In Her Defense

Heart of Justice #2

by Denise A. Agnew

Celeste Rice’s life has been shattered by terrible violence more than once. Violence threatens to creep back into Celeste’s world when her ex-boyfriend stalks her. When Celeste inherits her aunt’s home, she decides to move back into her childhood neighborhood after long years away. Upon her prodigal return, she encounters old friend and long-time object of her desire, Mick MacGilvary at a charity event and knows that she is finally ready to pursue that heart-stopping attraction. She believes she’ll stop craving him if she has sex with him once and gets it out of her system. She decides to test the wildfire attraction, even though Mick’s violent past and his SWAT position frighten her.Mick will do anything in her defense…SWAT cop Mick MacGilvary’s instincts tell him Celeste’s ex-boyfriend has something evil up his sleeve. Mick’s uneasy past with Celeste makes him gun-shy around her. His protective feelings for Celeste have never abandoned him. Ten years ago, Celeste rejected his advances, and he hasn’t forgotten. The heavy-duty attraction he’s always had for her ramps up now that she’s near. Better yet, she’s obviously interested in bedding him. Danger lurks around the corner…Caught up in a passion neither of them can deny, Mick and Celeste’s strengths and weaknesses are tested when her ex-boyfriend decides if he can’t have her, no one will.

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Ebooks, Adult, Contemporary

356 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Denise A. Agnew is the award-winning author of over 70 novels and several optioned and produced screenplays and TV pilots.

Denise’s record proves that with paranormal, time travel, romantic comedy, contemporary, historical, erotic romance, romantic suspense and horror writing under her belt, she enjoys writing about a diverse range of subjects. Her experiences with archaeology and archery have crept into her work, as well as numerous travels through the UK and Ireland.

Denise is also a Writer/Producer (Where’s Lucy? Productions), a paranormal investigator (SOS Paranormal Investigations), Reiki Master, Certified Creativity Coach and Medium. As a Creativity Coach, Denise assists anyone in the creative arts, including writing and acting, to maintain lifelong creativity. Denise lives in Arizona with her husband. She is represented by Gandolfo Helin and Fountain Literary Management.

Visit Denise’s websites at www.deniseagnew.com and www.agnewcreativemedium.com

Reviews

[Camila JR]

¿Por qué hacen libros de mil páginas con una historia que estaría perfecta en 200?

[celticminx (aka: kristi or "k")]

Yowza, was this a good read with some hot scenes.

Nut Shell:
Celeste is back in town after a 10yr absence to start her life over and wants to hook up w/old friend Mick. Both have had the hots for one another since they were teenagers. Celeste is not only repressed but comes with a lot of baggage...oh, did I mention that she also has her own sociopathic stalker who is determined to have her discover and release her own evil side?

Fun ride and worth a future re-read on my bookshelf.

[Jessica ♡.]

Well i finished this book so late! 5am i think but i can't to stop to read for all the action. Really i love the stories about Seal's and now SWAT too yeah! I'm crazy! I have to say that i don't read the first but i love this maybe i'll read the first i don't know.

I love Mick i love that he protect to Celeste so much and i hate to her ex of course! The ex boyfriends always are a truble believe me ALWAYS!

I love his brother too jeje y hope more story about them!

[Selena Robins]

I love all the books in Denise Agnew's Men of Justice series. She writes hot, intriguing alpha males with flaws and hearts of gold. Her heroines are strong and a great match for each hero. Each story has a unique blend of mystery, suspense and lots of sexual tension and beautifully written love scenes.

[Rachel Costa]

Definitely better than the first, and longer to boot! Celeste's constant wishywashyness was a bit grating toward the end, but for the most part, I enjoyed it. I just made sure to skip each and every one of Darrell's POV scenes, because they were long, drawn out, unsympathetic and honestly made me roll my eyes.

[Nelly Tejada]

I was expecting so much more of this author and this book. The first one was really good, so I didn't expect less from this.. but... The book is too long and the real danger only appears sporadically... had a food end.. but... I was expecting something better...

[diana marcela Ballestas]

I definitely like this book much more than the first. While the story of Dace and Mary, was full of gaps, the Mick and Celeste's story was definitely very full, and even had some repetition, It kept my attention all the way, It keeping me in expectation page after page. it was hard to stop reading.

[Red]

This was on o.k. book. To be honest I found the heroine a little annoying. You know make up you mind already. Other than that it was really good. Strong alpha lead.

[Becky Moore]

I liked the setup of this book ... good story.

[Jenny]

Read this book a while ago. Very good. Read late into the night because I couldn't put it down. Love all her books. Great sparks between main characters. Hot love scenes.