Blamed by Edie Harris
(Blood Money #1)
Published by: Carina Press (HQN)
Publication date: November 3rd 2014
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Published by: Carina Press (HQN)
Publication date: November 3rd 2014
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Synopsis:
Born into a long line of spies,
sanctioned killers and covert weapons developers, Beth Faraday carried out her
first hit-for-hire when she was still a teenager.
That part of her life—the American spy royalty part—ended one year ago, with a job gone wrong in Afghanistan. The collateral damage she caused with a single shot was unfathomable and, for Beth, unforgivable. She’s worked hard to build a new life for herself, far away from the family business.
But someone, somewhere, hasn’t forgotten what Beth did in Kabul. And they want revenge.
As the Faraday clan bands together to defend Beth and protect their legacy, Beth is forced to flee her new home with the unlikeliest of allies—MI6 agent Raleigh Vick, the only man she’s ever loved. And the one she thought she’d killed in the desert
That part of her life—the American spy royalty part—ended one year ago, with a job gone wrong in Afghanistan. The collateral damage she caused with a single shot was unfathomable and, for Beth, unforgivable. She’s worked hard to build a new life for herself, far away from the family business.
But someone, somewhere, hasn’t forgotten what Beth did in Kabul. And they want revenge.
As the Faraday clan bands together to defend Beth and protect their legacy, Beth is forced to flee her new home with the unlikeliest of allies—MI6 agent Raleigh Vick, the only man she’s ever loved. And the one she thought she’d killed in the desert
Excerpt:
Crap,
but she hated
when he went all bossy-britches on her. She’d worked under his
command for a decade, back when her role in the family business had
been her reason for breathing, and old habits died hard. Stalking
through her unlit living room to the front windows, she peeked
through a slat in the teakwood blinds at the night outside, dark and
cold. No sign of life on the street below…or in the window across
the way. “If you guys are so concerned about me, why isn’t one of
you here yet?”
“Tobias
is on his way to you.”
“What?”
Her other older brother—the fussy lawyer—was probably the last
family member she’d expect to show up on her doorstep in Chicago.
“Why?”
“That’s
what I’m trying to tell you. We’ve got trouble.”
“Then
why…why didn’t you call my cell?” Her cell was secure, but
anything they said on the landline could be overheard, and likely
was, given her storied past. It was why Casey had demanded she get a
landline in the first place, so anyone listening would witness Beth
being a normal—capital “N” normal—civilian when she spoke to
the cable company or one of her coworkers at the Institute.
“Because
I want them to know we know.” Casey’s voice was brutal and as
cold as the weather outside her apartment. “A hit’s been put on
you.”
She froze, her stomach cramping.
“You really are
in Belfast, aren’t you?” she whispered as everything clicked into
place. Tobias flying to see her. Human footprints on Bob and Keith’s
balcony. The dark window across the street.
Wait.
Not so dark, not anymore. Flashes of light, the kind that signaled
discharge by a firearm, lit up the bay window that hadn’t shown any
sign of life in nearly forty-eight hours. His
window. “Shit.”
The
Beretta was back in her hand before she took her next breath,
dropping the cordless phone to the rug on her brother’s concerned
shouts. Not bothering to find shoes, she dashed down the stairs and
out into the street—an empty street that held new menace, every
shifting shadow a possible threat—in nothing but her socks. The
freezing winter air cut through her thin blouse, sharpening her
senses as she sprinted up the shoveled sidewalk.
She
had to save her friendly neighborhood spy.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Edie Harris studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Iowa
and Grinnell College. She fills her days with writing and editing
contract proposals, but her nights belong to the world of romance fiction. Edie
lives and works in Chicago and is represented by Laura Bradford of
Bradford Literary Agency.
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