Kiss Me Deadly
Tor Books
June 26, 2007
ISBN-13: 0765356678
Available in: Paperback
Mandy Newman won the biggest lottery in history...
She and her coworkers picked the right numbers, and hit the jackpotand then someone stole the ticket.
Now Mandy's fellow winners are being murdered one by oneand an attempted drowning convinces Mandy she's next on the killer's hit list. She needs help to recover the ticket, and protection from the murdererand she finds both, wrapped in the sexy form of DEA agent Zachary Taylor.
But Zack abandoned Mandy once before, so relying on him doesn't come easy. If she's going to trust him, he needs to start telling her the truth. Yet, she must do the samesince Mandy has a secret that could devastate them both. While on the run, Mandy and Zack struggle between sparking sensuality and latent distrust. But can they overcome the past as a killer attempts to destroy their future?
Susan Kearney used to light herself on fire four times a day. Now she does something really hot --- she writes romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue. While she hasn't performed her signature "fire" dive from a 10-meter platform in years, she started diving at age 10. By age 12, she'd won the New Jersey State Championship, and by college, she was a three-time All-American Diver. While attending the University of Michigan, she earned a business degree that led to her diverse careers as, variously, a partner in a barter business, a real estate appraiser, a mover and renovator of houses, and a once- owner of three hair salons. Finally, in 1995, she sold her first book and became a full-time writer. She's currently plotting her way through her 30th novel. Of all her careers, her favorite is wife and mother. She married her teenage sweetheart and lives with her husband, two children, and Boston terrier in sunny Florida. She now beats the heat not by diving into cold water, but with her new hobby --- figure skating. Susan also enjoys writing science fiction, screenwriting, boating, and traveling to foreign countries.