A Shadow on the Ground
by Rebecca
Lee Smith
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BLURB:
Morgan
Maguire is afraid to believe in second chances. The family orchard is failing,
her twin brother is being framed for murder, and the sharks are circling. The
tough exterior she's spent years hiding behind is beginning to crumble, just as
the man who shattered her heart is back in her life. Gage Kirkland is as
compelling and magnetic as ever, and he's offering the kind of help she may not
be able to refuse. But can she trust him?
To
finance his troubled son's therapy, Gage, a former investigator, takes one last
job--recovering a stolen Civil War artifact. Unfortunately, it's in the
possession of the woman he left behind, the woman who's haunted his dreams ever
since. The electricity between them still crackles, but unless he helps
exonerate her brother and finds a way to confess his true reason for returning,
how will he ever recover Morgan's heart?
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Excerpt
Three:
Gage grinned, making Morgan’s heart beat in slow, rolling
thuds. “I'm going to make some calls about finding Sean representation. If he
goes up against a murder charge, he'll need the best lawyer we can find.”
“We?”
“We.”
He held her gaze while a current of electricity sliced a
path through the center of her abdomen.
“I didn't want to leave you alone last night,” he said.
“I was fine.”
“Well, I wasn't.”
“Oh, come on. A big, tough, adrenaline junkie PI like you?”
“Not so tough when the bullets are flying.”
Memories of the night before slammed into her brain—the
sound of gunshots cracking the air, Gage pushing her off the flagstone walk,
lying stone still beside him in the wet grass with a broken rhododendron stob
biting into her neck. If she closed her eyes, she could still feel his breath
crashing across her shoulder, the pulse at the base of his throat flicking
against her cheek. How long had it been since she’d touched a man? Or been
wrapped like his most cherished possession in the strong, shielding warmth of
his arms? Had she ever felt so safe? Would she ever feel that safe again?
Maybe she should hold on to the memory. Bury it deep. Then,
when she needed comfort, she could take it out and replay it over and over in
her head to drive the unbearable loneliness away. Until something that felt
like contentment trickled through her bloodstream, like a double shot of apple
brandy on a cold, wintry night.
A shadow fell over the table.
She lifted her eyes and gasped softly. The last thing she
expected to see were the pale, twisted, angry eyes of Lawrence Finch.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Rebecca lives
with her husband in the beautiful, misty mountains of East Tennessee, where the
people are charming, soulful, and just a little bit crazy. She's been
everything from a tax collector to a stay-at-home mom to a house painter to a
professional actress and director. When she's not churning out sensual romantic
mysteries with snappy dialogue and happy endings, she likes to travel, go to
the Outer Banks for her ocean fix, watch old movies, hang out at the local pub,
and make her day complete by correctly answering the Final Jeopardy! question.
www.rebeccaleesmith.com.
Twitter -
@rbeccaleesmith
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5 comments:
Thanks for having me today, Dana. I love the way your website looks.
Very intriguing excerpt!
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I like the excerpt - the heroine siunds fiesty & vulnerable at the same time.
Thanks, Heather. She's quite a bit of both.
Hi Rebecca. The blurb and excerpt for your story sounds interesting. Best of luck with the release!
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