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The Risqué Target

BY

Kelly Gendron

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"Tell me, what am I going to find if I keep going?"" His fingers inched closer. Her heart raced. ""Are you damp,"" he furthered another inch up her thigh, ""wet,"" he smiled wickedly and she gushed from the inside out. ""Or, will you be drenched, sweetheart?""

Nala bit her lip. The forecast was indeed warning a flood. Though, she needed him to continue with his splendid voyage. She wanted him to dip his fingers into the pool of her desire.

The side of his mouth kicked up, ""What's wrong? Have I rendered you speechless?"" he daunted.

Nala found her strength from his cockiness, from the potent dare in his baiting tone. ""No, I'm just wondering when you're going to stop teasing me,"" she wielded her sexiest smile, ""and finish what you've started here."" Gutsy maybe, but she meant every word. The man was purposely torturing her.

He released a deep throaty chuckle. His fingers now so close to her inner flesh, a mere stroke away. ""Hot and sassy, you've gotta be the sexiest thing I've ever seen."" His eyes twinkled with feral passion. ""Don't worry sweetheart this is going to be the best night of your life,"" he said and squeezed her thigh with the tips of his fingers pulling her skin and without touching her pussy he had succeed in opening it slightly, ""but you're only going to come when I say you can and not one second sooner."" He withdrew slightly from her begging center, possibly for another tormenting tease. She went from on fire to frosty to completely frozen as the thought came to her. Did he feel it? Suddenly staring down the barrel of her own gun, she had her answer.

With narrowed eyes, he made an annoying clicking sound from the corner of his mouth as he turned to inspect her gun, the one he’d snagged from between her legs. She didn’t even feel him take it. He inhaled an exaggerated breath, tilted his head, and waved the gun at her.

""Didn't your daddy ever tell you that little girls shouldn’t play with guns?""

""On the contrary, it was a gift from my father."" She eyed him skeptically. ""And I'd appreciate it if you'd give it back...you know, for the sentimental value and all,"" she hissed.

She didn’t know if he’d give it back or use it on her. After all, he was a complete stranger, and she knew nothing of the man currently holding a gun to her chest. She was still trapped by his hand behind her back, and he pressed his thigh across her legs, rendering a groin kick impossible.

""Well I guess maybe we're not going to find out just how wet you are sweetheart,"" he said with a disgruntled grin. ""I am going to take a step back from you, and if you move, my finger may slip,"" he said and nodded his head. ""Do you understand me?""

""Yes."" She got it: If she tried to fight for her gun, he was going to shoot her.

She heard the safety button click. The weapon was ready to go off. She remained still. He meant business, and she wasn’t going to mess around with a loaded gun. He could have it. She'd just ask Daddy to get her a new one at Christmas.

""Good."" He slowly moved away from her but held the weapon straight at her as he reached over to the sofa and picked up his jacket. ""In my experience, a woman who straps a gun to her leg only does so for one of two reasons."" He threw his coat over his shoulder. ""One, she's a killer, a hired assassin."" He released the cartridge from her gun and put it in his pocket. ""Or two, she's a hired agent,"" he said and tossed her empty gun at her. ""Until I figure out which one you are, sweetheart, I can't sleep with you. I need to know who I'm fucking. But when I find out, you can bet your sweet little ass I'll be coming back for you."" He took a lethal step toward her.

She held her empty gun to her chest and held her breath. Both of his forearms, the ones that flexed so easily while pouring her drink, trapped her again between him and the wall.

Lowering his head, he glared into her eyes. ""But when I return for you, those sexy little moans will be turned into pleasurable, sweet, satisfied cries."

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Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Detective, Romantic Suspense

Length: Novel

MSRP/List Price: $5.75

Our Cover Price: $4.49

Available Format: eBook

Description:

There’s one name that has Agent Nala Dekker reaching for the gun holstered to her leg—Tantum Maddox, the one name her partner said before he died in her arms. After three years of searching for the faceless Tantum Maddox, his name has finally surfaced. Nala jumps on the first plane to Boston in chase of her long-awaited revenge. But instead of taking Tantum in for his crime or shooting him—in self-defense, of course—Nala nearly ends up in bed with the killer. So, it probably would’ve been a good idea to find out what her Target looked like before she went after him.

Agent Tantum Maddox has completed his assignment in Mexico... and now it’s time for his revenge. When Tantum finds a mysterious woman in his arms, and after he discovers exactly who she is—his Target—he must decide what to do with the gun concealed beneath her dress. Should he use it on her and kill her? Or spare her life and take her captive until he finds the answers he’s been looking for?

Somehow Nala’s innocence comes into question by the dangerously sexy Tantum Maddox and he accuses her of being a cold blooded killer. But why is Nala the one on trial, for Tantum’s the one who killed her partner—isn’t he? In this torrid twist of betrayal and seduction, will Tantum and Nala resist killing each other? Or worse, when the truth unfolds, will love become the only threat to their vindictive hearts?

To My Readers:

I enjoyed writing Tantum's character—who doesn’t like or want a bad boy? He's strong, clever, but like every mysterious man Tantum has a dark past and is wary of letting his heart come out from the shadows. Nala Dekker is witty, smart and like many modern woman- she's a control freak. Their characters emerge through The Risqué Target. Nala pulls Tantum from his darkness, while Tantum relinquishes Nala's control, taking it in a way that Nala is unable to deny.

ISBN:

9781603107549 1603107541 Adobe PDF
9781603107556 160310755X ePub
9781603107563 1603107568 HTML
9781603107570 1603107576 MobiPocket

Publication Date: 02/2012

Reviews

Review – The Risqué Target By Kelly Gendron

by Rachell

Title: The Risqué Target

Author: Kelly Gendron

Publisher: Red Sage Publishing

Rating: You Gotta Read!

Reviewed By: Rasia

Blurb:

Agent Tantum Maddox has completed his assignment in Mexico… and now it’s time for his revenge. When Tantum finds a mysterious woman in his arms, and after he discovers exactly who she is—his Target—he must decide what to do with the gun concealed beneath her dress. Should he use it on her and kill her? Or spare her life and take her captive until he finds the answers he’s been looking for?

Review:

The story is about two secret agents who meet while they are in disguise and have this instant chemistry. Unknowingly they are each other’s targets. But when they do find out about each other’s true identity the true game begins, unknowingly someone had set them up and will do anything to get the agents to destroy one another. Prepare yourself for surprising twists and turns, not to mention the sizzling chemistry between Nala and Tantum.

“The Risqué Target” is a very exciting and intriguing book, I intentionally tried to prolong my reading by taking pauses so now and then. But I failed in doing so, the story kept pulling me back and in the end I caved and read it in one go. I loved both main characters, Nala was such a strong woman with a little OCD problem, but just as any other woman she has moments of insecurity. Which were a few moments too many for my taste but every woman is entitled to them right? And then we have Tantum, totally sexy alpha male, possessive, bad ass and a bit of a control freak. What I really liked about them was that even though finding out about each other’s true identity the chemistry didn’t die, I’ll tell you the more they tried to fight their feeling the more intense and sexy it got.

The Risqué Target takes you on a suspenseful ride of two agents caught up in a evil mastermind’s plan to hunt each other down. They will have to make choices and sacrifices but where will these lead them? Further apart or will they be brought together and have their HEA? Read to find out, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

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