Romantic Suspense lovers - the first book in Toni Anderson's Cold Justice: Crossfire series releases February 12th - but you can get a look at a sneak peek from COLD & DEADLY below!
About COLD & DEADLY
February
12, 2019
Hostage Negotiators can talk themselves out of anything—except
falling in love.
FBI
Supervisory Special Agent Dominic Sheridan is an accomplished expert in the
Crisis Negotiation Unit. Practiced, professional, used to dealing with
high-stake situations under tense conditions, Dominic is a master at
manipulating people. Everyone, that is, but the headstrong rookie agent bent on
destroying her fledgling career.
As a
child, Ava Kanas put her life on the line when the mob executed her father. Now
someone has killed her mentor, the man who inspired her to become an FBI
agent—and she’s the only one who recognizes it was anything but a tragic
accident.
When
another agent is murdered and Dominic nearly dies, it becomes obvious a serial
killer is targeting the FBI. Together Dominic and Ava search for clues in the
investigation, all the while fighting a forbidden attraction that will
complicate everything, especially when the predator sets their sights on Ava.
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Read an excerpt of COLD & DEADLY
He checked his watch. “I
need to get back to Quantico.”
“What?” Kanas stopped and
faced him, incredulous. “We need to go talk to the medical examiner. See if
they took swabs for DNA. We need to trace Van’s movements the day he died. We
might be able to place him with someone—”
“We’re not actively
assigned to this investigation, remember?” Although he had an excuse as Aldrich
had asked him to look at the files. Kanas didn’t. “You need to get back to the office before your boss notices you’re
AWOL. I’ll contact the ME and the lab and—”
“No. No way.” She put her
hands on her hips, her t-shirt stretching tight across her full breasts. He had
to force himself not to let his gaze get distracted. Ava Kanas had the sort of
body that could make a man break every rule in the book, and Dominic was not a
rule breaker.
“You are not sidelining
me on this,” she insisted.
And the sort of mouth
that could drive a man insane. Not in a good way.
“Sidelining you?” Was she
serious? “Taking the lead on something is not sidelining. Ever heard of
teamwork? Cooperation? Or plain old saving your ass?”
“Saving my ass?” Gold
flecks sparked in the depths of her eyes. “You wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t
for me.”
Dominic strove for his
natural calm, the one that usually came so easily to him. “I’m trying to protect your FBI career from
the kamikaze spin you seem determined to put it into.”
Her lips parted and her
chest rose and fell rapidly as she clearly tried to hold on to
her temper.
“There are rules and
procedures for this. We have no solid evidence. We have no witnesses. All we
have is a man who claims he adjusted the clothing of what is most likely a
suicide victim.” He reined in the temper that was starting to fray. Ironic that
he found it easier to deal with bank robbers and terrorists than Ava Kanas. “I’ll
check the files and see what evidence was collected at the scene and ask the ME
what samples they took during the postmortem.” The funeral had been postponed
but, given the embalming process, Dominic couldn’t be sure what evidence
might still be present. At least he was in a position where he could get them
to check without losing his job.
She
swallowed tightly. “What am I supposed
to do?”
“Just do your job until
we have more answers.” He pulled his tie from his pocket and slid it along his
collar.
Her eyes followed every
movement of his fingers. “I’m not letting this drop just because my ‘superiors’
are telling me to. That’s not what Van taught me about conducting investigations.
Question everything. Don’t let anyone tell you to ignore your gut.
Trust your instincts.”
God, she was infuriating.
“You’re deliberately missing the point. I’m not letting you fuck up your career
because you’re torn up with grief.”
“You’re not letting me?” A muscle
flexed in her jaw.
“That’s right, Ava.” He
got in her face. It would have been a hundred times easier to stare her down if he
hadn’t wanted to crush her against him and kiss her until she couldn’t breathe.
Fuck. “I’m not letting you. That’s
what Van taught me—how not to fuck up a career.”
She stilled at his
vehemence. After a long beat of silence, she finally said, “Fine.”
But it sounded more like “fuck you.”
She brushed past him, her
stride long and confident and pissed. “Let me know if I can do anything else to
assist you, sir.”
He shook his head. God
she was stubborn, but pissing off her superiors was not a great way of keeping
her position. No way in hell would Ava Kanas let this go. The question was, how
far would he be willing to go to protect her?
About Toni Anderson
Toni Anderson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, RITA® nominee, science nerd, professional tourist, dog lover, gardener, mom. Originally from a small town in England, Toni studied Marine Biology at University of Liverpool (B.Sc.) and University of St. Andrews (Ph.D.) with the intention she’d never be far from the ocean. Well, that plan backfired and she ended up in the Canadian prairies with her biology professor husband, two kids, a rescue dog, and two laid-back leopard geckos. Toni started writing while pregnant with her first child and never stopped. Her greatest achievements are mastering the Tokyo subway, climbing Ben Lomond, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, and surviving fourteen Winnipeg winters (fingers crossed). She loves to travel for research purposes and was lucky enough to visit the Strategic Information and Operations Center inside FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 2016, and she also got to shove another car off the road during pursuit training at the Writer’s Police Academy in Wisconsin. Watch out world!
Toni’s books have hit #1 in Barnes & Noble’s Nook store, and the Top 10 on Amazon, Kobo, and iBooks. Her novels have won many awards.
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