Samuel Hawkins, Sergeant in the King's Sentry, has been called in to investigate a murder case. As he awaits the Archivists to arrive—the team who will use a special device to extract the memories of the dead man to help find clues to his murder—he never expects to come face to face with the woman he'd left behind when he'd fled the Archives five years earlier.
Piper Smith has grown from the girl Samuel remembered into a strong woman and full-fledged archivist. Shadowed by her mentor, Master Ryerson, Piper will be performing her first extraction. When she sees Samuel, she must push aside her childhood crush, else risk her standing within the Guild.
As the two begin working together to find the killer, Samuel and Piper explore their intense attraction to each other. But "Jack the Ripper" proves to be harder to catch than the two originally thought. What's worse, they discover he may very well work for the Archives. Now, Samuel and Piper must battle internal and external threats as they try to foil a plot against the Crown and stop Jack the Ripper from taking his next victim.
Published on January 7, 2014 by Forever Yours
Knowing there was
no chance of escaping her fate, Piper stood and followed Jones out the door
like the dutiful apprentice she had been until so recently.
Piper
let her mind wander to Samuel. After some time to get used to the idea of
seeing him again, she wasn’t surprised he’d been assigned to investigate the
murder. He’d flown through the ranks from Bow Street runner to constable to
sergeant in a matter of a few years. Samuel, with his brilliant mind and easy
manner, his ability to know what a person was feeling. It had been like a gift,
a sign, to see him at that moment. Without question she knew he would help her.
Samuel
and his duty. Samuel, who’d already been at the Archives for years when she had
arrived. Who’d been there since his infancy. The same Samuel who’d wrapped his
arm around her shoulders and pulled her to his side that first night when she’d
cried for her mother. She was stronger now, and yet knowing he would come to
help buoyed her resolve.
They
could do this. They would discover who the killer was and—
Staggering,
she caught herself against the wall as a wave of pain and lust slammed into
her. Laughter echoed through her head as her body responded, nipples hardening
and desire flaring through her core.
“Piper?”
Jones was by her side. He put his hand out, offering support, but didn’t touch.
“Effects
from the extraction. I’ll be fine.” Please, let her be fine. Taking Jones by
the arm, she took a deep breath. “Let’s get this over with.” They crossed the
threshold to the infirmary.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christine d’Abo is hooked on romance. As a novelist and short story
writer with over thirty publications, including the immensely popular
Long Shots series, the imagination is always flowing. She loves to
exercise and stops writing just long enough to keep her body in
motion too. When she’s not pretending to be a ninja in her basement,
she’s most likely spending time with her family and two dogs. Look
for the first book in her exciting new steampunk romance series, coming
soon from Forever Yours.
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