Jagger(Steele Shadows Investigations, #1)
by Amanda McKinney
Publication date: June 18th, 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Secrets, lies, deceit… A former Navy SEAL turned homicide detective has met his match in this new *standalone* addition to the number #1 bestselling STEELE SHADOWS series…
He found her covered in blood.
She promises she’s innocent.
The question is… Can he trust her?
Feared just as much on the streets as at a crime scene, Homicide Detective Max Jagger has dedicated his life to one thing—speaking for the dead. Everyone and everything else be damned, including his own demons. During one of the most oppressive heat waves to hit the small, southern town of Berry Springs, the former Navy SEAL is called to a scene where a real estate heiress is found standing over a dead body, holding the murder weapon. The local cops immediately dub it a slam-dunk case, but if Jagg has learned anything from his days running special ops, it’s that nothing is as it seems… including this suspect.
Despite her name, Sunny Harper is as beguiling as a fallen angel. Clever, cunning, completely unwilling to cooperate, and, perhaps his least favorite quality—mind-numbingly intoxicating. When evidence from the scene suggests an accomplice, Jagg begins to believe that Sunny is both innocent and in danger, despite the towns’ uproar to lock her up. Torn between his growing feelings for his suspect, he takes Sunny to a secluded lake house where he discovers there’s much more behind those enchanting green eyes… including secrets that could take them both under.
With his career on the line and the clock ticking, Jagg must decide if he can trust Sunny… before they both get burned.
Excerpt:
The
gun dropped from my face, revealing an emerald gaze just as intense. Her eyes,
the color of the budding leaves behind her, sparkling in the morning light. A
breeze caught her long, black curls, sending a strand across a pair of
succulent lips pressed into a thin line of scrutiny. She wore her trademark black
tank top, and—dear Lord and everything holy—based on the erect nipples, no bra.
A pair of faded jeans revealed hints of tanned skin behind ripped holes. Strappy
sandals covered her feet over cherry-red toenails as electric as the green in
her eyes.
My
thoughts were suddenly short-circuiting between the snarling guard dogs at her ankles,
simply waiting on a command to attack, and the pair of headlights pulling my gaze
like a beacon to her chest.
I
didn’t like this. I prided myself on never being thrown off my game, and I was.
Undoubtedly, one-hundred percent, thrown off my game.
I
cleared my throat, squared my shoulders, and said the first thing that came to
mind. “You got a permit for that cannon, Miss Harper?”
“You
got a warrant to be on my land?”
“Don’t
need a warrant just to chat.”
She
shoved the nine millimeter into the band of her pants with an ease that verified
her comfort level with it.
“Did
you call?” She asked, although it wasn’t a question as much as a thinly veiled
message that she didn’t like me showing up unannounced.
“Are
you busy?”
“Yes.”
The corner of her lip curved as she breezed past me, an extra sway of attitude
in those hips.
Damn
the woman.
Six
beady, black eyes laced with warning glared at me as they passed by, falling
into step behind the flowing black hair of their master. I waited a beat,
watching the captain and her army descend down the pathway, each solider in
their designated spots.
Sunny
Harper.
A
leader of the pack.
An
alpha female.
No…
A Queen.
Author Bio:Amanda McKinney is the #1 bestselling and multi-award-winning author of more than ten steamy romantic suspense and mystery novels. She wrote her debut novel, LETHAL LEGACY, in 2017 after walking away from her career to become a writer and stay-at-home mom. Set in small, southern towns, Amanda’s books are page-turning murder mysteries packed with steamy romance.
Her books include the HOT new bestselling series, STEELE SHADOWS SECURITY, the multi-award-winning BERRY SPRINGS series and BLACK ROSE MYSTERIES.
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