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Branch of Law Enforcement empath Ella Walsh sucks memories from people's heads.
The job fills her mind with others' nightmares and leaves her with little time
for love, but if she doesn't pair off with a mate of the government's choosing
soon, the psychic blowback will destroy her powers and her sanity.
The
last time shapeshifting SBLE superstar Vadim Morosov worked with an empath, he
got her killed and himself assigned to a desk. He worries about taking on
another partner, but helping Ella track down an empath killer might be his only
chance to save his career.
Naturally,
the government decides to throw them together.
They
resist at first, but they can't deny the simmering heat between them. As the
killer's strikes grow closer to home, their bond gets tighter. And when the
murderer finally traps Ella, her developing link with Vadim might be the only
thing that can save her.
Teaser Excerpt:
Vadim nodded.
“I’d like to talk to Ms. Walsh about her impressions of the killer if I may.”
She was already
getting up and grabbing her backpack. “Ms. Walsh has a lunch date and then
she’s off home. She will see if she has time for you tomorrow.”
He met her gaze
and tried to look approachable and contrite. “I’d really appreciate it if you
could give me ten minutes before you go.”
She sat down
again. He waited until everyone else filed out of the conference room and then
got up to close the door.
When he returned
to his seat she was quick to lock gazes with him.
“Why the
privacy?”
“Why are you so
defensive, Ms. Walsh?”
“Because you,
Mr. Morosov, are behaving like an idiot.”
“I apologized.”
“And did you
mean it?”
“No, of course I
didn’t. You don’t need to be an empath to work that out, but that doesn’t mean
I don’t intend to try and get along with you.”
She sat back and
folded her arms under her breasts, making her pink flowery shirt gape open to
reveal a green camisole. “So you said. I’m still not buying it.”
“Look, I admit
that I overstepped the mark, but...”
“Overstepped it?
You sunk yourself up to the neck in it. You don’t waltz into someone’s office
and start casting doubts over everyone’s competence!”
Vadim let out a
long slow breath. She had a point, but he wasn’t willing to concede even that
to her. “Tell me how it felt when you went into the victim’s head.”
She stared at
him for a long moment, her brown eyes haunted. “Okay, there was nothing left.
No stray fragments, no memories, no nothing. It was as if something had come in
with a laser and stripped everything away.”
Text Copyright ©
2012 by Kate Pearce
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6 comments:
I had fun following along and glad that I found a new book!
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I enjoyed the excerpt!
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I'm always interested in a well researched story!
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I don't think I'd like being an empath. I always wondered that when watching Deanna Troi on Star Trek: TNG.
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