Bad Break
Bad Break
Lucy Guardino [6]
CJ Lyons
USA (2015)
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BAD BREAK
A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller Novella
CJ Lyons
Praise for New York Times Bestseller CJ Lyons:
“Everything a great thriller should be—action packed, authentic, and intense.” ~#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child
“A compelling new voice in thriller writing…I love how the characters come alive on every page.” ~
New York Times
bestselling author Jeffery Deaver
“Top Pick! A fascinating and intense thriller.” ~ RT Book Reviews
“An intense, emotional thriller…(that) climbs to the edge of intensity.” ~National Examiner
“A perfect blend of romance and suspense. My kind of read.” ~#
1 New York Times
Bestselling author Sandra Brown
“Highly engaging characters, heart-stopping scenes…one great rollercoaster ride that will not be stopping anytime soon.” ~Bookreporter.com
“
Adrenalin pumping.” ~The Mystery Gazette
“Riveting.” ~Publishers Weekly Beyond Her Book
Lyons “is a master within the genre.” ~Pittsburgh Magazine
“Will leave you breathless and begging for more.” ~Romance Novel TV
“A great fast-paced read….Not to be missed.” ~Book Addict
“
Breathtakingly fast-paced.” ~Publishers Weekly
“Simply superb…riveting drama…a perfect ten.” ~Romance Reviews Today
“Characters with beating hearts and three dimensions.” ~Newsday
“A pulse-pounding adrenalin rush!” ~Lisa Gardner
“Packed with adrenalin.” ~David Morrell
“…Harrowing, emotional, action-packed and brilliantly realized.” ~Susan Wiggs
“Explodes on the page…I absolutely could not put it down.” ~Romance Readers’ Connection
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright 2015, CJ Lyons
Legacy Books
Cover art: Cory Clubb
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
Library of Congress Case # 1-273031561
BAD BREAK
CJ LYONS
Dear Reader,
Thanks so much for joining in on Lucy’s adventures! If you haven’t read her first stories, they are:
SNAKE SKIN
,
BLOOD STAINED,
KILL ZONE,
AFTER SHOCK
,
HARD FALL
, and
BAD BREAK
The Lucy Guardino Thrillers are the only series I know of that come with a warning—and there’s good reason for it. Most of the crimes and bad guys depicted in these stories come from real life.
Lucy will be back soon in LAST LIGHT! (Want to hear about it before anyone else? Sign up for my Thrillers with Heart newsletter
HERE
)
As always, thanks for reading!
CJ
Chapter 1
THE BOY WAS
the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen—especially since he had no idea she was watching him. Megan stood on the balcony of their hotel room, her mom still asleep behind the sliding glass doors.
High tide had receded enough that she could spot the foam-capped breakers past the dunes beyond the hotel’s pool. The sunrise sky was painted in shades of citrus as if God had awoken craving a fruit salad: a wedge of lemon yellow sun surrounded by ribbons of tangerine and raspberry clouds, the sea below the shade of blueberries with lime-green waves of grass crowning the dunes.
None of it as beautiful as the boy. He was tall, obviously older than Megan’s fourteen, but she couldn’t resist the sight of him. He’d strode up from the dunes wearing a wetsuit with its top peeled down around his hips, leaving his chest bare, and carrying a surfboard taller than he was. When he’d entered the pool area, he’d tilted the board upright to stand beside him. Then, in one breathtaking motion, he’d vaulted into the deep end of the pool with a sideways dive into the water, carrying the long board with him. It was the single most graceful, stunning movement Megan had ever seen. As if the water had called to him and he was part of it, returning home.