A moonlight sail. A sniper on the shore.
A terrorist financier determined to kill Jacob and all he holds dear.
A terrorist financier determined to kill Jacob and all he holds dear.
Interpol Special Agent Jacob Coulter and his fiancée Riley Williams set out on a moonlight sail, but a sniper turns their idyllic Austrin vacation into a deadly nightmare.
On temporary assignment to the Vienna Interpol office, Jacob must apprehend a notorious terrorist financier and uncover his operations in Austria. But the financier is determined to destroy all Jacob holds dear. And that includes his kid sister and his fiancée, Riley Williams.
Opera singer Riley Williams is tired of dodging terrorist attempts on her life. When she insists on helping Jacob catch the financier and his henchmen, she gets into more trouble than she bargained for.
But the financier’s tentacles of evil reach far deeper into the Austrian economy than Jacob and Riley suspected. What they uncover appalls them. The clock is ticking. Can Jacob find them before it’s too late?
On temporary assignment to the Vienna Interpol office, Jacob must apprehend a notorious terrorist financier and uncover his operations in Austria. But the financier is determined to destroy all Jacob holds dear. And that includes his kid sister and his fiancée, Riley Williams.
Opera singer Riley Williams is tired of dodging terrorist attempts on her life. When she insists on helping Jacob catch the financier and his henchmen, she gets into more trouble than she bargained for.
But the financier’s tentacles of evil reach far deeper into the Austrian economy than Jacob and Riley suspected. What they uncover appalls them. The clock is ticking. Can Jacob find them before it’s too late?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: July 16, 2024
Release Date: July 16, 2024
Excerpt from Vengeance In Vienna
CHAPTER 1
Velden am Wörthersee, Austria
Velden am Wörthersee, Austria
Romantic was the last thing he’d call a moonlight sail. More likely deadly.
Interpol Special Agent Jacob Coulter gripped the mainsheet, the rope almost unfamiliar in his fingers. Sweat slicked the tiller in his right hand. Sailing lessons as a ten-year-old were a gazillion years ago. Why had he given in to Riles’ badgering? Haunches clenched against the seat, he loosened the mainsheet, tacked the fifteen-foot dinghy to port.
Short puffs of air rasped from his mouth.
“Relaaax.” Seated on the molded fiberglass bench across from him, Riley Williams flicked wavy auburn strands from her cheek. “We’re having fun, remember?”
“Who, me—tense?” So far, he’d avoided the illuminated disks jetting water in the Wörthersee. Why on God’s great earth had Austrians built a fountain in the lake?
Face tilted toward the star-studded sky, she curled her legs, rested her hand on the boat’s rim. The facets in her diamond engagement ring sparkled like flames beneath the full moon.
A grin worked across his face. He’d never expected the Lord to hook him up with an opera star fiancée. But not a diva-bone in her body.
Interpol Special Agent Jacob Coulter gripped the mainsheet, the rope almost unfamiliar in his fingers. Sweat slicked the tiller in his right hand. Sailing lessons as a ten-year-old were a gazillion years ago. Why had he given in to Riles’ badgering? Haunches clenched against the seat, he loosened the mainsheet, tacked the fifteen-foot dinghy to port.
Short puffs of air rasped from his mouth.
“Relaaax.” Seated on the molded fiberglass bench across from him, Riley Williams flicked wavy auburn strands from her cheek. “We’re having fun, remember?”
“Who, me—tense?” So far, he’d avoided the illuminated disks jetting water in the Wörthersee. Why on God’s great earth had Austrians built a fountain in the lake?
Face tilted toward the star-studded sky, she curled her legs, rested her hand on the boat’s rim. The facets in her diamond engagement ring sparkled like flames beneath the full moon.
A grin worked across his face. He’d never expected the Lord to hook him up with an opera star fiancée. But not a diva-bone in her body.
 Sara L. Jameson | Sara L. Jameson won Scrivenings Press’s grand prize publishing contract in January 2021. They released her debut romantic suspense novel, Cruise to Death, in June 2021. Death in High Places, (Book 2 in the Troubled Waters series), released February 2023, followed by Vengeance in Vienna, July 2024. She is currently working on books 4 and 5 of the Troubled Waters series for Scrivenings Press. In real life, Sara is a multi-published former university professor who has also written non-fiction under her real name and edits book manuscripts for other authors. She also pens WWII historical novels. When not at her computer, she enjoys reading, swimming, cooking, and dog-sitting. |
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