Agent Daddy

by Alice Sharpe

All hell broke loose when word spread that a vengeful serial killer was headed for the Triple T ranch. Fearing the worst, former FBI agent Luke Tripper entrusted his orphaned niece and nephew to Faith Bishop's tender loving care while he hunted down his prey. Their smoldering attraction chased away the winter chill, but the fiercely independent schoolteacher bristled when the brusque cattleman ordered round-the-clock protection. Despite the looming danger, Faith's unflinching courage stirred Trip's deepest emotions... and he hungered to hold her close. Now with the body count rising and his loved ones in peril, would this hometown hero lay his heart on the line?

Genres: Romance

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

I was born in Sacramento, California. As a child, I wrote plays for the neighbor kids and invited their parents to performances. As I got older, I started my own family newspaper, handwritten and hand delivered, for the extortion price of 25 cents. Eventually, I moved into writing angst-ridden poems and journals – lots of them. Right after graduating from high school, I married the love of my life whom I met while walking on a beach in Northern California. We had two children, spent years building a house, juggling pets and living on sailboats. All the while, I wrote stories but I never attempted to sell them.

When the kids started Junior High, I started marketing my writing. When my short stories were turned down by mainstream women's magazines, my mother suggested I try a confession magazine. I sold my first story to them within two weeks. What a feeling of accomplishment! I walked on air for about a week! It took me almost two years to sell my next story, but after that, I went on to sell over two dozen to the various confession magazines. The experience of learning to get a story off the ground within a sentence or two was invaluable as was the connection I made with one of the editors. When she moved to a small book publisher, I sent her a completed manuscript which she bought. I wrote twenty books for her, mostly romances with a few mysteries thrown in. During this time, I learned about pacing, plot development and characterization. There is nothing a writer can do to improve their craft that trumps the actual setting of oneself in a chair and writing. Eventually I sold a manuscript to Silhouette. Now, forty books and many editors later, I've written for Avalon, Silhouette, Kensington, and Harlequin Intrigue I am also still married to the love of my life and our two children have given us three wonderful grandchildren.

Reviews

[Charline Bonham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trip retired from the FBI to take care of his Niece and Nephew and run the Triple T Ranch. Ranching is not his first choice but he can only try to do what is right for the young orphans. Faith is a school teacher and meet trip when he comes for a conference about his niece. Their attraction is instant but Faith doesn't want the complication. Someone is trying to harm the family and Trip is sure it's the escaped con he helped arrest. Can he keep everyone safe as bodies start to pile up?

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book read to fulfill a reading challenge, read for a father/child relationship. At least, it wasn't a Harlequin romance, this was an Intrigue and at least had a plot.

[Dawn M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good fast read - interesting twists and turns

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of bad guys to choose from and lots of action keeping the book fast-paced. The solution to the mystery was pretty obvious, but that didn't keep the book from being interesting. Faith was a bit wimpy for my taste but came through in the end, and the list of victims was somewhat illogical, particularly Marnie.