From If This Bed Could Talk by, here is Agent Provacateur by Liz Maverick.Maverick introduces three-time weapons offender Vienna James on an auction platform, facing automatic execution unless a buyer claims her docket.
The novella pairs her with Michael Kingston, a businessman seeking retribution against the rival who betrayed his family and took his brother’s fiancée.
The Kingston compound serves as the testing ground where Vienna trains to impersonate the dead woman, following her into Center City theaters to recover a stolen heirloom ring.
- Forced Proximity: Isolated at the compound, Vienna endures intense marksmanship drills in a darkened shooting barn while struggling to keep her focus off her handler.
- Morally Grey Hero: Torn between family loyalty and an explosive attraction, Michael risks his brother’s vendetta when his feelings for his operative spin out of control.
- Romantic Suspense: A private yacht rendezvous becomes a perilous game of survival when Pierce Mackey demands an impossible price for the locked family heirloom.
- Also by This Author: Hot and Bothered and If This Bed Could Talk.