Coming Soon from Lyrical
Underground
Dirty
Deeds
A Likely Story by AJ
Nuest
An Eye
for an Eye
As owner of Dirty Deeds, a
tech-savvy company specializing in the age-old art of revenge, Eden Smith knows
first-hand that secrecy is critical. But when a dead body washes up on the
shores of Lake Michigan clutching her business card, Eden’s well-constructed
world begins to fall apart. Apparently, she’s not the only one with a passion
for payback, and staying alive to outsmart a killer has become her most
important job of all.
Game for
a Game
Hardened homicide detective
Kelly Riordan is convinced Eden Smith is hiding more than she’s willing to
admit. Years on the force have taught him that nothing is what it seems, and
that couldn’t be truer than when it comes to investigating the alluring owner
of a revenge-for-hire business. But revealing her past could put everything
Eden has worked for in jeopardy. And trusting a man like Riordan goes against
the very instincts that have kept her alive this long.
Book one in the
highly-anticipated
Dirty
Deeds, A Likely Story Series!
Kelly’s phone chirped, and he frowned,
slipping it from the
pocket of his jeans. A glance at the caller
ID, and he jerked to attention.
“Holy shit.”
He knew that number. It’d been the bane of existence for
the
past forty-eight
hours.
Archer lifted his brows. “Problem?”
Holding up his hand, Kelly thumbed the screen. Whether or
not this call qualified as a problem was
still up for grabs. “Riordan.”
“I heard you’ve been looking for me, Detective.” The voice
was female, soft, held a slight hint of
humor. Yep. He raked his hand through
his hair. This was gonna be a problem, all
right. “I hope you don’t mind that I
called.”
His brows jacked toward his hairline. Mind that
she
called?
What the hell was she
trying to pull? For Christ’s sake, the woman
had not only located his private number,
she’d dialed it and then acted like
calling him was no big deal. Meanwhile,
he’d only spent the last two days
driving himself nuts trying to figure out
her loca—
His eyes slammed shut. But, of course, she already knew
that. Which could only mean she also knew
his efforts at trying to find her had
resulted in a dead end. So she’d
called him. A power play to
establish right from the get-go exactly who
was in charge.
Nice move, Dirty Deeds. Bitchy, but
nice.
“Are you there? Maybe I’ve
called at a bad time. If you
want, I can
always—”
“No, no, I’m here.” He locked onto Archer and wrote an
invisible
line through the air, signaling for him to
get some paper and a pen. Kelly
cleared his throat. “How can I help you,
Miss…?”
She laughed. Smooth, low. Like a shot of barrel-aged
whiskey
had just slid down her throat. “I think the
question you meant to ask is how
can I help
you.”
Dammit. Huge problem. Huge, huge problem. Not to mention,
she seemed to be enjoying this game she’d
cooked up. A game she played without
giving him the parameters. “Had I known it
would be this easy to get your
assistance, I would’ve started asking
questions about you a long time ago.”
It was a stupid thing to say since he hadn’t even known
she
existed until Monday night, but based on
the way her husky laugh brushed his
ear like a feather, she got the
point.
“Very good, Detective. At ten o’clock tonight, I’ll be at
17
South State Street on the twenty-first
floor, room 4-B. I’ll give you ten
minutes.” She paused. “Funny, I was about
to say come alone, but I know you
won’t. Besides, that sounds corny. Even for
me.”
The line disconnected.
Kelly lowered the phone and stared at the screen. On
impulse, he hit *69 to dial back the
number, but a weird busy signal repeatedly
beeped in his ear. Yep. He’d just been
spanked and, at the same time, something
about
her…
Damn, the woman had him
intrigued.
Genre: Romantic
Suspense
Heat Rating: 4
Flames
Publication
Date: January 31, 2017
Publisher: Lyrical Underground
Author: AJ Nuest
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