Casket
Girl
by
Maggie Mae Gallagher
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GENRE:
Paranormal Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
All
he wants is to find a killer...
FBI
Special Agent Josh Blake has seen some bizarre cases in his day. His
latest case is one for the record books. He has multiple homicides,
corpses drained of every ounce of blood, and no suspects. When rumors
surface that the French Quarter may be hiding an insidious monster
bent on drenching the streets in dead bodies, he must suspend logic
and place his trust in the mystical.
She
wants a fresh start...
Isabelle
Toussánt left her family home in the bayou five year ago, cutting
all ties with her abusive whiskey swilling stepfather, to forge a new
life in the French Quarter. Now a successful business owner of Madam
Toussánt’s Mystical Gifts in Jackson Square, and a Seer with
voodoo roots. The foundation of her new life shatters when one of her
employee’s winds up dead and she is dragged into a deadly game
where she becomes the target of a serial killer.
A
passion neither expected...
Determined
to stop the brutal slayings, Josh must rely on the beautiful Isabelle
who makes him question everything he has ever known about life and
death all while surrendering to a desire hotter than a Bayou night.
When Isabelle disappears without a trace, with tourists flocking to
the party capital for Halloween, and the body count continues to
mount, Josh will be forced to push beyond the boundaries of what he
thinks is possible and rescue the woman he loves before it's too
late.
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Excerpt:
“Miss
Toussánt.” Captain Tremayne addressed her above the din and chaos.
She
swung around, her long dark hair, the silky wave of it, shimmering
and rippling as she faced the captain. Josh took one look at Miss
Isabelle Toussánt and felt like a thoroughbred had just kicked him
in the stomach.
She was
exotic, with caramel skin and looking taut and lean in her
formfitting tank that displayed delicate arms. He sucked in a sharp
breath when she glanced at the captain. Cat eyes. The mahogany color
reminded Josh of his chestnut mare as a child, Daisy. They were
framed by black brows. One of them was currently raised in his
direction as she spoke to the captain.
“Yes,
Captain Tremayne? Can I interest you in a cup of coffee?” Her voice
reminded him of a shot of smooth, single malt whiskey.
“Miss
Toussánt, this is Agent Josh Blake with the FBI. He has some
questions, if you’re up for them.”
A
wounded shadow passed through her magnetic eyes for a moment before
she shifted her gaze toward him. The unabridged effect of her stare
was electric and compelling, until he found himself immersed in her
eyes. Unexpected lust zinged along his spine, not that he would give
in to the temptation she presented, but his body resonated with the
siren’s call her body echoed.
“Agent,
can I interest you in some coffee?” She held up a glass carafe of
steaming brew, already half empty.
“Not
right now, Miss Toussánt. Thank you for the offer, though,” he
murmured gently but firmly. It smelled like heaven, but he didn’t
want to coddle her. She needed to understand he was in charge and
would dig into her background no matter how sweetly her hips swished
as she walked.
“Please
call me Isabelle,” she offered with a slight smile, but it didn’t
spread to her eyes. No amount of coffee or alcohol would erase the
vision of death. He knew what that first time was like, though, the
horror of it, the way it twisted your insides. Seeing for the first
time how fragile life truly was made you face your own mortality.
And, more important, you began to understand that some individuals
just wanted to watch the world burn.
“Is
there somewhere we can talk privately?” he asked, assessing her
response, both verbal and non-verbal, ignoring the intense desire
churning in his gut as he studied her. If there was one thing Miss
Toussánt was, it was off-limits. It didn’t matter how long it had
been since he’d done the horizontal tango. If there was one thing
he was strictly by the book on, it was that he never blurred the
lines in a case. The evidence either convicted a person or set them
free. As it was, she was a witness to a horrific murder, possibly
more.
There
was something off about her that he couldn’t quite put his finger
on. The way her eyes darted nervously around, and she kept wetting
her pouty bottom lip. It could be signs of trauma and shock from
discovering the body, or it could be she was hiding something.
Perhaps she’d witnessed the incident and feared the killer would
come back for her if he knew.
“Certainly,
follow me.” Isabelle returned the carafe to the coffeemaker, wiped
her palms along her skirt and nodded toward a doorway in the far
corner.
He would
have followed her into hell if it meant listening to her sultry voice
some more and siphoning whatever information she had on this case.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Born in
St. Louis, Missouri, Maggie grew up listening to Cardinals baseball
and reading anything she could get her hands on. She remembers her
mother saying if only she would read the right type of books instead
binging her way through the romance aisles at the bookstore, she’d
have been a doctor. While Maggie never did get that doctorate, she
graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis with an
M.A. in History.
Maggie
is a bestselling and award-winning author published in multiple
fiction genres. She also writes erotic romance under the name Anya
Summers. A total geek at her core, when she is not writing, she
adores attending the latest comic con or spending time with her
family. She currently lives in the Midwest with her two furry
felines.
Visit
her website here:
www.maggiemaegallagher.com
Visit
her on social media here:
Facebook:
FB.me/MagMaeGallagher
Twitter:
@magmaegallagher
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