Sneak Peek

I’m finishing a book now, but I thought you might like a peek at the last one I finished. It’s GAMES PEOPLE PLAY and it comes out in late December from Avon. A mysterious hero, a determined heroine, a cold case and sexy times. No explosions and no gunfire. It’s a “lite” suspense that’s really more about the characters and their difficult pasts and how they intertwine. Here you go…

She sat there and toyed with her cup. Spun it around between her palms as she watched him. “Why are you here?”

He thought coming up with an excuse but abandoned the idea. Emery didn’t strike him as like the type to buy nonsense. “I realized that when we last met I may have acted a little–”

“Arrogant. Annoying. Dickish.”

She seemed to have those descriptions ready to go. He preferred to use one of his own. “Brusk.”

“Wow, that wasn’t even on my Top Ten List.” She shifted her chair to the right when someone pushed past her on the way to the bathroom. “I like mine better.”

He didn’t doubt that. “I’m not normally one who goes back and re-thinks his actions.”

“Are you one who apologizes?”

She sounded serious, so he gave her an honest answer. “Hardly.”