CHRISTMAS WATCH
Petie McCarty
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
The
Watchers Series
Fallen
angels seeking parole for their betrayal . . .
Someone
is watching Rachel . . . but who? And why?
Child
psychologist Rachel Kelly has her Christmas stocking full of troubles this
holiday season, both personal and professional. Recently separated from her
boyfriend, Rachel still loves him but has no idea how to win him back. If
that’s not enough to cause her sleepless nights, she’s uncertain how to handle
her newest therapy client—a six-year-old boy who claims he talks to Watchers.
And a Watcher is coming to help Rachel.
Lt.
Jake Dillon has his heart broken when his fiancée Rachel, without warning,
suddenly calls it quits. Yet when a stalker crashes Rachel's Christmas party
and takes her young clients hostage, Jake is the first person Rachel calls. Now
he has a choice to make—stand back and wait for the cavalry to save her, or
step in and try to save her himself. Time is running out, and Jake may be their
only chance for rescue.
Unless
Rachel's young Watcher spy is telling the truth . . .
This
romantic suspense tale with paranormal elements is Book 2 in The Watchers
series . . . A captivating tale of small-town Christmas romance that will leave
you looking over your shoulder and wondering, Is someone watching me?
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EXCERPT:
“Jake, I came
by to see you because of the Buckhead crisis.”
“I figured as
much.”
Rachel could’ve
sworn he looked disappointed for a fleeting moment. That gave her the courage
to go on. “To offer my shoulder—”
“To cry on?” he
sneered.
“No! To lean
on. Please don’t be ugly.”
“I can’t help
it. You broke us up.”
Incredulous,
she gaped at him. “Me! Must I keep reminding you? You left me.”
He closed the
distance between them, so close she could feel his body heat.
“You let me
leave,” he said gruffly.
“I didn’t—”
“You let me
leave,” he repeated, his face but inches away.
His unique Jake
scent wafted over her. She wanted to smother in it. She wanted . . .
“I didn’t want
you to go,” she whispered.
He caught her
to him in a fierce embrace. No gentle kiss this. It screamed of need and anger
and desperation. His. Hers. She didn’t know for sure. Didn’t care. She wanted
to cry from the relief of having his arms around her again.
Knuckling her
fists into his warm tee shirt, she tried to yank him closer, but the shirt was
old and stretched unmercifully. His lips smiled against hers as he grabbed a
breath and then kissed her again, his tongue sweeping in to tangle with hers.
She could die
from his wonderful familiar taste. She savored, remembered, and stored for
later. Giving up on the shirt, she wound her arms around his neck to tug him
closer, to pull him into her if she could.
Suddenly, his
hands at her hips pressed her back, and she shamelessly hung on tighter. He
reached up and worked her hands free, then kissed each one.
His eyes had
gone black. This close, she could clearly see. No doubt a reflection of hers.
“Like coming home, isn’t it?” he rasped, his voice so hoarse it came out as a whisper.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Petie spent a large part of her career working at Walt Disney World—"The Most Magical Place on Earth"—where she enjoyed working in the land of fairy tales by day and creating her own romantic fairy tales by night, including her new series, The Cinderella Romances. She eventually said good-bye to her "day" job to write her stories full-time.
These days Petie spends her time writing new Cinderella series
tales, her new The Watchers series, sequels to her regency time-travel series,
Lords in Time, and more contemporary romance standalones to go along with her
two previous releases—Any Fin For Love and Ambush in the Everglades.
Petie shares her home on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with
her horticulturist husband and an opinionated Nanday conure named Sassy who made
a cameo appearance in Book 2 of The Watchers, Christmas Watch.
Visit Petie's web site online at http://www.petiemccarty.com or
her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/petie.mccarty.
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http://www.amazon.com/author/petiemccarty
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