Title: TAG
Author: Shari J. Ryan
Genre:
Contemporary Suspense
Publisher: Booktrope
Release Date: November 7, 2014
AMAZON: http://amzn.to/1nrtplQ
ITUNES: http://bit.ly/1uKX9MR
Book Description:
What if your family had a
big secret . . . a life changing secret. My dad, the bigwig CIA agent, was
always on the run, whether he was being chased or doing the chasing. I missed
him.
Then my mom passed away, and my sister was murdered. I turned my solitude
to strength because the alternative was too bleak.
But my luck seemed to turn:
I met Tango. And while I want him more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my
twenty-two years, danger lurks around every corner and I simply can’t take the
chance of it finding me.
But his tattoos, his smell, his darkness, and his
body— that marine has taken over my every thought. But, what if he too isn’t
what I think? A ticking time bomb isn’t going to leave me much time to waver.
Even the bravest person can be in need of a miracle.
Before she was gone, my mom
warned me to know everyone and trust no one. But what was I supposed to do when
I found out I am the one not to be trusted?
Turns out, I was always the bait in
this conspiracy.
In author Shari J. Ryan’s New Adult novel, TAG, the canyons hold secrets, the waterfalls provide safety, and romance has a pesky way of showing up when you are sweaty and dirty and least expect it.
Excerpt:
I’ve been seated among the
dozens of other passengers for the past two hours, watching the gate times
change a number of times before I see the plane actually arrive. Just as I’m
powering my phone down, preparing to board, an awful stench burns my nose from
a few inches away. A middle-aged man with greasy black hair and a thick
lip-covering mustache who smells exactly like the inside of a port-a-potty has
found a reason to sit directly beside me in a row of empty seats.
When my eyes
unfortunately meet his, he takes the opportunity to speak to me.
“Heading to Boston
I raise
my eyebrows and force a tightlipped smile. I simply follow that with a nod and
give him a no shit look.
“I heard winter’s coming early this year,” he
continues.
“Cool,” I mumble with a
sigh.
I pull a magazine out of my bag and open it in front of my face, hoping
to block my vision of the man’s blackened-stained grin. But it’s only seconds
before I’m taken back when his finger sweeps down the bare skin of my
collarbone.
“What does that mean?” he
asks, pointing to my tattoo.
With a smooth motion, I lay
my magazine down onto my lap and place my hand over his, giving him the false
notion that I’m a gentle person. I take the opportunity to offer him a slight
smile before I twist his forefinger backwards as far as it will go before the
expectant snap.
“I’m sorry,” I say sweetly. “Did I tell you it was okay to
touch me?”
I pull down a little harder, and he smiles in response to the pain.
But as I hold my hand there, I see the smile begin to fade.
“It’s a free country, chicky,” he sputters as his tongue knocks around between his bare gums.
“Why would you think it's
okay to touch me?” I ask again, keeping my voice calm, yet stern. He licks his
lips and looks me up and down, responding with only a look.
“Do you go around
touching girls half your age because you feel it's okay?”
He clears his throat and
looks around to see who’s watching or listening, but I don’t move my eyes from
his.
“Why not?” he says, shrugging his bony shoulders.
“Besides, you’re
definitely asking for it.”
He thinks I’m asking for it?
I’m wearing a fucking scoop neck, black long sleeve shirt, jeans, and combat
boots.
“The only reason it's okay, is because no one has ever probably told you
no. But it occurs to me that after I snap your finger off your hand, you won’t
be able to touch people inappropriately anymore, will you?”
He hoots with laughter, dragging in attention he probably shouldn’t want. “You think you could break my finger, little chicklette?”
I pull his finger a little
further, and his smile grows. “Ow, stop. You’re hurting me,” he puckers his
lips and winks at me.
“Oh, look, it’s your right
hand. You a righty?”
I turn his hand over and see deep callouses bubbling on
his palm.
“Yes, you are. So, if I rip this thing off, you wouldn't miss it,
right?”
I turn his hand back over and glare into his beady eyes. He’s
questioning my words. He’s unsure of my capabilities. And that’s fine.
“Sound
okay to you? Or are you going to leave and stop touching people?”
His smile
fades and his eyes widen. I release his hand and offer him a smart-ass smile.
“Oh, and the tattoo means death. It’s a Maori Warrior symbol. They used to eat
their enemies once they slaughtered them. Cool, huh?”
I see his Adam’s apple
struggle to move. He lifts his bag from the ground and nearly trips over his
own feet, darting away.
I reopen my magazine to the page I was reading and refocus my attention on an article as I hear a soft chuckle coming from the other side of me.
I turn to see who was enjoying the free entertainment and I’m faced with a man who looks to be either a wrestler or in the military—black shaven hair, stiff jaw and bulging muscles on every inch of his arms.
His eyes are currently focused on a book, and I suppose he could have been laughing at that, rather than me. But as I question it, his large shamrock green eyes lift and look right at me. A slight grin tugs on the corner of his lips, and he winks so quickly I’m questioning whether it was me who might have blinked. Before I can react, he stands up and walks away.
I swallow hard and refocus
my attention on the magazine once more. Stupid attractive man causing a moment
of feebleness. I didn’t react, though. He winked at me. I think. And I didn’t
make a snide comment or scowl. Weakness.
I let out a few short
breaths, regaining my composure. He’s gone. It’s fine.
Shari J. Ryan hails from Central Massachusetts where she lives with her hubby and
two lively little boys. Writing has become Shari ’s
great escape from the real world over the past few years. After a bout of
postpartum depression with her first child, Shari
was determined to occupy her brain enough to eliminate some of the blue moments
in life.
When she found writing to help as a newfound therapy, she started her
first book. Her books brought her out of postpartum depression and helped her
overcome it when her second son was born. Shari
likes to think writing saves her mind. She even used one of the characters in
the book (the main character’s protagonist mother), to veer away from the type
of person she refuses to become.
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