We are thrilled to bring you the cover reveal for Kat & Stone Bastion's THE ESPIONAGE EFFECT!
THE ESPIONAGE EFFECT is a standalone, full-length, action-adventure romance filled with plenty of the sexual tension, deep emotion, and scorching scenes the Bastions are known for.
This sexy action-adventure romance releases July 14th!
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Release Date: July 14th, 2015
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen, Okay Creations
When desire sets you free…control is a matter of perception.
I'm Devin Hill.
Darkness taints my soul.
I'm suffocating. Drowning.
The sweet promise of air? Pure illusion.
Tested as a genius at age seven, I hide my emotions, become what they expect...bury my secrets. At nineteen, I trudge toward a predestined path, blinders on, heart safeguarded.
Until I dare to be wild.
Until Alec Marquez crashes into my world.
Until all that follows redefines everything I've ever known.
What happens when you stumble into a world of spies...and discover you belong there?
Excerpt
“Do you remember their love?” An odd question, even to my ears,
but I needed to know.
He didn’t reply right away, only briefly paused, then continued
typing.
I didn’t release the photograph. Didn’t turn around. Entranced
to a level I couldn’t resist or deny, I remained rooted to the spot on his
bamboo office floor, clinging to a fragment of someone else’s joyous life,
stuck in my admiration for those who’d been able to defy the choking darkness
of the world for its breath of light.
The keyboard clicking ended entirely. But I barely noticed.
My heart pounded in my ears as I gripped the frame, thumbs
slipped into place on the perfect silver surface. My fingerprints might as well
have marred the perfect picture. Its image marked me. Indelibly.
How had one two-dimensional image branded my heart so fast?
On a shaky exhale, it hit me. It hadn’t. The delicate aging
photograph hadn’t been the one thing, it had been the last thing, the
proverbial straw on the camel’s back—the catalyst to the fractures
spider-webbing through an armored façade I’d so carefully constructed finally
shattering apart, blowing to dust the once impenetrable fortress walls I’d
imprisoned myself within.
“I remember.” His voice slid over my senses, warm and soft. His
heat came up behind me, wrapping around me as his strong hands ran down my
arms, then covered my hands as they still clutched the frame.
For the first time in my life, I finally stood without my armor.
Terrified, yet convinced I needed to take the leap of faith even if I died from
the fall, I leaned back into his strength.
And he held me. As I began to shake, gripped the frame tighter
for fear of dropping it, he simply held me.
“Their laughter is the greatest memory; I can still hear its
echo in my head, feel its presence in the middle of the night.”
An aching pang thumped from behind my ribcage. That he would be
lonely in the darkness too, seek the memory of what he’d once had to lull him
to sleep.
I’d done the opposite. “I can’t remember mine.” My voice
croaked. Hands trembling uncontrollably, I clattered the bottom metal corners
of the frame down onto the perfectly polished surface before I dropped it.
“Their love, I mean.” I sucked in a ragged breath as my arms drew against my
middle. I hugged myself, trying to hold in the pain that I’d never let myself
feel.
His arms followed, covering mine. A cramp burned at the base of
my throat, and I closed my eyes, pinching back hot tears, afraid of losing
myself to the scathing onslaught of feelings. As my breathing grew shallow,
Alec tightened his hold, wordlessly providing his protection from the unseen
threat.
About Kat & Stone Bastion
Kat Bastion won several awards for her bestselling debut novel Forged in Dreams and Magick.
Kat and Stone Bastion’s bestselling first novel No Weddings and the No Weddings series were named Best of 2014 by multiple romance review blogs.
When not defining love and redemption through scribed words, they enjoy spending their time mountain biking and hiking in the beautiful Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
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