The
Australian
Crime Royalty Romance # 2
Crime Royalty Romance # 2
By: Lesley Young
Releasing March 27, 2015
Self-Published
Blurb
Charlie
Sykes takes everything and everyone at face value—and believes life would be a
lot easier if everyone else did, too. Aussie Jace Knight, international
hotelier and purported playboy, has never met anyone like the absurdly literal
and beautiful American who applies for his personal assistant position. The
trouble is, how do you pursue a woman whose definition of flirting comes
straight out of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary? That, and he’s not the only one
after Charlie. Seems Mr. Knight might not be a reformed criminal after all.
Soon,
Charlie’s immersed in a whirlwind of international espionage that takes her
from the hip streets of Sydney to the majestic Great Barrier Reef and the wild,
desolate outback. A dangerous trap’s being set, but how will Charlie protect
herself and prevent a tragic betrayal, when she can’t even sort out what her
heart’s telling her?
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I
swung my legs around and glanced up into his eyes. Night was just beginning to
fall. I had left the window open and a lovely breeze swept across our veranda
lifting the curtain behind him. He had added a dress jacket to his dark blue
jeans and mauve dress shirt. I picked up the familiar scent of his cologne,
sandalwood and lime. His giant gold Rolex glowed in the light. His eyes held nothing
but darkness.
I
breathed out, smoothed my hair, and spotting my heels, leaned over to strap
them on.
“Do
you know why I hired you, Charlie?”
What
a peculiar question. I was about to answer yes, when I realized, given my lack
of hospitality and personal assistance experience, no, actually I could not be
sure. I shook my head as I took his hand and rose to stand. His brow was stern
and his mouth was flat.
“Your’s
was the first pair of eyes I stared into in a long time, ever really, that I
could see straight through to the bottom.”
Oh.
He must be speaking figuratively. Was that a compliment? His thumb rubbed my
hand like it was a feather. Perhaps he was practicing pretending to be lovers?
“Maybe that was wrong of me, to think how I
wanted to keep you like that forever. Maybe hiring you, bringing in you close .
. . maybe that’ll change you.”
I
stared up at him, hearing my heart pound. Wait. Maybe . . . he was suspicious.
“Are
you saying you regret hiring me, Mr. Knight?” I tugged my hand free.
I
could not meet his eyes.
“No.”
I did not dare look in his eyes. “But I’m worried I will,” he stated flatly. He
stepped close after I stepped away. “Look me in the eye, Charlie, and tell me I
won’t regret hiring you,” he demanded suddenly, his voice calm, deep and
impending.
I
need a glass of water to swallow my heart back down.
What
had happened? Why this sudden strangeness?
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Author Info
Lesley
Young is an award-winning Canadian journalist by day, and compulsive novelist
by night. Her debut novel, Sky’s End (Soulmate Publishing, 2013) hit #9 on
Amazon’s sci-fi romance paid best-seller list in its first three months of
release. Not too long after that, she started dreaming up quirky heroines who
lose their hearts to extremely powerful, imperfect heroes, while on dangerous
adventures abroad. She called it the Crime Royalty Romance series, and kicked
it off with The Frenchman, which landed her an agent at Spencerhill Associates.
Lesley’s never sure who or what will pop up in her imagination next. The
Irishman? The Spaniard? The Englishman? She’s taking requests!
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