We are thrilled to bring you the cover reveal for Kat & Stone Bastion's THE ESPIONAGE EFFECT!
THE ESPIONAGE EFFECT is a standalone, full-length, action-adventure romance filled with plenty of the sexual tension, deep emotion, and scorching scenes the Bastions are known for.
This sexy action-adventure romance releases July 14th!
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen, Okay Creations
About The Espionage Effect:
When desire sets you free…control is a matter of perception.
I'm Devin Hill.
Darkness taints my soul.
I'm suffocating. Drowning.
The sweet promise of air? Pure illusion.
Tested as a genius at age seven, I hide my emotions, become what they expect...bury my secrets. At nineteen, I trudge toward a predestined path, blinders on, heart safeguarded.
Until I dare to be wild.
Until Alec Marquez crashes into my world.
Until all that follows redefines everything I've ever known.
What happens when you stumble into a world of spies...and discover you belong there?
Excerpt
“Do you remember their love?” An
odd question, even to my ears, but I needed to know.
He didn’t reply right away, only
briefly paused, then continued typing.
I didn’t release the photograph.
Didn’t turn around. Entranced to a level I couldn’t resist or
deny, I remained rooted to the spot on his bamboo office floor,
clinging to a fragment of someone else’s joyous life, stuck in my
admiration for those who’d been able to defy the choking darkness
of the world for its breath of light.
The keyboard clicking ended entirely.
But I barely noticed.
My heart pounded in my ears as I
gripped the frame, thumbs slipped into place on the perfect silver
surface. My fingerprints might as well have marred the perfect
picture. Its image marked me. Indelibly.
How had one two-dimensional image
branded my heart so fast?
On a shaky exhale, it hit me. It
hadn’t. The delicate aging photograph hadn’t been the one thing,
it had been the last thing, the proverbial straw on the camel’s
back—the catalyst to the fractures spider-webbing through an
armored façade I’d so carefully constructed finally shattering
apart, blowing to dust the once impenetrable fortress walls I’d
imprisoned myself within.
“I remember.” His voice slid over
my senses, warm and soft. His heat came up behind me, wrapping around
me as his strong hands ran down my arms, then covered my hands as
they still clutched the frame.
For the first time in my life, I
finally stood without my armor. Terrified, yet convinced I needed to
take the leap of faith even if I died from the fall, I leaned back
into his strength.
And he held me. As I began to shake,
gripped the frame tighter for fear of dropping it, he simply held me.
“Their laughter is the greatest
memory; I can still hear its echo in my head, feel its presence in
the middle of the night.”
An aching pang thumped from behind my
ribcage. That he would be lonely in the darkness too, seek the memory
of what he’d once had to lull him to sleep.
I’d done the opposite. “I can’t
remember mine.” My voice croaked. Hands trembling uncontrollably, I
clattered the bottom metal corners of the frame down onto the
perfectly polished surface before I dropped it. “Their love, I
mean.” I sucked in a ragged breath as my arms drew against my
middle. I hugged myself, trying to hold in the pain that I’d never
let myself feel.
His arms followed, covering mine. A
cramp burned at the base of my throat, and I closed my eyes, pinching
back hot tears, afraid of losing myself to the scathing onslaught of
feelings. As my breathing grew shallow, Alec tightened his hold,
wordlessly providing his protection from the unseen threat.
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