by Veronica Forand
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
After his partner was murdered, Simon Dunn was done with MI6. But the cold, violent world of British intelligence never lets anyone go free. Now Simon has been blackmailed into a new job...with a beautiful new partner who's going to get them both killed.
After his partner was murdered, Simon Dunn was done with MI6. But the cold, violent world of British intelligence never lets anyone go free. Now Simon has been blackmailed into a new job...with a beautiful new partner who's going to get them both killed.
Robotics expert Cassie Watson is a newbie field agent with as much sophistication as...well, a pacifist, vegan computer nerd. Now she's abruptly thrust into the cutthroat world of espionage with a partner who is as cold as he is brutally-and brutishly-handsome.
But when their mission is betrayed from the inside, Cassie will be forced to place her life in the hands of the one man who's anything but trustworthy...
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Dane
directed her to the couch and sat next to her. He pulled out his phone and
placed one of his fingers over Cassie’s lips to keep her silent while he spoke
to whomever he’d called.
“Greetings,
my friend. I seem to have something you want.”
She
could hear Simon’s voice in the background.
“Yes,
she’s a beauty. Very compliant too. Apparently, someone stranded her in Hong
Kong without her passport. No problem. I can assist in getting her a temporary
card to travel with me. We were thinking about taking a vacation to Daecheong
Island. I hear it’s very romantic.”
Simon
answered at such a high volume, Cassie could understand most of his words,
which involved twisting off Dane’s body parts and feeding them to wild dogs.
Dane
snickered and pulled Cassie closer to him. “Here, he wants to say something
you.”
“Simon?”
“What
the hell do you think you’re doing? I gave you an order, and you need to follow
it. Do not get on a plane.”
She
should have enabled full access to the drones from a distance. Instead, she’d
left herself vulnerable. That wouldn’t happen again if she could help it. “I
have to. The drones are going to be stored in villagers’ huts. Innocent
families will be murdered—by us. I can’t let that happen. I need access to them
one more time. Please let me reprogram the drones and try to find a way to stop
the massacre.”
The
curse Simon roared caused her body to flinch. Dane took the phone back.
“Don’t
bother, Simon. She’s quite stubborn when she has a mind to be. We’ll contact
you when we arrive.” He ended the call and returned the phone to his pocket.
Cassie’s
phone rang. She tried to get up to answer it, but Dane shook his head.
“Another
condition is you forego contact with Simon until we arrive. I have no doubt
he’ll wait for you.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Veronica Forand is an
attorney and an award-winning writer of romantic suspense. She's lived in
Boston, London, Paris, Geneva, and Washington, DC and currently resides near
Philadelphia. An avid traveler, she loves to roam across continents with her
husband and kids in pursuit of skiing, scuba diving, and finding the perfect
piece of chocolate.
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