How long would it take for him to turn
into an ass again? She caught Jesse’s gaze and found herself
momentarily mesmerized by his golden-brown eyes. What the
hell?
HIS Desire (An H.I.S. novel)
is a romantic suspense, stand-alone novel in the H.I.S. series
released Nov 5th.
Can Jesse Hamilton, the head of H.I.S.,
protect his client when his past and his heart have put them both in
jeopardy?
Synopsis
When FBI Special Agent Kate Ross is
injured in a drive-by shooting, Hamilton Investigation and Security,
Inc. (H.I.S.) leader Jesse Hamilton, believing she is the target of a
killer seeking revenge against him, pulls the full force of H.I.S.
into action to protect her.
Kate doesn’t believe Jesse, the only
man to make her seethe one minute and lust after him the next, when
he approaches her with a note from the Facilitator stating someone he
loved would die shortly, and he knows in his gut it’s Kate. After a
second attempt on her life, she can no longer fight his protection or
her attraction to him.
After making a mistake that cost his
wife her life, Jesse vowed to never love again, but Kate stirs
something in him that puts his protective instincts into overdrive.
Keeping her alive and out of his heart is more difficult than he
expected. Then he makes a decision that could cost Kate her life. Is
history due to repeat itself?
Chapter 1
- (Unedited excerpt /
first scene)
FBI Special Agent Kate Ross heard the
wolf whistle as she approached the bench in the small park outside
the federal building. She shook her head and rolled her eyes at her
partner FBI Special Agent AJ Hamilton. He couldn’t go a moment
without flirting with someone. He’d flirted with Kate when they’d
been first assigned together. In response, she’d pinned him to the
floor. He received the message loud and clear. Now they were good
friends, and she couldn’t imagine a better partner.
The leggy redhead AJ had whistled at
smiled and waved at him. His wink put a little pep in the woman’s
step as she continued on her way. She expected AJ to jump up and
follow the woman, but his butt remained glued to the bench, sandwich
in hand.
She smiled and plopped down beside him,
finally having a chance to eat lunch. Although at the late hour, it
could’ve been called an early dinner. They’d wrapped up a murder
case of a married couple were caught in the wrong place at the wrong
time.
She removed the lid on her Cobb salad
and chuckled at his peanut butter sandwich. For a twenty-five year
old man, he still hung on to his childhood favorites.
“Date of the month?” Kate poured
Ranch dressing on her salad.
“Month?” AJ laughed. “Try week. I
may love women, but I need to be able to hold an intelligent
conversation with them.” He took a large bite of his
sandwich.
“When are you going to start eating
adult food? Maybe that’s why she kept walk-”
“You’re charging the wrong kid with
murder,” a deep, masculine voice interrupted. Jesse, AJ’s older
brother, appeared before them. How did he manage to always sneak up
on them? “Samuel’s innocent.”
Samuel happened to be the teenage boy
they’d just arrested for the double homicide. His father, a sitting
judge, had hired H.I.S. to clear him as soon as he became a
suspect.
Jesse, a former FBI agent himself,
co-owned H.I.S., Hamilton Investigation and Security, Inc., with most
of his brothers. Because of his relationship with the FBI Deputy
Director, he’d been granted access to the investigation from the
beginning. For the last month, he’d questioned everything AJ and
Kate did and any evidence they collected, going out of his way to
annoy the hell out of her in the process.
“We’ve been over this before.”
She chucked her fork in the plastic container. The thought of food no
longer appealed to her. “Our evidence points to him as the
killer.”
They only had circumstantial evidence
against Samuel. She’d suggested they continue their search for
other suspects, but the Powers-to-be decided to charge the kid,
halting any further investigation.
AJ stood, a troubled frown set into his
features. “Jesse. You need to let it go.”
He nodded. “AJ.”
She watched the dynamic between the two
devastatingly handsome men who were so different, but couldn’t be
mistaken for anything other than brothers. She preferred AJ’s
fun-loving, flirtatious nature over Jesse’s serious, aggravating
personality any day of the week.
“Hello, Agent Ross. It’s good to
see you again.” His mouth spread into a thin-lipped smile. His
voice courteous, but patronizing.
Sheila has been an avid reader since
she was young, believing in fantasy worlds, women sleuths and
happily-ever-after. Instead of writing as a career, she followed in
her father’s footsteps and joined the U.S. Air Force. After 12
years, she left the military as a disabled veteran then spent
12 year in higher education executive leadership.
After reading her first romantic suspense novel, Sheila finally knew
what she wanted to write. She has since retired to fulfill that
dream. When not writing, she reads or spends time with her family.
She lives in Batesville, Mississippi with three rescue cats.
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Desire
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