Fatal Exposure (Buried Secrets #1) / Tempted into Danger

by Gail Barrett, Melissa Cutler

Fatal Exposure by Gail Barrett Prize–winning photojournalist B.K. 'Brynn' Elliot lives under everyone's radar...until a photo from her past plunges her in the crosshairs of powerful enemies. Detective Parker McCall has devoted fifteen years trying to solve his brother's murder. Determined to get answers, Parker must ignore the attraction he feels for the haunted beauty in the photo. And Brynn must decide if Parker will protect or betray her in his hunt for a killer... Tempted Into Danger by Melissa Cutler When a simple mission to deliver anti–crime analyst Vanessa Crosby to a safe house goes wrong, ICE agent Diego Santero's life gets complicated. Relentlessly hunted and not knowing whom to trust, he takes Vanessa on the run, deep into the heart of the deadly Panamanian rainforest. Vanessa reminds herself that she's just another asset to the ruggedly handsome black ops agent...until their intense situation leads to a passion neither expected…

564 pages, ebook

First published June 1, 2013

About the author

The nuns in my Catholic elementary school always said that each of us has a gift, a reason we were put here on earth. Our job is to discover what that purpose is. Well, I knew early on that I was meant to be a writer. Who else would spend her childhood grinding sparkling rocks into fairy dust and convince her friends it was real? Or daydream her way through elementary school, spend high school reading philosophy and playing the bagpipes, and then head off to Spain during college to live the writer's life?

After four years in Madrid I straggled back home, broke but fluent in Spanish, and discovered that I'd acquired a marketable skill. So instead of writing, I began teaching Spanish. I also married a Coast Guard Officer and followed him around the country as he rescued ships and saved lives.

The years passed. We had two sons. I earned my master's degree and continued teaching, which I really enjoyed. We met interesting people and acquired a quirky dog.

But the desire to write kept lurking in my mind. That was my dream, what I knew I'd been destined to do -- and yet, I had never done it. Then one day I made a decision. If I wanted to become a published author, I had to stop fantasizing about writing and actually do it.

So I began my first book –- and discovered that writing a saleable novel was much harder than I'd dreamed. Fortunately, I inherited a healthy dose of Irish stubbornness, a strong mid-western work ethic and a love of challenges that helped me persevere.

So here I am at last, just as the nuns instructed and right where I hoped I would be –- writing stories about characters struggling along their own paths of self-discovery. I hope you enjoy their journey home.