And now for something PERFECTLY TWISTED.
Well...it is Monday after all, and why not start the week off with a twist.
Kristine Mason is back and with her she brings a snake-handling reverend, a necrophiliac, a cop
and an ex-con.
Curious??
Yah! Me too!
Let's check this one out together!
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PERFECTLY
TWISTED
by Kristine Mason
What do you get when
you mix a snake-handling reverend, a necrophiliac, a cop and an ex-con?
Something perfectly twisted…
Sound like the start
of a bad joke? Not to Shane Monahan. The ex-con and newest recruit to the
underground criminal investigation group, A.T.L. or Above the Law, has it bad
for Collier County Deputy Beth Price. But ex-cons and cops don’t mix,
especially when this particular ex-con is looking at going back to prison for
his involvement with A.T.L.
All Beth wants is a
fun distraction from the stress of her job and law school. She thinks she's
found that when she meets Shane during an airboat tour through the Florida
Everglades. But Shane’s a felon, a man who could destroy her career as a
deputy, and jeopardize her future as an attorney. She doesn’t know what to
do—until dead bodies start showing up around the county.
When three abused
corpses are found with snake remains inside them, the discovery brings a
murderer out of retirement. The Reverend, as he calls himself, doesn’t like his
kills being mimicked, especially by a man who abuses the dead—after all, the
Reverend does have a reputation to uphold and a congregation to scam. Now it’s
time to teach his copycat a deadly lesson…
Excerpt
“Sorry you didn’t see any gators.” Shane hopped off the boat
and quickly secured it to the dock. “The last two times I took you out, we got
lucky.”
Beth drew in a deep breath and decided to shove her nerves
aside and go for it. “I didn’t come out for the gators,” she said. “If I want
to see one, I can hang with Vlad and Polina.”
He took her hand and helped her off the boat. “So why’d you
come for another tour?” he asked, still touching her.
Her stomach flipped. With her free hand, she dug into the
front pocket of her shorts for the tip she had ready for him. Although he’d
refused her money the last time, she didn’t want to assume he would again. She
held up the fifteen dollars. “This is for you,” she replied, suddenly too
chicken to admit the truth. She might be blunt and usually had no problem going
after what she wanted, but if Shane had no interest in her outside of boating
and maybe flying, she’d rather not make a complete fool of herself.
He plucked the money from her hand, then reached between
their bodies and stuffed the fifteen dollars back into her pocket. “I don’t
want your money.” He settled his hand on her hip. “I want your number.”
Oh. My. God. Her heart tripped. “Don’t feel
obligated because I’ve been here twice to see you.”
When Shane took off his sunglasses, her breath caught. The
hunger in his gray-blue eyes had her licking her lips and aching to kiss him.
“The first time I saw you, I went to bed that night with you on my mind. After
the second time, I couldn’t sleep because I was too busy kicking my butt over
not asking you out for coffee or dinner.” He inched his hand up to her waist.
“Now that you know where I stand, I’m going to ask you again, why’d you come
for another tour?”
“Because the first time I saw you, I went to bed that night
with you on my mind,” she said, repeating his words and telling him the
absolute truth.
Despite the bright sun, his eyes darkened with unmistakable
desire. “I wonder if we were both thinking the same thing?”
She grinned. “Maybe we should compare our thoughts over
dinner?”
As he leaned forward, she inhaled. Damn, he smelled good.
Like grease, saltwater and pure hardworking male. “Tonight?” he asked, pulling
her a fraction closer.
Wow, the man moves fast. “That works
for me.”
Kristine
Mason is the bestselling author of the popular romantic suspense trilogies,
C.O.R.E. Shadow and Ultimate C.O.R.E. She is currently working on her next
trilogy, C.O.R.E. Above the Law, along with a series of Psychic C.O.R.E.
novellas.
Although
Kristine has published a few contemporary romance novels, she focuses most of
her energy on her romantic suspense stories, which she loves for their blend of
dark mystery/suspense and sexy romance. She is fascinated with what makes
people afraid, and is famous for her depraved villains whose crimes present
massive obstacles for her heroes and heroines to overcome.
Kristine has
a degree in journalism from Ohio State University and lives in Northeast Ohio
with her husband, four kids, and two dogs. If she’s not writing, she’s
chauffeuring kids, gardening, or collecting gnomes. Oh, and she makes a mean
chocolate chip cookie!
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ReplyDeleteAre you a plotter or a pantster?
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of both. I know where I'm going with a story before I start it. Know my hero and heroine, who the bad guy is and everyone's motivation and goals. BUT, I don't outline the book. As I write new ideas come forward, which I prefer. The one time I tried to plot out an entire book I think I got to Chapter 4 before I said the hell with it and started writing ;-) Thanks for asking and following my tour!
DeleteReally loved this excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks, MomJane! To get to know my bad guy I have an excerpt of him on my website. Love my villains! But, I have to admit, this hero is one of my favorites. I love his attitude and how he knows what he wants. Based on the excerpt I'm sure you can guess who that is :-)
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed learning more about the author! Thank you sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for following my book tour, Betty!
DeleteThanks for the excerpt...looks like my kind of read, very interesting and attention-grabbing excerpt.
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