ISBN: 9780593439395
Editorial: Berkley
Autor: Abrams, Stacey
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 336
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when asked to infiltrate Scimitar, the terrorist group that has stolen lethal environmental technology. But when she's assigned a partner—brooding, sexy Adam Grayson—to pose as her lover, Raleigh discovers that the most dangerous risk of all...is falling in love.Adam blames himself for the botched mission that got his best friend killed by Scimitar, and he believes that Raleigh may have contributed to the man's death. But the closer he works with his alluring partner, the more his suspicions turn to trust—and intense desire. Now, as he and Raleigh untangle a twisted web of secrets and lies, the tension mounts between them...until their masquerade as a couple proves too tempting to resist.Review"Abrams masterfully pairs the cracking pace of a thriller with the tenderness of a romance."—BooklistAbout the AuthorSelena Montgomery is the nom de plume of Stacey Abrams—she is the three-time New York Times bestselling author of Our Time Is Now, Lead from the Outside, and While Justice Sleeps; an entrepreneur; and a political leader. As Selena Montgomery, she is an award-winning author of eight romantic suspense novels.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.PrologueThe explosion registered a few hours later. It was only then that the blood caked to the arm of the jacket began to chip and fall to the hard, uneven ground. It was only then that the numbness, the blessed mindlessness, wore off, leaving behind searing, tearing pain. Teeth clenched against the agony began to knock against one another. And the memories returned with a vengeance.Behind the tightly closed eyes, she relived the moment the ball of amber flame hurtled toward her body as she tumbled down the slope, her final act of betrayal. Minutes before, she had run from behind the empty shop stalls, the scents of jasmine and dates and horses fading with the dying sunlight, replaced by the acrid stench of gunfire. She heard the staccato report of guns, saw Cavanaugh’s body fall behind a row of wine barrels left by a weary shopkeeper. Once again, the black- robed bodies in the vehicle turned their deadly weapons away from him and aimed at her. She reached for her belt, searching for the small explosive, running toward the hill’s edge, to him. Her hand circled the disc of plastique, pressed the release, and pitched it under the Jeep. The driver shouted to his comrades and fired one last round. A bullet rippedthrough her shoulder, and she lost her balance, stumbling against an empty trough. The Jeep exploded, and shrapnel rained down on the abandoned hilltop marketplace as she dragged herself to Cavanaugh’s body. Dismissing her shoulder, she crawled over him, protecting hisface and wounded belly from the flying debris. With her uninjured arm, she reached for his face, turning it to hers.“Jericho? Cavanaugh? Speak to me, please,” she begged, her voice harsh, ravaged by smoke and panic.Cavanaugh’s glazed eyes stared past her. “Prax— Merlin.Is target.”“Cavanaugh, get up. We’ve got to get to base camp.” She looked over her shoulder at the wreckage and, seeing no movement, began to slowly shift away. Cavanaugh’s hand gripped her forearm, halting her careful retreat. Blue eyes blazed into brown ones.“No. Time. Praxis. Merlin. Sphinx gone Lazarus.” Wracking coughs interrupted his labored words. “Merlin. Next.”She struggled against the hand, surprised by the strength. “Cavanaugh, we’ve got to get you to shelter.” Please, don’t die on me. Please. Not again.“No time. Listen. Chimera.” Cavanaugh paused, fighting for air.“Go now. Tell Atlas. Need Merlin. Sphinx gone Lazarus. Praxis going
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