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Toxic Vengeance

Vengeance Series #4

Release Date: January 21, 2020
ISBN: 978-1-928044-36-9
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: ebook & print
Length: Novel (74,000 words)

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A past poisoned by lies.

Toxins expert Eden Foster was trained never to get close to anyone. She’s only broken that rule twice, and each time it ended in heartbreak. Her mentor was murdered in front of her, and now the man she was forced to deceive and leave behind has suddenly become a threat. She wants justice, but the only way she’ll get it is by joining forces with the only man to pose a threat to her guarded heart—the CIA contractor tasked with capturing and turning her in.

Risking a second chance could cost them everything.

Zack Maguire has spent his entire adult life serving his country, but this time, he’s torn between duty and his heart. Eden might not be the woman he thought she was, but he refuses to accept that everything between them was a lie. If she’s being hunted, he’s all in. He won’t sit back and do nothing when her life is on the line. As the danger mounts, he’ll do anything to protect her. And when their enemies close in, the only way they’ll live long enough to have a second chance is to let go of the past and learn to trust each other.

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EXCERPT

EXCERPT from TOXIC VENGEANCE (click here to read it now!)

HRT #8 Is Live!

Dear reader,

I’m so excited to announce the release of book #8 in my Hostage Rescue Team Series. I’ve been looking forward to writing more of Bauer and Zoe’s story and had initially planned for Wanted to be a novella, but I got carried away and it wound up being a short novel instead. I couldn’t help myself, I just love these two! The entire HRT cast will make appearances in this one, with a few surprises along the way.

Wanted_600x900She thought her past was behind her.

After nearly dying at the hands of a madman in New Orleans a year ago, Zoe Renard has worked hard to put that trauma behind her and move on. With her man at her side she’s focused on her writing career and building a future together. Things are almost perfect between them, until a series of shocking events turns her world upside down again. An unforeseen threat is looming, and it’s more lethal than anyone realizes. Only this time, hers isn’t the only life at stake.

But the nightmare isn’t over yet.

HRT member Clay Bauer never expected to fall in love again, but what he has with Zoe is better than anything he ever could have imagined. After what happened to her in New Orleans he’s ever vigilant about her safety, so when a new threat emerges he’ll do everything in his power to keep her safe. But even a former SEAL can’t protect her from an enemy he can’t see coming. And by the time he realizes the true extent of the danger, it may be too late for them all.

 

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Can’t wait for you guys to read this one! And don’t forget that book #1, Marked, is still free at all vendors, so if you haven’t yet read that one, grab it.

For my readers who love audio books, you’ll be pleased to know that the first 6 books of the HRT series (from Marked to Exposed) have been picked up by Audible. I’m still waiting for word on who the narrator will be, but we expect those first six titles to be available by late summer if all goes well. Woot!

Right now I’m hard at work on HRT book #9, Betrayed, which will feature the character you see in the final chapter of Wanted. Once you find out who it is, I hope you guys will be as excited about that story as I am! After that I plan to wrap up the series at book #10, which will be Blackwell’s story. We’ll finally get to see what happened to him and Summer.

Wishing you all a wonderful 2016!

Happy reading,

Kaylea 🙂

HRT #7 Out Now!

Dear reader,

Holy moly, it’s December already! And I have so much to tell you.

Our house is in full Christmas mode, all the trees and decorations up. It’s my favorite time of year and our house is so cozy all done up for the holidays.

In writing news, I’m so excited to be bringing you Vance and Carmella’s story! I wanted to write something different for this one, so this past August, DH and I went on an Alaskan cruise for a research trip. No one on board suspected that I was secretly planning to use the tranquil setting for the mayhem I’d planned for Seized.

Seized600x900She’s strictly off limits.
Carmela Cruz has wanted the same man for over a year, and now that he’s finally free, he’s fair game. But just when it seems like everything is about to click into place for them, he puts on the brakes. For her, the decision is simple. He either wants her or he doesn’t. She’s sick of his mixed messages and done with waiting for him to make up his mind. An unexpected, all-expenses-paid luxury cruise to get over her broken heart sounds like just what she needs—until her vacation turns deadly.

But some rules were made to be broken…
HRT member Sawyer Vance wants Carmela more than anything. There’s only one problem—she’s his best friend’s sister, and that makes her officially off limits. He’s already learned the hard way the disastrous consequences that come from breaking that rule. But when she’s caught up in the biggest terrorist attack to hit the West Coast and her life is in imminent danger, the truth hits home hard. He realizes too late that nothing should have kept him away from her. When the terrorists begin killing hostages, Sawyer and his team must take the ship back at all costs. Now they’re in a fight for their lives against an enemy willing to die for its cause, and time is running out to save the surviving passengers.

Including Carmela…if she’s still alive.

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Another special announcement is that the fabulous Pamela Clare, whose work I have long admired and fan-crushed over, sent me an e-mail about a month ago asking if she could include my HRT guys in her final installment of the I-Team series.

At first I was like, O_O “Is this a trick question?”. But when I realized she was serious, I responded with an enthusiastic “YES!!!”.

Clare, Pamela- Dead by Midnight (final) 500px @ 72 dpi low resSo, you’ll see all the HRT guys featured in Dead By Midnight. And let me tell you, this is NOT your usual Christmas story. It’s actually the tautest, most nail-biting book I’ve read this year. If your’e a fan of the I-Team books, you’re going to lose your mind over this one. And if you haven’t read the series yet, what are you waiting for? Pamela’s books are amazing, my favorites of which are Unlawful Contact (I love Marc!!!), Soul Deep (features middle-aged main characters), and this one.

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I’ve just completed the draft of the next HRT story, Wanted, a long novella that will focus on Zoe and Bauer and include a bombshell announcement or two. I’m hoping for a late January or early February release.

LK and WRLast month I also had the honour of meeting a former PJ! He has family here in the Vancouver area and contacted me asking if I’d sign a book for him. We met up for dinner and he was highly entertaining, and so interesting to talk with. He even brought me a Pararescue flash (goes on the maroon berets) and a little folded flag that was carried during a HALO jump in Iraq. I have him signed copies of Deadly Descent and Lethal Pursuit. Totally fair trade! haha
Finally, I’m part of a reader contest featuring books with SEAL heroes that you might like. Just click on the image below to enter. You can vote for Zoe and Bauer’s book (Hunted) if you so choose!seals graphic high res
Wishing you all a warm and wonderful holiday season, filled with great books!

Happy reading,

Kaylea 🙂

Hostage Rescue Team Book 6 Out Now!

Hi, gang! Guess what? It’s finally release day for Cruzie! Exposed is book 6 of the Hostage Rescue Team series and I’m hard at work on book 7 right now.

Hope you guys love Cruzie and Marisol together. I enjoyed writing this one a lot, especially the villain. Fingers crossed that I catch you off guard with the twists and turns in this one :).

Exposed200x300Sometimes the one you were meant to be with…
Marisol Lorenzo landed her dream job as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and is working on the case that could make her career; now she’s determined to put away the most dangerous drug lord in the country. But his incarceration has opened up a lethal turf war among his lieutenants. Their enforcers are out hunting their enemies, and anyone who gets in their way. When one of them sets his sights on Marisol, she turns to a man she grew up with and has wanted for years—a member of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team. Even though she thinks he’ll break her heart when he leaves town, it’s a risk she’s willing to take.

Has been right in front of you all along.

Special Agent Ethan Cruz is back home in Miami with his team to take down a dangerous fugitive linked to the case Marisol is working on. He’s focused on his job and not looking for a relationship, until she captures his attention so completely that he’s consumed with the need to make her his. Though he knows he should keep his distance, the explosive attraction sizzling between them makes it impossible. He’s always had a soft spot for her but now his feelings are so intense he can’t shut them off. What starts off as desire quickly runs deeper, becoming something more powerful than he’s ever known. And when Marisol winds up in the crosshairs of the most lethal enforcer of all, he’ll put everything on the line to save her.

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A few other neat things have also happened recently…

iBooks named me a “rising star in romance” and they’re featuring Ignited (Titanium Security Series book 1), which is on sale at all vendors right now for $0.99.

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Cover of Darkness (Suspense Series book 2) is currently on sale for $1.99 at the Kindle store. (*Please note that since the rights to this book are now owned by Amazon, it is only available there, or via the Kindle app on an Apple device.*)

Danger Close (Bagram Special Ops book 4) just won the Write Touch Readers’ Award! Congrats to Wade and Erin.

Finally, Hunted (HRT #3) is currently a finalist in the Aspen Gold Contest, and it won the Colorado Award of Excellence Contest. Go Bauer and Zoe!!! (You guys know how much I love Bauer. *shiver*)
Rekindled, Titanium Security series #5 also finaled in the contest, but I guess I can’t be too sad that it lost to another of my books, right?!
My boys start school again today, and I’m looking forward to getting back into our routine so I can dive back into book 7 of the HRT series, Seized, which will feature Vance and…Cruzie’s sister. Yeah, lots of conflict in this one. lol

Happy reading,

Kaylea Cross

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