Blurb:
He
doesn't mind breaking rules, just never his own. Rule #1: You don't seduce the
woman you protect.
“Freaking
amazing!” "…a brilliant story of courage, hope, and love…” "…fun,
fast-paced, and emotionally satisfying…"
After the death of his wife and twin sons,
Army vet Ian Slaney is a shadow of his former self. On the path of
self-destruction, only his best friend's disappearance in South America pulls
Ian back from the ledge. He rushes to Brazil, only to discover that his friend
was murdered. The single lead in the case is also the single biggest
obstacle--Daniela, a mysterious beauty very much in need of protection, with a
host of secrets hidden in a dark past. As the two of them track down clues and
try to untangle an impossible case, they draw the attention of all the wrong
people, and danger follows them back to the US.
Ian wants the murderers. Daniela wants Ian
to acknowledge the hot sparks of passion between them. But convincing Ian to
set aside his protective instincts proves more difficult than teaching a water
buffalo to tap dance.
TAKE YOURSELF ON AN EPIC ROMANTIC ADVENTURE to another world,
with a spellbinding story about love and hate, honor and evil, hope and justice
set against the exotic backdrop of the teeming Amazon rain forest.
GIRL
IN THE WATER
Excerpt:
A couple of boats had been dragged up on the flat of the
riverbank. Nobody around. Ian sat in the shade of the largest boat and
pretended to be watching the barges and tugboats going past him.
He stole a glance at the house, hoping to spot Finch. Nothing
there, but something rising out of the water maybe thirty feet from him caught
his attention.
At first, he thought it might be a caiman—South America’s
version of an alligator. Caimans were native to the area, although, he had no
idea if they lived in this part of this particular river.
But instead, out of the river, rose a young woman.
She seemed to be struggling with…an anaconda?
When the shiny black, long body wrapped around hers, Ian moved,
ready to dive into the water to help her, but she had the upper hand and
dragged the wriggling beast toward shore with a triumphant smile, and he could
see that she had a giant eel.
He couldn’t take his eyes off the thing. The eel stretched as
long as the woman was tall, over five feet. They wrestled in the mud, the scene
stunningly primal and elemental.
She had a piece of rag tied around her small breasts, and
another around her slim waist, covering only the private parts of her body. She
was the most stunning sight he’d ever seen, long dark hair streaming down in
wet rivulets. A goddess risen.
A goddess in mortal struggle.
His western sensibilities pushed him to run and help, but the woman
and the eel and their battle seemed somehow the spirit of the Amazon itself,
and he felt like an interloper. He felt that he couldn’t take the woman’s
triumph away from her.
And she did win, dragging the eel to shore, grabbing a rock the
next second and smashing the eel’s head. The eel was still squirming when, with
the same, sharp-edged rock, she gutted the thing, dumping the insides back into
the river. She was not a peaceful goddess.
She washed the eel efficiently, then picked up the carcass and
carried it, staggering under the weight, up the tall, steep bank, and in
through the back door of the house Ian had been watching.
Ian’s chin might have dropped a little. Or a lot. In fact, he
felt as if his chin just hit his lap.
Who on earth was she?
Dana Marton Author Bio:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling
author Dana Marton has thrilled and entertained millions of readers around the
globe with her fast-paced stories about strong women and honorable men who
fight side by side for justice and survival.
Kirkus Reviews calls her writing “compelling
and honest.” RT Book Review Magazine said, “Marton knows what makes a hero…her
characters are sure to become reader favorites.” Her writing has been acclaimed
by critics, called, “gripping,” “intense and chilling,” “full of action,” “a
thrilling adventure,” and wholeheartedly recommended to readers. Dana is the
winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence, the Readers’ Choice Award,
and Best Intrigue, among other awards. Her book, TALL, DARK, AND LETHAL was
nominated for the prestigious Rita Award. DEATHSCAPE reached the #1 spot on Amazon’s
Romantic Suspense Bestseller list. FLASH
FIRE won the RITA for Romantic Suspense.
Dana has a Master’s degree in Writing Popular
Fiction, and is continuously studying the art and craft of writing, attending
several workshops, seminars and conferences each year. Her number one goal is
to bring the best books she possibly can to her readers.
Keeping in touch with readers is Dana’s
favorite part of being an author. Please connect with her via her web site
(www.danamarton.com) or her Facebook page (www.facebook.com/danamarton).
Having lived around the world, Dana currently
creates her compelling stories in a small and lovely little town in
Pennsylvania. The fictional town of her bestselling Broslin Creek series is
based on her real life home where she fights her addictions to reading, garage
sales, coffee and chocolate. If you know a good twelve-step program to help her
with any of that, she’d be interested in hearing about it! 
***Visit Dana’s website to read the
first chapters of her books!
Social Media Links:
Dana
is also running a fun contest just for book blogs. She will name a character in
her next contemporary romance after a reader. Interested readers can sign up
here: https://danamarton.com/blogger-contest. If the
winning reader came to Dana's page from my blog, Dana will feature my blog in her book as well, as the heroine's favorite blog to find great new reads.
