The day Joe Baker died was the first day of his new life.
Shot while trying to rescue a victim of domestic violence, SWAT team leader, Joe Baker was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. Eight minutes later, he opened his eyes a changed man. With his newfound ability to see auras and graphic glimpses of impending murders, Joe retreats to a life of solitude, going as far as losing the only person he's ever loved, his best friend and former partner on the force, Brian.
When a vision puts him in contact with Beth Adams, director of a battered women's shelter, Joe is drawn to her pale aura. Curious, he accepts a lunch meeting with Beth only to have another vision strike him. With Beth as the newest victim , Joe calls upon Brian to help protect her.
Joe didn't expect to fall in love with Beth, nor was he prepared for Brian's confession of love after so many years of wanting nothing else. Faced with a decision, Joe prays his greed won't drive away the two most important people in his life
General Release Date: 4th March 2013
Trying to get to the crying woman, SWAT team leader Joe Baker took a chance. He knew the victim’s husband had a gun pointed at her. From what Joe could see, the man had already shot her at least once. Blood pooled on the cheap, faded green carpet under her as she begged him to let her go.
Using hand signals, Joe instructed his team to create a diversion as he slipped in through the back door of the run-down duplex. The voice of his best friend, Brian sounded over the bullhorn as Joe made his way inside.
His gun at the ready, Joe tried to assess the situation as he listened to the man yell at his wife. An adjustment to his position gave him a view of the man’s reflection in the adjacent window.
When the gunman turned his back on Joe, he knew it was now or never. As he swung around the corner, gun raised, the man’s wife called out a warning.
"Frank, watch out!"
Joe managed to get a shot off as he was knocked to the ground by the force of a bullet aimed his way.
Gasping for breath, Joe sat up. The wet sheets that surrounded him testified to yet another nightmare. He reached up and rubbed the scar on his temple.
He swung his legs over the side of the bed and stumbled to the bathroom. The dream seemed to be his constant companion since the shooting a year and a half ago.
He’d been dead within minutes of the fatal blast to his head. The paramedics had done everything they could but hadn’t been able to save him. He had been pronounced dead at three twenty-four by the emergency room physician.
Little did they know.
It still didn’t make sense to the medical community and since then, Joe had become somewhat of a celebrity in Kansas City. ‘The cop who rose from the dead’, at least that’s what the local papers had splashed across their pages.
All he remembered was being enveloped in a soothing white light. He had seen his friend Brian standing nearby as the doctor and nurses in the emergency room had hovered over his body. Brian had obviously been arguing with the doctor about something as the physician had turned and shook his head.
Joe hadn’t heard their words, but he’d known he was dead. He’d wished he could tell Brian it was okay. He’d felt safe and welcomed in this new place, until the light had begun to recede and he was thrust back into his body.
When he had opened his eyes, he’d thought he’d gone blind until he’d realised there was something covering his face. A shout of fear had escaped him, something that had never happened to him before. He’d always been known as the toughest cop on the force.
With his body strapped down, not only had he not been able to see, but he hadn’t been able to release the dark prison from his face. He’d yelled for help until someone had walked into the room and flipped on a light.
An avid reader for years, one day Carol Lynne decided to write her own brand of erotic romance. While writing her first novel, Branded by Gold, Carol fell in love with the M/M genre. Carol juggles between being a full-time mother and a full-time writer. With well over one hundred releases, one thing is certain, Carol loves to keep busy writing sexy cowboys, shifters, bodyguards, vampires and everything in between. Although series books are her passion, Carol enjoys penning the occasional stand-alone title.
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Reviewed by Erzabets Enchantments
this one hooked me with the intensity of the emotion right away...The sex scenes were pretty hot too! This is one author I will be looking for in the future. To me, the story was about the feelings...
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Reviewed by The Romance Reviews
a brief, sweet story about opening yourself up to finding true love...I was very happy for the jump in time and getting to see a glimpse of the relationship after some time has passed. This was a fast-paced,...
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