Kill Devil Hills Series #3

Release Date: July 27, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-928044-46-8
Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Format: ebook & print
Length: Novel (79,000 words)

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A rising star with everything to lose.

As Hollywood’s newest darling, Becca Sandoza is vigilant about guarding the image and reputation she’s so carefully created. Her career has allowed her to escape her past, but her newfound fame turns out to be a sharp double-edged sword. The nightmare she’s been trying to escape for twenty years has resurfaced. The man responsible knows all her secrets, and his silence comes at a heavy price. She’ll do whatever it takes to keep the past buried and protect the person she cares about most. But when it seems like she’s trapped with no way out, Becca finally turns to the one man she can trust—the one man capable of making her body burn and her heart ache with a yearning she’s never felt before.

The only man who can protect her.

Chase Davenport took everything he learned as a Marine Corps combat veteran and is now a sought-after stuntman. Hollywood is every bit as competitive and unpredictable as he expected, but the biggest surprise so far is Becca Sandoza. She’s got a reputation as an ice queen with the media, but it’s clear to him that’s only a mask she puts on to protect herself. Behind the scenes she’s down to earth, kind, and just being around her brings out all his protective instincts. So when she comes to him for help with a dangerous situation, he steps up. She might be totally out of his league, but the more time they spend together, it quickly becomes clear there’s more between them than scorching chemistry. And when the threat suddenly escalates with no warning, Chase will do anything to save her—no matter the cost.

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EXCERPT

EXCERPT from ADRIFT (click here to read it now!)

“Becca? Still with us?”

Startled, she shook the terrible memory away before the rest of it could play out in her head and swallowed to ease the sudden dryness in her throat. Her hands were clammy on the pages of the script, her stomach squeezing tight.

Even all these years later, that night still haunted her. She’d gotten away. But the memory of it was still as fresh as if it had happened yesterday.

“Yes.” She reached for her water bottle and took a sip, aware of Chase watching her and avoiding his gaze. He was too observant. She didn’t want him or the others to know anything was wrong.

You’re a professional. Act like it.

Acting was what she did. What she was best at. She could pretend nothing was wrong, that it was all good, when in reality the thought of having to act this out resurrected everything she’d worked so hard to bury.

“Why did you decide he catches her this time?” she asked in as even a voice as possible.

“Makes the dramatic tension so much better,” Alice, the assistant director said. “Before it was too rushed. Bland. We need to see her desperation. We need to see her fight, and draw out the question of whether or not she’ll escape so that when she actually does, the emotional impact on the audience will be that much greater.”

Becca nodded, keeping her eyes on the page as she read on. Her character was half-naked and crying from the attack by the time her flailing hand found the metal rod on the floor. Showing various amounts of skin was part of the job, but in this circumstance, she would feel worse than naked. Stripped bare emotionally for everyone to see.

“When do you want to shoot this?” Her voice sounded steady, even if the rest of her wasn’t.

“Thursday morning if all goes well.”

Three days from now.

“The rest plays out more or less like the initial cut,” Ian added, and looked at Chase. “I realize this is throwing a lot at you at the last second, but we wouldn’t have asked if we didn’t think you could handle it.”

Chase nodded and looked back down at the script. “How long and complex do you want the fight to be?”

“As long as it takes to milk the audience’s emotions. At least a minute. Probably more like two. Tease it out. During the struggle she’ll get away for a second, then you’ll catch her again and resume the fight. Repeat as necessary until she grabs the weapon.”

Becca glanced over at Chase and her stomach dropped. Of all the people she would have to do this with, it was going to be a thousand times worse with him.

Chase grabbing her from behind. Trapping her. Forcing her to the ground and choking her, just like Rick had. Tearing at her clothes, his powerful body no longer a symbol of safety for her, but transformed into a weapon used against her.

A lump swelled in her throat. She swallowed, but it didn’t help clear the restriction.

Breathe. Just breathe. It’s only pretend.

Chase wouldn’t hurt her. Not really.

But by acting this out, he would unknowingly be summoning all her demons. And she was afraid she would never be able to see him the same way afterward.