Romantic suspense that sizzles with emotion and dances on the edge of danger.
A private investigator who works with her sister, Sterling has never put to rest the trauma of her father's unsolved murder. Though she and Ben enjoyed a passionate and thrilling love affair, two years ago Sterling ran away from it when the wounds of her past demanded she insulate herself from the vulnerability of love and bury herself in her work.
A police officer, Ben has spent the last two years trying to put Sterling out of his heart and mind. But he knows it hasn't worked, and when he runs into her at a crime scene, his desire for her at a physical level is triggered, but more profoundly at an emotional level.
As the case unfolds, Sterling and Ben not only solve the murder and locate the missing husband, they confront secrets that set them each free from a painful past.
Excerpt
Ben dropped his hands to his sides and stepped off the elevator. Thoughtfully, he rubbed his thumb against his chin. The rasping of his thick beard stubble sounded crisply inside Sterling’s head, drawing her in like a bee to honey.
“We found Jerry’s fingerprints on a glass in the bathroom,” he said, eyeing her as she stepped out into the night.
Sterling cleared her throat. “So they were enjoying a little early morning tryst. That would explain why there was no sign of forced entry and why the dog didn’t attack the killer. The dog must have known the killer. It seems pretty open and shut, huh?”
“Maybe,” hedged Ben. “Maybe a little too neat?”
“Yeah. But then, what’s wrong with neat?”
“Well, here’s my car,” she said, stepping several feet away from Ben.
Sterling pointed her remote key toward her car and put her hand on the door handle. Her hands still trembled, despite her efforts to calm herself. Nervously, she glanced over her shoulder and saw Ben standing on the other side of the lot.
“You know, it seems like you’re always walking away from me,” he said, his voice low.
Instantly, Sterling pivoted. “Don’t do that.” She faced him with as much composure as she could muster.
“Don’t do what?” A few succinct broad strides and he closed the distance between them.
“Don’t keep referring to the past.”
“I can’t help it, Sterling. Maybe that’s because what we shared isn’t really in the past.”
Standing close, he looked down at her with such sorrow, she wished she could reach out and hold him, tell him everything would be the way he wanted it. With strong emotions seething just under her skin, it would be so easy to tell him things could be the way they used to be.
Finding a dead body is the least of private investigator Sterling Aegar’s problems. It’s the living, breathing, delicious body of Detective Ben Kirby that causes the problems, and the butterflies and the angst.
Readers meet Sterling and Ben in Lynn Crandall’s exciting new novel, “Dancing With Detective Danger,” a romantic suspense released by Crimson Romance. Ms. Crandall strikes a chord with anyone who believes that love never dies, whether parental, familial or partner, giving us hope that someone is always watching over us. In Sterling’s case, Ben Kirby is there every step of the way through gunfire, kidnapping and betrayal. He is the truth she seeks in a world of lies, the half to her whole and as the pages turn, readers are caught up in a flood of emotions hoping she finds her way out of the past and into his arms. Oh, and there is that pesky murder to solve as well.
Ms. Crandall promises us a dance with danger and this story delivers. The detective is icing for our cake.
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