Blurb
Erin
Grady is used to taking care of people. That’s why she’s thrilled
to finally realize her dream of opening a clinic…and why she’s
willing to overlook where the money came from—until a determined
prosecutor comes sniffing around.
Will
Patton is desperate to leave the small fogbound town of Lost Coast
Harbor and build a real career for himself. But to do that, he’ll
need to expose the dirty police chief—and betray the woman who
makes him wonder if he’s leaving town too soon.
But
the corruption in Lost Coast Harbor runs deep and wide—and exposing
the truth will require Erin and Will to expose their hearts…no
matter the risk.
Excerpt
Erin
studied Will in the pale illumination from the street lamp. The
overhead light brought out his cheekbones and cast his eyes into
shadows. The fine mist settled on his thick dark hair.
God,
he was really good looking. Objectively, she’d recognized this fact
from the moment he’d fallen in front of her, and again when he was
lounging in the hospital, trying to charm the nurses. But now,
standing in the dark and cold night, alone… she couldn’t take her
eyes off him.
His
lips turned up slightly and her stomach fluttered. She’d been
staring too long, too intently. The heat burned up her neck to her
cheeks.
“How
about the dinner I promised?” he asked.
Erin
shook her head. “You don’t have to do that.”
As
soon as the words slipped out, she wanted to take them back. His gaze
intensified and the flutters in her stomach grew to tremors. She
didn’t even like cops, and though he wasn’t in uniform, that’s
basically what he was. He was the end result of law enforcement.
“I
want to.”
She
shivered and tried to tell herself it was the chill from the fog, but
knew it wasn’t. It had been way too long since a man had looked at
her like that.
Oh,
what the hell.
“I
have to get Colin home,” she said.
“Tomorrow
then,” he said. He still held her hand, his thumb casually stroking
the inside of her wrist. The touch was intimate, familiar.
Long-dormant parts of her body woke in a wave of longing and heat.
“I
can’t tomorrow. I, uh, have to—I have plans,” she said, with
genuine regret.
Will
raised an eyebrow and Erin realized she was brushing off the only man
who’d taken her breath away with a touch in, well, forever.
“It
seems that an awful lot of your vocabulary revolves around what you
have to do,” he said, his head tilted slightly as he watched her.
“How about this? I’m going down to the Crab Shack for dinner in
about an hour, because it’s the only place open on a Monday night
in this town. I’ll get a table for two. If you want to join me, I’d
love the company.”
What
she wanted was a nearly foreign concept, something Will seemed to
have picked up on. She could defend herself, argue that she did what
she wanted. That would be a lie, though. And she did want to meet him
later.
“I’ll
be there,” she said.
It
was a good opportunity to take Jerry's advice and talk to a
prosecutor about the donation to the clinic, her rational mind said.
It was just dinner.
But
with a man whose slightest touch sent her reeling, her body reminded
her. So don’t be late.
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About
the Authors
Like
so many good ideas, Lost Coast Harbor was inspired by a few rounds of
margaritas. One sunny afternoon, Lily Danes and Eve Kincaid went to a
Mexican restaurant for snacks and tequila and left with the idea for
a new series. Inspired by their love of noir movies and 1940s crime
novels, they imagined a gritty small town full of crime and
corruption, where intrigue and mystery can lead to love and passion.
Eve
Kincaid is a lapsed lawyer who decided that fictional crime was more
fun than the real deal. When she’s not writing about mysterious
women and the dangerous and sexy men who love them, she’s probably
shopping for books, lipstick, or imported cheeses to complement a
nice California pinot noir.
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10 comments:
Hello, Lily and Eve!
Thanks for dropping by my blog. Reading your different excerpts, I really got a sense of who Erin is.
Good luck with the release!
This book really sounds intriguing! I will definitely check it out. :)
"sizzling, scary romantic suspense" - love it!
Thank you so much for hosting us!
This book sounds like the start of a great series.
Got it! And Book 1....looking forward to reading them..mystery and romance...perfect combination.. :)
Sounds amazing. I'm gonna start this series this weekend. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Sounds amazing. I'm gonna start this series this weekend. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Sounds like a good read with that intimate small town feel where there's something sinister beneath that nice facade.
I love this cover.
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