Love, vengeance, attempted murder, and a bomb...No reason to panic.
Blurb
When a medical robot insists he's
having a heart attack, Marlee Evans, a pragmatic maintenance
technician, has every reason to panic. There's a bomb inside him.
Since Marlee can't risk the bomber discovering she's found the
device, her only option is to kidnap Deacon Black, an unflappable
bomb expert, and secretly convince him to disarm it.
Things go
slightly awry when Deacon sets a trap for someone who is trying to
kill him, and inadvertently captures Marlee instead. Instantly
intrigued by her refreshingly forthright and gutsy attitude, he's
smitten. Unfortunately for Deacon, Marlee recently hardened her
heart and swore off men, especially handsome ones with boy-next-door
grins. But as Marlee and Deacon attempt to identify and prevent the
bomber from detonating the device, they discover that love may be the
most explosive force of all.
Excerpt HEARTS AKILTER By Catherine E. McLean @ 2015
The bomb. Right. Dismantle the bomb. In this lift? No, that was
insane. “Marlene, if the bomb goes off accidentally—”
“It’ll blow the
station to kingdom come?”
He nodded.
“Not to worry.”
She said that with such nonchalance
that he found himself speechless. He cleared his throat. “Why not?
Did you snatch the portable Bomb Disposal Unit, too?”
“Better.”
“What’s better
than a BDU?”
“Garbage
incinerators.”
“What?” He
glanced out into the darkness beyond the lift.
Giant machinery
stood silhouetted and veiled in shadows. “Where are we?”
“Deck
forty-three, Ring D zero three. Relax. Don’t panic. They once
accidentally incinerated a torpedo in number four, over yonder.”
She pointed to the
left. “Nobody heard or felt it explode, and there wasn’t even a
drail’s worth of damage done to the incinerator, or anything else.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“It happened three years ago. I
was there, a deck above. Never mind.”
Henry manipulated
his finger appendage, grabbing and briefly tugging the shirt sleeve
of Deacon’s good arm. “Marlee would never lie about anything so
important.”
“Does she lie
about unimportant things?” He instantly regretted his caustic
remark.
“I do not know.”
Henry spun sideways, facing Marlee. “Do you lie about unimportant
things, Marlee?”
“I have been
known to tell a white lie now and then to spare someone’s feelings,
but on the whole—” She looked away from Henry.
As her blacker than
black eyes met his gaze, Deacon felt pinned to the wall.
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About Catherine E. McLean
Besides Catherine being a wife and mother, she has ridden and exhibited Morgan Sport Horses. She's an avid clothing and costume designer, an award-winning amateur photographer, a 4-H leader, and a Red Hatter who loves bling.
She lives on a farm nestled in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains of Western Pennsylvania. In the quiet of the countryside, she writes fantasy, futuristic, and paranormal stories where a reader can escape to other worlds for adventure and romance.
Her short stories have appeared in hard-copy and online anthologies and magazines. Besides having two novels published, soon to be released is her lighthearted fantasy/sci-fi romance HEARTS AKILTER. Catherine also gives writing workshops, both online and in-person.
A schedule is posted at http://www.writerscheatsheets.com/workshops.html
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