Kc Kendricks

Beneath Dark Stars (The Sundown Saga, #2) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Fallon Roxbury, seasoned detective and special police consultant, knows that appearances can be deceiving. Trained to gather the clues and arrive at logical conclusions, he fits the puzzle pieces of a situation together to find the truth. But there's nothing reasonable in Fallon's attraction to the sexy, secretive shapeshifter called Sundown.

Sundown has studied people all his life. Having his very own human male is all he ever wanted. In Fallon, he's found a man he can trust with his secrets and reveal his true nature. Keeping Fallon happy is a joyful exercise into which Sundown puts his heart and soul-when he's not teasing Fallon's police partner by leaving strange footprints at crime scenes, that is.

Fallon's new case ties into an old one. At a dead end, he knows it's time to ask Sundown for a little help. With his special abilities, Sundown can get into places Fallon can't. All Fallon has to do is figure out a way to prove what he already knows. But what's a cop to do when the truth takes a shift that's stranger than fiction?

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Without a word, Sundown rolled from the bed and padded off to the bathroom, his footsteps silent on the carpet. The skin he wore for me was quite attractive. Tall and slender, he moved with a controlled grace, each step measured, no effort wasted. His shiny dark hair, green eyes, and full, berry-colored lips were perfect-too perfect if someone looked closely at my shapeshifter lover. I closed my eyes and listened to him move around the apartment, finally reopening them to admire his form as he returned carrying two cups of coffee.

I accepted both mugs until he rejoined me under the sheet, then handed one back to him. I loved these lazy mornings when we the most strenuous thing we had to do was nothing at all. Sundown rubbed his thigh against mine.

"Tell me more about this girl whose killer you seek."

If I didn't tell him, he'd chatter at me until I did. It was better to give him the short version and get it over with, even though I knew it would upset his tender heart.

"Maria DeLong's parents reported her missing ten years ago. She turned up dead four years ago. Someone beat her to death and tossed her body out along Route 17. They carved the letter W into her cheek."

Sundown grew still and silent. Not for the first time I wondered if his kind had racial memory and could remember those things done to their brethren in the Chal ancient past he refused to discuss with me. His people had been enslaved when they arrived on this world, and that's all the Chal history I'd gotten out of him.

He drew in a quick, short breath and then blew it out.

"The Chal can help. We are able to go into places where you can not."

For once, his people would be on my side. "The Elders will sanction that? Right. Tell me another story."

"I was with the Elders yesterday, apologizing for my actions regarding Sergeant Mack. I have promised them-again-that I will cease to play Sasquatch tricks on him."

"But did you promise not to play any tricks on him, period, or just the Bigfoot ones?"

He blinked at me, dismay written all over his face. Uh-huh. I had him now. "Chupacabra, perhaps?"

His mouth dropped open. His eyes widened. "That is not me! I've never been to Texas!"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: White Deer Enterprises/White Deer Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781524254650
• Artikelnr.: 48771559

Autorenporträt

KC Kendricks calls herself an accidental writer. After completing her first novel writing as Rayne Forrest, she was urged to submit it to a publisher, and everything snowballed from there. Today, the author has had over seventy books published.

In July of 2021, she tried to retire but her employer offered her a deal to work at home. She accepted. Now she balances work, writing, and hearth and home in a controlled chaos.

A native of scenic western Maryland, the author enjoys most activities that don't include snow. In warm weather she might be found walking the dog, biking on the C&O Canal towpath, planting delicacies in her garden for the deer to munch on at night, playing in the creek, or lazing on the patio with her Kindle reader or laptop.

She recently began to research her family history and can't drive past a cemetery without stopping to search for family sites. Her mission is to photograph old tombstones before the elements erode the stones and the names are lost to time.

For more about KC Kendricks and Rayne Forrest's writing life, please visit the Between the Keys blog at http:kckendricks.blogspot.com .

If you'd like to know more about the author's country lifestyle and her daily activities full of simple country pleasures (and a lot of work), please visit the Holly Tree Manor blog at http://hollytreemanor.blogspot.com .

KC can be reached through her blog, Between the Keys. All comments are strictly moderated by the author and personal messages are treated as such.

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