Baksheesh
by DS Kane
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GENRE: Thriller
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BLURB:
She
spied for her country, blackmailed her president, and ran from more threats
than she can remember. But when the love of her life proposes, covert agent
Cassandra Sashakovich is finally ready to settle down. Unfortunately her past
is not quite ready to let her walk away.
Old enemies—including a
vengeful president—want her dead, and they’re willing to attack her loved ones,
including her adopted teenage daughter, if that’s what it takes.
But Cassandra has other
pressing problems—a world leader is assassinated and an arm dealer’s revenge
threatens to lead to nuclear war. Now Cassandra and her security firm,
Swiftshadow must defuse the threats and find a way to outmaneuver those who
threaten not only her family, but her country as well.
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Excerpt:
December
6, 4:33 p.m.
1600
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
The outgoing President sat at the Oval Office desk and
frowned, his party devastated by leaks in the news stating that he had funded
terrorists in an attempt to win the upcoming election for his party. He had
been continuously angry since the press started sniffing around. He tapped a
pen against the desk. No one visited a lame duck, especially one who’d become a
pariah.
Although the news stories claimed that the leaks came from
the West Wing, he was sure that it had been Cassandra Sashakovich who leaked
the intel she’d been blackmailing him with. And there was more, loads of proof
that could have him sent to prison, or even had him executed for treason.
His mind looped uncontrollably through the events that had
led him here. Damn that woman. It couldn’t have been worse. He reached for the
tumbler on his desk and took a swallow of Scotch.
It wasn’t too late to solve the problem by having her
captured and terminated. But, there were still things he wanted to do to her.
Not just kill her. Something more creative and painful. Maybe have her sent to
one of the secret rendition camps he’d had the agency establish in Tajikistan.
He might end up in prison for treason, but at least he’d
have the satisfaction of vengeance.
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**SPOILER FREE**
Pretty impressed with this author! This book caught me right at the start! Hard to put down! Full of fast paced page grippin' thrill! Now that I have read this book, I have learned that this is a series.. so, if you're like me, which I will be doing, read this entire set in order, I believe it's going to worth the read!
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Pretty impressed with this author! This book caught me right at the start! Hard to put down! Full of fast paced page grippin' thrill! Now that I have read this book, I have learned that this is a series.. so, if you're like me, which I will be doing, read this entire set in order, I believe it's going to worth the read!
*Received for an honest review*
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
DS Kane worked
in the field of covert intelligence for over a decade. During that time, his
cover was his real name, and he was on the faculty of NYU's Stern Graduate
School of Business. He traveled globally for clients including government and
military agencies, the largest banks, and Fortune 100 corporations, and while
in-country, he did side jobs for the government. One of the banks DS Kane
investigated housed the banking assets of many of the world's intelligence
agencies and secret police forces, including the CIA and NSA. Much of his work
product was pure but believable fiction, lies he told, and truths he concealed.
Secrets that--if revealed--might have gotten him killed. When his cover got
blown, he fled the field and moved 3,000 miles.
Now, DS Kane is
a former spy, still writing fiction. Through his novels, he exposes the way
intelligence agencies craft fiction for sale to sway their countries and
manipulate their national policy, driving countries into dangerous conflicts.
To learn more about DS Kane and his books,
visit www.dskane.com or join him on
Facebook for book giveaways and details on espionage at https://www.facebook.com/DSKaneAFormerSpyStillTellingLies.
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