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THE ACCIDENTAL ASSASSIN is a New Adult contemporary romantic suspense novel and it was so worth the wait!! Read the excerpt, enter to win, then go grab your copy today!
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About THE ACCIDENTAL ASSASSIN:
Ava
McKenzie is a creature of habit. Life is passing her by and she has nothing to
show for it. She’s had the same job since she started college, she orders the
same dish every time she goes to her favorite restaurant, and only reads books
from authors she knows. There is nothing new or surprising in her life… until
her best friend marries a man from London. When her newlywed friend asks her to
house-sit while she honeymoons, Ava jumps at the chance. She thinks this could
be the very thing she needs to shake up her life. Ava throws herself head first
into her new lifestyle; she wants to try everything, go everywhere, and never
get stuck in a rut again. Of course, offing a man in a car garage hadn’t been
one of the things on her list to try.
Owen Walker spends every day in a new place with a new case. As one of the most renowned assassins in the world, he has his choice of marks—and he’s never failed in a mission. When a new hit takes him back to his hometown, he looks forward to spending time somewhere familiar. What he isn’t expecting is to help an attractive, confused American woman find out how she’s ended up on a hit man’s list.
As Ava and Owen dodge bullets, will they be able to escape their undeniable attraction to each other? Or will all of that chemistry blow up in a shower of hot and dangerous sparks?
Owen Walker spends every day in a new place with a new case. As one of the most renowned assassins in the world, he has his choice of marks—and he’s never failed in a mission. When a new hit takes him back to his hometown, he looks forward to spending time somewhere familiar. What he isn’t expecting is to help an attractive, confused American woman find out how she’s ended up on a hit man’s list.
As Ava and Owen dodge bullets, will they be able to escape their undeniable attraction to each other? Or will all of that chemistry blow up in a shower of hot and dangerous sparks?
Excerpt:
I
twisted the steering wheel sharply as I exited the garage and almost knocked
over the doorman. But he was holding a large gun in one hand and to my shock he
fired directly at my window. The glass shattered, but I didn’t feel any pain,
which I hoped meant I wasn’t hit. I ducked in a belated reaction and the car
swerved wildly, but the gun-toting hottie next to me steadied the wheel.
“I
knew that doorman didn’t like me.” I gritted my teeth. “What an asshole. He’s
almost as bad as you are.”
“I’ll
drive now, if you’d like.” He said it like we were taking turns on a road trip,
not running for our lives. Maybe he wasn’t running for his life. But I was still
running for mine. I didn’t know what this guy wanted with me. Was I supposed to
just let him drive me to some creepy kill room? An image of walls draped in
plastic, knives on a table, and a bed with chains filled my mind. I didn’t think
so.
“Now?
You want to drive now?” My voice rose with each word. “Sure, I’ll pull over at
the corner for a snack and let you take over. Holy shit! Are you
crazy?”
“Has
anyone ever told you that for such a beautiful woman you have a very dirty
mouth?” He smiled at me as my mouth worked silently. “I think I like the odd
combination.”
“Fuck
you.” I glared at the road.
“So
does that mean you don’t want me to drive?” He nodded toward the traffic that
was growing thicker. “Do you have a plan for where to go?”
“The
cops.” I didn’t mention that I had no idea where they would be located. I’d just
stop the first one I saw. “And you told me to get in the driver
seat.”
“You’re
sure you want to go to the police?” He leaned back into his seat, getting
comfortable. He looked, for all the world, as if riding around in a car with a
bomb attached to it was normal. “You killed a man and fled the scene in his
stolen car—which has a bomb attached to it. Oh, and someone was trying to kill
you. I’m sure being locked in a tiny room with nowhere to run will make their
job much more difficult.”
“Maybe
they were trying to kill you. I can imagine why they’d want to.” I growled and
turned down a street that was one way only. And I was going the wrong way. I
muttered under my breath as I dodged cars and people honked at me. “I should’ve
stayed in bed today.”
“Possibly.
They were very sloppy.” He pointed to a street. “You should turn here and take
the roundabout.”
“Roundabout?”
My heart dropped into my stomach and I broke into a cold sweat. “That seems like
a bad idea.”
Roundabouts
were the devil. If you’ve ever tried to drive through a roundabout after years
of driving in America, you’d understand. Everything was completely backward to
how you instinctually drove. It gave me an ulcer just thinking about
it.
“We’re
being followed. We need to lose them.” He looked at me with serious eyes. “If
you want to live, we need to put distance between us and the people in the black
sedan.”
“Oh,
Jesus.” I jerked the wheel and our car shot down the road toward the evil
traffic circle of death.
Nichole Chase Bio:
Nichole Chase is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Suddenly Royal, Flukes, The Dark Betrayal Trilogy, and several short stories. She is also the instructor of Say What? a dialogue class at the Romance Academy. Nichole lives in Georgia with her husband, energetic daughter, superhero dog, Sulcata tortoise, and two cats. When not writing, you may find her reading, painting, crafting, or chasing her daughter around the house while making monster noises.
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