Meet David, Vic’s brother in law
Vic
met David Brown when they were roommates at Oxford, only David’s father lost
the family fortune and David had to leave Oxford to make a living for his
family. He became the finest dentist in London with advancements far beyond
anyone else. He has a x-ray machine capable of finding cavities inside the
tooth, electric drills capable of cutting out the decay, then filling the tooth
with a special amalgamate that does not shrink and fall out in the winter.
But
his knowledge goes far beyond dentistry. He is connected with inventors all of
the world, but especially in Europe and America. So when Vic asks David to help
her get Tubs up and walking he comes at once with his new-fangled arc wielder,
ropes and counterweights to make it easier for Tubs to get up and move about.
David
is the smartest fellow Vic has ever known and has been critical in solving many
of their crimes.
Chaos
abounds in Late Victorian England. Xavier goes off on a mission without Vic
because her protector, Tubs, is not well enough to keep Vic from harm right
now. In fact, Tubs is dying and the doctor doesn’t expect him to live for more
than a week. Upon discovering Tubs’ dire situation, Vic sets about rescuing him
instead.
Good thing
too. To all appearances the two strongest crime lords of London have declared
war on each other. Only the two attempts on Vic’s life tells her this is all a
clever plot by a third party—worse yet, a female villainess.
To stop the
crime lords from destroying one another, leaving their territories open to the
Russian spy, she must bring Seth and Samson together, share what is really
going on, and get them to agree to work against this third party. Not an easy
task since Seth Sojourn thinks Vic is nothing but a foolish sop. Unfortunately,
Xavier has gone missing, so it’s up to her to convince the angry crime lord
that her plan is best. Otherwise, this villainess will kill everyone who gets
in her way and bring England to its knees.
David arrived at five with notebook and a cloth
measuring tape.
He asked Tubs to raise his arms as he sat on the bed,
then measured the distance from the palm of his hand to the thick ceiling beam
overhead. He then looked at Vic. “I’d like to drill and place a hook into the
beam. That way we can use various equipment on the same hook.”
“Do it,” Vic said as she smiled at Tubs.
David asked Tubs if he could stand.
“Not right now. My legs are pretty tired.”
Vic bragged, “He lifted little boys with his legs for
nearly an hour.”
David chuckled. “I doubt I could do that for even a
half hour. Good thing Vic found us such a tiny little angel girl to adopt.”
“How is little Maddy?”
David’s smile widened into pure joy. “She is
perfection incarnate. Always smiling and happy, so patient with her mother’s
constant fussing.”
Vic rolled her eyes. Her sister was always trying to
put the world to perfection. No reason why a one-year-old child should be left
to her own natural inclinations.
“Once Tubs is walking, we’ll come visit.”
David took further measurements of Tubs and then
explained what he had in mind. “Once your legs are strong enough to carry you,
I’ll have made you a device that will help you walk to the water closet on your
own.”
“That sounds good,” Tubs said glancing at the door of
the room where his wife continued to sleep.
“He’ll be strong enough tomorrow,” Vic said.
“Then I’ll weld it tonight.” David smiled. “I have recently
acquired one of Coffin’s arc-welders from America. It’s a fabulous device which
creates an electric arc that heats to three-thousand degrees. It not only melts
the metal and bonds pieces together, but will deposit the filler metal exactly
where you want.”
Vic patted
David on his back. Her friend dearly loved American inventions.
“Just build it sturdy,” Vic said, hoping David
remembered Tubs weighed four hundred pounds…or he did before he was shot three
times in the chest.
David nodded and put up his notebook. “We’ll get you
back to full strength, have no fear about that Mr. Tubs.”
Vic walked David to the front door, thanking him for
making Tubs a priority.
“You don’t have to thank me. You have given me my wife, my
daughter, and my home. Anything you ask me to do will always be a priority.”
David gripped her hand. “We’ll get Mr. Tubs back to
health. I know how important he is to you and England.”
To be honest she liked David a great deal
more than she liked her sister.
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Liza O’Connor was raised badly by feral cats,
left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on the east coast.
There she worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic
husband tried to kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then
one day she declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell
in love with her new life where people behaved nicely. But all those bad
behaviors has given her lots of fodder for her humorous books. Please buy these
books, because otherwise, she’ll become grumpy and write troubled novels
instead. They will likely traumatize you.
You have been warned.
Mostly humorous books
by Liza:
Ghost Lover—Two British brothers fall in love with the
same young woman. Ancestral ghost is called in to fix the situation. And
there’s a ghost cat that roams about the book as well. (Humorous Contemporary
Romance)
Saving Casey— Cass wakes up in the body of a troubled teen
who has burned every bridge imaginable. Her only choice is to turn this life
around, but that’s much harder than she ever imagined.
Untamed & Unabashed—The youngest of the Bennet sisters, Lydia,
tells her story. A faithful spinoff from Pride & Prejudice.
A
Long Road to Love Series: (Humorous Contemporary odd Romance)
Worst Week Ever — Laugh out loud week of disasters of Epic
proportions.
Oh Stupid Heart — The heart wants what it wants, even if it’s
impossible.
Coming to Reason — There is a breaking point when even a saint
comes to reason.
Climbing out of Hell — The reconstruction of a terrible man into a
great one.
The
Adventures of Xavier & Vic Sleuth series: (Late Victorian/Mystery/Romance)
The Troublesome Apprentice — The greatest sleuth in Victorian England
hires a young man who turns out to be a young woman.
The Missing Partner — Opps! The greatest sleuth in Victorian
England goes missing, leaving Vic to rescue him, a suffragette, and about 100
servants. Not to mention an eviscerating cat. Yes, let’s not mention the cat.
A Right to Love — A romantic detour for Jacko. Want
to see how amply rewarded Jacko was when he & Vic save an old woman from
Bedlam?
The Mesmerist — The Mesmerist can control people from afar and make them murder for
her. Worse yet, Xavier Thorn has fallen under her spell.
Well Kept Secrets — The problems with secrets is that they always come to
light, no matter how you wish to silence them.
The
Darkest Days — Muddled cases make Vic very grumpy.
The CrimeLords’ War — Vic
is almost killed twice as she tries to prevent a CrimeLords’ War and stop a
female Russian spy from killing Xavier.
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