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Jigsaw
by Stella Barcelona
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense/Thriller
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BLURB:
Foraging the cyber-world for puzzle pieces…
Zeus Hernandez, a Black Raven partner, is pulled away from a top-secret project
to be the personal bodyguard to lawyer Samantha Fairfax. Terrorists have
rendered the future frightening and uncertain, but Zeus and Samantha’s past
makes two things crystal clear: she’ll be furious to see him and he can’t
refuse the job.
Sorting pieces as stakes rise…
Danger surrounds the International Terrorism Tribunal, a court convened to combat terrorism. Samantha is thrust into the limelight when her mentor dies as the trial convenes in Paris, France. Her role requires steadfast focus and nerves of steel. She’s determined to do her job and move her life ahead, according to plan…without Zeus. He’s determined she’ll reconsider.
Completing the puzzle as their worlds collide…
As personal drama escalates behind closed doors, terrorists take aim at an Achilles’ heel that is capable of crippling Zeus, Samantha, and Black Raven. While forcing puzzle pieces to click into place, a personal reckoning looms for these two strong-willed people. There’s no denying they might be better off apart…but they fit together so well.
Sorting pieces as stakes rise…
Danger surrounds the International Terrorism Tribunal, a court convened to combat terrorism. Samantha is thrust into the limelight when her mentor dies as the trial convenes in Paris, France. Her role requires steadfast focus and nerves of steel. She’s determined to do her job and move her life ahead, according to plan…without Zeus. He’s determined she’ll reconsider.
Completing the puzzle as their worlds collide…
As personal drama escalates behind closed doors, terrorists take aim at an Achilles’ heel that is capable of crippling Zeus, Samantha, and Black Raven. While forcing puzzle pieces to click into place, a personal reckoning looms for these two strong-willed people. There’s no denying they might be better off apart…but they fit together so well.
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EXCERPT TWO:
He was
breathing heavily, as though he’d just stepped off the treadmill. So was she.
He’d showered just a couple of hours earlier, when they’d come in from the
trial. The scent of fresh soap mixed with his musky male, woodsy scent. His
body, already warm from the run, was getting hotter. Desire had her knees and
arms trembling, and deep inside her internal muscles pulsed with need.
He
groaned, pulling her closer, pressing her body flat against him.
With the
very last of her willpower, in a throaty voice that didn’t sound to her own
ears anything like herself, she said, “Just so you’re clear. Nothing is
happening here but sex, and it has nothing to do with what happened before.
We’re not going to have that conversation. Ever.”
“Believe
what you want to believe,” he muttered, as his lips touched hers. “Just so
you’re clear, I’d prefer to clear the air now. And we will go ther—”
“Forget
it.”
“Give me
a second,” he said, separating from her, turning, and walking away. He went
into his bedroom, and reappeared before she caught her breath. He had a condom
packet in his hand.
“Sex was
a foregone conclusion on this job?”
Serious
black eyes glanced at her with a complex look swirling with undercurrents that
she couldn’t decipher. “If this were just a job, I wouldn’t be here.”
“I’m on
the pill,” she said, a fact that had been sufficient for him before.
“Learned
the hard way that the pill isn’t foolproof,” he said with a frown, “and I’d
still prefer to clear the air first. By talking.”
She
stepped closer to him, stood on tiptoes, and whispered, before their lips met,
“Not sure the air will ever be clear and don’t want to waste time talking.”
Before he could grab her arms, she gripped the waistband of his shorts and
yanked them down.
His mouth
found hers as she wrapped her hand around him. Pressing herself against his
abdomen, she felt him shudder as she ran her fingers down the taut flesh of his
erection.
Now.
Please. Persuade me I’ve been wrong. Prove my memory distorted reality. Show me
you’re really not the best.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Stella Barcelona has always
had an active imagination, a tendency to daydream, and a passion for reading
romance, mysteries, and thrillers. She
has found an outlet for all of these aspects of herself by writing romantic thrillers.
In her day-to-day life,
Stella is a lawyer and works for a court in New Orleans. She lives minutes from
the French Quarter, with her husband of seventeen years and two adorable
papillons who believe they are princesses. She is a member of Romance Writers
of America and the Southern Louisiana Chapter of the Romance Writers of
America. Her first novel, DECEIVED, was inspired by New Orleans, its unique
citizens, and the city’s World War II-era history. Her second novel, SHADOWS,
began her Black Raven series.
She is currently working on
her fourth novel, CONCIERGE, another Black Raven novel, which will be released
in 2017.
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