Book Title: DEADLY CHEMISTRY
Author: Teri Anne Stanley
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tagline: Some chemical
reactions generate too much heat...
Book Synopsis:
Former undercover cop Mike Gibson has been lying low, working as a
maintenance man to put his troubled younger brother through college. But when a
beautiful scientist enlists Mike’s help to repair the damage done to her lab by
a group of vandals, Mike finds that his, and his brother's pasts, are about to
be brought to light.
Laura Kane was happy having a secret crush on the hot maintenance man at
Tucker University, but when the drug she was studying is stolen, Laura has a
chance to get to know Mike in person. The problem is, he seems to know more
about what's going on than any maintenance man should. But then the drug turns
up in the wrong hands, and Mike and Laura have to decide if their own chemistry
will help, or hinder, the race to save innocent lives.
Excerpt:
He was
not for her. Nerdy scientist girls
had to stay away from hot guys with big, muscle-y arms and white smiles. So why
the heck couldn’t she stop looking back at the biology building?
She
shook herself. What was wrong with her? She had to get out of here. She could
lust after him from a distance. That would be fine. Safe. He could be her
pretend lover. She turned the key and threw the car into gear. With one last
glance over her shoulder toward her new imaginary
boyfriend, she stomped her foot on the accelerator. And promptly shot
backward over the curb, knocking over a trash can, which wound up wedged under
the rear bumper.
“Gack!”
She put the car in park and jumped out to survey the damage. Rounding the back
end and seeing the trash can, she shrieked and stepped out of the way of a
family of possums—a mom and three…teenagers? They tottered about, blinking in
the bright morning sunshine.
“Whoa,
careful!” Maintenance Man Mike was suddenly there, grabbing Lauren’s upper arms
and shifting
her
out of the way of the scraggly little things. “Are you okay?”
“I’m
fine,” she said. “But the kids—I ran over their house!” One of the little ones
clung to its mother’s fur, but two others careened blindly away from the scene
of the home wrecking.
“I
tell you what,” Mike said. “You pull your car forward, off the trash can, then
we’ll see if we can’t help ’em out.”
“Okay.”
Lauren’s heartbeat started to slow and beat a regular rhythm. Except where Mike
had touched her arms. There, her skin seemed to be throbbing and tingling.
Sheesh.
She
moved her car forward and off of the sidewalk, then went back to Mike and the
possum. Fortunately, there were no other faculty members’ cars in the lot yet.
What would she have told them? No, I
wasn’t texting anddriving. I was mentally undressing a stranger.
Please,
God…don’t let it be her drug they were talking about on the news. After
Crawford left, Mike stopped fiddling with settings on the centrifuge. He
straightened and turned to lean against a clean section of counter. Crossing
his arms, he glared at Lauren.
“What?”
She realized she’d crossed her arms, too, and stood with a hip cocked out.
Defensive much? “Let’s have it.”
“You
lied.”
“About
what?”
“What’s
missing. Those pellet things you showed me yesterday. They’re all gone.”
Damn.
“Yeah.
You wanna start talking?” He uncrossed his arms and moved toward Lauren. He
smelled of fabric softener again, like the day before. What single guy used
fabric softener?
“Are
you married?” Ugh. Did she really say
that?
That
slowed him down, though. “What? No. I live with my brother. I told you that
last night.” He took another step into her personal space. “Why did you lie?”
Instead
of feeling intimidated, she found herself uncrossing her arms and putting her
hands behind her to
hold
on to the ledge. “How’s the cat doing?”
“Howled
all night. Dylan threatened to poison it.”
“Dylan
did? But he’s such an animal lover!”
“Shows
you how much of a head case that cat is.” He pinned her in place with that dark
stare. “Why did you lie?”
He was
so close that she could feel his heat. How much closer was he going to get?
When she took a deep breath, her breasts
brushed his chest. Which caused her to take another deep breath. Not
on
purpose, of course. His eyes heated. She could smell coffee now. She licked her
lips, and his nostrils flared. He bent his head closer. She needed to answer
his question, but what should she say? If she didn’t answer, would he…what,
kiss it out of her? He should work for the CIA. Or the FBI. As part of the
Threaten
to Kiss Information From Witnesses Unit. -- DEADLY CHEMISTRY @teriannestanley
http://bit.ly/DeadlyChemistryEP
“He
went to see a pig about a horse.”
When
Mike laughed, Lauren’s heart did one of those little fluttery things she was
getting used to feeling when he was around. She loved to see him laugh, she
realized with a start. This wasn’t a giant gut-grabbing guffaw, but a
headtilting bark of laughter. It turned his throat—and that little
shadowy
area under his jaw—into somewhere she wanted to lick.
“You
know what?” he said. “I actually believe you.” He stood there for a second,
smiling at her. Lauren smiled back. Oh
boy. She liked him. Like, liked him.
If her best friend had been there, she’d have slipped her a note to pass to
Mike, asking if he liked her back. Check
yes or no.
Then
what he had said sunk in and she said, “Wait—why wouldn’t you believe me?”
“Well…”
She
waved the question away. “So what brings you here on a Saturday?”
“I’m
on call. I got a call, so I came in
to fix a leaky sink… and to check up on Dylan. And find out if you’ve heard an
update from Crawford.”
Lauren
hesitated a minute, then said, “I think it’s time for you to tell me your
story. There’s some kind of…something swimming
below the surface here.”
Mike’s
gaze narrowed on her mouth. She licked her lips, but then said, “Oh, no, you’re
not
going
to distract me. Spill it.”
He
raised an eyebrow, and she realized she’d revealed too much—that she was aware
of him, of how much he appealed to her. He smirked, then chewed on his bottom
lip, as though trying to decide how much to tell her. -- DEADLY CHEMISTRY @teriannestanley
http://bit.ly/DeadlyChemistryEP
Author Bio:
Teri Anne Stanley has been
writing since she could hold a crayon--though learning to read was a huge
turning point in her growth as a writer. Teri's first stories involved her
favorite Saturday morning cartoon characters, followed by her favorite teen
idols. She has also authored a recipe
column (The Three Ingredient Gourmet), and scientific articles (Guess which was
more interesting!). Now she writes fun,
sexy romance filled with love, angst, and nekkid parts.
Teri's career has included
sex therapy for rats, making posing suits for female body builders, and helping
amputee amphibians recover to their full potential. She currently supplements
her writing income as a neuroscience research assistant. Along with a variety of teenagers and dogs,
she and Mr. Stanley live just outside of Sugartit, which is—honest to
God—between Beaverlick, and Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.
Terri is giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card!
Terms & Conditions:
- By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
- One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive one $25 Amazon Gift Certificate or Paypal Cash.
- This giveaway begins June 23 and ends on July 4.
- Winners will be contacted via email on July 7 .
- Winner has 48 hours to reply.
Good luck everyone!
ENTER TO WIN!
Tour Schedule
June 23
Guest blogging at Joyfully Reviewed
Book reviewed at Tori MacAllister
June 24
Book featured at I Heart Reading
Interviewed at Review From Here
June 25
Book featured at Confessions of a Reader
June 26
Book reviewed at @MiriamSmith
Guest blogging at What is That Book About
Book featured at Sweeping Me
June 27
Book featured at Lisa Loves Books
Book featured at Escape by Fiction
June 30
Guest blogging at In the Pages of a Good Book
Book featured at Romance For Every World
July 1
Book featured at Book Nook Nuts
Interviewed at I’m Shelf-ish
July 2
Guest blogging at My Book Addiction and More
Guest blogging at Becky on Books…and Quilts
July 3
Book featured at My Devotional Thoughts
Guest blogging at Kate M. George
Book featured at Romantic Reads and Such
Book featured at Bookaholics
July 4
Book featured at The La La Land of Books
2 Comments
Thank you for letting me learn about this book
ReplyDeleteYour welcome and it does sound like a very good book
ReplyDelete