Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Fatal Exposure Super Book Blast






Today's Super Book Blast is for Gail Barrett's Fatal Exposure, a Contemporary Romantic Suspense book from Harlequin Romantic Suspense and currently available for purchase at all the usual places. Because this is a book blast, no interview or blog post will be posted, but there will be a blurb and excerpt from Fatal Exposure, and also a bio of the author. I will also post a list of the blogs on this leg of Gail's tour to give you more chances to comment and win Gail's prize of a $25 Amazon / BN (or other bookstore of the winner's choice) GC to one randomly drawn commenter during this tour and her other Book Blast on June 21st. Please leave your e-mail address when you comment.

A former RITA® and Daphne finalist, Gail Barrett has received the Book Buyer’s Best Award, the Holt Medallion, the Booksellers Best, The National Readers’ Choice Award, and numerous other awards.  She lives with her husband in Western Maryland.  Readers can contact her through her website: www.gailbarrett.com.


Links to buy the book:

Barnes and Noble paperback and Nook:


Blurb for Fatal Exposure

Cold-case detective Parker McCall has spent fifteen years trying to solve his brother’s murder.  Now a chance photo of the killer in the newspaper sets him hard on the woman’s trail.  A former teenaged runaway, reclusive, award-winning photojournalist B.K. Elliot chronicles the harsh reality of life on the streets -- until a photo in the paper reveals her identity, blowing the lid off her secret past.  With a powerful murderer now dogging her heels, and her police officer step-father determined to silence her permanently, the last person she can afford to trust is a cop.  So why does sexy police detective Parker McCall tempt her to break her silence and resurrect ideals she’d lost years ago?  As danger closes in, and with more than her own life at stake, Brynn must decide if the duty-bound cop will betray her...or heal her battered heart.

Excerpt from Fatal Exposure

“All right,” she said. “Undo my hands.”

“You promise to answer my questions?”

“I said I would.”

He tossed her backpack onto the pile of papers and pulled out the handcuff key. He reached for her wrists and unlocked the cuffs, trying to ignore the alluring fragrance of her skin and hair. Then he stepped back, his impatience mounting as he waited for her to do her part.

But she took her time, righting the chair, taking off her peacoat and draping it over her bag. At last she turned to face him, and for the first time, he got a close look at her in the light. She was even more attractive than he’d expected with her wary green eyes and delicately winged brows, that long tumble of auburn hair. Her mouth was evocative and full, her high, sculpted cheekbones tinged with pink. A smattering of freckles dusted her small nose.

He raked his gaze down the rest of her—over her small, high breasts and slender waist, slim hips clad in low-slung jeans—and his heart began to thud. She looked amazingly like the computerized image, but softer, far sexier. More vulnerable.

Vulnerable? He stifled a snort. He wouldn’t make that mistake again.

He returned his gaze to hers. And without warning, a sense of awareness arrowed between them, a deep tug of sexual attraction that caught him unprepared. His belly went taut, a rush of adrenaline accelerating his pulse.

Vulnerable? He stifled a snort. He wouldn’t make that mistake again.

He returned his gaze to hers. And without warning, a sense of awareness arrowed between them, a deep tug of sexual attraction that caught him unprepared. His belly went taut, a rush of adrenaline accelerating his pulse.

He bit back hard on a curse. Wrong time. Wrong place. Definitely the wrong woman, considering she was a potential suspect in his brother’s death. And her reaction didn’t help—her eyes going wide and dark, her breath catching on a quiet gasp, impacting him even more.

“I need a drink,” she muttered, spinning around.

That made two of them.


I really enjoy a good romantic suspense story, and this is right down my reading alley.

9 comments:

  1. I'm so curious about how the murderer evaded Parker for so many years! I also find Brynn's background details intriguing! Thanks for chance to enter the giveaway!

    falses1gns(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Ari! Thanks for stopping by. I got the idea for this trilogy years ago, and am so excited to finally see it in print. I really liked these heroines, so I'm thrilled that they finally get their HEA:))))

      Delete
  2. Thanks so much for hosting me here today, Nancy! I really appreciate it!!!! I'll be stopping by later with the hopes that somebody wants to chat:))))

    ReplyDelete
  3. I like the sound of this book - I love romantic suspense and somehow I missed this...Thanks for the spotlight and the excerpt. I'll be adding this to my list.

    junegirl63 at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thanks, Maria. I hope you like it. And thank you for stopping by!

    ReplyDelete
  5. This sounds like it'll be a good read. The different excerpts I have seen today really have me intrigued.
    Jenny
    starznstripes24 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thanks, Jenny. And thank you for taking the time to read the different excerpts!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Nice excerpt

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

    ReplyDelete