Sabine Babineaux, daughter to the mayor of New Orleans and waitress at The Three Princesses bar, has her life upended after a late night at work. Kidnapped, Sabine is determined to escape, but once she’s free her fight has only just begun.
Stuart Renwick and Kyle Novak, detectives with New Orleans police department, are assigned a kidnapping case with multiple victims. However, when one of the missing women, Sabine Babineaux, is practically dropped in their lap, everything they know about being detectives is tossed by the wayside.
Now, in a race against time to find out who the kidnapper is, and prevent anyone else being snatched, Sabine, Stuart, and Kyle must work together.
Sparks fly, between the three of them, but will it be their downfall?
With someone watching them, tragedy strikes when they least expect it. Will Sabine survive long enough to explore her feelings for both detectives? Or will Stuart and Kyle fall at the hand of her kidnapper?
Excerpt:
The cab came to a stop some time later and she sat up. The world spun on its axis. The sound of bees buzzing filled her ears as she broke out in a cold sweat and she began to shake violently. Sabine tried in vain to make her body cooperate with her, but it was a no go. Her brain was muddled and nothing made sense anymore. Not even her body would oblige her and move. “Where am I?” Sabine whispered, licking her lips.
“The lady is right here,” the
cabbie said, opening the door. “She bleeding and wearing next to nothing.”
A thread of embarrassment slid
through her, but as quickly as it was there, it was gone. “Help me,” she
croaked. The world around her was slowly floating away. No matter how much she
tried to keep her eyes open, she couldn’t gather the strength needed to do so.
“I…can’t…go…back.” Unconsciousness, blissful yet scary, drifted around her,
cradling her into a void of nothingness.
“No you don’t, sweetheart.” A gruff
voice called to her, drawing her out of the darkness. “Come back to us.”
Sabine’s eyes fluttered open, then
shut again. She didn’t want to open her eyes. The darkness was safe. It was comfortable there. There was no pain.
No cages. Freedom lurked in the darkness.
“Ambulance is on the way,” another
male said. His voice was an octave higher than the penetrating baritone of the
first man. “It’s our kidnapping victim.”
Congratulations, you win the booby
prize.
“Yeah it is,” person one said.
“When did you say that ambulance would be here?” In the distance she could hear
the warble of noise. Finally she could sleep. “Hey now.” The man’s rough palm
patted her cheek. “Wake up, sweetheart. Stay with us.”
Sabine groaned and turned away from
him.
“They’re both through and throughs,
Stuart, and she’s lost a good amount of blood.”
So man one did have a name. Stuart.
His name was both sexy and bold, invoking delicious images of the man holding
her hand. When did he take my hand? How come I can’t remember how I got here?
“Damn it,” he cursed. “If they
don’t hurry their asses up, we’re going to lose our victim. Call them back Kyle
and tell them to double time it.”
Kyle. His name was just as
delectable as Stuart’s. I wonder what he looks like. A part of her was using
anything she could think of to stay right there, even though she could feel the
darkness surrounding her.
Sabine groaned as she was jostled
around. The prick of a needle in her arm caused her to whimper. “Stop.” With a
weak gesture she tried to push them away and a hand appeared in hers, squeezing
it.
“You gave me a scare girl,” Stuart
said close to her ear. “Stay with Kyle and I. Don’t try going anywhere again.”
What was he talking about? “Is she ready?”
“Yes, we’re loading her up now. Are
you following?”
Sabine half listened to the
conversation around her, trying to stay with Stuart like he asked her to do.
“I’m riding with you. My partner
will give you the escort.” The soft cushion she lay on lifted up momentarily,
jostling her around, then slid into something. In no time they were rolling.
“Sabine, we’re going to get you fixed up. I promise.”
She muttered something and a sharp
burning sensation raced up her arm, then everything inside of her mellowed out,
relaxing her completely. Oh hell yeah, that’s the good stuff. Instead of
fighting the darkness she went with it. It was light and peaceful. The pain
that radiated through her whole body relented and she could finally breathe
without feeling as though her chest was being squeezed to death. Just a little
nap and then I’ll tell them everything. The heavy darkness wrapped its tendrils
around her and she fell into the deepest sleep she’d had in weeks.
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