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Hands On Me
Tramp Stamp Series Book One
Tramp Stamp Series Book One
Kim
Carmichael
Genre: Contemporary romance with some suspense
elements.
Publisher: Keith
Publications
ISBN: 978-1-936372-46-1
ASIN:
B0098LICZ2
Number of
pages: 17
Word Count:
5000
Cover
Artist: Elisa Elaine Luevanos
Book
Description:
Agent Gwen
Fredricks is a living target. Captured
after a failed mission, the code to crack a safe has literally been permanently
hidden on her. To free herself, she must
retrieve a final key.
All Agent
Colin Alexander has to do to avoid a desk job is get a code said to be on an
enemy agent. He never dreamed it would
actually be on the agent, especially Gwen.
The simple
shoot-and-swoop mission takes a turn for these two sometime-lovers and
full-time rivals when they call a truce to give into their desire. Now with the promise to keep both hands on
each other at all times, they share a night together. Loyalties are tested when Gwen manages to
swipe the key away, and Colin discovers the code carefully embedded into Gwen's
tramp stamp tattoo in a glow of UV light.
When morning comes they must decide if what they feel for each other is
worth betraying their agencies.
Book
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8VFqFbRFiY&feature=plcp
Hands on Me Excerpt
"Stop!" A man yelled.
The barrel of another gun met her inches from her face. She
tensed, not from the gun, but from the familiar inflection in his voice. The
position of both their weapons hid the man's face.
"Get in and lower your gun, or we'll both lose."
"Back up and lower yours, or you won't have a hand
left." No one told her what to do, not ever again. The click of her
cocking her weapon echoed around them.
He stepped back. "Get in and close the door."
With her gun still raised, she stepped and waited for her
opponent to flinch first.
"Now." He moved a fraction of an inch.
She did the same, and with the silent acknowledgement they
would both comply, they lowered their guns in unison. She almost shot herself
in the foot at the sight of the man who greeted her. Before she made a mistake,
she de-cocked her gun and shook her head. "Colin?" Her body betrayed
her by trembling. Was this her punishment?
"Gwen." He shoved the gun in his waistband.
"You're the one. I would have never guessed."
Think. She screamed at herself to remember her training, and
not allow him to best her or distract her. She glanced around the room, giving
her time to not look at him. Agents were supposed to be everyday people and
blend in, but Colin Alexander stood out. From the moment she quite literally
fell into his lap through a two-story ceiling three years ago, she wasn't sure
why his agency chose such a standout. She supposed his combed-back black hair
and golden eyes were some bizarre form of female torture.
Tears are Good!
At Least When You're Writing…
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No
surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." -Robert Frost
This quote was sent to me when I uploaded on Facebook that I
was crying during a scene I was writing.
I am no stranger to crying or even laughing when I write,
and I have always noticed that the scenes turn out much better if I am driven
to that point of emotion. I believe that
if you are having that emotion it comes out organically in the writer and leads
you to reaching that brass ring of "deep point of view." It has gotten to the point where if my
husband sees me crying he will just lean over and ask if I'm writing. If I nod, he gives me a thumb up and
continues on his way.
I seem to cry mostly when my heroes and heroines seem
destined to be parted, though they want to stay together. I must have abandonment issues, but I also
use it as a test for my black moment. If
I'm not crying at the black moment, I need to rework the scene or scenes until
I have made my characters so miserable that tears are included. Where
I used be afraid of torturing my characters, I am now thrilled when I can take
these scenes to the next level and make them a little bit worse.
To most writers, our characters are as real as the person we
are sitting next to at Starbucks, and let's face it, probably a lot more
interesting. They become a part of
us. For the time that we are with those
characters, we live with them, rejoice at their successes and mourn their
losses. The emotion is heightened, and
it should be for it to come out on the page properly.
I am of the belief that every character we create represents
a facet of our own personality, maybe someone we want to become, someone we
love, someone we are, or someone we wish we weren't. We love them because we are them.
So tell me, what is the one scene you have written or read
that has caused you to cry uncontrollably?
About the
Author:
Kim
Carmichael began writing eight years ago when her love of happy endings
inspired her to create her own. She has
a weakness for bad boys and techno geeks, and married her own computer whiz
after he proved he could keep all her gadgets running. When not writing, she can usually be found
slathered in sunscreen trolling Los Angeles and helping top doctors build their
practices.
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Thank you so much for dropping by. Good luck on your tour!
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