Shadow of Perception
by Kristine Mason
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BLURB:
What happens
when negligent plastic surgeons receive a taste of their own medicine…?
Chicago
investigative reporter, Eden Risk, receives an unmarked envelope containing a
postcard ordering her to watch the enclosed DVD…or someone else dies. No
Police. After Eden watches the DVD, a gruesome, horrifying surgery, she turns
to the private criminal investigation agency, CORE, for help. Only she hadn’t
expected that help to come with a catch. Her former lover, Hudson Patterson,
has been assigned to the case.
Hudson would
rather have another CORE agent handle the investigation. Two years ago, he’d
screwed things up with Eden…bad. And as more DVDs arrive, Eden and Hudson find
themselves not only knee-deep in a twisted investigation, but forced to deal
with their past, and the love they’d tried to deny.
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Eden
flinched and when she finally met his gaze, Hudson moved closer, fighting the
urge to reach for her and smooth away the worry creasing her forehead, to hold
her and assure her he’d never let anything happen to her. He fisted his hands
instead. The wariness in her eyes, the rigidness of her body told him what he
needed to know. She wasn’t ready for what he was willing to offer. Not just
sex, but comfort, familiarity, and maybe this time around more of himself.
“I’m
not trying to scare you. I want you to be realistic. I want you safe.”
Gripping
the edge of the kitchen counter, reminding him he’d unintentionally crowded
her, she leaned back. “I appreciate your concern. But I’ll be well protected
tonight. All night.”
Unconvinced
he said, “The security system is good, I’ve seen to it myself, but having me
here—just in case—is an even better security measure.”
“Sorry,
but three’s a crowd. I doubt my date will appreciate my babysitter hanging
around while we’re...dating.”
She
had a frickin’ date?
“Cancel,”
he said, hoping he’d kept the resentment from his voice. Of course he shouldn’t
have expected her to remain celibate since they’d broken up. He’d had his share
of “dates” too. But knowing another man would be here, in her townhouse, in her
bed, had his empty stomach churning with jealousy. The way his emotions were
hitting him like a barrage of bullets today, he realized he’d never gotten over
the loss of what could have been between them.
No
other woman before or after Eden had stirred his gut with thoughts of love and
all that other stuff he didn’t have the vocabulary to name.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I didn’t pick up my first
romance novel until I was in my late twenties. Immediately hooked, I read a
bazillion books before deciding to write one of my own. After the birth of my
first son I needed something to keep my mind from turning to mush, and Sesame
Street wasn’t cutting it. While that first book will never see the light of
day, something good had come from writing it. I realized my passion, and had
found a career that I love.
When I’m not writing
contemporary romances and dark, romantic suspense novels (or reading them!) I’m
chasing after my four kids and two neurotic dogs.
LINKS:
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TWITTER:
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WEBSITE:
www.kristinemason.net
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Kristine will be awarding $5 Amazon gift cards to four randomly drawn commenters during the tour as well as print books to six other randomly drawn commenters during the tour (3 of Pick Me, a contemporary romance, and 3 of Shadow of Danger, book one of the suspense series. [US ONLY on the books]).
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