Title: LAST HIT
Authors: JESSICA CLARE & JEN FREDERICK
Release Date: DECEMBER 2, 2013
SYNOPSISœ
Nikolai:
I have been a contract killer since I was a boy. For years I
savored the fear caused by my name, the trembling at the sight of my tattoos.
The stars on my knees, the marks on my fingers, the dagger in my neck, all
bespoke of danger. If you saw my eyes, it was the last vision you’d have. I
have ever been the hunter, never the prey. With her, I am the mark and I am ready
to lie down and let her capture me. Opening my small scarred heart to her
brings out my enemies. I will carry out one last hit, but if they hurt her, I
will bring the world down around their ears.
Daisy:
I’ve been sheltered from the outside world all my life. Homeschooled and
farm-raised, I’m so naive that my best friend calls me Pollyanna. I like to
believe the best in people. Nikolai is part of this new life, and he’s
terrifying to me. Not because his eyes are cold or my friend warns me away from
him, but because he’s the only man that has ever seen the real me beneath the
awkwardness. With him, my heart is at risk..and also, my life.
TEASERœ
Swinging
my scope over to room 524, I flip on my night vision goggles. I can only see the outline of her body. It is leaving the apartment and she appears
to have a basket with her. I track her
down to the basement laundry. When I
first walked the building, I noted the basement laundry facility. It was dank
and musty with only a few lights and disgusting floor. 524 should not have to
clean her clothes down there. Someone should clean her clothes for her but I
knew she could not afford that. Her
refrigerator held few items and when she did eat, which seemed far too rare for
my own peace of mind, she ate noodles and other cheap food stuffs. Her roommate did not make any more money
either. The two of them were poor and so obviously prey it is a miracle that
they've survived on their own to make it to adulthood. The one male in their
lives is worthless.
I watch
again as her outlined form leans over the washing machine. She places her clothes inside and then
leaves. She returns to her apartment and returns to her bedroom. It is too dark
for me to tell what she is doing in there. Is she touching herself again? Is
she bringing herself off? I think she
may be reading a book. I watch her and the time that passes is meaningless.
Nothing is more interesting to me that watching her, even if it is just the
outline of her form. I should be doing so many other things. Researching my
potential mark in Seattle. Determining
my next step with Mr. Brown. Instead I
am mesmerized by her.
MINI EXCERPTœ
I watch
her through my bathroom window. I've placed one of my four rented chairs in
here for that express purpose. I tell myself it is not creepy, as the American
girls would say, because I watch everyone. But really I watch only her.
I
cannot see everything. I've never seen her nude. I've never seen inside her
shower. Smartly there is no window there. But I can see her bedroom and her
living room and beyond that, with my scope, her kitchen. I know her schedule.
When she gets up in the morning, when she returns to her apartment. If she were
a mark, I could've killed her a dozen times over by now and been in the wind.
She
throws her bag onto her bed and then lies down next to it. It takes many
muscles to smile, more to frown but only a few to pull the trigger. I peer down
the scope and place my crosshairs over her forehead. Puff, dead.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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| JESSICA CLARE |
Author Jessica Claire
This is a pen name for Jill
Myles.
Jill Myles has been an
incurable romantic since childhood. She reads all the 'naughty parts' of books
first, looks for a dirty joke in just about everything, and thinks to this day
that the Little House on the Prairie books should have been steamier.
After devouring hundreds of
paperback romances, mythology books, and archaeological tomes, she decided to
write a few books of her own - stories with a wild adventure, sharp banter, and
lots of super-sexy situations. She prefers her heroes alpha and half-dressed,
her heroines witty, and she loves nothing more than watching them overcome adversity
to fall into bed together.
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| JEN FREDERICK
Jen Frederick lives with her
husband, child, and one rambunctious dog.
She's been reading stories all her life but never imagined writing one
of her own. Jen loves to hear from readers so drop her a line at jensfrederick@gmail.com.
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GIVEAWAY
$100 GC
Signed set of Jessica Clare
BlueBonnet series published by Berkley
The Care and Feeding of the
Alpha Male
The Girl’s Guide to Manhunting
The Expert’s Guide to Driving a
Man Wild
Signed set of Woodlands books
with dog tag set
Signed copy of Last Hit
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