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A dangerous game of chess threatens to rock Hollywood to its core...
After a nasty divorce, Paige Reed pushes forward, even if her legs are a little shaky.
A desire for a little worry-free fun leads Paige to a location shoot where she meets Hollywood insider Kellen Richards. His charm, wit, and sexy Texan accent sweeps Paige off her feet but tragedy challenges their new relationship while an unknown threat keeps them on edge.
Kellen vows to protect Paige with every weapon at his disposal while she battles to find her place in a world that has been turned upside down. Engaged in a lethal game of chess, the stakes are high. Can they save their love and their lives, or will they have to give up one to avoid risking the other?
Genre: FICTION / SuspenseI held a tiny promotional period for the book during July and averaged 50 books a day. I am currently working on a promotional tour to gain enough reviews to submit the book to BookBub during late fall.
The plane jolted and dropped forward. Oxygen masks dropped from overhead compartments and screams ripped through the air. Paige yanked a mask down, wrapped a strap around each ear and gripped the armrests with white-knuckled hands. Her eyes locked the pamphlet sticking out from the chair pocket. Images of passengers with heads between their knees begged her attention. Do this. Do this now.
Paige bent over and clasped trembling hands around the cascading tresses. Turning her head, she looked past the businessman to a child pressed against his sobbing mother. Paige guessed the boy had to be no more than six or seven, little eyes orbs of terror as he looked at her. She attempted a smile and hoped it resembled a glimpse of hope to the frightened child. The boy clawed at his mother's arms and Paige turned away.
The plane lurched to the left. Overhead compartments popped open. Bags and laptops plummeted into the aisles and hit shrieking passengers.
We're going to crash. The thought seared her mind with steady, quiet certainty. Where were they? What ground would be meeting them? Mountain? Water? A farm field? Did it matter?
Kellen's face flashed before Paige's eyes, the single green eye and single blue eye, the brilliant smile, the face more enticing than his famous brother's. Thoughts bounced back and forth as her rear rose off the seat and pressed against a tensing seatbelt. How he wasn't famous, how he wasn't the actor like his brother. And how she wouldn't have had the chance to fall in love if he was in Grey's place. The phrase swiped at her thoughts. Fallen in love. Now she'd never be able to tell him.
Paige closed her eyes, focusing on the image of him reaching a hand out as something nearby exploded. A deathly silence swallowed the plane.
Time slowed.
Stopped.
Paige Reed blacked out.
