Buried beneath the exhaustion of an emotional Christmas hangover is a teensy bit of excitement. Hey, I have another book out in January :)
Actually it's the second in the ALPHA SQUAD trilogy, TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT. Here's the back cover blurb:
Everything about her was a lie...except her desire for one man. Her role in defusing a hostage crisis had blown her cover and "Lindsay Bradford" knew she had to flee again. But there was one obstacle. Jack Langley. Whoever she really was, Jack knew that Lindsay couldn't run forever. And she couldn't fight a vengeful killer all alone. Wherever she went, the SWAT cop would be there to protect her. Nothing would stop him--not even the desire that blindsided them, making them vulnerable to a bullet that now had both their names on it.
Plenty of action and romance in this one. But I sort of have a soft spot for the hero, too. Jack Langley is a tactical officer on a SWAT squad. He's also irreverent, charming and sexy. The first time the heroine meets him he's at a cop Christmas party wearing half a Santa outfit, inviting the naughty women to come up and sit on his lap. Needless to say, the heroine's doesn't form a particularly positive first impression.
But of course she's pretending to be someone she's not, so the first impression she gives is purposefully misleading. She's dressed, as a matter of fact, like a constipated librarian. Certainly not like a woman who's been on the run from a killer for three years. So, yeah. Neither of them is exactly what they seem.
And that's often the case in real life, isn't it? I've been guilty of making hasty/wrong impressions a time or two. I actually had a negative opinion of the man who's now my boss, when he was in charge of another school; all based on what those teachers had to say about him. And since working with him I've come to believe he's one of the most outstanding principals in the state. Boy, was I wrong!
And then there's the first impression I had upon meeting my dh:) Let's just say, that one took years to shake! (In my defense, I was in ninth grade and very naive, LOL!)
What about you? Have you ever formed a mistaken first impression about someone or something? Has it ever come back to haunt you? Or did you manage to re-form your impression with aplomb? I'm giving away a signed copy of TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT to one lucky commenter today so go ahead and spill!
