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Take a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, undercover tension, falling in love, an international drug operation, betrayal, murder, tragedy, and add a twist to the usual romance formula. That just might be what it takes to prove a bad boy has a heart of gold.
Summary
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.
Excerpt
“You
wouldn’t have spent more than two seconds in my company back then.” His voice
was rough, like he hadn’t used his vocal cords in a while. She started at the
sound, as she hadn’t been expecting him to respond. “I would have taken one
look at you, made some comment I thought was clever but would have probably
pissed you off, and you would have dumped me right on my fine ass.”
She snorted. “Please, Beaulieu. Who says you have a fine
ass?”
Finger tapping his lower lip, he arched a dark brow. Heat warmed
her face, but she gave him a grudging nod to acknowledge the silent rebuke. He
did have a fine ass, and he knew it. Probably the finest she had ever seen. Conceited bastard.
“You’re attracted to me.” The low rumble of his voice was as
unexpected as his words.
Emma caught her breath and went still, poised for flight
across the room, but he held her with his gaze.
“I’m attracted, too. Very much. Is that enough for you,
Emmaline? Do you expect something more before you’ll have sex with someone? Promises
of love, a relationship? You seem the type.”
Oh, he was clever. So very, very clever. She mustn’t forget
that. He poked her pride to get her to prove him wrong, to sleep with
someone—him—who attracted her without all the pretty words and a promise of commitment.
He thought he had her pegged, but she was clever, too.
“What type do I seem to you?” she challenged.
“You seem the type to want dark, desperate things done to
you, to do them yourself at least once in your life. You want to experience a
man taking you hard, taking you deep, taking you into pleasure so hot you
forget who you are. You’d submit your will to that, so long as he can bend your
mind and wreck your body, leave you weak and so completely sated you can’t wait
to experience it again…and again…and again. You’d be willing, as long as he
made it worth your while. And I can. I can do all those things, but I can’t
promise you more. Is that enough?”
She stared at him where he sat across the room. He hadn’t
moved, but he’d rocked her world. She panted in shallow, short breaths, and
sweat slicked over her body from just his words. A quick, sharp shudder wracked
her at the thought of what his hands, his body, his mouth would do to her. One
side of his lips twitched when he saw her involuntary reaction.
Conceited bastard, indeed.
Author Melissa Fox
Devouring two or ten books per week as a young'un, I was
rationed books by my parents like most kids get rationed candy. So, of course I
turned to writing to tide me over between fixes. I love to get lost in a 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.
I’ve lived in the suburbs
of the Mid-West, desert of the Southwest, and foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Since moving to an island in the Puget Sound with my husband and dogs, I’ve learned
to play a mean game of 5-stand, catch squid, clams, shrimp, and crab. Good
thing I like shellfish.
Author of the paranormal romance Wraith series published by The Wild Rose Press.
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