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Asking for Trouble
(The Kincaids, Book Three)
(The Kincaids, Book Three)
by Rosalind
James
Asking for Trouble, the third book in The Kincaids
series by Rosalind James, has just been released. Also available: Welcome to Paradise and Nothing Personal (ON SALE for $0.99 to 15 February; read my earlier blog post.)
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Description
Sometimes you go looking for trouble. And sometimes, trouble finds you.
Alyssa Kincaid knows she needs to make some big changes. A move to San
Francisco is the first step. Now it's time to get serious, and to get the rest
of her life on track. If only her messy life would cooperate. And if only it
had Joe Hartman in it.
Joe knows one thing for sure: Making a move on his best friend's little
sister, the beloved youngest sibling in the closest thing to a family he's got,
would be asking for trouble. Unfortunately, Alyssa always does seem to be
asking for trouble. And it's getting harder and harder for Joe to resist
answering.
Note: Despite the fog, San Francisco does get pretty
hot at times. If you prefer your romance without steam, this may not be the
book for you.
Excerpt
She hit the door,
heard the chime behind her, and knew her new boyfriends were following right
along. Until they realized that she was meeting the bike rider, because she
could sense them slowing to a stop.
Joe barely looked at
her, just reached for her arm and swung her behind him. She peered around from
the shelter of his broad back, saw the three guys stopped halfway between the
bulk of Joe and the liquor store entrance, looking like they weren't quite sure
what to do next.
"You should
take better care of your lady," Tall Guy said at last. "Not leave her
all alone and lonely like that. She might get into trouble."
"I'm here
now," Joe said.
The guy laughed,
showing his bad teeth. "What? You looking for a fight? Three of us,
man."
"I'm not
looking for anything," Joe said, and she could see his hands flexing,
could sense the readiness in him, like he was poised on his toes, even though
he was standing solid. "But I'm happy to take anything that comes my
way."
"Hey,
man," the guy said with a shrug, taking a half-step back. "Just
hanging out." He turned, would-be casual, and the three of them sauntered
off, back to their pals, Alyssa presumed.
Joe stood still a
moment, watching them go. Then he turned to Alyssa. "You OK?"
"Yeah,"
she said, her arms wrapped around herself, shivering with cold and tension.
"Just freezing." She smiled, and could feel her teeth chattering.
She'd really thought he was going to fight. Three guys.
He unzipped the
heavy jacket and handed it to her. "Put this on." He watched her
struggle with the zipper for a minute, her fingers too shaky for the task, then
brushed her hands aside and zipped the jacket for her as if she were a child.
Then he took off the helmet and gave her that, too. "I don't have another
one with me. Wear this."
She hefted the
weight of it. "Uh, Joe. I can't ride a motorcycle. Maybe you could just
wait for a cab with me."
"You don't have
to ride a motorcycle," he said. "I'll do the riding. You just have to
hold on."
Review
By Patsy
I don't normally even review the books I read but I LOVE Rosalind's
style, and this third book in the truly wonderful series about the Kincaids was
a treat from start to finish. I pre-ordered it so it arrived on Feb 1 and I
have already read it twice - some parts more than that (and it's only Feb 3!!)
I wasn't really sure how Joe was going to emerge in this book, but I fell
in love with him from the start, and Alyssa was the perfect match ... It was
such a fun read, with plenty of character complexity and the thrilling climax
points (no pun intended!) that occurred along the way. My only disappointment
was in realizing that I really HAD read it through and now I have to wait for
another offering from this superb writer with a real gift for creating great characters
and mixing in just the right amount of sizzle to have you squirming while you
love reading it! What's next, Rosalind??!
About the Author
Rosalind James is the author of the Kindle-bestselling Escape to New Zealand series (currently five titles strong), as well as the new U.S.-based The Kincaids series. Her first book, Just This Once, has sold tens of thousands of copies in the year since it was
published, eventually reaching #85 in the Amazon store. A marketing
professional and publishing industry veteran, Rosalind has lived all over the
United States and in a number of other countries, traveling with her civil
engineer husband. Most recently, she spent several years in Australia and New
Zealand, where she fell in love with the people, the landscape, and the culture
of both countries. She loves trying new things in her writing, most recently
the mystery and suspense in Nothing Personal.
Rosalind credits her rapid success to the fact that “lots of people would
like to escape to New Zealand! I know I did!”
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