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Did you ever wish you could
have more of a certain story? Well, here's one chance to read more of a
book. In honor of Intrigue month, I'm sharing a free bonus epilogue scene
with readers from my March Intrigue, TACTICAL ADVANTAGE. When I first
wrote this story (maybe I was subconsciously writing a new single title
novel?), it ran a bit long for Intrigue and my editor asked me to cut about 20
pages. In other words, there was more to the story than what made it into
the final published book. I tightened some of the book, but a few of the
snippets and scenes I dearly loved just had to be cut. They didn't affect
the main mystery or relationship, so for the many of you who have already read
TACTICAL ADVANTAGE, don't worry that you may have missed something
important. I didn't cut anything pertinent to solving the mystery of the
Rose Red Rapist and the Cleaner. But, like most of you, I love a good
happily ever after. And, while those intense 48+ hours between Detective
Nick Fensom and CSI Annie Hermann ended on an appropriately exciting moment, I
thought some of you might appreciate a lengthier version of Nick & Annie's
happily-ever-after.
So here it is... the
original epilogue I wrote for TACTICAL ADVANTAGE. It starts here and
finishes on my website at www.juliemiller.org. Enjoy the enriched
ending... and explore my website to find an excerpt from my June Intrigue,
ASSUMED IDENTITY, a Book GiveAway contest to enter, my monthly newsletter and
much more.
TACTICAL ADVANTAGE
(Excerpt)
By
Julie Miller
©2013
Epilogue
1 1/2 months later
“Reitzie.” Annie
lifted the lazy Siamese from the domino tumble of picture frames on the mantel
where he was lounging while Nick carried up their overnight bags from their
weekend getaway to St. Louis. She set
the cat on the floor and shooed him off to find where his counterpart, G.B.,
was hiding.
In between unbuttoning her coat and untying the pink
scarf that Grandma Connie had knit for her, she straightened one beloved
picture after another. When she reached
the mutilated photo from the Baseball Hall of Fame, she smiled. Without feeling one pang of regret, she
opened up her paisley messenger bag and pulled out one of the souvenir post
cards she’d bought on their trip and quickly swapped out the old picture for
the new one. She crumpled the memory of
her ex-fiancé in her fist and tossed it into the trash.
“There.” Annie was
admiring the new picture of Busch Stadium in St. Louis, and the new memory it
represented, when Nick came in. He
locked the door behind him and hung up their coats. She pulled the new picture on the mantel to a
more prominent position. “That’s
better.”
Nick came up behind her to wind an arm around her waist
and doff a salute to the statue of Stan ‘the Man’ Musial. “Much better.
Maybe Stan and your dad are up in heaven playing some catch right now.”
Feeling a pang of melancholy, Annie leaned back against
his solid warmth, and found even more comfort when he slipped the other arm
around her as well, and pressed a kiss against her cheek. The sadness quickly passed and she folded her
hands over his, soaking in all the miraculous changes in her life since that
fateful New Year’s Eve.
She had a reason to celebrate the holidays now…
Read the rest of the story
at <http://www.juliemiller.org/contests_&_fun.htm#BonusExcerpt>
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| Available May 21, 2013 |
Oh, and because I'm so
excited to share my latest Beauty & the Beast romantic suspense, ASSUMED
IDENTITY, I'll give away a copy here to one lucky poster. Beauty &
the Beast is my all-time favorite romantic storyline--what's yours?
(cowboys, men in uniform, amnesia, secret baby, friends becoming lovers,
enemies becoming lovers, whatever) I'll stop by through the day to chat,
and ask my dog Maggie to pick a winner from all the comments and post it
tomorrow.
Enjoy!
Julie Miller
