Forever
and a Day
The
Company Store
Book
2
Ann
Gimpel
Publisher: Taliesin
ISBN: 978-1-62916-065-8
Release Date: 7/3/14
Genre: Paranormal Romantic
Suspense
Word Count: 50,000 words
Espionage
operations and runaway love travel halfway around the globe as Tamara and Lars
stay one step ahead of death. Tension heats to boiling, but it’s not half as
hot as the attraction licking at their heels.
Book Description:
Tamara MacBride has a much bigger
problem than hiding her shifter side from the world. By the skin of her teeth,
and with a smattering of Irish luck, she manages to kill her sister’s murderer.
Escaping from the scene of the crime is proving much harder than she
anticipated. Just when she thinks she might be safe, her cab driver shrieks and
slumps over the wheel. She cowers in the back seat, too scared to run,
expecting the next bullet will be for her.
An unknown assailant terminates
Lars Kinsvogel’s target. Pleased by the outcome, after all dead is dead, Lars
exchanges the glitz of Monto Carlo for a nearby airport intent on collecting
the private plane he left there. He’s no sooner arrived when a cab jumps the
curb. His instincts blare a warning, but Lars ignores them and trots over to
investigate. There’s not much he can do for the cabbie, but his passenger is
still very much alive—and absolutely stunning. It takes some tall talking, but
she agrees to come with him.
Espionage operations and runaway
love travel halfway around the globe as Tamara learns to accept her shifter
side, and Lars embraces what’s been missing from his long life. Initially
reticent to trust one another, it takes a series of crises and a near-fatal
accident for them to take a chance on love—and each other.
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/pYbEHtRor20
Excerpt:
Lars Kinsvogel sucked in an
annoyed breath. Anxiety and greed thickened the air in Monte Carlo’s Place de
Casino, and he stifled a choking sound. D*mn his hypersensitive shifter senses.
If it weren’t for them, the desperation hovering around him wouldn’t be quite
so palpable. Casinos were always like this, though, a haven for the rash and
reckless. What had likely begun as a harmless pastime turned into hardcore
addiction for an unfortunate few, forcing them to return again and again
despite diminishing returns.
Hope springs eternal. All the
poor sods need is one more spin of the wheel, another hand of cards… Lars
looked up, right into the croupier’s beady gaze.
“Would monsieur like to place a
bet?” The croupier grinned with all the warmth of a hammerhead shark,
displaying a mouthful of bad teeth. What was it with the French and their
aversion to dentistry? Lars shook his head and made shooing motions with one
hand. He’d have to either join the baccarat game soon, or move on, but he could
get away with loitering for a few more minutes without drawing undue attention
to himself.
His target, a powerfully built
man with Asian features revealing his half-Chinese ancestry, had an arm slung
around a striking brunette. Maybe she was one of the hookers who worked the
casino circuit, maybe she was a steady thing for the man. Lars considered it
and decided she could be both. Around five feet eight, she had a lush, curvy
body, hair cut into a stylish bob that fell a few inches past her shoulders,
and memorable eyes the color of a restless ocean. A short, black sheath hugged
her like a second skin. Open nearly to her waist, it displayed half her full
breasts. Even though Lars’ appraisal was surreptitious, he forced his gaze
elsewhere. The woman was sex incarnate, and he didn’t need anything diverting
him from his objective.
About
the Author:
Short Bio:
Ann Gimpel is a clinical
psychologist, with a Jungian bent. Avocations
include mountaineering, skiing, wilderness photography and, of course,
writing. A lifelong aficionado of the
unusual, she began writing speculative fiction a few years ago. Since then her
short fiction has appeared in a number of webzines and anthologies. Her longer
books run the gamut from urban fantasy to paranormal romance. She’s published
over 20 books to date, with several more contracted for 2014.
A husband, grown children,
grandchildren and three wolf hybrids round out her family.
@AnnGimpel
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