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.”
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Check out the other books in the True Lies series!
UNTRUE COLORS, True Lies #1
“A briskly paced romance
featuring breathless suspense.”—Kirkus Reviews
Available at: Amazon
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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/.
2 comments:
I love the True Lies series and look forward to reading the book. Best of luck with the release Veronica.
Jo-Ann Carson
Thanks so much!!! I'm excited by the third book.
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