The beauty of being an
author—other than that we can work in our pajamas—is getting to know other
authors. So when Mari Carr discovered that she, Kelly Jamieson, and I all had
new releases on the same day, of course we wanted to do something to celebrate
together. Besides the Rafflecopter contest we have going where you can win
great reads from the three of us, you get a sneak peek into our new releases
too.
A huge thank you to Kelly
for letting me take over her blog for the day to shout about my new release. I
have BULL coming out from Samhain on Tuesday. lt’s a bit bittersweet since
BULL, MATT (coming in November) and THE COMMANDER (coming in December) wrap up
the Red, Hot & Blue series that I have been working on since the year I
first got published in romance way back in 2006. The series was a lot of fun to
write and I hope just as much fun for readers.
Please enjoy the below
excerpt from BULL!
~Cat Johnson
BULL (Red, Hot & Blue, Book 10) by Cat Johnson
When the going gets
tough, the tough go out with a bang...
Spec Op “Bull” Ford is as
big as his nickname. His team, the civilians he protects, whether they know it
or not, all depend on him. But beneath his stony exterior beats the heart of a
caring man—unless he’s crossed.
Between her job as
professional harpist and fending off an ex-boyfriend who won’t take the hint,
Marly feels like a circus juggler. She doesn’t need some oversized, overzealous
security guard accusing her of being a terrorist—as if a five-foot-nothing
woman in a ball gown could threaten anyone.
Though when the real
terrorists strike, she’s more than grateful to have Bull at her side…or on top,
which certainly makes what could be her last breaths memorable.
But after Bull takes the
brunt of the explosion, Marly is left with feelings for a man who doesn’t
remember who she is. And by the time the red-hot memories come flooding back,
the trail to her heart may have gone cold.
Warning: Contains
explosive sexual encounters—literally!
PREORDER for October 29:
EXCERPT:
“What are you looking for,
sweetheart?” The deep voice vibrated through her back and into her. He pulled
them both to the wall and flipped on the lights with one elbow. A small, high
window interrupted one wall. Reflected in its glass she saw the hulk she’d
noticed before.
He spun her around and the
hand over her mouth moved and grabbed her chin. She stared up into blue eyes
narrowed in anger. He was big. She’d dated men who were six feet tall before,
her ex John being one of them. Marly had found tall guys tended to like petite
women, she didn’t know why. Maybe it made them feel even bigger. Who knew? But
this guy—he was well over six feet tall. He was broad too, and from the feel of
him it wasn’t fat. He was solid muscle. If he didn’t seem to want to crush her
with his bare hands, she’d say he was attractive. She was having trouble
getting past the murderous expression though. It kind of took away from her
admiration of his overall physical appearance.
“I asked you a question.”
He shook her, his hands clamped tightly around her upper arms.
“I came to get my bag.”
What the hell was going on? Did he think she’d come to assassinate whomever he
was protecting? It was easy enough to prove she hadn’t. There was nothing more
dangerous in her bag than her tuning key. She could maybe jab the point of that
in somebody’s eye, but that’s about it.
His gaze moved to her bag
on the floor. “Really. Why don’t we see what you’ve got in there?”
He tucked her under one arm
and half dragged, half carried her toward the bag. Her feet hardly touched the
floor along the way. With his one free hand, he dumped the contents of the bag
onto the canvas harp cover.
She hissed as she watched
her brand new forty-dollar electronic tuner spill out onto the floor.
“Careful.”
His eyes opened wide and he
drew in a sharp breath of his own. “I bet you want me to be careful. Shit.
Matt, I think I’ve found the detonator.”
“Matt?” What the hell was
he talking about? Marly shook her head. “My name’s not Matt.”
There was a good chance she
was being held in a closet by a madman, and all she could think about was if
her new tuner was broken. When she got out of this mess, she was seriously
going to reevaluate her priorities. She reached for the device to make sure it
was all right, but he didn’t let her even get close to it. The brute grabbed
her wrist hard enough he would probably leave a bruise.
Her heart beat faster. She
was in real danger here. But the bruiser had made one mistake. He’d uncovered
her mouth. She intended on taking full advantage of that. She pulled in a
lungful of air and got ready to scream.
He slapped a hand over her
mouth, harder than he had the first time. He was so big he covered the entire
lower half of her face with one hand. He squeezed her mid-section with his
other arm until all the air she had taken in came out of her nose and mouth in a
whoosh between his fingers.
“I don’t like screaming.
Don’t try that again.” The growl in his voice sent her pulse speeding.
Always nice to know your
killer’s preferences. She sincerely hoped she wouldn’t offend him if she
screamed while he murdered her. Marly became aware of his impressively large
appendage pressing into her lower back. Maybe murder wasn’t what he had in
mind.
She made a sound in her
throat and pulled her pelvis as far away from him as she could get.
He chuckled, not an
encouraging sound. “Don’t flatter yourself, sweetheart. It’s from the
adrenaline. I get a hard-on when I kill people too…or even when I diffuse bombs.”
He said the last word with
too much emphasis. She was going to end up blown to bits by this crazy man who
got sexually excited by killing people, and he was probably going to rape her
first.
Black spots appeared on the
edge of her vision. Her last thought was it was better to be unconscious for
whatever was about to happen.
Available Now
Coming Soon
BULL (October
29)
MATT (November)
THE COMMANDER (December)
REVIEWS:
"humor and danger,
plus a smoking hot guy, sex on the mission and even a cheating girlfriend gave
this story that extra something and kept my interest from page one."
Terri, Night Owl Romance Reviews
TOP PICK
"Bull is a must read
if you're looking for a hot, fast-paced novella. " The Harlequin Junkie
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