by Ryshia Kennie
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
Tossed
overboard, Ava Adams had been left for dead, drifting at sea. But
security specialist Faisal Al-Nassar was determined to find her. He owed
her father a great debt and had never forgotten the connection he and Ava had
once shared. Yet after rescuing Ava he discovered she barely remembered
him.
Amnesia had left Ava uncertain of who had tried to kill her. She did know, however, that Faisal was a man she could trust. The sheik's embrace was familiar and enticing...and possibly even more dangerous. How could she succumb to feelings for her protector when what she didn't know could get them both killed?
Amnesia had left Ava uncertain of who had tried to kill her. She did know, however, that Faisal was a man she could trust. The sheik's embrace was familiar and enticing...and possibly even more dangerous. How could she succumb to feelings for her protector when what she didn't know could get them both killed?
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EXCERPT
Ben wasn’t sure how it had happened. But he’d gotten lucky
and landed in the water. He’d just
missed hitting his head on the way down. He’d seen Dan fall overboard but then
he’d fallen over himself. It didn’t
matter, he’d planned to swim to shore anyway.
He’d shot Dan first and he’d gone over a dead man. The yacht was on autopilot, its navigational
system dead, heading somewhere out to sea.
In other circumstances he might have laughed. It would keep the authorities occupied trying
to find the boat.
There was only one
threat left and that was the little witch of a daughter Dan had managed to dump
in the life raft. There’d been nothing
he could do to stop him. It had all
happened so fast. He felt a twinge of
regret. Now Dan was gone and the yacht
was already too far away to be a consideration.
He’d raised the anchor before the altercation began.
He swam toward shore. He’d locked in his mind in what
direction and how far away they had drifted.
Yet the weather system was moving in faster than had been reported. It was a squall, and that and his aching shoulder
had him gulping water and struggling as the weather worsened. Combine the weather with the fact his clothes
weighed him down, and it was rough going.
He reached down, wrestling with the laces of his oxfords, finally
managing to get them off and tie them to the belt loop of his pants. It wasn’t supposed to go like this. He wished he hadn’t had to kill Dan, but once
he’d made the decision, he’d accomplished what he meant to. He’d shot Dan and he’d fallen overboard. Now there was only one problem he had to
resolve before he became a rich man. The
one fly in the ointment was Dan’s daughter.
She wasn’t supposed to be on the yacht.
Yet, there she’d been like it was her right. He hadn’t liked her the first and only other
time he’d met her.
She’d heard too much and she’d injured him. Neither offense could be forgiven. A wave pushed him backward and had him
swallowing water. He choked and flipped
onto his back, resting, thinking. He had
to get to shore and then he had to find Ava Adams, and when he did, the little
witch had to die.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
The Canadian prairies are my home and while the prairie landscape
is blessed with beautiful blue skies, it also has four seasons that come on
full throttle – especially winter and because of that I like to travel. Often on those trips, stories are born.
In
2011 I won my city's writing award, and was the first romance writer to do so
since its inception. In 2013 my romantic
suspense was a semi-finalist in the Kindle Book Awards. Published in historic romance and paranormal
romance as well as romantic suspense, in February 2016, my first novel was
published by Harlequin Intrigue.
There’s
no lack of places to set a story as my imagination and the too long prairie
winters may find me seeking adventure. The memories of those worlds
both near and far, the words of a stranger, the furtive look one man gives
another, often become the catalyst for a suspenseful story with a deadly
villain and an intrepid hero and heroine who must battle for their right to
love or even their right to live.
When
not dreaming of other stories, I can be found scouting out a garage sale
or two, dusting off my roller blades or just thinking about the next adventure
that may be miles away or in my own backyard.
My
website
My
blog
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ReplyDeleteFaisal and Ava's story was so much fun to write. It seemed that each brother, as I wrote his story and he found his love, became my favourite Al-Nassar brother. Faisal and Ava finish it off with the last book in the Desert Justice series.