Supernatural Branch of Law Enforcement empath Ella Walsh
sucks memories from people's heads. The job fills her mind with others'
nightmares and leaves her with little time for love, but if she doesn't pair off
with a mate of the government's choosing soon, the psychic blowback will destroy
her powers and her sanity.
The last time
shapeshifting SBLE superstar Vadim Morosov worked with an empath, he got her
killed and himself assigned to a desk. He worries about taking on another
partner, but helping Ella track down an empath killer might be his only chance
to save his career.
Naturally, the
government decides to throw them together.
They resist at first,
but they can't deny the simmering heat between them. As the killer's strikes
grow closer to home, their bond gets tighter. And when the murderer finally
traps Ella, her developing link with Vadim might be the only thing that can save
her.
********* EXCERPT *********
“Look, can you bear to
go through what happened one more time for me?”
His faint color fled.
“Do I have to?”
“It would help me
pinpoint exactly where I have to go to find this...anomaly.”
“Sunflower, you
mean.”
“Well, it uses the
flower as camouflage. It’s skilled at hiding in anything.”
He held her gaze.
“You’re serious, aren’t you?”
“I sure am. Now would
you mind closing your eyes while you tell me what happened? It will help you
visualize the scene.”
It would also help
Ella identify exactly what had attacked him and then erase it from his memory.
One of her class tutors had likened using empath power on the human mind to
erasing a song from a cassette tape or an image from a VCR and, even though it
was old school, she kind of liked that idea. It was also why she always told the
victim the truth about what they’d seen before she erased the memories. It
seemed to help them recover more quickly without leaving a lingering suspicion
that they were going nuts.
Mr. Knight sighed and
closed his eyes. She closed hers too and concentrated on extracting the images
from his head.
“Okay, I was taking a
shortcut through the park near the Japanese Tea Gardens when I thought I heard
someone call my name. I had my ear buds in, so I took them out and looked
around.” He swallowed convulsively. “I walked toward one of the flowerbeds and
something tapped me on the shoulder. I turned and there was this weird face
staring out at me from the center of this huge sunflower.”
Text Copyright © 2012
by Kate Pearce
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reproduce text granted by Harlequin Books S.A. Cover art used by arrangement
with Harlequin Enterprises Limited. All rights reserved. ® and TM are trademarks
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license.
Award winning author,
Kate Pearce was born into a large family of girls in England, and spent much of
her childhood living very happily in a dream world. Despite being told that she
really needed to 'get with the program', she graduated from the University
College of Wales with an honors degree in history.
A move to the USA
finally allowed her to fulfill her dreams and sit down and write her first
romance novel. Kate is published by Signet Eclipse, Kensington Aphrodisia,
Ellora's Cave, Carina Press, Cleis Press and Virgin Black
Lace/Cheek.
you can find her
at:
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10 comments:
Nice excerpt, though a bit of a teaser.
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What an exciting book! Enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I'm hooked with that teaser!
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Love the excerpt!
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Thanks everyone! It was such a fun book to write, I can't wait to see what readers make of it. :)
You really have to look at the cover. It's like one of those optical illusions at first! Once I looked at it, it really is beautiful.
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Well I look forward to see if the book will be as good as the excerpts ;)
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Love your books and am looking forward to this one.
Love the cover and the story line! Thanks for sharing the excerpts!
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