GENRE: Contemporary Romantic
Suspense
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BLURB:
Simone
Levin had a dream job as a safari pilot until an unexpected pregnancy clipped
her wings. Tired of juggling motherhood with her demanding flight schedule,
Simone applies for an office job, unaware that her new boss is Carlo Carlevaro,
the man who’d ditched her before finding out he’d knocked her up. Carlo returns
to East Africa only to kill another fire—Ivory trafficking from his lodges threatens
to destroy his company. Finding Simone back on the payroll comes as a pleasant
surprise. As his employee, Simone is off-limits, but she is the only one he
trusts to help with his undercover investigation. With time running out, Simone
and Carlo strive to expose the trafficking ring, but working together rekindles
their mutual desire. When Simone is implicated as a trafficker, revealing her
daughter’s existence to Carlo seems inevitable. Acting on her instincts might
come too late as the syndicate retaliate and hone in their threat. Will they
survive to give their love a chance?
Excerpt:
Simone went to stand next to him. “Why am I here?”
He turned to her. The dark shadows under his eyes were
somehow more accentuated in the play of lamplight than in the bright sunshine.
“Let’s talk somewhere else.”
“Where do you suggest? The guests are bound to arrive soon
and you know we can’t walk around by ourselves after dark.”
“Come to my room.”
She inhaled sharply, her hands clenching into fists. “Is
that why I’m here? Do you really think–”
With a soft groan, Carlo curled his fingers around her arm
and pulled her onto the deck, away from the other people sitting in the lounge.
“To your room then,” he whispered, “although I much prefer mine. And no scenes,
if you please.” His hand was a ring of fire around her arm, propelling her to
the wooden walkway.
He walked next to her but let go of her arm.
A few steps from her tent she stopped. “I don’t care who
hears this. If you think we’re going to carry on where we left off four years
ago you are very much mistaken.”
He didn’t blink an eye. “You seem to be singularly
one-track-minded, Simone.”
Heat rose to her cheeks; it spread down her chest to her
treacherous heart, which pounded at the thought of him. Why was he still able
to do this to her? Being alone with him was the worst possible idea.
“Well, if not for that, why march me to my tent as if you
would have your way–”
“You may still be devilishly tempting, Simone, but now that
I’m your boss you’re completely off limits.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sophia Karlson
has lived in France, Germany, East Africa, Madagascar (not the movie, the
country) and now finds herself back on home ground in South Africa. As a
teenager, she devoured romances with far flung settings, loving to travel
through books. After school her itchy feet took her around the world, but now
she doesn’t get much further than the school run and the daily walk with her
very demanding beagle. She writes contemporary and erotic romance, wanting to
take readers on a journey of their own. She loves hearing from readers, follow
her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sophia.karlson.5, Twitter:
@SophiaKarlson, on the web at www.sophiakarlson.com.
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