ever stitched that much in one month. Even with such a great amount of stitching time I was unable to get Spirit of Christmas completed. I'm hoping to have it finished by the end of the weekend.

I had laid out what I was to be working on for the year, but I've have a change of heart and a change of plans. I have the most adorable stitching extraordinaire assistant by the name of Lily. I was planning on working on The Bride for the month of February, but after long contemplation and a push from Lil, I've decided to work on Mirabilia's Elf Fairy. I have about 15 hours in on this and Lily and I think I should be able to finish her up in the remainder of the month.

I'll keep the updates coming as I have them available. Stay tuned for my first finish in 2007!!!