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$100 #Giveaway Phoenix by Amanda McKinney Ends 3.25

March 18, 2020 By Mary

by Amanda McKinney



Phoenix
Amanda McKinney
(Steele Shadows Rising)
Publication date: March 19th 2020
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense

From bestselling and multi-award-winning author Amanda McKinney comes a **standalone** romance in the bestselling Steele Shadows series.

A man who cheated death.

A woman hired to pick up the broken pieces.

And an obsession strong enough to kill for.

They told him he’d been given a second chance at life. Told him to count his lucky stars, to stop and smell the roses. Kind of hard to do when your body is bound by chains and cuffs. That’s what it felt like, anyway, when Phoenix Steele woke up from his coma to a life full of restrictions. Once known around town as the fearless, indomitable heir to the Steele fortune, the former Marine was suddenly labeled unstable, short-tempered, and loose cannon. Unwilling to accept his issues, Phoenix instantly clashes with his assertive therapist—the town’s most eligible bachelorette.

No one knew overcoming the odds like Dr. Rose Floris. Determined not to be a statistic, Rose lived her life under carefully constructed routines—until a gruesome murder and a series of mysterious events reveal she’s become the center of a madman’s obsession. Suddenly, Rose’s world is turned upside down and she finds herself under the watchful eye of her new client, a broken man she’s been warned not to trust.

As the tables begin to turn on their client-patient relationship, Phoenix realizes he must battle his own demons before he can save anyone, including the woman who’s become his own obsession…

An obsession he’d kill for.

Goodreads / Amazon

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EXCERPT:

After taking a quick second to review my new patient’s file, I stepped into my office—and stopped dead in my tracks. The dark silhouette faced the window, sitting in my chair. His back was to me, his feet kicked up on the windowsill as if he owned the place.

The first thing I noticed was the size of his feet, two dirty cowboy boots crossed at the ankles, a trail of mud running down the wall. I literally cringed. He had brown, shaggy hair that looked like it hadn’t seen a pair of scissors in months, and a neck as thick as a tree trunk. A tattoo peeked out of the collar of a black leather jacket stretched over the widest shoulders I’d ever seen.

Although he had to have heard the door open, the man didn’t move. Yep, my new patient, whom I’d never met, had made himself right at home behind my desk in my office chair. Had he gone through my stuff? Pilfered through my space? My mind began spinning with all the confidential information he could have read on my desk. Totally unacceptable, and totally inappropriate.

Little did I know what kind of inappropriate this man had in store for me.

“Thanks for showing up.” The faceless voice was jarringly low. The man was pissed. At me.

“Excuse me?”

He kicked his boots off the window, plopping them onto the floor with a thud, leaving enough mud to fill the Grand Canyon. Another cringe.

“You’re late,” he said, still not gracing me with the front part of his body.

I blinked. No way. This was not happening. Who did this guy think he was? I bit the inside of my cheek and squared my shoulders. Professional, professional, you need this job, be professional, I reminded myself.

“I apologize, Mr…” I glanced at the name typed on the file in my hands. “Steele.”

“Phoenix.”

The chair swiveled and a flutter of butterflies rippled through me.

And I thought the voice was jarring…

His eyes were the color of a tropical ocean, a baby blue, almost iridescent, if not for the heat that spilled from them. The lines of his face were sharp with defined angles, a mirror to the disinterest he wore like a beacon, blinking brightly, making sure I knew he didn’t care to be there. Days of unkempt scruff covered his clenched jaw line, pulling my attention to a pair of lips that had me licking my own. Circles shaded his puffy eyes with wrinkles at the edges suggesting he was a good decade older than me, possibly pushing forty. A grey T-shirt fit snuggly under that leather jacket, defining a pair of pecs I could only assume were as hard as the expression he was pinning me with. I felt my weight to my tiptoes, like a magnet being pulled, assessing him with a frowned expression that I knew was giving me away. Because under all that weather-beaten, overtly masculine appearance, narrowed eyes, and locked jaw, there was a strikingly handsome man. Hidden, almost as if on purpose.

I’d never seen an aura before, but the man vibrated the air around him in a hostile, dark cloud like an animal warning of its presence. I could actually feel him in my office.

A Mighty King.

Fallen.

Author Bio:

Amanda McKinney is the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of more than ten romantic suspense and mystery novels. She wrote her debut novel, LETHAL LEGACY, in 2017 after walking away from her career to become a writer and stay-at-home mom. Set in small, southern towns, Amanda’s books are page-turning murder mysteries packed with steamy romance.

Her books include the BERRY SPRINGS SERIES and the BLACK ROSE MYSTERY SERIES, with a surprise new series being released later this year.

THE CAVE, the seventh book in the BERRY SPRINGS SERIES, is scheduled to be released August 2019. Text AMANDABOOKS to 66866 to receive Amanda’s newsletter and get the latest on new releases, promos, and freebies!

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Comments

  1. Angel Hollmeyer Crum says

    March 18, 2020 at 9:14 pm

    Love new authors!! Thank you for introducing me to Amanda!!

  2. Elaine G says

    March 18, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    This sounds good. Thanks for sharing the excerpt

  3. Judy Thomas says

    March 18, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    The excerpt is amazing, I can’t wait to read more.

  4. Leah says

    March 18, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    Intriguing! Thanks for this! 🙂

  5. Mary Brannian says

    March 18, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    Can’t wait to read this book! Thanks for the shance!

  6. athena graeme says

    March 18, 2020 at 11:54 pm

    I love a guy with a beard! Not enough books with fuzzy guys! He is so hot!

  7. Debbie P says

    March 19, 2020 at 12:59 am

    This sounds like a great read. Awesome cover!

  8. Peggy Nunn says

    March 19, 2020 at 4:46 am

    I am looking forward to reading this suspense, romance book.

  9. Carol Robertson says

    March 19, 2020 at 5:09 am

    The book sounds great and I LOVE your cover

  10. Edye says

    March 19, 2020 at 6:19 am

    love the cover!

  11. Cathy French says

    March 19, 2020 at 6:36 am

    Hot cover and I like the title graphic

  12. Nancy Jones says

    March 19, 2020 at 6:36 am

    Sounds good.

  13. LeonieT says

    March 19, 2020 at 6:38 am

    Sounds great!

  14. Molli Taylor says

    March 19, 2020 at 6:46 am

    thanks for sharing, it sounds good!

  15. Betul says

    March 19, 2020 at 8:37 am

    I can’t wait to read this book!

  16. MARCY MEYER says

    March 19, 2020 at 9:03 am

    The cover looks great and the story sounds really good.

  17. wendy hutton says

    March 19, 2020 at 10:25 am

    love the cover, thanks

  18. shannon zeidan says

    March 19, 2020 at 12:02 pm

    This sounds fabulous.

  19. shelly peterson says

    March 19, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    Sounds like a great read.

  20. Patricia wri says

    March 19, 2020 at 2:13 pm

    I am a big reader and the book looks very interesting. Love the cover

  21. Susan Smith says

    March 19, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    Sounds like a good book. I like the cover.

  22. Pat Lieberman says

    March 19, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    Sounds like a good read.

  23. Terri Shaw says

    March 19, 2020 at 4:35 pm

    This sounds like a great read. I love the cover!

  24. BookLady says

    March 19, 2020 at 6:28 pm

    What an intriguing book! Great excerpt. I’d love to read more.

  25. Latifa Morrisette says

    March 19, 2020 at 7:42 pm

    Congratulations on your new release! I love the cover.

  26. Jerilynn Rodriguez says

    March 19, 2020 at 8:08 pm

    Sounds awesome!!

  27. Angela Smith says

    March 19, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    book sounds good,,enjoyed reading the excerpt

  28. Donna says

    March 20, 2020 at 4:20 am

    This sounds like such an interesting book! I would love to read it.

  29. Barrie Mac says

    March 20, 2020 at 9:43 am

    I love the cover. The blurb sounds great too!

  30. Victoria Scott says

    March 20, 2020 at 10:13 am

    Awesome cover!!! Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!

  31. Dianne Casey says

    March 20, 2020 at 11:13 am

    New author to me. Sounds like a great book.

  32. Sandra Watts says

    March 20, 2020 at 12:56 pm

    Sounds good. Thanks for hosting.

  33. linda harrison says

    March 20, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    I would like to read more about Phoenix and Rose. Thanks for the opportunity!

  34. Diana Corlett says

    March 20, 2020 at 1:59 pm

    Very interesting. Thank you so much for the great giveaway!

  35. Deb Pelletier says

    March 20, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    the book sounds interesting.

  36. Debra Branigan says

    March 21, 2020 at 6:44 am

    Great cover art. The story sounds like a fantastic read for readers of this genre. Best wishes to the author on the new release.

  37. Julie Bickham says

    March 21, 2020 at 10:37 am

    I look forward to reading this.

  38. Karley Moore says

    March 22, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    This looks like a fun read! Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!

  39. Antoinette M says

    March 23, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    Sounds like a great read!

  40. Daniel M says

    March 24, 2020 at 3:20 pm

    looks like a fun one

  41. Cindi Knowles says

    March 24, 2020 at 5:28 pm

    Sounds really good. Thank you for the opportunity!

  42. Amber Terry says

    March 25, 2020 at 11:36 am

    The excerpt sold it for me 😉 Love it!

    (Thanks for the chance to win!)

  43. Brandon Sparks says

    March 25, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    Really sounds amazing.. Thanks for this chance..

  44. Juana Esparza says

    March 25, 2020 at 8:48 pm

    I liked both the excerpt, and the gorgeous book cover.

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