Blurb:
Invited to speak for the United
Nations, International Attorney Ashe Marcille is on the fast track. However,
everything changes when she finds her law partner dead. Left with no option but
to abandon her hard-earned career, she goes on the run.
Walker Knight, owner of a high-tech security firm, left the spy games years ago. A former agent for J8, he had no intention of returning to that life until the agency calls in one last favor. It should have been an easy job—pick up then drop off a lawyer with no questions asked. But, best laid plans…
Attracted to the attorney from the minute he laid eyes on her, Walker sets out to solve her case. Until he can figure out who wants her dead, he’ll have to keep her close…very close.
Walker Knight, owner of a high-tech security firm, left the spy games years ago. A former agent for J8, he had no intention of returning to that life until the agency calls in one last favor. It should have been an easy job—pick up then drop off a lawyer with no questions asked. But, best laid plans…
Attracted to the attorney from the minute he laid eyes on her, Walker sets out to solve her case. Until he can figure out who wants her dead, he’ll have to keep her close…very close.
Excerpt:
As he stepped onto the wraparound
porch to unlock the door, he promised himself to make this visit a quick in and
out. J8 wanted Ashe released into their custody. If the agency didn’t have a
history of turning and burning their targets, he would have given her up
willingly a few weeks back.
Walker reached for the ancient
lock and opened the front door to the blue-colored wood home. A full-on assault
of rich tomato sauce intermingling with the ocean breeze smacked him in the
face.
It had been closed off for the
better part of a decade, so Walker hadn’t stepped into it since his teen years.
Before Ashe’s arrival, sheets had covered the furniture. He took in the bright
tones of blue and cream that warmed the house.
Following the sound of voices
toward the patio, he noted the changes she’d made to the cottage since he’d
stashed her there. Once furnished in thick fabrics and dark tones, the light
and airy ambience enhanced the feel-good energy of his old summer haunt.
The sound of Ashe’s laughter drew
him into the kitchen, where pots boiled and bubbled on top of the stove. His
stomach rumbled from the heady aroma, but the sight of Ashe shook him to his
core. Walker hadn’t felt this type of attraction to a woman in years.
Clad in a bikini and a skimpy
cover-up, she stood outside the French doors. Wild, reddish-brown curls
streamed down her back. He’d suggested she change her appearance, but he’d had
no idea Ashe would resemble something out of a 1950s B-movie.
The absolute best genre ever!
“Are you looking to replace that
flooring upstairs?” Nosey neighbor Tom’s nasally tone snapped him back to
reality. “Dan, two streets over, is a whiz with carpentry.”
Ashe raked stray leaves from the
pool with the cleaning pole. “Not sure. I’ll have to check with—” She stopped
mid-sentence. “Speaking of the devil.”
Walker stepped out of the house,
and she greeted him with a smile.
“Walker!” Tom scrambled to get up
from the lounge chair. His nosey-ass neighbor had built his deck above
eye-level of the fence, a fact that hadn’t gone unnoticed by his grandparents.
“What’s it been…ten years?”
He waved for the old man to take
a seat before he fell over. “I haven’t been able to get out this way much,” he
admitted. Without his grandparents around, he’d felt no need to visit.
“Military, right? Then what?
Private work for the government?”
Walker didn’t answer. He could
tell the man didn’t know anything.
“Your fiancĂ©e here has been quite
the hit around the neighborhood.”
“How so?” he asked, intrigued
about Ashe’s title, among other things. She’d remodeled his grandparents’ home,
cooked and flirted with his lusty neighbor. Apparently, the gorgeous attorney
had been bored.
“What am I going on about? You
two haven’t had a proper greeting. Go on and give your fella a smooch hello.”
“We’re fine. We don’t need to—”
Walker began.
Ashe’s soft lips cut off his next
word. Against good common sense but not his will, he put his hands around her
waist and deepened their kiss.
A warm ball of lust spread
through his body. Revved up, he wanted more, but she pulled out of his grip
with a wink. “I’ve got dinner going. We’ll catch you later,” Ashe said to Tom.
“Oh, okay. Yeah, I’ve got a new
Jeopardy to watch anyway,” Tom muttered.
Walker grabbed her hand and led
her into the house.
With a sexy laugh, she hurried to
close the double doors. “Sorry about that. The snitch would have ratted us out
to the whole neighborhood by the time the ten o’clock news hit the air.”
Walker bit back a smile. “So,
we’re engaged now…”
My Review:
4 stars
4 stars
Adventure, action, spycraft…what
more can a girl ask for? Kill Shot had it all, along with snarky banter and fun
characters. The chemistry between Ashe and Walker was off the charts, and I loved
how badass Ashe could be at times in the most mundane, laidback ways. And the
ways she'd takes Walker for a loop and make him rethink his world? Rocked.
The only issue I had was with
some convenient, but not realistic, plot devices. Yes, suspension of disbelief
is necessary, but some of the elements seemed heavily contrived. Like, why
would you wait this long to do something about this if it was such a threat to
you? Especially when that doesn’t match with the backstory I’ve read on you? (Note:
I’m being vague to be as spoiler-free as possible).
Don’t forget to visit the other stops on the tour.
Author Bio and Links:
Amber Malloy dreamed of being a
double agent but couldn't pass the psyche evaluation. Crushed by despair that
she couldn't legally shoot things, Amber pursued her second career choice as
pastry chef. When she's not writing or whipping up a mean Snickers Cheesecake,
she occasionally spies on her sommelier. Amber is convinced he's faking his
French accent.
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