by Vanessa Kier
Thompkins blinked in surprise over her retort. Usually she kept her mouth shut.
“Ha! Don’t mess with Jenna, boys. She’s got bite.” Tracy Wardynski, the only other female in their training class, bumped her shoulder companionably against Jenna’s.
Jenna allowed the contact, although it hinted at a camaraderie she didn’t feel. The attack on her family had destroyed her ability to connect with others. Her heart was a cold, barren place with no room for anything but vengeance. Friendship was a risk she refused to take.
Yet she had to quell an inexplicable urge to glance over at Niko.
After the trainees and role-playing agents finished their reports, the senior trainer stepped to the center of the group, drawing everyone’s attention.
“Well done, team,” the trainer said. Then he gave them a dangerous smile that had all of them groaning. “Gear up and head to these coordinates,” he barked, reading off longitude and latitude. “You have half an hour to get there. Starting…now!”
Jenna typed the coordinates into her watch, then sprinted down the trail with the rest of the trainees.
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Vengeance is available now at All Romance eBooks.
The Surgical Strike Unit (SSU) Series
Vengeance - Book 1
Betrayal - Book 2
Retribution - Book 3
Payback - Book 3.5
Aftermath - Book 4
Undercover - Bonus Novella
The WAR Series
WAR: Disruption - Book 1
WAR: Intrusion - Book 2 (coming soon)
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About the Author
VANESSA KIER SPENDS way too much time thinking up ways she can torture her characters. A worst-case scenario thinker, she's been creating stories in her head since childhood. Now she’s found her niche in writing romantic thrillers that combine intense emotion with action-packed plots. The author of six books in The Surgical Strike Unit series about a privately run special operations group, she has set her new series WAR in West Africa, where she lived for a time.
When she’s not writing, listening to music, or playing puzzle games on her mobile device, Vanessa writes the occasional Tech Talk column for her local RWA chapter's newsletter and takes long hikes in the nearby hills. Her home on the web is www.vanessakier.com.
Acknowledgments
THERE WERE SO many points during the creation of this book when I needed outside assistance. Whether it was brainstorming the plot and character development, providing feedback on the blurb and cover, being a resource for accurate details, or listening to me complain (as I do every book) that this is the demon book from hell and my characters hate me, this book would never have reached publication without the people listed below. Since many of them helped in more than one of the above areas, I’m simply going to list them in alphabetical order.
With hugs and gratitude to: Amy, anonymae, Beth, Cyndi, Erika, Grace, Jan, Kristin, Lynn, Mic, Poppy, Rachael, Rose, Simone, Sophie, Susan, and Virna.
A special thanks to the members of the Crime Scene Questions for Writers Yahoo! Group for answering my research questions. You’re an invaluable resource.
Thanks also to my editing/proofreading team: Angela, Theresa, and Valerie, and to Frauke, my awesome cover designer.
Most importantly, I want to thank my family for supporting me in this crazy endeavor.
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, brands, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
WAR: Disruption Copyright © 2014 by Vanessa Kier
ISBN: 978-1-941685-02-0
Excerpt from Vengeance Copyright © 2013 by Vanessa Kier
Cover design by Frauke Spanuth, Croco Designs
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