May 2014 - Confirmed Dates
May 1
jbarrett5
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May 7
Hily's Beehive
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May 13
The Bibliophilic Book Blog
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May 20
Crazed Mind
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May 21
The One True Faith
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May 22
Tic Toc
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May 23
From the TBR Pile
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May 25
Reading Challenged
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May 26
The Character Connection
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May 27
The Plot Thickens
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May 28
City Girl Who Loves to Read
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May 29
Tribute Books Mama
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May 30
Tribute Books Reviews & Giveaways
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Excerpt:
To cool her jets and keep him from seeing the burning spots on her cheeks, she wandered over to an abstract acrylic on his wall. “New painting?”
“Mmm,” he mumbled. “You like it?”
“Yes, I do.” She headed back to his desk. “Great splash of color. Intense. It figures.”
He pulled the laptop around and flipped up the top. “It figures? How’s that? I assume you want me to burgle my way into this, as usual.”
“If you please.” She answered his last question first. “Well, you like intense art because you’re an intense person.”
He raised his eyes from the keyboard. “You think I’m intense?”
She was compelled to look away from his laser-like stare. I rest my case.
“Sometimes,” she lied.
He went back to work on the laptop and chuckled under his breath. “Intense, huh? Nah. I’m such a softy, especially where you’re concerned, angel.”
“You know my name’s not ‘Angel,’ Mr. Marino.”
“And you know my name’s not Mr. Marino. We gonna get in trouble hacking this hardware?”
“Afraid not.”
“Oh darn. That takes away all the fun.”
“I didn’t mean to ruin your day.”
“You could never do that. Just hearing your voice perks me right up.”
While Jordan watched him work, she imagined herself slinking over, grabbing him by the shirtfront and planting a kiss that would make his ears smoke.
The computer beeped several times.
“How’s it going?” Her voice sounded husky, even to her.
“Slow.”
She paced but stopped in her tracks when he exclaimed, “Bingo!”
He spun the laptop back around. The desktop was open and active. “His middle name and birthday.
Not very imaginative. It looks like there are a bunch of deleted files. You want them?”
“Deleted? Can you get them?”
“Forget who you’re talking to, darling? I’m the magic man. No problemo.” He pulled a small external hard drive from the bottom drawer of his desk and hooked it to the laptop. “Just give me a second.”
Jordan watched, marveling at the speed and competence of his invasive attack.
Eddie had worked as a Special Ops cryptologist in the military. He never talked about it. Every time she asked him about any of his cyber miracles, he said, “If I told you my secrets, gorgeous, I’d have to kill you. Wouldn’t that be a shame?”
Yes sir, cryptic. That was Eddie Marino all right, but his skills certainly came in handy. At times like this, for instance.
“You’re a genius. Thanks! This could give us the break we need.”
She leaned across the desk and gave him a peck on the cheek. The kiss was innocent enough, just a spontaneous display of thanks and affection.
The response she got was totally unexpected.
Eddie latched onto her arm and got to his feet so their faces were on the same level and thrillingly close. “Have dinner with me tonight.”
Jordan was surprised. “Dinner?”
“Yes. I’ll pick you up at eight.”
“Tonight?”
He’d thrown her off balance.
“Dinner?” she asked.
“Sure. Why”
At that very instant Eddie’s office door flew open and banged against the wall.
Before she could draw a breath, Eddie yanked her to the floor, threw himself on top of her and pulled his gun.
She twisted her head. The FedEx deliveryman quaked against the wall, three packages on the floor in front of him.
She looked at Eddie. “Overreact much?”
