#SAMPLESUNDAY: Sneak Peek at Witness Protection Program

The day is almost here - the long awaited release date for my newest novel, Witness Protection Program from Rebel Ink Press.  I enjoyed writing this story so much and I hope readers will enjoy it just as much!

Here's the deets and an excerpt - it will be out tomorrow, October 3, Monday at Amazon.com, All Romance E-books, Coffee Time Romance, and more!!

• Witness Protection Program
• Contemporary romantic suspense
• Release Date: 10/3/2011
• Rebel Ink Press
• Author: Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

• Blurb:

·         When a routine trip to the local discount store turns in to a gunfight,
Kendra Driscoll must face the fact that her witness protection cover is
blown and she's in federal custody until further arrangements can be made.
Tucked away in a safe house in southern Arkansas, Kendra reverts to being
Deborah Kincaid, for now.

When Timothy Campbell dodges bullets and throws Kendra Driscoll into his
van, he knows better than to mix business with pleasure. Witnesses are
off limits. Period. So why is it then that Cam finds himself impossibly
drawn to the woman he's charged to protect?

As Kendra gets to know Cam, she realizes he isn't as unyielding as he looks.
Underneath his gruff exterior, Deborah finds a kind, sensitive man and
soon, she realizes she's falling in love. And when events turn ugly and
Cam suffers a life-threatening injury, it's up to Deborah to face her
enemies and deal with the danger for the last time.

o   “I’ll try not to be afraid.”

o   “Good.  Do you want to go in and retire for the night?”

o   Deborah shook her head. “I’m too nervous to sleep.”

o   Cam slowed the swing and stopped it.

o   “Let’s take a walk, then.”

o   She started to protest, to say no, that it was too dark but then she noticed that a full moon commanded the sky and silver light drifted down to bathe everything with soft radiance.    Beneath the old trees in the front yard, shadows were puddles of darkness but everywhere else, the magical illumination made the farm breathtaking.

o   “I’d like that,” she said, accepting Cam’s hand as he led her down from the porch into the new spring grass where the earth felt soft beneath her feet.    She let the night wrap about her like a cloak, allowed the faery magic of the moon to lift her spirits.    Holding hands, they walked across the yard to the long drive and down toward the road.    Dwarfed by the moon’s brilliance, a thousand stars sparkled in the night sky although to the west, a dark mass of clouds portended approaching storms.

o   As she stared into the face of the moon, she could almost believe there was a Man in the Moon.  This was an enchanted evening, she mused, if she'd ever known one and although she felt cool, she didn’t want to go inside.    At the moment, all she wanted was to be with Cam and to be one with the night, to watch the moon move across the sky until the sun rose again.

o   When they stopped, she turned toward him.  Cam pulled her into the circle of his arms and then he kissed her, his lips captivating hers.   In the slight chill of the night, his mouth offered warmth, heat, and succor.   She raised her lips to his like a rose seeking water or sunlight.  In that kiss, he asked and she answered, hearkened to his wordless communication.   Cam kissed her as a few clouds drifted across the face of the moon, making shadows move across them.

o   Deborah wasn’t cold any long, her body shimmered with heat from his, fired by his kiss.  As she held onto him, his hands caressed her and when he took his mouth from hers, he whispered sweet words she almost couldn’t hear for the rising passion that made her blood flow faster.   A dull roar like that of a seashell filled the space between her ears and she could think of nothing but Cam and his insistent mouth on hers.

o   The silver moonlight faded as low clouds moved across the sky with speed, covering the face of the moon.   As the temperature shifted lower, the wind rose in advance of storms moving from the west and although Deborah noticed, she didn’t care.   Cam mattered but nothing more.