Release Blitz: Trigger by LP Dover
Title: Trigger
Series: Circle of Justice
Author: L.P. Dover
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: February 6, 2017
A killer . . . that’s what I am.
It’s what I do.
It’s what I live for.
I’m no longer the Preston Hale
everyone knew. I left that life and the people in it a long time ago
the second I made my first kill. I wasn’t going to give in, but
when I heard the screams there was no going back.
It triggered the pain, the need.
I knew what I had to do, and I did it
well. But I never expected for Emma Turner – the only link to my
past – to come back into my life.
She triggers a different emotion inside
me, something I hadn’t ever felt.
It’s not a want to kill . . . but
a need to CLAIM.
When I got downstairs to the dining
room, Glenn and Wade were already there, speaking to each other in
hushed tones by the large window. There were shiny plates on the
table, with all sorts of silverware around them. Start from the
outside and work your way in, was what I was told when it came to
using the various forks and spoons. Give me just one of each and I’d
be happy.
It wasn’t long before Glenn noticed
me at the door and the conversation ceased. “Emma, you look lovely
tonight,” he announced.
I smiled. “Thank you.”
He beckoned me over to the table and
Wade held out a seat for me. I sat down and he took the one on the
right, while Glenn sat on my left at the head of the table. There was
only one other place setting and it was across from me.
“Wine?” Glenn asked, holding up the
bottle.
I nodded. “Sure.”
He poured me a glass and I took a sip.
It tasted like heaven, all fruity and crisp. It was so good I had to
take another sip, and another, while we waited on the special guest.
Not even a minute later, the dining room door opened and a man walked
in. Only, he wasn’t just anyone.
It’d been eight years and he’d
surely changed, but there was no mistaking those gray eyes. His hair
was the same light brown, and mussed up like all the guys did their
hair these days. However, his body looked totally different. His
cream colored, long-sleeve sweater hugged a set of muscular arms, and
his face was more rugged, covered in a five o’clock shadow.
I almost choked on my wine. “Oh my
God.” Is it really him?
“Emma, are you okay?” Wade asked,
his voice low.
“Yeah,” I whispered. “I’m
fine.”
I waited for Preston to look at the
table, and when his gaze finally caught mine, he paused for a slight
second. In his face, I could see the friend I lost so long ago, but
it vanished quickly.
Glenn and Wade both stood when Preston
approached, and I shot up out of my seat, bumping the table with my
jerky movements. Glenn grinned at me and then at Preston. “Preston
Hale, I’d like you to meet Emma Turner. She’s my assistant. Emma,
this is Preston Hale, a close family friend. His father is one of my
dearest friends.”
Preston held out his hand and looked at
me as if he’d never laid eyes on me before. “It’s nice to meet
you.”
Was he being serious? I shook his hand
and made sure to put a little extra squeeze in there for good
measure. “Meet me? Surely, you remember who I am.”
Glenn’s eyes went wide. “Wait. You
two already know each other?”
I nodded. “From college.” I was
about to add before he up and left without a trace, but thought
better of it.
Glenn chuckled and smacked a hand on
Preston’s shoulder. “Well, isn’t this a small world? You’ll
have to tell me some stories on this one.” He nodded my way.
Preston’s jaw clenched. “Can’t.
Don’t remember her.”
My mouth dropped open; it was like
being punched in the gut and slapped in the face, all at the same
time. No words would come out, so I sat there with a lump in my
throat. In college, he’d been a close friend. I sang with him in
his band, Silent Break. We connected on stage in a way I’d never
felt with anyone. I cared about him, and had even been ready to take
the next step in our relationship right before he up and disappeared.
I never got to tell him how I felt. Now he looked at me as if I was a
stranger.
The room fell silent. I wanted to say
something, but I bit my tongue. It was going to be the longest dinner
of my life.
Good read!!! From the start up to the
last, I was hooked on the story. But there are times that I find it,
that there's something lacking... hmmm.. not sure why but still it's
a good book. I love how I got carried away sometimes and got affected
to the characters' situations.
There are times that I want to punch Preston because of how he treats Emma.. :(
Overall, the book is good and I liked it.
There are times that I want to punch Preston because of how he treats Emma.. :(
Overall, the book is good and I liked it.
New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author L. P. Dover is a southern belle living in North
Carolina with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she began
her literary journey she worked in periodontics, enjoying the
wonderment of dental surgeries.
She loves to write, but
she also loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes and white water
rafting, and has a passion for singing. Her two youngest fans expect
a concert each and every night before bedtime, usually Christmas
carols.
Dover has written countless novels, including
her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, the Gloves Off
series, the Armed & Dangerous series, the Royal Shifters series,
and her standalone novel Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite
genre to read and write is romantic suspense, but if she got to
choose a setting in which to live, it would be with her faeries in
the Land of the Fae.
L.P. Dover is represented by Marisa
Corvisiero of Corvisiero Literary Agency and Italia Gandolfo of
Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management for dramatic
rights.
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