Title: The Green-Eyed Doll
Author: JERRIE ALEXANDER
Release Day: February 28, 2015
Blurb: Catherine McCoy has been on the move for a year. Hiding the secret and guilt in her heart, she expects her stay in small-town
Texas to be brief. Her plan changes after she meets Sheriff Matt Ballard, who ignites a flame of passion she thought lost forever.
Matt has scars of his own. He left the big city after an undercover operation went bad. Now, he hunts for a serial killer who paints his victims like porcelain dolls. Catherine becomes a safe haven for him. Two tortured souls finding comfort in each other's arms—until he uncovers her secret, and their bond of trust is broken.
When Catherine disappears, Matt races to find her, fearing the murderer has found his next green-eyed doll. But the killer has a surprise coming. Catherine will fight to the death before she'll be a victim. Will her determination be enough?
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Excerpt:
She’d
never know how close he came
to kissing
her. Damn, he couldn’t take his eyes off her mouth. Her
full lips drew him to her. Pulled with the strength of a magnet.
Her hands pushed against his
chest.
“Turn me loose.” Her tone dropped
an octave with each word, sending
him back a step.
“Of course. I
don’t know where my mind went.”
Crap, he hadn’t acted this foolish
since junior high. Vulnerability hid under that layer of tough-girl independence, and he found her captivating.
Red flags of color hit her cheeks. “I do.”
“Come in.” The
dog approaching from the barn provided him an
excuse to change the subject. “I'd better feed him first. He’s always hungry.” Matt grabbed a sack of groceries from the bed of his
pickup and carried it inside.
“I wouldn’t try to pet
him,” he cautioned as he put the bag on the counter.
“What’s his name?”
“He doesn’t
have one, he…” Matt’s jaw dropped,
and he stared in amazement. Catherine
had squatted down, and the big lummox of a dog had his head
buried in her hands. “I
don’t believe it. Ungrateful mutt eats my food but won’t let me near
him.”
“He’s a sweetheart.
You can’t own a pet and not name
him.”
“He doesn’t
belong to me.”
“Obviously he does. He lives here with you.”
“We sort of share space.
We do talk. For some
reason, he hasn’t told me his
name.”
“Tell me what
I can
do to help with supper.” She walked to the sink
to wash her hands.
“You can scrub those two potatoes, wrap them in
plastic wrap, and stick them in the microwave.
I’m going out back to start the fire.”
Catherine
was standing in his living room when
he stepped back inside. She smiled and her beauty hit him in the gut. She’d called him John Wayne the other night. Shit, his attraction to her was far from heroic. It was old-fashioned lust. He couldn't keep her out of his thoughts. She was not only beautiful...she had a secret. And secrets made
him curious.
“Want the grand tour?”
“Please.”
“Not much to see.”
His
living room furniture consisted of one leather
recliner and a big screen TV. He had no pictures of family to show her, but then there
were no tables to set them on. They passed
by a
couple of rooms with unpacked boxes setting around. He
paused in the hallway before
allowing her to venture
into his bedroom.
“I’m not much of a housekeeper,” he said
looking at his unmade king-size
bed. Until now, he hadn’t noticed
that it looked
like a small army had marched over it. The closer she got to the bed, the closer
he got to her.
She turned and bounced
off his chest. Instantly her cheeks turned
pink.
“I’ve seen enough. Thanks.”
“You’re welcome
to look around anytime.”
He inched closer,
raised his hand to her cheek,
and drew a line down her jaw with the tips of his
fingers. He tipped her chin up and brushed his thumb across her bottom lip. Somebody moaned. Thank God, it was her. In a quick
move, Catherine stiffened and pushed him away.
“Don’t.”
Her eyes
darkened to hunter green, like an angry ocean right before
a storm. No. Not anger. Fear. Her gaze bounced
between him and the door.
Shit. Was she going to bolt?
But the characters went with her, talked to her, and insisted she share their dark, sexy stories with others. She writes alpha males and kick-ass women who weave their way through death and fear to emerge stronger because of, and on occasion in spite of, their love for each other. She likes to torture people, make them suffer, and if they’re strong enough, they live happily ever after.
The author of THE GREEN-EYED DOLL, THE LAST EXECUTION, SOMONE TO WATCH OVER ME, HELL OR HIGH WATER, and COLD DAY in HELL, books 1 and 2 in the Lost and Found, Inc. series. Book 3, NO CHANCE in HELL is scheduled for release in early April.
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