Dark Dark Cover by Susan Vaughan

 A traitor’s brother, an undercover fiancée—and a terrorist’s deadline…

Wild Women Authors continues its focus on The DARK Series, a set of contemporary romantic suspense novels written by Susan Vaughan and released by the Wild Rose Press. Today’s title is Dark Cover.

A bit about the book:  

Nick Markos has inherited the burden and shame of his brother’s dealings with terrorists. Hoping to uncover a plotted attack, the Feds send in undercover DARK [Domestic Anti-terrorism Rick Corps] agent Vanessa Wade to pose undercover as Nick’s glamorous fiancée.

Despite her expertise, Vanessa has grown to dislike undercover work. Under orders to make sure the sexy and tortured tycoon is no traitor, she soon realizes that instead he’s determined to regain his family honor—and his own. She tells herself to stay detached, but this man’s kisses make her emotions spin out of control. As they work together amid gala social events and terror threats, Nick and Vanessa cannot deny their mutual attraction, but her deception makes Vanessa feel as false as the rock on her finger.

Is their relationship only a charade? One that could explode—along with a terrorist bomb?

 

Excerpt:

Nick winked at her. If she’d thought him sexy and rugged in a casual sweater or commanding in a business suit, in a tuxedo this man was devastating.

How could mush that used to be legs carry her the rest of the way downstairs?

The jet-black formal suit had surely been custom tailored. Nothing off the rack could fit those broad shoulders so perfectly, so… so. Against his olive complexion, the white shirt was blinding. An onyx stud pinned the formal crossed collar. Smaller studs ran down the shirt front and gleamed at the cuffs.

He gleamed.

His white smile and his blue, blue eyes held her in thrall—until she blinked. Somehow she’d arrived at the foot of the stairs.

“No tie,” she said inanely, focusing on anything but how gorgeous he was. And how tongue-tied she was. “I’ve never seen a tux without a tie.”

“I don’t wear ties. Don’t own one.” He took her hand and guided her to pirouette.

She felt the approval of his gaze deep inside her. She swallowed. “You don’t?”

“I didn’t want to forget the blue-collar start of what became N.D.M. International. I didn’t want to put myself above my employees. And now it’s become a point of pride.”

Nearly dizzy from his nearness and her slow turn, she stopped before him. “Commendable attitude. But even in sweats, no one would mistake you for the intern or the shipping clerk.”

 

To purchase Dark Cover go to:

The Wild Rose Press: https://wildrosepress.com/product/dark-cover/ 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CJG4VWKB

Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/dark-cover/id6467132436

Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dark-cover-2

BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-cover-susan-vaughan/1125896674?ean=9781509252893

 

A bit about our focus author:

Susan Vaughan loves throwing her hero and heroine together under extraordinary circumstances and pitting them against a clever villain. Her books have won the Golden Leaf, More Than Magic, and Write Touch Readers’ Award and been a finalist for the Booksellers’ Best and Daphne du Maurier awards. A former teacher, she’s a West Virginia native, but she and her husband have lived in the Mid-Coast area of Maine for many years.

Something more from Susan: For a few years I lived in the Washington, D.C. area, even worked in Chevy Chase, where I put Nick's house in this book. It was fun revisiting the area to plot out my car chases and choose a mansion for him. I introduced Vanessa in Dark Mission, so pairing this woman insecure in her femininity (always the best friend, you know) with the sexy billionaire was great fun. I hope you enjoy Dark Cover.

 

To learn more about Susan Vaughan, go to:

Website: www.susanvaughan.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SusanVaughanBooks

Z (Twitter): @shvaughan or https://twitter.com/SHVaughan

 Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/susan-vaughan