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Today's featured author is SANDY PARKS and her book REPOSSESSED. Please enjoy the excerpt, pop the book on your wishlist if you're tempted, and don't forget to enter the Rafflecopter draw below.
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Repossessed is the Winner of the 2013 Daphne du Maurier Mainstream Mystery/Suspense Award and the 2013 Maggie Award for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements written by Sandy Parks.
A reclusive boss.
An unemployed pilot.
One devil in default.
When Brazilian gem dealer Maximilian Furst stops making payments on his fifty million dollar business jet, “Hawker” Dunlop, reclusive owner of a high-end recovery company, sends a resourceful team to Rio to repossess the aircraft.
Dunlop’s newest hire, ex-military pilot Amelia “Jet” Walczynski, has the perfect skills for infiltrating Furst’s inner circle and flying away the targeted plane. The assignment appears straightforward until Jet discovers Furst is a sociopath and knows she is after his aircraft. Her promised support team, a Greek lawyer avenging his brother’s death, a con man who sidelines as their scout, and a mechanic who paints her nails to match the country of operation, appear a hindrance rather than help. Jet finds it hard to play nice with her teammates when their private agendas put her life at risk. Yet, the closer she gets to Furst and the plane, the more she and her team will have to rely on each other to complete the repossession.
Santos Dumont Airport
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gnawing apprehension spread through Jet
as Maximilian Furst climbed up from the dark night onto his business plane and
cast her a triumphant look. Behind him the door closed and the steward flipped
the locking handle, securing the aircraft and effectively cutting off rescue if
her true purpose were to be discovered.
The cushy leather seat beneath her
offered little comfort. Minutes before coming onboard, she’d learned Furst had
left a disloyal employee floating face down in a local lake. She drew a calming
breath through a fake smile. Had she overestimated her ability to manipulate a
powerful man—one who was proving far more dangerous and unpredictable than her
boss portrayed?
Looking back, getting onto the
Gulfstream 550 had been easy—maybe a bit too easy. Whatever the case, she had
to keep a step ahead of Furst if she hoped to find the aircraft’s landing site.
He leaned over her leather chair, using
his rock-solid body as unspoken intimidation. Without a word, he picked up the
ends to her seat belt and buckled her in. Her heartbeat didn’t slow until the
plane had taken off from the domestic airport and risen out of the haze into a
clear night.
Jet controlled her fear by focusing on
the sleek cabin. She related more to machines, particularly those with wings,
than men.
“You have an impressive aircraft,” she
said, with the proper amount of awe to feed Furst’s overblown ego. She could
recite checklists and emergency boldface items for the fifty-million-dollar
beauty that surrounded her, but she had to be careful not to reveal her flying
expertise. “Will I be as impressed with your home?” Or wherever the plane might
land and “magically” disappear.
Maximilian shifted in his seat to face
her and tented his long, dark fingers. “After the excess of my party, you will
like the peaceful place we are going.”
“Peaceful? I see you more as the type
who never rests.” She pointed at a well-developed bicep on his arm, making sure
not to touch or even hint at coming close enough to doing so. “Those don’t come
from lounging around.”
“Senhorita, you flatter me. What
is a strong body without a fit mind? My sanctuary awaits. It cleanses the body
and soul of troubles.”
“I find it hard to believe you have
many troubles.”
“A man without them has never been
tested. Take this plane, for instance. The company and I have a financial
disagreement to resolve. My legal sources have informed me impatient Americans
have arrived to take it back. They are supposedly in Rio at this very moment.”
Perceptive sources.
She held back the gulp striving to launch down her throat.
Maximilian, his spicy cologne still
potent after the long night, leaned forward and encouraged her to do the same.
She worked out of her seat belt and rather reluctantly moved closer.
With her head near, he softly added,
“You, Senhorita de verão, are an American. I
believe you have come to steal my plane.”
1 comment:
Cool giveaway and nice selection of books. Thanks for the chance :)
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