Rafael: The Santiago Brothers Book One
by K. Victoria Chase
BLURB:
The last time Detective Genie Green let a man humiliate her was her
college sweetheart—never again. Yet, when former high school lothario Rafael
Santiago returns to town as the consulting detective on her case, Genie’s rule
of never allowing another man to best her is challenged. Can she trust him long
enough to solve this case and get the glory?
Rafa can’t seem to outrun his delinquent past. When The Snakes, a
criminal organization he used to belong to, begin murdering people from his
hometown, he has a chance to right some of his past wrongs. Will arresting the
murderers be enough to redeem him, or will a certain beautiful detective pay
the ultimate price instead?
A Christian interracial romantic suspense.
EXCERPT
Rafa pinched the space between his eyes. He had been on hold for the
last five minutes waiting for his contact in San Diego’s FBI White Collar Crime
Department to answer the line. It was almost five in the morning on the west
coast but Rafa knew the man got an early start to the day. Rafa clocked in
around six, not wanting to be outdone by Genie, but when he arrived her chair
sat empty. As the minutes ticked by, cups of coffee added up and Rafa grew more
and more irritated. Not so much at Genie for taking her sweet time to come in,
but at the slow progress on the case. He dismissed the fact he had only been
here a day.
A whiff of sweet perfume drew his mind away from the dry music on the
phone to a female figure passing by his desk. Genie. She didn’t acknowledge him when she sat down until after
carefully placing her purse underneath her desk, moving the mouse to wake the
computer, and glancing around the top of the desk. She raised her eyes to his.
The dark brown depths were strangely intense. Before he could mouth a hello she
smiled. Her eyes softened and her mouth formed the silent greeting.
“Rafael? Rafa are you there? Rafa I can hear you breathing.”
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
From childhood, bestselling author K. Victoria Chase enjoyed writing
stories and plays and reading Christian romance. She received degrees in
Criminal Justice and Diplomacy and worked as a federal law enforcement officer
for several years before deciding to try her hand at writing a complete
novel. Serial Games (Virginia Justice Book One) is the third
completed work and the first published by Desert Breeze Publishing. Book two of
the series, Marked by the Mob, will be released in November 2012. She has
recently signed with Astraea Press for the first in her Santiago Brothers
series, the Amazon bestselling Rafael. Until she can make writing a
full-time venture, K. Victoria Chase continues to work in the field of
counterterrorism, identifying potential terrorists that threaten the United
States and the world. She currently resides in Leesburg, VA and writes both
clean and Christian interracial romance.
Website: http://www.kvictoriachase.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KVictoriaChase
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ReplyDeleteI'm wondering how many books will be planned for the SANTIAGO BROTHERS series?
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Three so far but I'm looking at doing six. :-)
DeleteI loved the excerpt. Makes you want to be a fly on the wall to see what happens next.
ReplyDeleteThank you! :-)
DeleteGreat excerpt, thank you.
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Thanks, Ingeborg! Glad you enjoyed it.
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