Homeless Army veteran Sullivan Turner is
nobody’s hero. His failure to save his fallen
comrades proved that. So when a gutsy social worker gets caught in a drug
gang’s crosshairs, he knows he’s the
last man who can safeguard her and the pregnant teenagers she’s trying to protect.
Former debutant Haley Barnes learned the hard way how to
survive. After witnessing a cold-blooded murder, the terrified
teenaged runaway changed
her identity and hid to
save her life. But when the killer tracks her down and attacks the girls in the
homeless shelter she now runs, Haley knows the time has come to stand and fight. But to bring down the
powerful killer she must confront her high-society family’s darkest secrets -- and convince wounded warrior Sully Turner
he’s the hero she believes
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She tightened her grip on his waist. His pulse slowing, he
closed his eyes, feeling oddly at peace despite the danger
hounding their heels.
Maybe it was because she’d
suffered as much as he had. Maybe because she understood how deep a loss like
that could sear. But he realized that he liked being around Haley. He respected her.
Admired her.
He was falling for her. Hard.
His stomach sank. He had no right to pursue her. He was the
last person she needed, unsuitable in every way. She needed
someone who could protect
her, defend her, not an unstable wreck like him.
But he couldn’t seem
to resist her. Everything about her impressed him -- her loyalty, her
determination to safeguard others, her refusal to run from the enemy dogging their
steps.
And God help him, but he wanted to feel that again, that
idealism, that drive to make a difference in the world, that need to
battle the bad guys and
keep the defenseless safe.
To be the man that he once was.
Gail Barrett is the award-winning author of thirteen romantic
suspense novels. A former RITA® and Daphne finalist, Gail has received the Book
Buyer’s Best Award, the Holt Medallion, the
Booksellers Best, The
National Readers’ Choice Award, and numerous other awards. She lives with her
husband in Western Maryland. For more information, visit her
website: www.gailbarrett.com.
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electronic copy of Fatal Exposure (Buried Secrets book one) to one
randomly drawn commenter during this tour and her other Super Book Blast on
August 27th.
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6 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for letting me chat about my book today!
Nice excerpt
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This sounds great!
-Amber
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Thank you, Amber! I appreciate that you took the time to read the excerpt!
Sounds great. Thanks for sharing!!
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