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Title:
True Peril
Author:
Veronica Forand
Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Release
Date:
March 7, 2016
Publisher:
Entangled
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Format:
Paperback and Digital
ISBN:
9781633755772
Series:
True
Lies #3
Synopsis:
She's
this assassin's toughest assignment ever...
Socialite
Trista Patterson has turned her back on her life of privilege and
dedicated herself to helping others. Her mission to protect the
world’s children often takes her into the bleak and violent
underbelly of third world countries. When a kidnapping attempt goes
wrong, Trista quickly finds herself running for her life...and
married to a man she just met...as she’s placed at the top of the
Cartel’s most wanted list.
Some
days no good deed goes unpunished.
Dane
O’Brien has spent his life in the shadows. Once a lethal assassin
he grew tired of losing his soul with every hit, trading his gun and
missions for a conference table and office politics as an undercover
operative for the CIA. But when visiting his humanitarian sister
turns deadly, Dane finds himself swearing to protect her beautiful
and passionate friend Trista no matter the cost...even if it means
stepping back into the world he swore never to return to. Although
falling for the tough-hearted Trista is easy, keeping her alive is
hard.
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Copyright
© 2016 by Veronica Forand
“Trista?”
he called out through the trees.
No
answer.
“I’m
Jenny’s brother. It’s safe.”
He
called to her several more times and then started back to his car to
gather supplies to hike a mile or two farther to try to find more
evidence of her presence. The swish of a branch behind him caught his
attention. Whoever was hiding had emerged.
Relief
turned to caution as Trista walked out of the jungle with a layer of
mud covering her and a handgun aimed at his head.
“Trista?”
She
didn’t speak. Her eyes remained focused on him, and her legs seemed
poised to take off at the slightest threat.
“Are
you hurt?” he asked.
Hovering
in the area between the road and the forest, she shook her head.
“You’re Jenny’s brother?”
Her
voice sounded stronger than her faltering body appeared. Some of the
mud that covered her looked more like blood that had dried on her
shirtsleeves and part of her pants.
“Yes.
I’m Dane O’Brien.”
“What’s
Jenny’s middle name?” Her eyebrows furrowed as they had in the
pictures.
“She
doesn’t have one.”
She
took a tentative step forward. She observed Dane’s movements and
fixed her eyes on his like a panther ready to pounce. “What’s her
favorite drink?”
“Chocolate
milkshakes. Or a margarita if the bar carries fresh limes.”
The
tension in her face melted away. She pointed the gun to the ground
and walked over to him. His arms opened automatically—after all,
the woman had been through hell. She probably needed a hug or a
shoulder to cry on.
She
crossed her arms over her chest, the gun dangling from her hand. Her
breathing pattern switched from a heavy sigh to a shivery exhale. He
put his arms down and observed her.
“Are
you okay?”
She
nodded. “I’ll survive.”
“Let
me rephrase. Do you need medical attention?”
“No.”
“Where
are the men who took you from the village?”
“Dead.”
“You
killed them?”
She
nodded. Her gaze dropped to the ground. Most people never recovered
from such a nightmare. Yet she’d not only lived through the ordeal,
she emerged from the jungle healthy and armed.
Impressive.
He’d
placed the odds against her, but now that he saw her in person, he’d
have changed his bet. He approached her with caution. Her finger
rested just outside the trigger, in a position a skilled shooter
would feel comfortable with.
She
peered up at him. “I’m glad you’re here. I didn’t know how
I’d get down from the mountain. Is Jenny all right?”
“Worried
about you.”
“What
about Natalia?”
“I
don’t know anything about her, except she’s probably alive thanks
to you. Did they hurt you?” He placed a calming hand on her
shoulder and slipped the gun out of her hand.
“No.”
She eyed the weapon, but didn’t reach for it. Not that she’d be
capable of taking it back from him.
“I’ve
been listening to the group’s radio all night. They’re coming
back. For me.” A tear rolled down her cheek. She ignored it and
looked toward the hut. “I didn’t mean to kill them.”
“Kill
or be killed.” He urged her toward the Land Cruiser with a soft
hand still on her shoulder, trying to ease the wretched emotions that
would brand her view of the world forever—the same emotions that
tortured his soul every night. “You survived a kidnapping by two
moronic men. Don’t feel guilty.”
“You’d
have killed them?”
More
than killed them. That’s why he hid away in an office now. If
anyone had threatened to rape a young girl in his presence, he would
have flayed their skin and stuffed it down their throats before
ripping their hearts out. “I wouldn’t have been as merciful as
you.”
Check
out the other books in the True
Lies
series!
UNTRUE
COLORS, True
Lies #1
“A
briskly paced romance featuring breathless suspense.”—Kirkus
Reviews
TRUE
DECEPTIONS, True
Lies #2
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A
Golden Pen winner in romantic suspense and a triple finalist in the
Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, Veronica
Forand is an attorney and a novelist. She's lived in Boston, London,
Paris, Geneva, and Washington, DC and currently resides near
Philadelphia. An avid traveler, she loves to roam across continents
with her husband and kids in pursuit of skiing, scuba diving, and
finding the perfect piece of chocolate.
Read more about her upcoming releases and appearances at http://veronicaforand.com/.
Read more about her upcoming releases and appearances at http://veronicaforand.com/.
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