DEADLY TESTIMONY
by Piper J. Drake
Kyle Yuen's life is in danger and Lizzy Scott will stop at nothing to
protect him. He's arrogant, annoying and completely irresistible.
They'll risk it all to keep each other safe even if it means walking away
when the danger has passed. Fans of Marie Force’s Fatal series or Laura
Kaye’s Hard As It Gets, will love this romantic suspense series from Piper J. Drake
and Carina Press.
Series: Safeguard
#2
Genre: Romantic
Suspense
Release Date: May 9,
2016
Publisher: Carina
Press
Synopsis:
The stakes have never been higher as an elite
team member must outwit a dangerous killer and save the man she's sworn to
protect. The second installment of the exhilarating Safeguard series from Piper
J. Drake.
Kyle Yeun didn't start out bad and he doesn't
intend to end his life while on the wrong side of the law, either. His
testimony to his former employer's environmental misdeeds has earned him a
protection detail compliments of the US government. But due to a dark
international conspiracy Kyle was unaware of, his former employers have made
ending his life a top priority. Realizing he needs more protection than the US
Marshals can provide, he turns to Safeguard after seeing the beautiful, deadly
Lizzy Scott in action.
One look at Kyle, and sniper Lizzy Scott knows
this isn't going to be an easy protection job. He's arrogant, irritating and
almost irresistible. Instead of being put off by her hardened attitude, Kyle
seems to thrive off the challenge. And she's slowly giving in to his charms.
After narrowly escaping the latest
assassination attempt, Lizzy starts taking dangerous risks to keep him safe.
But the last thing Kyle wants is another life ruined because of his actions. He
found his redemption in Lizzy's arms and he'll risk everything to make sure
they both make it out alive. As will she, even if it means walking away from
him to keep him safe.
Piper
J. Drake (or “PJ”) began her writing career as “PJ Schnyder” writing sci-fi
& paranormal romance and steampunk.
She has recently received the FF&P PRISM award for her work as well as the
NJRW Golden Leaf award and Parsec award.
Now,
PJ is exploring the complexity of romantic suspense, incorporating her
interests in mixed martial arts and the military into her writing.
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Excerpt
She stepped forward inside his guard and put
her left foot behind his right. Seeing her coming forward, he instinctively
tried to step back and get his guard back up.
Nope.
She caught his ankle in an ashi harai,
driving him backward and down toward where he expected his foot to be bracing
his back-step. Tall as he was, he relied on his solid stance to keep his
footing too much.
Instead, she threw her right arm up between
the two of them and quickly swung it around in an exterior loop to place his
still-retracting arm into an under armpit lock. He lost his balance and
toppled, taking her with him. Which was fine.
She landed heavily on top of him, forcing
grunts out of the both of them. Somehow, she wasn’t even going to mind the
bruises. This was more fun than she’d had in a while.
“Minx.” He was breathless now and still a
little stunned.
The clothes around her throat tightened as
his left hand took hold, and he pivoted his hips under her. Throwing his left
leg up, she found herself in the beginning of a triangle hold.
Really?
She got her feet under her and heaved
herself—and him—up until she was half-standing and slammed him back on the
ground. He loosened his hold. Pivoting to her right, she released his right arm
so she could get into position to secure an arm bar on his left.
Before she could manage it, he rotated on top
of her. “No you don’t.”
She half snarled, half giggled. “Yes, I do.”
And she blocked his right knee with her leg,
raising her hips, placing the ball of her right foot on the ground near his
other knee and pushing with her right. As he came off the floor, she pulled him
to the left to continue the momentum of the roll…
…and landed on top of him.
He chuckled and repeated the move right back
on her, rolling them even farther until they both hit the wall, laughing.
She buried her fingers into his hair and his
hands gripped the back of her neck.
They met in a kiss, hard and hot and so incredibly
good. If she’d been breathing hard before, she lost everything in that kiss.
Suddenly, she didn’t care about anything but
his body against hers. He wasn’t her client anymore and she wasn’t on contract.
This was between them, person to person. They were safe enough for an
indulgence, here and now, later they might not be. They twisted and rolled, and
he was under her again as she straddled him. His hands roamed over her as she
had her way with his mouth.
She let him up for air for a second as she
decided whether she wanted to lick his pulse or nip at his collarbone.
Kyle’s
voice rolled over her, husky and dark, sending delicious shivers down her
spine. “Let’s get rid of the pants.”
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