Dirty Deeds
DIRTY DEEDS
by AJ Nuest
Genre: Romantic
Suspense
Pub Date: 1/31/2017
An Eye for an Eye
As owner of Dirty Deeds, a tech-savvy company
specializing in the age-old art of revenge, Eden Smith knows
first-hand that secrecy is critical. But when a dead body washes up
on the shores of Lake Michigan clutching her business card, Eden’s
well-constructed world begins to fall apart. Apparently, she’s not
the only one with a passion for payback, and staying alive to
outsmart a killer has become her most important job of all.
A Game for a Game
Hardened homicide detective Kelly Riordan is
convinced Eden Smith is hiding more than she’s willing to admit.
Years on the force have taught him that nothing is what it seems, and
that couldn’t be truer than when it comes to investigating the
alluring owner of a revenge-for-hire business. But revealing her past
could put everything Eden has worked for in jeopardy. And trusting a
man like Riordan goes against the very instincts that have kept her
alive this long.
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Do YOU need Dirty Deeds?
When
I first sat down to begin my standalone romantic suspense, DIRTY DEEDS, the first book in my A Likely Story series, my
thoughts were where they always are at the beginning of any new
project—character development, story arc, pinpointing the bad guy and defining
Eden Smith’s revenge-for-hire company in a way that would make sense to the
reader. After all, that’s my job, and crafting a well-thought-out story is
important. But something…strange
happened during the hours it took me to finish the book. Something that, to
this day, honestly makes me wish I had omniscient powers.
Turns
out, I need DIRTY DEEDS in my life. While writing the story, I didn’t realize
how many times these characters and their area of expertise would apply. Like
last week, for example, when I went in for the same routine blood work I’ve
been getting twice a year for the same meds I’ve been taking over twenty years.
The results came back perfect. My dosage hasn’t changed and I feel great.
Problem is, even though I shelled out over $150 for the tests, the doctor in
charge would only give me enough meds to last me a month. I need to come back
in and have a sit down with him, he says. About what, I’m not sure and neither
is his receptionist. She sure was happy to quote me the office visit of an
additional $70 though…which, last time I checked, was extortion. In all the
years I’ve been taking this medication I’ve never ONCE had to go in and talk to
anyone. Now, suddenly, over $200 in office fees and I still don’t have my
pills?
I
NEED DIRTY DEEDS! Eden Smith would be only too happy to take care of that
nonsense for me right quick.
Or
how about the fact I’ve been driving my vehicle for over 10 years. On occasion,
I’ve even had my kids in the front passenger seat along with me. My husband and
I paid over thirty grand for our SUV, but last week I got a recall notice that
if either of the front airbags explode there’s a good chance several metal
projectiles will shoot out of the dash and lodge in my chest…and the chest of
anyone else in the front seat. Sounds to me like someone didn’t do their
homework. One fender bender and the gig is up? Not to mention, something like
this must’ve already happened for the manufacturer to issue the notice! Uh-uh.
No way that’s gonna fly.
I
NEED DIRTY DEEDS! Eden Smith wouldn’t let that unfairness go unresolved for one
second.
What
about you? Have you ever been through an experience when you may have needed
the revenge-for-hire help of DIRTY DEEDS? Do tell!
Multi-published, award-winning author
and editor AJ
Nuest resides
in Northwest Indiana with her loving husband, two beautiful children,
and a bevy of spoiled pets. Her four-part serial fantasy romance, The
Golden Key Chronicles, was recently named the RONE Time Travel
Romance of 2015 by InD’tale Magazine, and her contemporary romantic
comedy, She’s
Got Dibs, won First Place in the Heartland Romance Author’s
Show Me the Spark! Contest, 2013.
For more please visit her at ajnuest.com.
For more please visit her at ajnuest.com.
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