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Thank you ‪Jesus‬ for getting me to where I am! ‪God‬ gets all the glory!

My ‪spy‬ book, "Perception and Deception III," is NOW AVAILABLE! Grab your ‪Kindle‬ copy while the book is FREE until Thursday!

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"As a new fan to the series, I must say this third installment is the best yet! What made this story so engaging was how realistic it all seemed. Hintz expertly details life as a spy and honestly, I felt part of their gang as they worked to succeed in their mission. I can see their story, and their many adventures, continuing for years to come!" -Kelly Channick, Author

***Synopsis****
Twenty-two year old Faith Evans is a former special agent for the Real Life Immersion Program, an organization that the FBI calls upon in the midst of unsolvable cases. After being betrayed by RLIP, she decides to cut ties with them permanently and move on to a normal life. So when she’s asked to return to the agency to help with a difficult case, her immediate answer is no. However, she soon discovers that the case involves the kidnapping of her former partner's teenaged grandson, Paul Spencer. There’s no way she can stay away and sit quietly.

Paul was being groomed to become a future tech agent, but having computer hacking skills of his calibre at such a young age may have exposed him to a dangerous cybercrime ring that wants to use him for something life shattering. The agency suspects that Paul’s computer club classmates may have been the associated link. Faith is the only agent young enough to pass as a high school student and must befriend Paul’s classmates to find out what’s going on. But when politicians suddenly get involved, this case may be far more twisted and dangerous than she initially realized. On top of everything else, RLIP seems to be attempting to recruit Faith's new husband, Ashton Mathis, into the agency.

***Excerpt****
Prologue
Faith
A few months prior to Toselville…

I used a pocketknife I’d stolen from the guard to slice the ropes that were binding my wrists behind my back. The moment my hands were free, I ripped the blindfold from my eyes and shook my hair loose, feeling exhilarated to finally see again after several hours.
We’d been caught.
It was dark, but the slight moonlight coming in through the barred window high above us allowed me to see the shapes of my two other teammates, still tied.
I jumped into action. Both of them startled when I first touched their shoulders.
"It's me," I whispered.
They both relaxed as I began sawing away at their ropes, freeing Luna first, and then Mercury.
“Faith,” Luna whispered. “How did you get loose?”
“No time to explain,” I told her. “Follow me.”
Luna and Mercury stuck close as I picked the lock and opened the door. Both of my partners were somewhere in their late twenties to early thirties, and both had more experience than me. But this was my case I’d been working on to uncover an underground drug smuggling group, and therefore, my agency had made me the leader.
RLIP sent us in with a tape recorder to gather evidence. But this simple mission had turned into a real hot mess.
I peered down the hallway and gestured for them to follow me into the next room over.
“What are we doing in here?” Mercury asked as I shut the door behind him.
I saw a room full of desks and began opening all the drawers. Inside one, I found my earpiece pulled apart with the battery nearby. A little further digging and I found the mouthpiece as well.
“I only see my earpiece,” I said. “I don’t see yours.”
I put the battery inside. They must have removed it so it wouldn’t track where we were at. I tried to hand it to Mercury or Luna but they both shook their heads.
“You’re leading this operation,” Mercury said. “You take it and tell us where to go.”
Luna nodded in agreement. I quickly placed it in my ear and turned it on.
A familiar voice spoke to me. “Hello? Hello?”
My partner was a young man with the codename Keeper.
“Keeper, we got caught,” I said.
“I could tell,” he replied.
“But we’re loose now,” I assured. “I need help though. I need eyes.”
“Ok Faith,” Keeper replied. “I’m tracking your location now. Give me a few minutes. I’m going to hack into their surveillance system and then I’ll have some visual.”
I peered into the drawer one last time and lifted up some papers. Near the back…was my tape recorder.
And the small tape was still inside.
“I can’t believe my luck,” I said, showing it to the others.
They both smiled.
Mercury held his hand out. “I can hold onto that for you."
The door to the office suddenly flew open and a man dressed in all black stood there, eyes bulging when he saw us. I shoved the tape recorder into my pocket.
“Guess we should’ve locked that door,” Mercury commented.
The man pointed a gun at us, but I immediately kicked it out of his hand in one spiraling move. Luna dove to the floor and grabbed it. I shoved the man towards Mercury, who knocked him out in one solid punch.
“You good?” Keeper asked.
“Just a minor issue, but fixed,” I replied.
“I have visual,” Keeper said. “I’m going to guide you out of there. Go out into the hallway and hang a right.”
“Keeper is guiding us out,” I told the others. “Follow me.”
The moment we stepped out into the hallway, the lights suddenly went out. I reached behind me and touched them both on the arms to make sure they were still with me. Luna shoved the gun into my hand.
“Take it since you’re leading,” she said.
“Keeper,” I started.
“It’s ok,” he answered quickly. “The surveillance cameras have visual in the dark. I’ll tell you where to go.”
Using Keeper’s directions, I led them through the twisting, underground maze of the factory.
I stopped at a door.
“Is it clear?” I asked.
“Clear,” Keeper confirmed.
I cautiously opened the door and moved forward. It was unnerving not being able to see, but I was breathing steadily to maintain my composure.
Finally, my partner said something that brought my tension down about a thousand notches. “Faith, you only have one more door. Then there'll be a set of stairs that leads you guys right out of there.”
“Last door,” I told the others. “We’re almost there.”
“Clear,” Keeper said.
“Keep-,” I started.
I suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap around me and a burly hand clasp over my mouth.
I tried to make a sound. “Mmmm!”
I felt the wind of the others rushing past me into the room and I tried to stick my leg out to stop them up, but they moved too swiftly as RLIP agents do. It was so dark they didn’t even realize what was happening.
I suddenly heard the sound of several gunshots all firing at the same time.
No!!!!! No! No!
My attacker reached into my pocket and I realized he had his hands on the tape recorder. But I mustered up all my strength and managed to rip myself from his grip, landing a punch into the side of his face.
“Send help!” I shouted to Keeper as soon as my mouth was free. “I-I think we might have agents down!”
The breath was knocked right out of me as I got tackled to the ground. When my hand landed on his face, I felt night vision goggles over his eyes. He had an advantage.
A gun! Where was my gun?
It was gone. Somehow it had disappeared, and I didn’t even remember how.
I suddenly heard a thud and the sound of someone hitting the floor. I heard other voices coming from the room where Mercury and Luna were. A door slammed. I heard more gunshots. I flinched. A hand wrapped around mine and hauled me to my feet. I stopped trying to throw punches when I realized the other person wasn’t attacking me.
“Who are you?” I managed.
“RLIP backup,” a new man’s voice answered. He dragged me down the hallway at break-neck speed. “I was working on an operation nearby. As soon as you turned on your earpiece, they called me to come help.”
“What about the other agents?” I asked, panicked.
“I’m going to guide you out the rest of the way.”
“What about the others?” I demanded, pulling myself down the hallway.
Back to my partners.
He tightened his grip on my arm and jerked me away. “Don’t go in there. Just take orders and follow me.”
I suddenly heard my manager, Mr. Stewart, speaking through my earpiece. He never spoke through the earpiece unless there was a dire circumstance.
I felt my heart drop as I heard his voice. “Listen to him Faith. Go with him now.”
My rescuer took me down an alternate hallway.
“Stairs are here,” he whispered. “Watch your step. The way out is at the top. There’s a small silver car waiting for you outside. Get in and don’t come back here. You got the tape recorder?”
“Yes,” I replied numbly. “This has never happened before. A mission has never gone like this before. I-I don’t understand…”
“Keep it hidden,” he said. “Get back to headquarters and wait for orders.”
And just like that, Mercury and Luna were gone.

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SEEKING BETA READERS FOR SPY/THRILLER BOOK, PERCEPTION AND DECEPTION III!
Comment, message, or email me at tesoroseries@gmail.com if interested in a free PDF copy in exchange for your honest review! This is the third book in a spy series, however, the first two books do not need to be read to get into the story. Each book has a stand-alone case to solve, so you won't get lost starting here.

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Synopsis:
Twenty-two year old Faith Evans is a former special agent for the Real Life Immersion Program, an organization that the FBI calls upon in the midst of unsolvable cases. After being betrayed by RLIP, she decides to cut ties with them permanently and move on to a normal life. So when she’s asked to return to the agency to help with a difficult case, her immediate answer is no. However, she soon discovers that the case involves the kidnapping of her former partner's teenaged grandson, Paul Spencer. There’s no way she can stay away and sit quietly.

Paul was being groomed to become a future tech agent, but having computer hacking skills of his caliber at such a young age may have exposed him to a dangerous cybercrime ring that wants to use him for something life shattering. The agency suspects that Paul’s computer club classmates may have been the associated link. Faith is the only agent young enough to pass as a high school student and must befriend Paul’s classmates to find out what’s going on. But when politicians suddenly get involved, this case may be far more twisted and dangerous than she initially realized. On top of everything else, RLIP seems to be attempting to recruit Faith's new husband, Ashton Mathis, into the agency.

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Amazon Rankings of some of the available books…
***“Perception and Deception” number 27 in Crime Fiction!
***“Johnny Higgins” number 28 in 45-Minute Romance Short Reads
***“The Tesoro Series” number 18 in Travel Adventure Fiction
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***”Tesoro: Secrets of the Hidden Treasure” is number 2 in Children's United States History Books and number 18 in Children's Self-Esteem & Self-Respect


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---Perception and Deception by Andrea Hintz---

Synopsis:
"Felix Jaynes is a special agent for the Real Life Immersion Program (also known as RLIP). She has had a traumatic experience that caused her to go from a confident agent who was a phenomenal expert in her field, to suddenly doubting her career. She has recently been sent to an extremely rural town called Toselville; playing the part of a young nature photographer. Everyone has their cliques in Toselville. As a twenty-one-year-old, she finds herself having to network with the younger people in town. Her mission: find the middle aged son of two weapons designers who created blueprints for the United States government. As time goes on, she befriends Ashton Mathis, the owner of the only grocery shop in town, and his best friend/employee. Ashton instantly becomes enamored with Felix's beauty and kindness she shows towards them and he begins to pursue her while she is in the midst of working on an incredibly dangerous mission. RLIP agents have partners who talk to them through their small earpieces that cannot be seen. These agents are not allowed to see their partners or even know their names. Felix has had many partners who are generally cold and over-professional. But Felix has been assigned to Wolf, an older gentleman who becomes a sort of wise father figure to her. After going with Ashton and his friends to the town bowling alley, Felix finds that she is starting to get into a clique of her own. Ashton is there to hopefully win Felix's heart, and Felix is there strictly on business, hoping to get information for her case...or so she keeps telling herself. Against Wolf's initial words of wisdom, Felix finds herself thinking about Ashton and accepts his invitation to go out on a date. But Felix accidentally blows her cover, and soon, Ashton is attacked. Felix was able to save him once, but now her enemies will stop at nothing to get to them. Felix is reassigned to a new mission...witness protection for Ashton and herself. Their budding romantic relationship comes to a sharp halt as they now have to focus on working together to survive. They can run, but they know their enemies are never far behind. Their only option to save themselves is to solve this case. And it is not going to be easy."

This book is available in a PDF format in exchange for an honest book review to be posted on both Goodreads and Amazon. If you would like a free copy of this exciting new novel and beginning of my latest series, please send me either comment below, send a direct message via Goodreads, or email me at tesoroseries@gmail.com! The deadline for the review would be one month, but if it takes a few days or so longer, that is no problem. Thank you and happy reading! 

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