Girl in the Water
by Dana
Marton
GENRE: Romantic
Suspense
BLURB:
After the tragic
death of his family, Ian, fresh home from the Army, is a shadow of his former
self. Only his best friend's disappearance in South America pulls him back from
the ledge. He rushes to Brazil, but he gets there too late. The best he can do
now is find his friend's murderers. The single lead in the case is also the
single biggest obstacle--Daniela, a mysterious beauty very much in need of protection,
with a host of secrets hidden in a dark past. As the two of them track down
clues and try to untangle an impossible case, they draw the attention of all
the wrong people, and danger follows them back to the US.
Ian wants the
murderers. Daniela wants Ian to acknowledge the hot sparks of passion between
them. He doesn't mind breaking rules, just never his own. Rule #1: You don't
seduce the woman you protect
Excerpt:
A couple of boats had been dragged
up on the flat of the riverbank. Nobody around. Ian sat in the shade of the
largest boat and pretended to be watching the barges and tugboats going past
him.
He stole a glance at the house,
hoping to spot Finch. Nothing there, but something rising out of the water
maybe thirty feet from him caught his attention.
At first, he thought it might be a
caiman—South America’s version of an alligator. Caimans were native to the
area, although, he had no idea if they lived in this part of this particular
river.
But instead, out of the river, rose
a young woman.
She seemed to be struggling with…an
anaconda?
When the shiny black, long body
wrapped around hers, Ian moved, ready to dive into the water to help her, but
she had the upper hand and dragged the wriggling beast toward shore with a
triumphant smile, and he could see that she had a giant eel.
He couldn’t take his eyes off the
thing. The eel stretched as long as the woman was tall, over five feet. They
wrestled in the mud, the scene stunningly primal and elemental.
She had a piece of rag tied around
her small breasts, and another around her slim waist, covering only the private
parts of her body. She was the most stunning sight he’d ever seen, long dark
hair streaming down in wet rivulets. A goddess risen.
A goddess in mortal struggle.
His western sensibilities pushed him
to run and help, but the woman and the eel and their battle seemed somehow the
spirit of the Amazon itself, and he felt like an interloper. He felt that he
couldn’t take the woman’s triumph away from her.
And she did win, dragging the eel to
shore, grabbing a rock the next second and smashing the eel’s head. The eel was
still squirming when, with the same, sharp-edged rock, she gutted the thing,
dumping the insides back into the river. She was not a peaceful goddess.
She washed the eel efficiently, then
picked up the carcass and carried it, staggering under the weight, up the tall,
steep bank, and in through the back door of the house Ian had been watching.
Ian’s chin might have dropped a
little. Or a lot. In fact, he felt as if his chin just hit his lap.
Who on earth was she?
AUTHOR BIO:
New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author Dana Marton has thrilled and
entertained millions of readers around the globe with her fast-paced stories
about strong women and honorable men who fight side by side for justice and
survival.
Kirkus
Reviews calls her writing "compelling and honest." RT Book Review
Magazine said, "Marton knows what makes a hero...her characters are sure
to become reader favorites." Her writing has been acclaimed by critics,
called, "gripping," "intense and chilling," "full of
action," "a thrilling adventure," and wholeheartedly recommended
to readers. Dana is the winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence,
the Readers' Choice Award, and Best Intrigue, among other awards. Her book,
TALL, DARK, AND LETHAL was nominated for the prestigious Rita Award. DEATHSCAPE
reached the #1 spot on Amazon's Romantic Suspense Bestseller list.
Dana
has a Master's degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and is continuously studying
the art and craft of writing, attending several workshops, seminars and
conferences each year. Her number one goal is to bring the best books she
possibly can to her readers.
Keeping
in touch with readers is Dana's favorite part of being an author. Please
connect with her via her web site (danamarton.com) or her Facebook page
(facebook.com/danamarton).
Having
lived around the world, Dana currently creates her compelling stories in a
small and lovely little town in Pennsylvania. The fictional town of her
bestselling Broslin Creek series is based on her real life home where she
fights her addictions to reading, garage sales, coffee and chocolate. If you
know a good twelve-step program to help her with any of that, she'd be
interested in hearing about it! :-)
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