Endangered
by Kathleen Dante

The only daughter in a family of cops, Cyn Malva found her calling as a homicide detective and her skill in antipersonnel battle magics also earned her a place in the city's Tactical Unit. Frustrated by men who are intimidated by her accomplishments, Cyn enjoys the ease and acceptance offered by Rio, her sometimes lover.

Special-ops sniper Rio Rafael is accustomed to being underestimated because of his good looks and is well aware of his lack of suitability in the eyes of Cyn's friends and family. But while he's always thought of their no-strings-attached relationship as ideal, Rio is ready to change the rules in favor of a commitment he knows Cyn can't handle.

But while tracking down a gang using illegal magic, the police discover three bodies—the victims of a serial killer. The case is assigned to Cyn, which brings her to the killer's attention. Cyn matches the physical profile of his victims and she becomes his next target . . . which makes Rio an obstacle. Now, Cyn and Rio are bound by something stronger than animal attraction—and love could be the only thing to save them.

Kathleen Dante's Bio

Kathleen Dante is an inveterate reader who began reading romances with her mother's Mills&Boons at age 8. Although romance dominates her library, she enjoys scifi/fantasy, manga, encyclopedias, dictionaries and the occasional non- fiction.

She made her first stab at writing fiction when she was 9 and was traumatized when it sounded awful read aloud. Creative writing courses in college provided additional trauma when she was forced to attempt the Extremely Short story. After that disaster, she set aside all hopes of fiction-writing.

Discovering Emma Holly and Angela Knight opened Kathleen's eyes to a new world of possibilities, one that gave life to the characters of her imagination. Inspired by eyecandy and the examples of others, she returned to fiction- writing after a hiatus of over a decade.

A refugee from the world of trade journalism, Kathleen started her first novel in 2003 — and almost never finished it due to work pressures. In 2004, fed up with office politics, she quit her job to devote time to her writing and looked back only to sigh in relief over her harrowing escape.

You can e-mail her at kath@kathleendante.com.