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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