Dancing
with Detective Danger
By: Lynn Crandall
Blurb
Uncovering
secrets and exposing truth are all in a day’s work for private investigator
Sterling Aegar. But when her latest case threatens to reveal her own buried
feelings for an old love, Sterling runs for cover.
A body in
the bathtub and pleas from a jilted wife to find her wayward husband mean a
welcome break from the usual humdrum cases Sterling and her sister, Lacey, are
called to investigate. But when Sterling’s old flame, Detective Ben Kirby,
walks into the murder scene, she feels her world spin out of control. Danger
from thugs and murderers poses no greater threat than the peril she’d suffer if
she lets daredevil Ben get too close.
Seeing
Sterling for the first time in two years is for Ben like drinking in a healing
tonic. He could never forget the way it felt to run his hands over her
delicious curves or the way she touched his soul. She remains the one person
who can make the emptiness in his gut go away. Finding the murderer is his job,
but protecting Sterling from seriously dangerous people is his mission.
As the case
unfolds, Sterling and Ben not only solve the murder and locate the missing
husband, they confront secrets that set them each free from a painful past.
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Author Info
Lynn
Crandall started spinning stories as a child when she tried to entertain her
younger sister at night when they were supposed to be going to sleep. In the
dark, her stories typically took on a scary or paranormal element -- didn't do
much to put them to sleep. Today, she hopes her stories still fail to put
readers to sleep, but rather take them on a journey. That's what she’s been on
since she decided to make writing her focus. As a reporter and magazine feature
writer, she truly enjoys learning as she works on stories. As a romance writer,
she enjoys doing the research and following an evolving story of the
characters.
Author Links
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@lcrandall246
Here’s
a peek at the main characters’ first meet up in since their break up two years
ago, told from the hero’s point of view.
Ben stood behind the richly embroidered
drapes at the condo’s living room window and
discreetly watched Sterling walk
to the car as he shuffled paperwork through his fingers. Her
petite frame, dressed in a slim
gray suit, pulled his attention as though he had no control.
That’s the way it was with her.
He hadn’t seen her for two years, but all during that time he’d
been unable to will her out of
his thoughts for very long. Seeing her up close and feeling her
presence today had stirred up old
feelings inside him. After they’d gotten together, the terrible
aloneness he’d grown to live with
had vanished. It hadn’t mattered that before she’d come along
he’d had no one, no family,
because she’d completely filled the emptiness in his gut. Then when
she left, he’d felt all the more
alone for having known but lost her.
Sterling’s straight,
chestnut-colored hair had grown longer, brushing gently against her slim
shoulders. He liked it. And the
two years apart had worn beautifully on her fine-boned face. She
looked even lovelier than he
remembered. In the brief moments he’d stood next to her, he’d
taken in everything: her shapely
curves, her intense, blue-green eyes, her sensuously curved lips
the color of a rich Merlot wine.
Ben’s stomach tightened. It had
to happen sooner or later, he thought to himself. Even though
Sterling had left his life, it
seemed inevitable that they’d run into each other sometime while
working a case. He’d like to
think it meant their destinies were intimately intertwined. That even
though their paths might
occasionally diverge and meander, they were actually headed in the
same direction. She’d been
emphatic at their breakup that there was no future for the two of
them—that they wanted different
things in life—but he just didn’t believe it. He believed in
possibilities, and though in the
interim he’d given Sterling her space, the hope remained strong in
him that eventually, along the
way, they would come together again, perhaps even stronger than
before.
Ben watched Sterling drive away
and couldn’t help himself. Was it too much to hope maybe
this time it could be different?
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ReplyDeleteI like the mysterious element in this book blurb. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by. The story explores second chances, a concept I adore.
DeleteBen was a great hero and I really enjoyed this book. Good luck with your book tour!
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