Title: Girl in the Water
Author: Dana Marton
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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After the tragic death of his family, Ian, fresh
home from the Army, is a shadow of his former self. Only his best friend's
disappearance in South America pulls him back from the ledge. He rushes to
Brazil, but he gets there too late. The best he can do now is find his friend's
murderers. The single lead in the case is also the single biggest
obstacle--Daniela, a mysterious beauty very much in need of protection, with a
host of secrets hidden in a dark past. As the two of them track down clues and
try to untangle an impossible case, they draw the attention of all the wrong
people, and danger follows them back to the US.
Ian wants the murderers. Daniela wants Ian to
acknowledge the hot sparks of passion between them. He doesn't mind breaking
rules, just never his own. Rule #1: You don't seduce the woman you protect.
A couple of boats had been
dragged up on the flat of the riverbank. Nobody around. Ian sat in the shade of
the largest boat and pretended to be watching the barges and tugboats going
past him.
He stole a glance at the house,
hoping to spot Finch. Nothing there, but something rising out of the water
maybe thirty feet from him caught his attention.
At first, he thought it might be
a caiman—South America’s version of an alligator. Caimans were native to the
area, although, he had no idea if they lived in this part of this particular
river.
But instead, out of the river,
rose a young woman.
She seemed to be struggling
with…an anaconda?
When the shiny black, long body
wrapped around hers, Ian moved, ready to dive into the water to help her, but
she had the upper hand and dragged the wriggling beast toward shore with a
triumphant smile, and he could see that she had a giant eel.
He couldn’t take his eyes off the
thing. The eel stretched as long as the woman was tall, over five feet. They
wrestled in the mud, the scene stunningly primal and elemental.
She had a piece of rag tied
around her small breasts, and another around her slim waist, covering only the
private parts of her body. She was the most stunning sight he’d ever seen, long
dark hair streaming down in wet rivulets. A goddess risen.
A goddess in mortal struggle.
His western sensibilities pushed
him to run and help, but the woman and the eel and their battle seemed somehow
the spirit of the Amazon itself, and he felt like an interloper. He felt that he
couldn’t take the woman’s triumph away from her.
And she did win, dragging the eel
to shore, grabbing a rock the next second and smashing the eel’s head. The eel
was still squirming when, with the same, sharp-edged rock, she gutted the
thing, dumping the insides back into the river. She was not a peaceful goddess.
She washed the eel efficiently,
then picked up the carcass and carried it, staggering under the weight, up the
tall, steep bank, and in through the back door of the house Ian had been
watching.
Ian’s chin might have dropped a
little. Or a lot. In fact, he felt as if his chin just hit his lap.
Who on earth was she?
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Dana Marton has thrilled
and entertained millions of readers around the globe with her fast-paced
stories about strong women and honorable men who fight side by side for justice
and survival.
Kirkus Reviews calls her writing "compelling and honest." RT
Book Review Magazine said, "Marton knows what makes a hero...her
characters are sure to become reader favorites." Her writing has been
acclaimed by critics, called, "gripping," "intense and
chilling," "full of action," "a thrilling adventure,"
and wholeheartedly recommended to readers. Dana is the winner of the Daphne du
Maurier Award of Excellence, the Readers' Choice Award, and Best Intrigue,
among other awards. Her book, TALL, DARK, AND LETHAL was nominated for the
prestigious Rita Award. DEATHSCAPE reached the #1 spot on Amazon's Romantic
Suspense Bestseller list.
Dana has a Master's degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and is
continuously studying the art and craft of writing, attending several
workshops, seminars and conferences each year. Her number one goal is to bring
the best books she possibly can to her readers.
Keeping in touch with readers is Dana's favorite part of being an
author. Please connect with her via her web site (danamarton.com) or her
Facebook page (facebook.com/danamarton).
Having lived around the world, Dana currently creates her compelling
stories in a small and lovely little town in Pennsylvania. The fictional town
of her bestselling Broslin Creek series is based on her real life home where
she fights her addictions to reading, garage sales, coffee and chocolate. If
you know a good twelve-step program to help her with any of that, she'd be
interested in hearing about it! :-)
***Visit Dana’s website to read the first chapters of her books!
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