BLURB:
KNOCKOUT!
A
Mafia conspiracy. A female undercover cop. Her target: international sportsman
and playboy Freddie La Salle.
Can
she fake it? Can she nail the gangsters before her cover is blown? What happens
when his charm kicks in, passion takes control and she falls for this
charismatic suspect?
KNOCKOUT!
The No 1 Kindle Bestseller from Emma Calin
Interpol
cop, Anna Leyton, spirals down into a hopeless vortex of sexual and emotional
turmoil as she fights to keep her professional cool. But who is deceiving who
in this fast moving ride across continents? What motivates the art loving
prize-bull of a lover Freddie La Salle?
An
action-filled pulse-pounding adventure novel. A tense and erotic romantic
affair. Can a relationship survive when it is founded on deceit? Can she prove
her man is innocent? Can she escape with her life and her love?
The
power of love and trust stands against greed and crime as conflicting forces
grapple for that KNOCKOUT punch.
Knockout!
by Emma
Calin
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Excerpt:
from chapter 1 – The end of Anna’s first encounter with Freddie.
She felt the sheer size and strength of him. Her composure wobbled on a knife-edge. However she dressed it up, she wanted him, not that he was gonna get that information. He had made no hard play for her. The most dangerous thing in a crook is patience - she knew that. It was screaming at her.
The doorman stepped out to hail a cab. Anna looked up and allowed herself to hold his eyes for a little longer than was quite polite and edged towards brazen, She felt a sweet tickle of excitement. A taxi pulled in.
“Well - thanks for the drink - and the entertainment.”
Without speaking he moved to face her and then lowered his chin to kiss one cheek and then the other. The brush of his lips jolted her, sending a current sparking and screaming down through her body, lighting up everything it touched.
“Forgive me...” he began, obviously aware of her response, “these things are normal in France.”
Bloody hell - did he think she didn’t know that? She watched his lips as he spoke, longing that he would bring them back to her cheeks, to her lips, to anywhere! God it had been so long...
“I’ll call tomorrow - it has been lovely to meet you Anna.”
“I’ll look forward to it Freddie,” she replied, hearing her own voice as if it belonged to someone else.
He turned back into the hotel and was gone. She leaned back in the taxi and let out a deep lungful of air. Dear Lord - had she gone nuts? How it had felt though - to be aware of a forgotten joy inside her.
from chapter 1 – The end of Anna’s first encounter with Freddie.
She felt the sheer size and strength of him. Her composure wobbled on a knife-edge. However she dressed it up, she wanted him, not that he was gonna get that information. He had made no hard play for her. The most dangerous thing in a crook is patience - she knew that. It was screaming at her.
The doorman stepped out to hail a cab. Anna looked up and allowed herself to hold his eyes for a little longer than was quite polite and edged towards brazen, She felt a sweet tickle of excitement. A taxi pulled in.
“Well - thanks for the drink - and the entertainment.”
Without speaking he moved to face her and then lowered his chin to kiss one cheek and then the other. The brush of his lips jolted her, sending a current sparking and screaming down through her body, lighting up everything it touched.
“Forgive me...” he began, obviously aware of her response, “these things are normal in France.”
Bloody hell - did he think she didn’t know that? She watched his lips as he spoke, longing that he would bring them back to her cheeks, to her lips, to anywhere! God it had been so long...
“I’ll call tomorrow - it has been lovely to meet you Anna.”
“I’ll look forward to it Freddie,” she replied, hearing her own voice as if it belonged to someone else.
He turned back into the hotel and was gone. She leaned back in the taxi and let out a deep lungful of air. Dear Lord - had she gone nuts? How it had felt though - to be aware of a forgotten joy inside her.
Novelist,
philosopher, blogger, poet, would be master chef. A woman pedaling between
Peckham & Pigalle, in search of passion & enduring romance.
Emma Calin
writes romance novels and gritty short stories about love and survival in the
21st century. She has published a number digital and paperback books which are
available from Amazon worldwide.
She blogs
about her dual life in St-Savinien sur Charente in South West France and
Romsey, a market town in England. She feels extremely lucky to be able to
experience the world and life through these two, very different, lenses. She
spends any time she can, when not writng, on her tandem exploring the
countryside.
Emma also
records and produces audio books and plays the trombone (although not at the
same time).
Novels, Short
Stories and Novelettes by Emma Calin
Shannon's Law
((Passion Patrol Series - hot cops, hot crime, hot romance)
Steamy police
action romance- another in the Passion Patrol Series - available 28th February
2014
Knockout!
(Passion Patrol Series)
A Mafia
conspiracy. A female undercover cop. Her target: international sportsman and
playboy Freddie La Salle. Can she fake it? Can she nail the gangsters before
her cover is blown? What happens when his charm kicks in, passion takes control
and she falls for this charismatic suspect?An action-filled pulse-pounding
adventure novel. A tense and erotic romantic affair. Can a relationship survive
when it is founded on deceit? Can she prove her man is innocent? Can she escape
with her life and her love? Available in print and e-book formats.
The Love in a
Hopeless Place Collection
An anthology
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published over the last two years, from No. 1 bestselling short story writer,
Emma Calin, combined in this great value 'boxed-set'. Available in print and
e-book formats.
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Escape to
Love
A woman on
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child as a companion, lives in isolation and fear. While her hand to mouth
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crime and love unfolds around her. E-book only.
The Chosen
A woman, a
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A mystery
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A mature
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oh Mafia.....i don't know why but it's an element i do love from time to tiome ( and teh last oen you made me discover was simply pure pleasure) so i will keep my eyes open for this one since i hope for an happy end... it's not a romantic suspense so i'm still hesitating a little but teh mafia part^^ too good to miss
ReplyDeleteHi Miki - Knockout! is as much a suspense story as a romance so hopefully you would enjoy it. It's on offer until 7th March...
DeleteFabulous! and it's available in print so definitively one i'm interested in ( i can't read ebook but i checked anyway and sadly... as international i don't have the offer anyway it's nearly 9dollars^^;; so i will need to get a print copy when possible^^)
Deletethank you a lot for answering me
Thanks for hosting me - great blog. Best wishes Emma x
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to stop and chat. :-) Your book sounds exciting and I think many of the followers here will like the sound of it too!
Deleteexactly^^ i'm more than liking the sound of it^^
Deletethank you a lot for coming interact with us! ( that means bonus points ;) )
It definitely sounds great! I'll have to grab it while its on sale! :)
DeleteI spotlighted this one yesterday. :) It sounds really good!
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