Read an Exclusive Excerpt from BRING IT ON by Shelley K. Wall

Kathryn Delroy was in her element. All those years of fishing with her dad and brothers had given her the background to be here. She wore a grin a mile wide as she watched the salmon leap through the water in their quest for a bed for their eggs. It was late June and right in the middle of spawning season. The air was crisp and the sun warm like a hot towel after a massage. She laughed at herself for comparing a trip to the spa to this more rustic experience. All the men in her group were taking wagers on who would get the biggest catch and deciding who would net, de-hook, and clean Kathryn’s catch. She ignored them. Let ’em laugh. First rule of Team Building, never underestimate the power of your team members. Isn’t that what they said in the conference? That was right before the guys all spent half an hour deciding where to go to happy hour. Ha, these guys hadn’t got a clue.

Kathryn stood with her hands on her hips. The river rushed past, lapping white water waves at the shore near her feet. It kind of reminded her of her life, always in a hurry. She tilted her head up and closed her eyes briefly to bask in the sun’s warmth. She was up for this challenge, more so than these guys knew. After all, she was sans one over-controlling fiancé and it was her time to take life by the horns. Yeah. Time to be her own person.

The lower Kenai waters churned so heavily that sometimes the water took on a pink hue from the multitudes of fish steaming by like soldiers on a crusade. Kathryn hadn’t been salmon fishing before but she was more than ready to try.

“Where the hell is Tito?” James Wallace asked. James was a manager from their San Diego office and looked every bit the native Californian with his long straggly hair pulled back in a super-short ponytail and wire-rimmed glasses, obviously worn only to make a statement. He was wearing all the right outdoor gear and carrying a backpack over one shoulder. His look wasn’t favored by the executives though, and he’d been given more than one “talk” about professional appearance, which he politely ignored. Apparently, his view was that California had their own rules, and he preferred to follow them. Since his office remained profitable and sales steadily stayed at the top of the list for their divisions, Kathryn assumed he was given latitude with his appearance. For now. She marveled at how different he’d become since he moved.

“Tito?” asked Zak, one of the manager trainees from L.A. “That’s the new guy, right?

“Yeah, that’s me,” said a voice behind them. And that’s when Kathryn saw little Thomas Ryan, all grown up into a big boy coming down the bank, also with a backpack over his shoulder. “Hey Kathryn.” Thomas grinned. “I heard you were going to be here.”

Kathryn’s mouth dropped open as the man approached. “Thomas? Thomas Ryan?” Could it really be the skinny guy that graduated with her brother and had been at her house most of his junior and senior year?

About Shelley K. Wall

Shelley K. Wall was born near Kansas City, the middle daughter of three. She is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with additional post graduate work there and at the University of Wyoming extension in Casper. She also holds a length career in Information Technology.

Shelley enjoys writing characters that deal with drama in a humorous way, situations that are believable even if intense, heroes and heroines that aren’t perfect, and villains that may have an inkling of redemption hidden away.

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About BRING IT ON

Kathryn Delroy thinks the management training session she’s been asked to attend will be a dream come true. The excitement hits a new level when an old family friend, Thomas Ryan, shows up as well.

When the training ends, their passion for each other finds them stranded in a cabin in the Alaskan mountains - a cabin that belongs to a wanted fugitive. When they discover documents that identify illegal activities, they panic and report what they’ve found to the FBI.

Kathryn and Thomas end up on a dash for their lives, protected by federal agents. The man believed to be chasing them is contracted to manipulate political and financial agendas through physical violence - and death.

Cross-country travels and high-stakes mountain adventures are only part of the trials they face as they attempt to build a relationship and stay alive.

This is a new release of a previously published edition.