The third book in the Riverboat Mysteries, The Deceived, will re-release on Friday, October 25th. You will be able to find this book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The Deceived is about the youngest daughter you met in the firt story, The Catalyst, and how she redeems herself. I don't have the links yet, but here is a blurb and a excerpt from the book.
BlurbMelanie Dubois detests her family’s casino business. The way this addiction destroys people has her on a tear of magnificent proportions. Then again, this young lady has been put through a train wreck of her own design. She distrusts everybody except for the people who are determined to use Melanie as a poster-child for zealots.
Mike Mercer has spent nearly a year in a deep cover mission for the FBI. The one fly in the ointment of completing his objective to take down a group of dangerous anti-gambling zealots is a fiery-tempered, blonde-haired woman named Melanie DuBois. Worse than that, she’s got a passion brewing just beneath the surface that’s an even deadlier attraction.
Excerpt:
Mike Mercer stood to the side watching Melanie Dubois talk to the news media. She was a piece of work, but he had to admit she had a hot body. He sighed crossing his arms over his chest as he leaned against his dark blue sedan, trying to blend in with the crowd. He wasn’t here to seduce her; even though her feistiness appealed to him, making him wonder what kind of lover she’d be. He was here to get her away from these people.
He would have to question her motives in front of the picketers and the media, so if she decided to go with The Opposition Group, Janet Batten and her followers, she wouldn’t be suspected of collusion with him. The confrontation might be fun, but more than likely he was going to get a tongue lashing. His lips curled up at the thought.
Hopefully, his cover hadn’t been discovered. He didn’t need these fanatics knowing he was FBI. A sloppily dressed journalist glanced toward Mike. Here was his opening.
Mike heaved himself away from the fender and strode into the center of the crowd. Once he reached Melanie, he grasped her shoulder, saying, "What the hell are you doing here? This is no place for you."
Mel whirled around, jerking away from his touch. "Just who are you telling me what I can or can not do?"
He grinned down at the spitting feline image of tawny blonde hair swirling around her face. "Well, it sure looks like someone should take control of you," he said. Pausing, his gaze roamed down her body, before he added, "But for your information I’m not telling you how to behave, I’m asking a question." What he needed was an excuse to get her away from this bunch, but there wasn’t one.
"What I’m doing here is none of your business."
"What is your connection to Melanie Dubois?" the journalist asked, sticking the microphone in front of Mike’s face.
"The only link between us is that I’m on the board of the Odyssey casino." He glanced at Melanie. "There’s no way your family would want you here."
"Why would I care about someone who doesn't love me?"
"I doubt that’s true." What made her think that? Surely, she didn’t believe all the crap her father told her about her mother having an affair and that she was the result of that fling. "Don’t you even want to know what’s happening with your sister?"
"It’s all over the news, how can I miss it?"
Janet moved up beside them, putting her arm protectively around the young girl. "Stop harassing her, or I’ll call the police."
Melanie didn’t know everything that was going on because the FBI told the media only what they wanted them to know. What would the younger woman think if she knew the FBI had used her sister as bait to catch the serial killer terrorizing the area? Her hostility would be nothing compared to what it would be if she learned that detail.
There was nothing he could do right now, Batten would use Melanie for her own ends until the older woman had no further use for her. He glanced behind him, noticing people closing in on him. Even though he saw Dan Travis, the light brown-haired ATF agent, there wouldn’t be any help there. He’d never break his cover either.
Hell, he’d better get out of here.
"You’re a big girl; you can make your own decisions." He gazed into large blue eyes filled with distrust and shaded by long black mascara covered lashes. It saddened him to see her wasting her womanhood on their cause because they weren’t after the same thing she was. She wanted to save people, and they wanted to destroy them. "‚I just hope you don’t regret those decisions later."
With a nod at the journalist and one more
glance at Melanie, he turned and leisurely walked toward his car. He kept an
eye on the man with the scar. That guy was a bad ass, and he had a record as
long as his arm to prove it. Al Slavery was the dangerous one in the bunch. The
others were nothing but drones.
Thanks for reading. Have a great week and come back next weekend. Sandra K. Marshall
http://www.skaymarshall.com
Links for The Catalyst: Amazon, B&N
Link for Addiction: Amazon
Audio Link for A Fool's Fool: Audio
3 comments:
I had so much trouble getting this blog up yesterday. I tried to get it all one color and couldn't do it, so after about five tries, I gave up. Sorry for that.
like the excerpt
Thank you, K.T.
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