Blurb
for Deadly Alliance, romantic
suspense
Amy needs a nine-to-five with free evenings and weekends to get her fashion design business back on track. She unearths Les’ s secret bank account and alerts Finn. Freezing of the money laundering account sets off havoc within an Irish gang. Amy witnesses a gang fight between a brutal ISIS fundraising organization and the Irish. Desperate to escape a stalker’s crosshairs, she seeks refuge with Finn. As danger heats up, sparks fly hotter.
Chapter One from Deadly Alliance
“You know I love your sportswear designs,
right?”
“I’m glad you do.” Amy Kintyre sat opposite a
buyer, none other than Kira Radner, at a coffee shop in Lake Arrowhead,
California. This sudden opportunity to re-launch her sportswear designs gave
rise to the jitters, and Amy clutched her hands under the table.
Kira pressed her face forward, Amy’s sketches
drawn on figures in action poses. With the portfolio spread between them, she
flipped it sideways to examine the fabric swatches stapled along the sidebar.
Their earthy tones blended with the marred wooden table.
Amy stilled the chatty urge.
“You know your presentation is in two weeks.”
Kira was giving her the green light with Recreational Sportswear, Incorporated.
“I appreciate this, Kira.” To get her
business back on track, she needed blocks of time to sew mockups. Amy inhaled
the spicy aroma of the raw cedar wood. The under-construction décor of wide,
timber planks on the walls made her think of her new self. Crazy how thirty felt like seventeen when
embracing life and freeing her artistic side.
“Then I beg you,” Kira said, “please, please,
please have your product samples ready. Deadline is the first Monday of
November.”
“Got it.” Fear over the tight time frame
tasted sour in her throat, but this break called like no other.
Kira leaned forward. “Impressive
functionality with the shorts. Who would have thought this pocket holds a Swiss
Army Knife!” The buyer’s fingertips traced the pick-stitch hem, made with
thread matching the fabric, appearing invisible. “Nice detail.”
Amy’s only mock-up kept their face-to-face
meeting running like the hum of the fluorescent lights above.
“Oooo,” Kira said and raised both her
eyebrows. “Classic nostalgia with a twist. A pocket knife for hikers!”
“Useful, I think.” The bright light flickered
over associates who’d worked together in the past, but Amy didn’t share the
difficulty of making the deadline. Her breathing shortened, and panic carved a
hole in her chest.
“Gotta bounce,” Kira said. “Get to work.”
“I will.” She pulled out a notebook and
jotted down a to-do list ending with the file with various size patterns. After
a half-hour of regrouping and rethinking, she stopped tapping her pen. Kira
Radner took a chance on her, but to turn this chance into a reality, she needed
evenings and weekends to make the deadline.
Last Sunday while pouring over Craigslist
classifieds, she’d zeroed in on Finbar Donahue’s bookkeeping ad. After her
inquiry, his head accountant sent her a message. She still favored the toe she
stubbed after her in-box pinged.
Thanks to what happened, the call from Kira,
she needed Finn’s job. Her mind raced to her third interview for his
nine-to-five. Tomorrow morning, if all went well, she’d land the regular-hours
job, tailor made for her time frame. She ran a hand through her hair, picturing
the arrogant know-it-all with a never-ending string of women hanging on his
arm.
Handsome wasn’t the word to describe Finn,
her late, ex-boyfriend’s partner. She’d been around Finbar Donahue enough to
know he looked at his world as if he were the Almighty himself. The former Army
Ranger made her way too nervous. She tensed up to such an extent, her voice
broke.
Romance wasn’t part of this equation. Her
dream to launch herself, stitch by stitch, came down to landing the job. On a
mission, her goal was simple. She closed her eyes and prayed tomorrow she’d
nail it.
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How about romantic travel to Lake Arrowhead,
California, where Deadly Alliance
takes place? Fall colors mix with
evergreens around this pristine mountain lake. Bring a picnic basket and rent a
pontoon!
Book Buyers Best finalist Kathleen Rowland is
devoted to giving her readers fast-paced, high-stakes suspense with a sizzling
love story sure to melt their hearts. Lily’s Pad and the Intervenus Series: A Brand New Address and Betrayal at Crater’s Edge are
sweet. Deadly Alliance and her work-in-progress, Unholy Alliance, are contracted with Tirgearr Publishing and
written for adults.
Kathleen used to write computer programs but
now writes novels. She grew up in Iowa
where she caught lightning bugs, ran barefoot, and raced her sailboat on Lake
Okoboji. Now she wears flip-flops and
sails with her husband, Gerry, on Newport Harbor but wishes there were
lightning bugs in California.
Kathleen exists happily with her witty CPA
husband, Gerry, in their 70’s poolside retreat in Southern California where she
adores time spent with visiting grandchildren, dogs, one bunny, and noisy
neighbors. While proud of their five
children who’ve flown the coop, she appreciates the luxury of time to
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