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Title: Illusions
(In the Arms of the Law, Book 1)
Author: Kacey Hammell
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Length: 45,000 Words
Sub-Genres: Contemporary, Erotic, Paranormal, Suspense
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It's all found within The Arms of the Law...
Detective Isabella Knowles, a
tough-as-nails cop, lives by the law, and knows what she wants out of life. And
it doesn't include marriage or all that comes with it. Everything
Isabella has ever known seems like an illusion when a new relationship
makes her feel more alive than ever before. She isn’t happy about it
and fights it every step of the way.
Burned by his fiancé years ago,
seer and P.I., Brady Jacobs never wants another commitment in his life.
But his bachelorhood and heart are threatened when he has one of his
visions and see a killer striking too close to the woman he has recently
come to love.
Danger lurks close to home and
neither Brady nor Isabella like that they can’t control every
situation…especially matters of the heart.
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EXCERPT
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“What’s this? A party and no one told me?”
At the newest addition to the conversation, Isabella’s pulse accelerated
double-time. She looked toward the door
Man, I don’t need this today.
Brady Jacobs walked—no, sauntered—into
the office and heading toward Ethan, spared her not a glance.
Black denim jeans encased his firm, shapely ass like a second skin and a
black T-shirt with sleeves rolled over his beautiful biceps. He looked good
enough to eat. A flood of heat coursed through her body. Brady was a man who
was confident in himself and when he entered the room, there was a ripple
effect. Everyone sat up to take notice of him and women practically swooned,
eager to catch his eye. But Brady rarely gave any one woman the time of day. He
was adamant about keeping his personal life private, and his no-commitment rule
was always in full force. Something he was always upfront about with the
ladies.
“Hey, pal. Great game this morning.” Brady slapped Ethan on the back.
“Shit, Jacobs. You kicked my ass and then some.” Ethan chuckled. “My head
just wasn’t in it today.” Isabella could see Ethan’s gaze move again toward the
newspaper on Alicia’s desk.
If it wouldn’t be obvious, I’d snatch it and run to burn it.
“Morning, Ms. Alicia. How’s my sugar-girl today?” Brady headed over to
Alicia’s desk, ruffling her hair as he stepped behind her, as if she were his
little sister.
Leave it to Brady. Always make the ladies feel special.
“Get lost, Jacobs. I’m sick of seeing you around here,” Alicia said flippantly.
She must really be pissed about the photo. Isabella let out a frustrated
sigh, causing three sets of eyes to look her way.
“Morning, Brady.” Isabella smiled, hoping she looked like a woman with
not a care in the world. “What brings you to the precinct this early in the
morning?”
Brady’s gaze held hers for seconds longer than she would have liked.
“Actually, I came to see Alicia. I need to go over the Vaughn case with
her. I had another vision last night.” He spoke without hesitation.
Trenton’s finest P.I. had become the city’s favorite after his first
vision had saved the Walker twins eight years ago. The twins, then seven years
old, had wandered off into the woods behind their family home one afternoon.
When they didn’t return to the house for dinner that night, their frantic
mother had called the police, begging someone to help her find her missing
boys.
Within hours, an Amber Alert had been called and hundreds of citizens and
every cop available had combed the Walkers’ woods, looking for the boys. After
six hours without success, exhaustion had set in with many of the volunteers.
Everyone had worked tirelessly, but when there seemed to be no hope in sight,
Brady showed up, at a frantic near-run, and charged into the woods. Within
thirty minutes, he came back out with a boy tucked under each arm.
Only after the Walkers had been calmed, the boys tucked into bed, did
Isabella and Connor question Brady. With much resistance, Brady confessed to
his ESP, the visions that had begun during his stint in the Marines.
Most times, out of nowhere—Brady could be sleeping, driving, taking a
shower—and a vision would claim him. In the eight years since the Walker
incident, Brady had probably saved more lives than most cops.
While he didn’t have visions for every beating, murder, kidnapping, or
mugging in New Jersey, high-profile incidents seemed to find a channel in
Brady.
With each high-profile case solved successfully, Trenton’s citizens
claimed him as a favorite son. If a child ran away, parents would hire Brady to
assist in bringing them home. If there were a murder, police at a dead end
would call Brady in.
No one thought anything unkind about him or his visions.
It made his P.I. business a huge success and he took it all in stride.
Isabella admired him for it.
“Damn, Brady. Why didn’t you call me immediately?” Alicia growled in a
disgruntled voice.
“I am telling you, Alicia. I had to get the whole thing in order before
contacting you.” Brady shook his head and headed for the window overlooking
West Street, the one she had just moments ago been staring out of.
“Well? What have you got for me?” Alicia demanded.
With a chuckle, Brady turned back to Alicia. “Impatient damn woman,
aren’t you? Just like your cousin. Always impatient for more.”
Isabella felt her cheeks burn and prayed Brady wasn’t being an ass on
purpose to start further questions running through Alicia’s mind. She didn’t
need them from her.
“If people would deliver, Brady, I wouldn’t need more,” Isabella declared
with some satisfaction. His eyes turned a darker grey than their normal silver
color.
Don’t mess me
with me and think you’ll win, big guy.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Canadian-born author, Kacey Hammell is a self-proclaimed book-a-holic,
who began reading romances at a young age and became easily addicted. As
a Mom of three, Kacey has made certain that each of her children know the value
of the written word and the adventures they could escape on by becoming
book-a-holics in their own right.
A
decade ago, while working for multiple review sites, Kacey quickly discovered
that she was developing the writing bug. Thanks to the encouragement of her own
beloved hero husband, she decided to try her hand at writing.
With a
love of contemporary settings, modern day romances and the happily ever after,
as well as the excitement of suspense, Kacey creates stories in genres she’s
familiar with and that she loves most. She also loves vampires who nibble the
necks of the heroines, ghosts who can't leave a loved one, shape-shifters who
are sexier than hell and the thought of her very own werewolf or were-cat to
tame makes her tremble!
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