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TGIF it’s Friday! I thought that after I left my full-time job to write Fridays would lose some of their WOO HOO IT’S FRIDAY vibe, but nope, Friday is still special. I still look forward to the weekend, especially since I’m going to spend some time with my daughter on Sunday. That’s always fun. As for Saturday, I’m hoping for a pretty day so I can take a long stroll on the boardwalk. Writing, of course! I’m working on #3 in the South Beach Security K-9 Division spinoff. That series will be out in Summer 2024 but you can read the first three books in the series right now at https://amzn.to/3GYWSAo.
I love that I’m writing romantic suspense again and to celebrate that and my upcoming March 29 release, Decoy Training, I’m having this giveaway! Just earn points for a chance to win autographed copies of Trapping a Terrorist, Darkness Calls, Cold Case Reopened, a Book Lover notepad and pen, NovelTea Chai Latte Tea Tin, bookmark, and $10 Gift Card! You must use your email to login in to the contest, but do not fear. Your email will not be shared with anyone else and will only be used to notify you in case you win! Contest ends at 11:30 pm EST on Sunday, January 16, 2022. To enter the contest please visit my Facebook Fan Page.
I just watched Windows on the World, an interesting movie about a young man who comes to New York in search of his father who was working in the World Trade Center on 9/11. As a New Yorker the concept intrigued me and it was an interesting movie. It also had a very handsome young man playing the lead: Ryan Guzman.
I had not seen Ryan before. He’s been in the successful Step Up franchise and also 9-1-1. I will definitely look for him again and I could see him playing the role of someone like FBI Agent Miguel Peters in Trapping a Terrorist. What do you think?
So excited that so many people shared their hometowns during the giveaway! It was so nice to learn about where you all live and see some of the lovely photos. Thank you! The winner of the giveaway is Capri Gay! Congrats!
And now I’m sharing a teaser and excerpt from Trapping a Terrorist, my 25th release for Harlequin. It’s a story with adventure, suspense, romance and tortured heroes. I hope you’ll enjoy this little look at it!
Teaser
An FBI agent puts everything on the line…
To keep a deadly threat at bay.
When FBI agent Miguel Peters and his father land squarely in the crosshairs of a bomber terrorizing Seattle, the last thing Miguel wants is to also entangle a lovely stranger in a terrorist’s web. Yet while Maisy Oliver might look innocent, her father’s one of the most notorious men in Washington State. Miguel knows Maisy will do anything to help him and his team catch a killer. But does that include confronting a past she’s worked far too long to forget?
From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.
Discover more action-packed stories in the Behavioral Analysis Unit series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:
As soon as they were through the door, he released her hand and they stepped apart, gazing at each other, obviously uncomfortable. He broke the tension with a flip of his hand in the direction of the Murphy bed.
“I’m going to be working and you’re probably sore. Maybe you should take the bed tonight so you’re more comfortable.”
She opened her mouth, as if to object, but then just nodded. Clasping her hands before her, she said, “Thanks. But there’s room for you as well.”
And there was the eight-hundred-pound gorilla in the room again, and he might as well address it. Walking up to her, he cradled her cheek and stroked his thumb across her creamy skin. So smooth. So soft. His gut tightened at the thought of all that skin against his and she was more than he could resist.
Bending closer, he brought his lips to hers until only the space of a breath was between them. “This,” he said, whispered his lips across hers and shifted back barely an inch. “This is why that’s not a good idea.”
In answer, Maisy reached up and cupped the back of his head, keeping him close. “This,” she said, repeating his earlier action, her lips a butterfly kiss against his. “This is why we have to share that bed. Whatever happens, I don’t want to say that I ran from this. From us.”
A low groan escaped him, and he couldn’t fight it anymore. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close, her softness crushed to his hardness. Every inch of her fitting to him as if they were two pieces of a puzzle.
Over and over they kissed, until their breaths became one and almost ceased to exist as they strained toward each other.
But then something registered. Sound. Vibration.
“Damn,” he said and fumbled with the phone in his jacket pocket, dropping it with a thud.
That sound killed the desire as effectively as a cold bucket of water.
“SSA Peters,” he said, and mouthed an apology to her.
“We’ve broken through one of the shell companies and like you thought, it’s part of Rothwell Industries,” Dashiell advised.
“That’s great, Dash. We’re one step closer to Rothwell. I’m sure he’s the mastermind behind this,” Miguel said.
“I agree, Miguel. We’ll keep on working to break past the other shell. Hopefully it’ll lead to Rothwell also.”
“I don’t doubt that it will and if we can get Adams into custody, maybe he will flip on Rothwell. As for the licensed blaster, I think there’s one on our list that’s at Rothwell’s current construction site. If you can get an address for him, I’ll go with Madeline to interview him.”
“We’ll try to get it ASAP,” Dashiell said and ended the call.
Miguel tossed the phone onto a nearby tabletop and it clattered noisily, making Maisy jump and take a step away from him.
“You need to get to work,” she said and smoothed her hand across his chest.
“I do. Why don’t you—”
The phone rang and vibrated noisily on the tabletop.
“Again?” Miguel muttered in frustration, swept up the phone and answered, “SSA Peters.”
“We’ve got the address for the blaster from his license application and his photo from his driver’s license,” Madeline said.
“Great. Meet me in the lobby. We’ll speak to him and see what he has to say,” Miguel directed.
Facing Maisy, he said, “I have to go.”
“I understand. I’ll be waiting up for you.”
The last bit of emptiness inside him disappeared at the thought of Maisy waiting for him at home. A home and not just a place to lay his head between investigations.
“That’ll be nice. I’ll make sure an agent is at the door while I’m gone,” he stated and rushed to the door, Maisy following.
At the door he faced her, bent and kissed her, a long, slow kiss filled with promise.
I love writing stories with intense action, tempting romance, and tortured heroes. Trapping a Terrorist has all of those us with an exciting storyline about an FBI Agent fighting to stop a serial bomber in Seattle and a woman who may hold the key to his investigation. Not to mention that both the hero and heroine are battling the wounds of their pasts. The hero’s mother was an FBI Agent killed in the line of duty and the heroine’s father is a bomber in jail for eco-terrorism. So today I’m sharing a teaser and excerpt from Trapping a Terrorist.
Teaser
An FBI agent puts everything on the line…
To keep a deadly threat at bay.
When FBI agent Miguel Peters and his father land squarely in the crosshairs of a bomber terrorizing Seattle, the last thing Miguel wants is to also entangle a lovely stranger in a terrorist’s web. Yet while Maisy Oliver might look innocent, her father’s one of the most notorious men in Washington State. Miguel knows Maisy will do anything to help him and his team catch a killer. But does that include confronting a past she’s worked far too long to forget?
From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.
Discover more action-packed stories in the Behavioral Analysis Unit series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:
As soon as they were through the door, he released her hand and they stepped apart, gazing at each other, obviously uncomfortable. He broke the tension with a flip of his hand in the direction of the Murphy bed.
“I’m going to be working and you’re probably sore. Maybe you should take the bed tonight so you’re more comfortable.”
She opened her mouth, as if to object, but then just nodded. Clasping her hands before her, she said, “Thanks. But there’s room for you as well.”
And there was the eight-hundred-pound gorilla in the room again, and he might as well address it. Walking up to her, he cradled her cheek and stroked his thumb across her creamy skin. So smooth. So soft. His gut tightened at the thought of all that skin against his and she was more than he could resist.
Bending closer, he brought his lips to hers until only the space of a breath was between them. “This,” he said, whispered his lips across hers and shifted back barely an inch. “This is why that’s not a good idea.”
In answer, Maisy reached up and cupped the back of his head, keeping him close. “This,” she said, repeating his earlier action, her lips a butterfly kiss against his. “This is why we have to share that bed. Whatever happens, I don’t want to say that I ran from this. From us.”
A low groan escaped him, and he couldn’t fight it anymore. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close, her softness crushed to his hardness. Every inch of her fitting to him as if they were two pieces of a puzzle.
Over and over they kissed, until their breaths became one and almost ceased to exist as they strained toward each other.
But then something registered. Sound. Vibration.
“Damn,” he said and fumbled with the phone in his jacket pocket, dropping it with a thud.
That sound killed the desire as effectively as a cold bucket of water.
“SSA Peters,” he said, and mouthed an apology to her.
“We’ve broken through one of the shell companies and like you thought, it’s part of Rothwell Industries,” Dashiell advised.
“That’s great, Dash. We’re one step closer to Rothwell. I’m sure he’s the mastermind behind this,” Miguel said.
“I agree, Miguel. We’ll keep on working to break past the other shell. Hopefully it’ll lead to Rothwell also.”
“I don’t doubt that it will and if we can get Adams into custody, maybe he will flip on Rothwell. As for the licensed blaster, I think there’s one on our list that’s at Rothwell’s current construction site. If you can get an address for him, I’ll go with Madeline to interview him.”
“We’ll try to get it ASAP,” Dashiell said and ended the call.
Miguel tossed the phone onto a nearby tabletop and it clattered noisily, making Maisy jump and take a step away from him.
“You need to get to work,” she said and smoothed her hand across his chest.
“I do. Why don’t you—”
The phone rang and vibrated noisily on the tabletop.
“Again?” Miguel muttered in frustration, swept up the phone and answered, “SSA Peters.”
“We’ve got the address for the blaster from his license application and his photo from his driver’s license,” Madeline said.
“Great. Meet me in the lobby. We’ll speak to him and see what he has to say,” Miguel directed.
Facing Maisy, he said, “I have to go.”
“I understand. I’ll be waiting up for you.”
The last bit of emptiness inside him disappeared at the thought of Maisy waiting for him at home. A home and not just a place to lay his head between investigations.
“That’ll be nice. I’ll make sure an agent is at the door while I’m gone,” he stated and rushed to the door, Maisy following.
At the door he faced her, bent and kissed her, a long, slow kiss filled with promise.
