Kindle Edition Download to your Nook (eBook) Download from Apple iTunes (eBook) Amazon Barnes & Noble.com Book Info Page Amazon (Print) Category:  Romance Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc. ISBN-10:  1616501901 Type: Fiction Pages: 61 Copyright: September 6, 2010 ISBN-13: 9781616501907 Missing diamonds and a killer on the loose…will a schoolteacher and FBI agent escape with their lives and hearts intact?  After the acquittal of Gueraldi's right hand and favored killer for hire, Ashton Smythe, Special Agent Gabriel Spiller takes time away from his work with the FBI. Having failed in his mission to avenge his lost would be lover, Serena Roarke, Gabe returns to Alabama in search of the missing diamonds needed to reopen the investigation and to lay low from the death threats he's received since Smythe went free. Almost two years after her sister's death, Leannan O'Neal feels the loss of Serena more now than ever. A secret meeting between them before she died left Lea with an ugly figurine and nothing but questions. Hang-up calls at work and a trashed house reminds her of the card Serena gave her. "If you find yourself in trouble, go to him and only him" were the last words her sister spoke to her. With Smthye out for revenge and hot on her heels, Lea goes on the run in search of Serena's 'Angel', but how long can Gabe keep her alive, and is the cost worth more than her life? Content warning; sensual love scenes, graphic violence, adult language. Excerpt “Where did you get this?” “Serena gave it to me before she was murdered. She said if she didn’t or couldn’t come back for it, I was to give it to you and only you. Otherwise, mum’s the word.” She watched as Gabriel laid the statue on the kitchen table and got the meat mallet out of a drawer by the sink. The garishly painted face was in pieces before Lea realized what he was going to do. “You broke it! I know it was ugly, but…”He pulled a velvet pouch through an opening at the bottom and shook the contents out on the table. “My God.” She hissed in a breath. “Are those…” “Yes, the missing diamonds.” He turned toward her. “The last of Gueraldi’s men went free because of these. You had them all along. I could charge you with withholding evidence.” “Not if I didn’t know about them, and I can promise you I didn’t.” “Ms. O’Neil.” Gabe cocked his eyebrow. “You’ve got to be kidding me. She had to have told you.” “Leannan, but you should probably call me Lea, seeing we’ve become so well acquainted. And no. She didn’t. I knew something was bothering her, but she wouldn’t talk about it. Just that she couldn’t involve Jack. I never guessed she’d hidden something inside the statue. How could she have done that anyway?” “Ever seen Romancing the Stone?” “Only a million times. It was Serena’s favorite… Oh.” “Exactly.” A loud crack interrupted the conversation. Glass shattered from the window behind him. Lea screamed. They’d found her. “Did I forget to mention them?”

5 Ravens
5 Ravens
"To Take Up the Sword is excellent. There are paranormal elements and sexual elements but neither overpowers the plot. This is a good read with enough twists and turns that you'll be rereading it just to be sure you caught everything." Lea - Black Ravens Reviewstheblackravensreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/author-review-to-take-up-sword-by.html


5 Diamonds
"I loved this book. It has everything: well-developed characters, strong emotions, obstacles galore, villains, and a complicated plot...and all in a novella-length story. " Starla Kaye - Got Romance Reviewsgotromancereviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/to-take-up-sword-by-brynna-curry.html?zx=e6306bfcab69b062

5 Stars
You Gotta Read
"In 52 pages Ms. Curry spun a tale that encompassed love, lust, intrigue, betrayal and suspense, all the while making it a believable tale." Jennifer - You Gotta Read Reviews
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