After
being rationed books by my parents like most kids get rationed candy, I turned
to writing to tide me over between fixes. I love to get lost in a captivating,
exhilarating story, whether reading or writing. Nothing is better than being
drawn into a story so deeply you don't realize you're turning a page until
you've reached the end, and the characters live on in your heart and mind long
after the cover has been closed.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Infiltrating
an international drug cartel is the dangerous chance of a lifetime for Asher
Beaulieu of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Falling in love while running
the op isn’t part of the plan, but he never had much use for plans anyway.
Shrouded in deception and surrounded by temptation, his charmed life explodes
in betrayal and tragedy.
Ash
rises from the flames a guarded, wary shadow of his former self. His past comes
to revisit him, along with an annoying American DEA agent, who forces Ash to
reclaim his courage and character before facing another chance at love—and an
even deadlier threat.
DEA
Special Agent Emmaline Justice is determined to be recognized for her work, not
her sex. She doesn’t have time for an intriguing, wounded RCMP inspector. When
the contacts she cultivated over long months of an international undercover
investigation keep showing up dead, Emma must use her instincts as both an
agent and a woman to determine Beaulieu’s role in the case and in her life.
One
woman tore him apart. Another is brave enough to put him back together—if his
past doesn’t kill him first.
AN EXCERPT
“Look.” He sat forward and took her
hand, forcing her to drop the mutilated wrapper. “I’m no saint. Don’t claim to
be. Don’t want to be. But I’m telling you the truth when I say my reputation is
wishful thinking on a lot of people’s part, especially most of those women.
I’ll tell you this, Liz. I’m going home alone, unless I’m with you, for as long
as you’ll let me.”
He held her gaze when she took a
sharp breath.
“Why?” she breathed.
His stupid heart turned over at the
sight of her honestly baffled expression, her blue eyes wide and guileless. His
fingers tangled with hers before he brought them to his lips for a lingering
kiss, sucking briefly on one knuckle.
“Because I like you. Haven’t been
interested in anyone else since I met you.” He shook his head. “That doesn’t
happen to me. That’s never happened to me, but I like it. Like the way you make
me feel. I like thinking about you. Like seeing you. Can I see you, Liz? Just
you?”
“Just me?” she squeaked.
“Just you,” he affirmed, leaning
across the table. “Just me and you. Is that okay?”
She nodded frantically, unable to
speak.
“Is this okay?” He brought his mouth
closer.
She nodded again, and he breathed a
sound of approval before he kissed her.
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