June 2016
On Sale: June 7, 2016
Featuring: Beck; Delaney Murphy
245 pages ISBN: 1619235595 EAN: 9781619235595 Kindle: B01BW59U2U e-Book Add to Wish List
Beck Townsend, retired Marine Corps special operative, is co-owner of a historic
building in downtown Tucson, Arizona. The building is two-story, with retail
stores in the front of the first floor, the Red Eagle Group offices in the back
on the first floor, and condos on the second floor. The building I referenced
while I was writing was the real historic Hittinger Building. I haven’t been
inside the building, but I fell in love with the style of the outside.
Anton Hittinger owned the property where this building was erected. It was a
general-use commercial building for a variety of specialty shop tenants. Its
elaborate facade ornamentation in the Italianate style was characteristic of the
Victorian era. This style was very popular in the United States from about 1840
to the mid-1880s. The First Hittinger Block, as this group of buildings came to
be called, with its large arched windows and dual-color brickwork, is an unusual
and probably late example of the style.
Also part of the truth-behind-the-fiction story is Mt. Lemmon, located on the
north side of Tucson. The mountains in the Southwest are called Sky Islands. (If
you think about it, “regular” islands are actually mountains surrounded by
water. So our Sky Islands are islands surrounded by air.) The heroine of In the
Line of Fire, Delaney Murphy, takes her sister, Morgan, up to Ski Valley (also a
real place) for lunch at the Iron Door Restaurant (also real places). The view
from there is spectacular!
Ski Valley—can you see the ski lift?
The view from the opposite direction, looking out over the valley.
This time of year in metro Tucson we’re baking at temperatures at and above 100
degrees Fahrenheit. Mt. Lemmon, at just over 9,100 feet above sea level,
experiences a high of 25-30 degrees cooler than we get in the valley. That makes
it a very popular getaway destination to escape the heat.
Join Beck, Delaney, and the rest of the cast of characters of IN THE LINE OF FIRE and
experience Tucson for yourself!
Tell me what your favorite (or longed-for) getaway destination is, and you’ll be
entered to win a $10 Amazon gift certificate.
Excerpt
He hadn’t taken it well at all when she’d told him “it’s not you,
it’s me.” This had to be the tenth text she’d gotten from him since last night.
Give me another chance. Just tell me what you want from me, and I’ll give it
to you.
Seriously. He was too freaking perfect.
But not for her.
She’d known almost from the beginning things weren’t going the way they should.
She’d kept putting off ending it because she didn’t want to go back to being
lonely. But if she was honest with herself, being with Charlie hadn’t made her
feel any less alone.
She’d just been alone with someone else along for the ride.
Staring at the large saguaro cactus in front of the window then the mountains
beyond, she sighed and clicked off the message, slipping her phone back into her
handbag and picking up her plate. As usual, her record for choosing men who
weren’t suitable for her, one of whom had later turned into a husband, held
true. The first serious relationship with a boyfriend had gone two years and
come with an engagement ring she’d given back when she found him in bed with
another woman. Clichéd, but sadly true.
He’d been followed by an abusive and domineering husband, a marriage she’d
stayed in for seven long years because she’d been trained by her mother from an
early age to believe that was all she deserved because she wasn’t…enough. She
wasn’t pretty enough. She wasn’t slim enough. She wasn’t interesting enough.
She could hear her mother’s voice in her ear: If only you’d try harder,
Delaney. Followed by a pained sigh. Or there was the frequent Are you
sure you want to eat that, darling? Your behind is already quite large.
Because she’d listened to her mother when she told her it was her fault she was
being abused, it had taken more than one backhand across the face from her
husband to get her to smarten up and make him an ex before the violence could
escalate even further. Her divorce had become final three years ago. He’d been
reluctant to let her go and had messed with her in a myriad of ways, from drunk
calling her in the middle of the night to letting the air out of the tires on
her car. Finally, after she’d threatened to get a restraining order taken out
against him, he’d stopped all the nonsense and had gotten out of her life and on
with his. He’d remarried six months later. It would have been better for her
mental health if he’d also gotten out of Tucson, but as long as he left her
alone, she could deal with the fact that they lived in the same town.
Delaney had come a long way with her self-esteem in the intervening years, but a
lifetime of being told she was lacking in several major areas—first by her
mother, then by her husband—had seared a huge swath of destruction through her
soul. No matter what her younger sister, Morgan, told her repeatedly. Morgan,
who according to their mother was everything Delaney was not, was also
thankfully not like their mother. In spite of making a good living as a model,
she was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. Maybe even more
beautiful where it counted.
But even with all that, it was taking time for the emotional scars to heal and
for Delaney to really believe she was worthy of more.
Their passion burns white hot. But danger is heartless and cold.
Delaney Murphy has had a stomach-fluttering, mouth-watering crush on Beck
since the first time she saw him over the rim of her regular morning latte. But
she's never been long on self-confidence, especially around exceptionally
handsome men.
After a year of avoiding him, she's shocked when he slides into the next
chair and wears down her resistance to a first date.
When Laney is laid off from her job, Marines special ops veteran Beck
"Gravedigger" Townsend wastes no time hiring the quiet, auburn-haired beauty
into Red Eagle Group, his security firm. Keeping her within touching
distance—and under his protection.
Laney's smile and sharp intelligence light up Beck's life and heat up his
bed, yet he hesitates to give her what she really wants: full access to the
darkest corners of his wounded spirit. But when danger is delivered right to Red
Eagle's door, the only way to save her—and their love—will be to bleed. Body and
soul…
Warning: Adult language and graphic sex scenes between a man locked
behind his secrets, and a woman ready to break free of her past. If you think
the desert is hot, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
Romance Contemporary
[Samhain Publishing, On Sale: June 7, 2016, e-Book,
ISBN: 9781619235595 / eISBN: 9781619232624]
Jett Munroe lives in the desert Southwest because she got tired of the cold
and snow of Northeast Ohio. By day, she's a mostly mild-mannered human resources
manager for a nonprofit organization, and by night (and weekends), she writes
hot and spicy contemporary romance.
She focused on her writing career
starting in 2005, and over the next ten years had several paranormal romances
published under the pen names Cynthia Garner and Sherrill Quinn. She l oves
action movies and chick flicks, reading romance (just about every subgenre!),
watching HGTV and the DIY Network, and hates shopping.
I love the mountains...they are so peaceful and calm. Great place to be!! Love your cover too!!! (Bonnie Capuano 9:27am July 18, 2016)
Another Laney! THIS I've got to read, LOL! (Elaine Seymour 9:39am July 18, 2016)
Now that I'm older and I have ' been there and done that ' my escape now is to stay at home and enjoy the relaxing peace and quite .It is so peaceful sitting outside and watching all the little critters playing and having fun . I can watch a new flower open-up a new bloom ,it's amazing to see the flower spread open its petals . I'm admiring all that's around me and enjoying every bit of it . (Joan Thrasher 9:49am July 18, 2016)
looking forward to read the book... (Dona Alex 10:10am July 18, 2016)
i love to escape to the ocean. A beach is soothing. (Sharon Berger 12:05pm July 18, 2016)
One day I hope to see the beauty of Hawaii in person. (Colleen Conklin 12:41pm July 18, 2016)
I really love the mountains in Colorado! Our family spent a month in Denver while my father attended school for his company. Each weekend we'd go check out some different sites. It really made an impression on me. Maroon Bells of course was my favorite place ! (Joanne Schultz 1:54pm July 18, 2016)
I'd like to see Europe. (Kv H 5:28pm July 18, 2016)
I would love a getaway back to Tucson (lived there as a teenager) but I don't think I'd want to come back (Gina Keitz 3:34am July 19, 2016)
My longed-for getaway destination? Boy, I have so many. First on my list is Hawaii or a Caribbean cruise. I would also love to go to Australia, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. (Tiffany S 11:49pm July 19, 2016)
I love the ocean and mountains. So I'm pretty much okay going anywhere that has some element of nature! (Lily Shah 11:51pm July 19, 2016)
I would love to visit Hawaii. (Tanja Dancy 1:01am July 20, 2016)
I live in AZ currently. Not as far south as Tucson and not as hot! I live in the mountains in Northern AZ and it's beautiful! (Meghan Stith 2:07am July 20, 2016)
My choice would be Iceland. I would love to go ice sailing. (Deb Philippon 3:15pm July 20, 2016)
I have never been to Tucson, but it looks lovely. My favorite getaway destination is Hawaii. Love the sand and beaches! (Bonnie H 8:41pm July 20, 2016)
My longed for getaway destination is actually a journey - would love to take the pacific coast highway through california and up to washington. Tucson is a wonderful place to live. I am up in the Arizona White Mountains right now which is only about 4 hours away from Tucson. (Margaret OConnor 2:49am July 21, 2016)
I'm a bit of home body. I like where I am. (Judy Gregory 9:46pm July 21, 2016)
I love many places, in the US and abroad. Right now I particularly want to visit somerset, England-- and I am very fortunate, because it looks as if I will be able to go next June. (Mary Ann Dimand 10:30pm July 21, 2016)
Hawaii would be wonderful to visit. (Ginger Hinson 11:50pm July 21, 2016)
I have always wanted to go to Alaska. When I sit under my maple in the backyard, that's what I dream of doing. (Dagmar Finch 4:18am July 22, 2016)
I want to see Alaska. (Cathy Thomas 8:30am July 22, 2016)
After reading this review I, more than ever, want to see Tuscon. It sounds wonderful. (Mary Songer 7:46pm July 22, 2016)
Oh I love this cover and will be reading this book for sure!!! (Bonnie Capuano 10:02pm July 22, 2016)
I have always wanted to go down under. Australia sounds fascinating! I have some cyber buddies that live down there that I've always wanted to meet as well. Thank so much for the opportunity! (Marcia Berbeza 3:57am July 23, 2016)
My great-grandmother was a Tahitian princess who married a missionary and moved to the states. I have dreamed all my life to go to Tahiti. Maybe.. (Kirsten Kimball 7:00am July 23, 2016)
I have a love of the redwood country. We occasionally get away in our RV for a quiet week among the tree. (Sharon Mitchell 4:54am July 24, 2016)
My dream vacation is a few weeks in Alaska. (Anna Speed 2:04pm July 24, 2016)
I fell in love with Tucson when I visited about 12 years ago. If I had the opportunity, it's where I'd like to spend the winter months in retirement. I like the excerpt - I'll be putting it on my want to read list. (Connie Blasing 2:39pm July 24, 2016)
I've always wanted to go to New Zealand. Photos always show gorgeous scenery. (Linda Harrison 7:36pm July 24, 2016)
THE BOOK SOUNDS INTERESTING. I would like to visit Scotland. (Deb Pelletier 9:52pm July 24, 2016)
I greatly admire Marines and enjoy reading about them. (Gladys Paradowski 11:38pm July 24, 2016)
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