Deadly,
Calm and Cold
The
Collectors
Book
2
Susannah
Sandlin
Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Publisher:
Montlake Romance
Date
of Publication: December 2, 2014
ISBN:
978-1477826812
ASIN:
B00LF7ONEG
Number
of pages: 280
Word
Count: Approx 88,000
Cover
Artist: Kerrie Robertson/
Book
Description:
From
award-winning author Susannah Sandlin comes the second book in The
Collectors series.
How
far will ordinary people go to protect their secrets? The Collectors’
games are as much about manipulating lives as finding lost treasure.
Everyone is expendable as the ruthless C7 pushes people into gambling
with their lives in order to find priceless objects lost to history.
Samantha
Crowe's secrets could ruin her career, while Brody Parker's could get
him killed. They become pawns for two Collectors seeking Bad King
John's crown jewels, which disappeared in rural England back when
Robin Hood roamed Nottingham.
This
time, however, the Collectors--a ruthless dotcom billionaire and a
desperate London detective--might not be playing for the same team,
leaving Sam and Brody trapped in the middle.
One
thing's for sure: If either hope to survive, Sam and Brody will have
to find a way to overcome their distrust--and their growing
attraction--in order to succeed on this winner-take-all treasure
hunt.
Excerpt:
Samantha
hadn’t intended to watch Brody Parker take a shower, only to peek
in the window to see if he was in the bathroom so he could let her in
the house.
But
damn, that man was sexy. He was facing her, his head thrown back and
eyes closed as the water cascaded over every ridge and muscle and . .
. everything. She had to look, right? She might have taken a vow of
celibacy but she hadn’t taken a vow of blindness.
You’re
an absolutely pathetic loser, Sam’s inner nag said, and she agreed.
Anyone who’d stand in the middle of a monsoon and ogle a man in his
shower should have LOSER stamped on her forehead.
As
soon as Brody stepped out of the water and saw her, his mouth and
eyes battling for which could open the widest in shock, she stepped
away from the window and splashed her way around the corner,
returning to the back door. And yeah, giggled a little, the laughter
bubbling up and spilling out before she could get it under control.
She hadn’t laughed much in the last couple of days.
She’d
never been quite so wet and cold in her life. The wind had picked up,
stabbing horizontal blades of rain into her face as she waited at the
back door. For a few seconds, she wondered if he might leave her out
here, but then the door opened and he stood there with a white towel
slung loosely around his hips, which would have been sexy as hell
except for the black T-shirt he’d pulled on. Droplets of water
dripped from his black wavy hair onto his shoulders, getting said
T-shirt wet.
“Nice
fashion statement.” She gave him her best lopsided smile as he
moved aside to let her in. “You’re shy about going without a
shirt? You have man boobs, don’t you?” Which would be a crime
against nature.
“I
certainly do not.” Looking offended, Brody pulled the T-shirt up,
exposing a rock-hard set of damp abs and nice, firm pecs without a
trace of man boob. He jerked the shirt back down before she started
salivating, which was good, given her celibacy and all.
“Why
were you leering in my bathroom window?” He cocked his head. “Are
you stalking me? How long had you been watching?”
Not
nearly long enough. “Just a few seconds. I knocked on the door
earlier and you didn’t answer.”
He
glanced out the door, where the rain almost obscured the garage.
“Where’s your car?”
“Ah,
that’s the real story. Do you have a fire lit?”
Brody
closed the door, shutting out the hiss of rain hitting the slate
courtyard. “Not yet. I was going to do it as soon as I showered.
Give me a minute to get dressed.” He made no attempt to leave,
though, but instead treated her to a head-to-toe visual inspection
that she could swear grew a little heated when his gaze landed on
where her soaked, thin sweater clung to her breasts.
Her
nipples perked up just to make sure he could see them, the traitors.
They didn’t want her to be celibate. They wanted to be touched and
licked and nibbled on, even if the attention came at the lips and
tongue and teeth of the man who’d deliberately punctured her tire.
About
the Author:
Susannah
Sandlin writes paranormal romance and romantic thrillers from Auburn,
Alabama, on top of a career in educational publishing that has thus
far spanned five states and six universities—including both Alabama
and Auburn, which makes her bilingual.
She
grew up in Winfield, Alabama, but was also a longtime resident of New
Orleans, so she has a highly refined sense of the absurd and an
ingrained love of SEC football, cheap Mardi Gras trinkets, and fried
gator on a stick. She’s the author of the award-winning Penton
Legacy paranormal romance series, a spinoff novel, Storm Force, a
standalone novelette, Chenoire, and a new romantic thriller series,
The Collectors, beginning with Lovely, Dark, and Deep.
Writing
as Suzanne Johnson, she also is the author of the Sentinels of New
Orleans urban fantasy series.
Website:
http://www.suzannejohnsonauthor.com
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I love a good treasure hunt THANKS
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