Forsaken
by Sarah
Ballance
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BLURB:
Her
past is back to haunt her—and this time, it’s got a gun.
When
Gage Lawton finds his brother shot to death on his back porch, every shred of
evidence points to one person: Gage’s ex-lover, Riley Beckett. The only gun in
town that fires a bullet of that caliber belongs to her.
Certain
the shooting is payback for his part in the loss of her parents, he abandons
his promise to stay out of her life and confronts her, his rage backed up with
a revolver. Yet when she steps through the door, all thoughts of revenge burn
to ashes.
A
year after Riley unwillingly walked away from Gage, she enters her home to find
him sitting in the dark, gun pointed at her head. One look into those achingly
familiar blue eyes reminds her how wrong she was to let him go. But now there’s
more standing between them than their heated past.
A
twist of fate—and a hail of sniper bullets—puts them in the cross hairs of a
killer, leaving Riley with just two slim options: trust her greatest betrayer,
or face a murderer alone.
This
book has been previously published.
Warning:
Prepare to get caught in a crossfire of profanity, danger, and desire. Intense
violence may trigger the desire to wear body armor…and take it off. Very, very
slowly.
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EXCERPT:
Without taking his attention from her, Gage climbed out of
the chair, cursing when he realized his foot was asleep. He tucked the .38 in
the waistband of his pants and limped through the pins-and-needles sensation
wreaking havoc in his left boot.
Hell of a time to feel ticklish, he thought, staring at
Riley’s wild mane of dark waves sprawled over the floorboards. Not the stark
contrast he’d seen over a crisp white pillowcase.
His mind played flashbacks. Memories of dragging his lips
over her heaving, sweat-slicked skin threatened his plans…and his resolve.
The flood of emotions shouldn’t have surprised him. He was
as stoic as a block of granite when it came to everything—and everyone—except
Riley Beckett. He never could put the feeling into words, but just being around
her made him feel free, like standing in the middle of the prairie with the
sun, and the breeze, and the vastness…and the promise of something he didn’t
dare believe.
And he didn’t. Gage knew good things didn’t happen to him.
But she’d captured a piece of his soul with her laughing eyes and damning
innocence.
The purest woman he’d ever known and he’d destroyed her.
Twice.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sarah and her
husband of what he calls “many long, long years” live on the mid-Atlantic coast
with their six young children, all of whom are perfectly adorable when they’re
asleep. She never dreamed of becoming an author, but as a homeschooling mom she
often jokes she writes fiction because if she wants anyone to listen to her, she
has to make them up. (As it turns out, her characters aren’t much better than
the kids.) When not buried under piles of laundry, she may be found adrift in
the Atlantic (preferably on a boat) or in search of that ever-elusive perfect
writing spot where not even the kids can find her. To learn more about her work in contemporary,
historical, and supernatural romance and romantic suspense, please stalk
accordingly.
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Tina
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