Read an exclusive excerpt from Final Strike by Vanessa M. Knight

 

If you like some heat with your romantic suspense, enjoy this exclusive excerpt from Final Strike by Vanessa M. Knight. For even more to light your fire, be sure to check out the rest of the tour and let her know what you think along the way. Best of luck entering the giveaway!

Julie Connolly thought she had perfected the art of emotional eating, but ever since she learned of her father's passing, she's taken it to new heights. The bastard has figured out how to destroy her life from the grave.

Her father's proposal—abandon her son Cody, so someone else can raise him, or lose her inheritance. The outrageous condition doesn’t deserve a response but the lawyer her father hired demands an answer. Before she can tell the ambulance-chaser exactly where he can shove his demands, her worst fears come alive: Cody is kidnapped. Her only hope comes from Ben Mooring, a man she hates nearly as much as her father.

Though Ben Mooring lost his chance with Julie years ago, she and Cody still mean the world to him. He practically raised the kid for years when he was with Julie. When Cody goes missing, Ben drops everything to search for him. He might never win a spot in Julie's life again, but he can't rest while Cody is in danger and Julie needs him.

Julie and Ben join forces to find Cody, but they have to work quickly. If she doesn't find him soon, she might lose her son forever.

Read an excerpt:

She wrapped her hands around his waist and pulled him closer. So close his body pulsed. So close he cursed the clothes separating them. Nothing else existed but her lips. Her body.

“… but I want my green shirt…” Cody’s voice cut off. “What are you doing?”

Julie flew backwards, out of their embrace, and Ben didn’t have to see his face to know that question was aimed at him… or his mother. Either way, they’d been caught.

“Um…” Julie stared at Cody. “Ben had something in his eye, so I was helping him get rid of it.”

Ben couldn’t help but smile. She was good. She had lying to her kid nailed down.

“Oh.” Cody’s face scrunched. “Let me see.”

“I don’t think Ben has time—”

Cody ran up to Ben and grabbed his hand. “But I want to help.”

The thought of a five-year-old’s hands poking around his eyes made him cringe. But the kid wanted to help. It was too damn cute.

“You don’t have to.” Julie wrapped a hand around his arm to stop him from kneeling.

“It’s fine.” His knee hit the floor, and now his face was aligned with the five-year-old’s little hands.

“Be gentle.” Julie sighed. Ben could relate. He liked his eyes.

“I will.” Cody reached over and ran his fingers along Ben’s cheek. His eyes crinkled at the corners as stared at Ben’s face. Cody slid his hand gently on Ben’s face and pulled his hand away.

He stared at his fingers and then held them out toward Ben. “Make a wish.”

“A wish?”

“You make a wish and blow.” Cody kept his hand in front of Ben’s mouth.

Ben had no idea what was going on. He looked at Julie, and his confusion must have been written on his face.

“You make a wish when you lose an eyelash.” She smiled. “You make a wish and blow. Like a candle.”

Ben couldn’t help the smile that hijacked his face. The kid actually thought Ben had an eyelash in his eye. And he wanted to Ben to blow on it. This kid. This kid was his wish. Cody and his mother. That’s all he wanted.

He blew on the kid’s fingers and Cody’s smile bloomed. “Did you make a wish?”

“I did.”

“What was it?” Cody inspected his fingers. Ben had a feeling there wasn’t an eyelash, nor had there been one. But it was the thought that counted.

“He can’t tell you his wish. It won’t come true.”

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About the author:

Who is Vanessa M. Knight? Well, I’m an author. Wow. After years and years of wanting to use those words, that is fun to say. It’s almost as fun as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Did I spell that right?

I write contemporary romantic suspense.

I live in Chicagoland with my family and menagerie of four-legged friends. In my mind, these lovely animals do everything as they should. I’m the alpha, keeping peace and harmony amongst my humble servants. In real life, they own me. I’m the maid, here for their feeding pleasure. Well, that and to clean up their messes.

When not catering to the needs of adorably-furry faces, I slug through the nine to five grind and head home so I can write. Of course, that’s after I make dinner and clean the house and all the other tasks that go into family life. So really, I work, cater to animals and my family… and then, if I don’t fall face first into bed, I write. I love putting my characters into crazy situations and watching how they react. I hope you love reading about them.

I love to hear from fans. I can be found on Facebook at VanessaMKnight and at www.vanessamknight.com.

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