Stephanie Tyler - In the Air Tonight: A Shadow Force Novel

LIE WITH ME

Crafty plot twists and cleverly intertwined relationships dominate book one of master storyteller Tylers Shadow Force series. The fun, thrills, and romance never let up, and Tyler delivers on all her promises.

Publishers Weekly

The first book in Tylers Shadow Force series, Lie with Me hits the mark. Tyler constructs seemingly flawless romantic suspense plots rife with danger, intrigue, complicated heroes and strong heroines. Its the perfect weekend getaway read.

RT Book Reviews (four stars)

Get ready for a high-octane ride. Lie with Me is fast, furious, and sexy. I couldnt put it down.

New York Times bestselling author
B RENDA N OVAK

Red-hot romance. White-knuckle suspense. True-blue military heroes who will leave you breathless. Stephanie Tyler writes with a rare blend of grace and power that will keep you coming back for more. Absolutely fantastic, and not to be missed.

New York Times bestselling author
L ARA A DRIAN

Red-hot sparks [ignite] copious and satisfying fireworks.

Publishers Weekly

Tyler is a master of suspense. Book two in the Shadow Force series has the same intense level of steamy passion and gut-clenching suspense as its predecessor, Lie with Me. A gripping and complex plot mingles well with complicated and emotional characters.

RT Book Reviews (four stars)

Fans of action-adventure romantic suspense will thoroughly enjoy Promises in the Dark. Ms. Tyler has written an action-packed story filled with complex emotions and deep passions. Olivia and Zane, both wounded in their own ways, make an intriguing couple. Unresolved secondary plot lines will leave you eagerly anticipating the next book in the series, In the Air Tonight.

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NIGHT MOVES
IN THE AIR TONIGHT
PROMISES IN THE DARK
LIE WITH ME
HOLD ON TIGHT
TOO HOT TO HOLD
HARD TO HOLD

BY STEPHANIE TYLER
CO-WRITING WITH LARISSA IONE
AS SYDNEY CROFT

TAKEN BY FIRE
TEMPTING THE FIRE
TAMING THE FIRE
SEDUCED BY THE STORM
UNLEASHING THE STORM
RIDING THE STORM

ANTHOLOGIES

HOT NIGHTS, DARK DESIRES

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In the Air Tonight is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

A Dell Mass Market Original

Copyright 2011 by Stephanie Tyler

Excerpt from Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler copyright 2011 by Stephanie Tyler.

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Dell, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

D ELL is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

eISBN: 978-0-440-42304-1

This book contains an excerpt from the forthcoming novel Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler. This excerpt has been set for this edition only and may not reflect the final content of the forthcoming edition.

Cover design: Lynn Andreozzi
Cover illustration: Blake Morrow

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Chance, this one could only be for you.

This book was written during a very specialand very tryingtime in my life. The following people helped to make it easier, so thanks to Mom and Dad, Lisa, Mary Beth, Katie, Steph G., Maria, Larissa, Jaci, Sharon, and Patricia and, of course, Zoo, Lily, and Chance.

T he gun pressed to the side of Paiges bare neck, the cold barrel barely registering against her skin. Shed gone numb. Her hands gripped the beefy arm across her throatit was close to choking her, pulling so hard her feet were nearly off the floor.

She tried to balance on her toes, but Wayne was moving backward, dragging her into the bowels of the ER and away from security.

The smells accosted her. Stale air. Rubbing alcohol and air freshener. Fear and death. No matter how well it was cleaned, those odors would never cease, embedded into the hospital as surely as they were into her senses.

In the background, she heard the cacophonysirens and the screams of the patients and her coworkersheard someone trying to reason with the man whod taken her hostage.

Mr. Wallace Wayne, please, you dont have to do this.

Jeffrey, pleaseput the gun down, dont do this.

The echo in her head threatened to take over everything, even as she told herself fiercely that this wasnt the same situationthat the man holding her wasnt her brother and that none of this was remotely personal.

Less than an hour ago, EMTs had brought in Cindy Wallaceshed been beaten and at first insisted that shed fallen down stairs. Paige had worked here long enough to recognize the signs, the excuses, the fear etched into the fine lines in the womans worn face.

After a few moments alone with Paige, Cindy had admitted her husband had been abusing her for years. She hadnt offered up much more than that, but it had only taken Paige one touch with a bare palm to know the full story, her gift of psychometry working overtimeand shed called the social worker down immediately. And the police.

And then shed put on exam gloves so she wouldnt have to feel more of Cindys pain.

But she hadnt realized the extent of Wayne Wallaces anger, hadnt taken it seriously enough when Cindy told her that Wayne had gone so far over the edge that he would do anything not to be separated from her.

The police were searching for him. And Paige had been so intent on taking care of Cindy that neither of them had noticed Wayne sneaking into the curtained area.

Theyd noticed when he grabbed Paige and held his gun on her, though.

Im not leaving here without you, Wayne was saying now as he dragged her, Cindy following along, until they reached an empty room where he herded them inside, ordering his wife to shut the door behind her.

Time and space shattered inside Paiges head when the door closedeverything slowed to the point of nearly stopping and her heart throbbed in her ears.

Youve done this beforestay calm.

And suddenly she was fourteen again, the ER was the high school cafeteria and the man doing the shooting wasnt an overweight bully who abused his wife, it was her brother, Jeffrey, and he would make headlines for the school shooting.

She forced her mind to the present. One wrong moveby anyoneand things could get ugly fast. Especially because the police were hereshed heard them calling out to Wayne to answer the phone in the room, which he ignored. Cindy was screaming at her husband, the three of them trapped together and Paige wished Cindy would be quiet, wished everyone would shut up and stop talking.