It's Friday . . . time to share excerpts from one of my current reads with:
- Book Beginnings on Fridays hosted by Rose City Reader, where bloggers share the first sentence or more of a current read, as well as initial thoughts about the sentence(s), impressions of the book, or anything else that the opening inspires.
- The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice, where you grab a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% of an ebook), find one or more interesting sentences (no spoilers), and post them.
This week's selection:
Beginning: Prologue
August 29th
Several years ago . . .
Istanbul, Turkey
Ian Dunn's job for this assignment was a simple one.
Charm and distract.
And make sure Prince Stefan stayed here, at the Kazbekistani embassy in Istanbul, while Ian's former SEAL chief and right-hand man, John Murray, used his SpecOps training to break into the prince's hotel room and download the contents of the man's laptop onto a flashdrive.
Page 56: "The name was common enough—it shouldn't have surprised him or affected him in any way. But it did. Because whoever this Susan was, she was not the Susan he wished he could talk to right now."
From barnesandnoble.com: Navy SEAL Ian Dunn went rogue in a big way when he turned his talents to
a lawless life of jewel heists and con jobs. Or so the world has been
led to believe. In reality, the former Special Ops warrior is still
fighting for good, leading a small band of freelance covert operatives
who take care of high-stakes business in highly unofficial ways. That
makes Ian the hands-down choice when the U.S. government must breach a
heavily guarded embassy and rescue a pair of children kidnapped by their
own father, a sinister foreign national willing to turn his kids into
casualties. Shockingly, Ian passes on the mission for reasons he will
not—or cannot—reveal.
But saying no is not an option. Especially not for Phoebe Kruger, Ian’s beautiful and unexpectedly brash new attorney. Determined to see the abducted children set free, Phoebe not only gets Ian on board but insists on riding shotgun on his Mission: Impossible–style operation, whether he likes it or not.
Though Phoebe has a valuable knack for getting out of tight spots, there’s no denying the intensely intimate feelings growing between Ian and Phoebe as the team gears up for combat. But these are feelings they both must fight to control as they face an array of cold-blooded adversaries, including a vindictive mob boss who’s got Ian at the top of his hit list and a wealthy psychopath who loves murder as much as he loves money. As they dodge death squads and play lethal games of deception, Ian and Phoebe will do whatever it takes to save the innocent and vanquish the guilty—or die trying.
But saying no is not an option. Especially not for Phoebe Kruger, Ian’s beautiful and unexpectedly brash new attorney. Determined to see the abducted children set free, Phoebe not only gets Ian on board but insists on riding shotgun on his Mission: Impossible–style operation, whether he likes it or not.
Though Phoebe has a valuable knack for getting out of tight spots, there’s no denying the intensely intimate feelings growing between Ian and Phoebe as the team gears up for combat. But these are feelings they both must fight to control as they face an array of cold-blooded adversaries, including a vindictive mob boss who’s got Ian at the top of his hit list and a wealthy psychopath who loves murder as much as he loves money. As they dodge death squads and play lethal games of deception, Ian and Phoebe will do whatever it takes to save the innocent and vanquish the guilty—or die trying.
Enjoy life with books . . .
Catherine
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