Harlequin has reissued 16 of my backlist titles in
ebook. Today I'm talking with Kyle
Delaney and Lauren Jamison about LOVER UNKNOWN, a mystery/romantic suspense
from Harlequin's Intrigue line originally released in print and currently
available in ebook.
Hello Kyle and
Lauren. Thank you for being here
today. I appreciate you taking time from
your schedule.
Kyle: It's our pleasure, Shawna. After all (LOL) you're the one who wrote the
book so you're the one responsible for us being together.
Well…(tries to
suppress a chuckle)…I can't disagree with that.
Lauren: What would you like to know? Did you have a specific topic in mind?
I think for starters,
maybe we could share some general background information with the readers. Didn't you have some sort of premonition
right before Kyle showed up at your door?
Do you have those psychic visions often?
Lauren: I've had psychic visions starting with my
teen years but I never really studied it or tried to harness my natural
abilities. The visions would occur, but
I was never sure about what they were trying to tell me. I didn't know if they were a portent of
things to come or something from the past.
That's the way it was with the vision that woke me from a sound sleep
that morning. I saw a man falling from a
cliff into the ocean below, but I didn't have a clue what it meant. And then a few hours later a man appeared at
my door, almost as if he had materialized out of the early morning mist.
So even your initial
meeting was mysterious?
Kyle: I didn't think of it as mysterious. I'd been driving all night. On the outskirts of town I saw a building
with a sign saying tea room and lights on inside the building. I was hoping for some coffee. And that's when things quickly turned
mysterious. What I found was this
incredibly alluring woman who immediately captured my total attention and left
me with a very unsettled feeling.
Lauren: (shoots a sly glance at Kyle) He tried to convince me he was a paranormal
investigator here to validate the presence of the entity that haunts the old
lighthouse, but I didn't believe that for a moment. He was well rehearsed, knew all the right
words, but there was an underlying energy about him that said he was a
skeptic. I had no idea who he really
was, but I knew our destinies were somehow woven together.
And you ended up
saving his life?
Kyle: (answers for Lauren) No question about that. My initial wound wasn't all that bad, a
through and through gunshot in the shoulder.
But the fall off the cliff into the ocean, battling the cold sea, and
dragging myself part way across the bluff definitely put me in extreme
danger. Especially with the blood loss
and infection setting in. I'm very lucky
Lauren found me, and that it was Lauren rather than anyone else.
Lauren: I still didn't know who he really was or what
had happened to him. He made me promise
not to tell anyone he was there, not to call a doctor or anyone else. Logically, he could have been a criminal of
some sort and I was breaking the law by protecting him, but I instinctively
knew that wasn't true. I agreed to keep
his presence a secret and allow everyone to think he was dead.
And that's when he
told you who he really was and why he was there?
Lauren: Yes, but first he swore me to secrecy. I must admit that I was relieved to find that
he was an undercover agent on an assignment rather than a criminal.
Kyle: Fortunately for me, Lauren proved to be very
clever and resourceful. She was the one
who came up with a new identity for me that allowed me to go into town and
mingle with the locals without arousing suspicion so I could continue my
investigation.
Ah…your
investigation. Tell me about—
Kyle: (laughing)
No you don't! Anything more will
have to come from reading the book, especially any details of exactly what I
was investigating and the surprises I turned up along the way.
Lauren: Things that had been right under my nose the
entire time and I didn't realize it. Not
even a psychic hint.
Are you sure I can't
persuade you to tell us about your discovery at the lighthouse or your raid on—
Kyle: Nope…not even a hint.
Lauren: Everyone will have to read the book.
Well, if I can't talk
you into revealing anything else, I guess there's nothing left to do but thank
the two of you for being here today.
Lauren: It was our pleasure.
Kyle: We enjoyed it.
LOVER UNKNOWN, a Harlequin Intrigue by Shawna Delacorte
reissued in ebook format. Available at http://ebooks.eharlequin.com (do search
for author name Shawna Delacorte). Also
available from Amazon for Kindle and Barnes & Nobel for Nook as well as
other online vendors.
Check out my website for more excerpts from LOVER UNKNOWN
and information on my other Harlequin ebook reissues.
Blurb:
HE CAME TO HER IN THE NIGHT…
Lauren Jamison sensed danger and secrets when Kyle Delaney
entered her waterfront store. Not for a moment did she believe the dark
stranger was an ordinary man. Instinctively she knew he lived on the edge,
belonged to a world of deception. But unable to resist him, she became a
prisoner of passion.
Then one stormy night her world shattered when she found his
body in the moonlight—shot and delirious from pain. Before he collapsed, he
told her to follow his instructions or they'd both wind up dead. Just who was
Kyle Delaney? And should Lauren risk her heart—and her life—for a man who might
be on the wrong side of the law?
Inside front cover
excerpt:
"Who are you?"
"You already know that," Kyle said. "I'm here
to—"
She put her fingers against his lips to still his words.
"Don't play me for a fool. I did the best I could with your injuries, but
now that you're part of reality again, you owe me answers."
His voice was low, soft and very serious. "Lauren,
please don't ask. I can't—"
"I don't want to hear I can't." She fixed him with a hard stare. "I want
answers, Kyle."
He tugged on her hand until he had closed the last small gap
between them. His lips brushed against hers, then he captured her mouth fully
in a hot and sensual kiss.
She closed her eyes for a moment, savoring the warmth that
flowed through her, until it almost obscured her thoughts. When she spoke, her
words were barely above a whisper. "Who are you, Kyle Delaney? Why are you
here? And what am I involved in?" She had to ask…but she wasn't so sure
she wanted to hear the answers.
He took her hand again, bringing it to his lips. "You
have to let this go, Laruen. You can't become involved. You have to trust
me—and I have to trust that you'll maintain your silence."
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