Hard To Handle/Romantic Suspense
His greatest fear…turned into her greatest
adventure.
Blurb:
Amelia Sawyer is looking for
adventure outside her ordinary life. She hires bush pilot Brody Kern to fly her
into the South American jungle, expecting a dashing, debonair version of
Indiana Jones, but Amelia butts heads with the brooding, gruff man.
Brody Kern, former Air Force fighter
pilot, doesn’t need another Sawyer determined to find the elusive ParaĆso. People
had been hurt or killed trying to find the mysterious place, including Amelia’s
aunt, but Brody’s business partner has cleaned out their account and taken off
with the money. Now Jeremy’s bookie is breathing down Brody’s neck, threatening
to break his kneecaps, or worse, if he doesn’t pay his friend’s gambling
debts.
As Brody and Amelia hunt down the
treasure with every criminal in the area wanting a piece, will it be the
adventure of a lifetime—or will it result in heartbreaking betrayal?
Content Warning: Sexual content
Previously published as ‘The
Treasure’ by Crimson Romance, 2013
Excerpt
Copyright 2014, Jennifer Lowery
The door to the hangar flew open. Brody popped his head out.
“We have to go. Right now. Move it.”
Not the words she wanted to hear, but his tone and the red
welt on his cheek got her moving. Clutching her bags like a shield, she hurried
toward the hangar, tripping only once in her rush to see what happened.
“What happened?” She stared at the crumpled body of Mr.
Newton and another man she didn’t recognize on the floor.
Brody, who worked fast to throw a side panel on the plane,
barked, “Get in the plane.”
“That plane?” Getting in the red and white piece of
tin didn’t sound like a good idea. The plane looked even less reliable than his
Land Rover. And wasn’t that an engine part lying on the floor beside his
toolbox?
“She’ll run fine.” Brody ran around to the other side of the
plane, obviously to finish his hasty repair and put his plane back together.
“Now, get the hell in.”
Mr. Newton groaned.
“I’m not sure about this,” she said. “What did you do to
them?”
“Nothing they didn’t invite.”
In other words, he wasn’t going to tell her.
“If you don’t get in this plane right now, then our friends
there are going to wake up and they aren’t going to be happy. They want the
map, Miss Sawyer, and I have no intention of giving it to them. Do you?”
Amelia shook her head, looking at the two men who were
beginning to stir. “Okay, okay.” She hurried toward the plane. “You’re giving
me answers to your change of heart as soon as we get out of here, Brody Kern.”
He opened the door for her, took her bags and tossed them in
the back, then lifted her in the front seat before he slammed the door closed.
Once he was in the seat next to her, he brought the plane to life. It choked
and sputtered before gaining power.
Reaching over her shoulder, she put on a seatbelt as Brody
maneuvered the plane out of the hangar and onto the runway, which was nothing
more than a cleared path through the jungle. The plane bounced and shook as
they gained speed. Nothing like the jet she flew in on. Nothing at all.
She’d loved the plane ride over. Loved flying the second she
set foot on the jet. Maybe because it was the official start of her adventure,
but either way, it was more fun than this. Safer, for sure. Brody’s plane
sounded like a tank rattling down the road and it rode like one too. And she
thought his Land Rover was bad. This felt like riding in a tin can with seats.
Very close quarters. Every time they hit a bump, her shoulder hit Brody’s.
“Are we going fast enough?” Amelia asked, worried they would
hit the end of the runway before they gained enough speed. “Do you know how to
fly this thing?”
Brody didn’t answer, just concentrated on his task. He
seemed confident enough with his hands on the oddly shaped steering wheel and
his eyes watching the many dials. She had one of the funny shaped wheels on her
side too, but she didn’t touch it. It moved with Brody’s so she let him have
it.
Nerves pounding, heart pumping, Amelia held on for dear life
as they barreled down the runway. Frightened and excited, she watched the
runway get shorter. Her life was in Brody’s hands and somehow that exhilarated
her. Trees rushed past, her heart raced.
They were almost at the end of the path. Trees loomed ahead,
tall and unyielding, creating a barrier. Amelia gripped the seat in
anticipation.
They weren’t going to make it.
Author Bio:
NY Times & USA Today bestselling
author, Jennifer
Lowery grew up reading romance novels in the back of her math
book and on the bus to school, and never wanted to be anything but a
writer. Her summers were spent sitting
at the kitchen table with her sisters spinning tales of romance and intrigue
and always with a tall glass of ice tea at their side.
Today, Jennifer is living that dream
and she couldn’t be happier to share her passion with her readers. She loves everything there is about
romance. Her stories feature alpha
heroes who meet their match with strong, independent heroines. She believes that happily ever after is only
the beginning of her stories. And the road to that happy ending is paved with
action, adventure, and romance. As her characters find out when they face
danger, overcome fears, and are forced to look deep within themselves to
discover love.
Jennifer lives in Michigan with her
husband and two children. When she isn’t
writing she enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
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