Fish
Out of Water: Book Two
They must work together to stop a psychopath—and
save each other.
Two months ago Jackson Rivers got shot while
trying to save Ellery Cramer’s life. Not only is Jackson still suffering from
his wounds, the triggerman remains at large—and the body count is
mounting.
Jackson and Ellery have been trying to track
down Tim Owens since Jackson got out of the hospital, but Owens’s time as a
member of the department makes the DA reluctant to turn over any stones. When
Owens starts going after people Jackson knows, Ellery’s instincts hit red
alert. Hurt in a scuffle with drug-dealing squatters and trying damned hard not
to grieve for a childhood spent in hell, Jackson is weak and vulnerable when
Owens strikes.
Jackson gets away, but the fallout from the
encounter might kill him. It’s not doing Ellery any favors either. When a
police detective is abducted—and Jackson and Ellery hold the key to finding
her—Ellery finds out exactly what he’s made of. He’s not the corporate shark
who believes in winning at all costs; he’s the frightened lover trying to keep
the man he cares for from self-destructing in his own valor.
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Cat gives this one 5 Meows with a 5 Purr heat index...
Red Fish Dead Fish is book two in a series and you do need to read in order.
I love the covers on these books and how Amy Lane put the cute fish related chapter headings and the word fish into the book. I adore Jackson and Ellery and they made my top 10 couples list for the year as well as this book. I loved getting to see Jade play a bigger part and seeing Ellery's mom again. Of course I loved Billy Bob the three legged cat too!
There are many twists and turns, some are very graphic and there are mention rape and sexual abuse. Jackson struggles with his feelings for Ellery. Ellery and Jackson try to find an escaped serial killer that is getting more out of control.
The story sucked me in from the beginning and I read solidly for two days. The story is gripping. I help my breath a lot. I cried quite a bit! It is amazing how Amy Lane can use the phrase "I Love You" and make you cry!
If you are looking for a great romantic suspense, love private investigators, Snarky hot lawyers, cute animals, and some hot man-sex
Excerpt...
“Cottage Park,
near the outbuilding. Yeah, I got it. There’s a way to get in there, right? I’m
not climbing the fucking fence. Of course there’s cops and crime scene tape.
That’s not what I’m asking.” The voice on the other end spoke patiently, and
some of Jackson’s defensiveness seeped away. “Okay. Thanks, Mack. Owe you
another one. No, sorry—told you. Not paying favors that way anymore, but it’s
nice of you to ask.”
“God in heaven,” Ellery muttered.
“Yeah, okay. I’ll be there in half an hour.”
“We’ll be there.” Ellery rolled out of bed and headed for the shower. Thirty
seconds to run some soap under his pits and pack a suit for court later that
day. He could do it.
“Crap,” he could hear Jackson say as he closed the shower door. “We’ll be there. Thanks.”
Five seconds later, Jackson stepped into the shower with him and grabbed his
own shower gel from the corner of the tub. They’d had some nice times in there
together—particularly when Jackson was still healing from his gunshot wound and
his shattered scapula and needed Ellery’s help.
They’d had a few after that too, but not today.
“Body?” Ellery asked, not really needing confirmation.
“Yeah.” Jackson scrubbed his pits with care but not vigor—moving was still
painful and probably would be for a little while. He’d gotten out of the
hospital less than six weeks earlier. By all rights he should still be chilling
in the fall sunshine, maybe swimming in the pool at the gym—but not Jackson.
Ellery had needed to haul him to San Diego to give himself time to recover.
It was even more infuriating that he was right today. There really was no
time to rest.
“Our kind?”
Jackson shook the water from his dark blond hair and squinted at Ellery
through eyes as green as bottle glass. “We have a kind of dead body? Most couples
just go with favorite song.”
Ellery soaped his hair efficiently. “You know what I mean.”
Jackson grabbed the shampoo. “Yeah.”
Jackson, the private investigator at Ellery’s defense firm, had gotten shot
helping Ellery bring down a ring of corrupt cops. They’d put the ringleaders in
prison—but one of the underlings had gotten away.
Turned out he was the one the police should have been chasing all along.
“Young,” Jackson said, ticking off items on the list. “This one’s Hispanic.
Male, but slender. Recent involvement with drugs. Maybe a week of turning
tricks.”
“Dirty pretty,” Ellery confirmed grimly. They had been Scott Bridger’s
words, actually, one of the men they’d brought down, to describe the kind of
person who had disappeared on his partner’s watch. Gender hadn’t mattered, nor
race. Just a little bit of street dirt and some physical beauty.
Tim Owens liked to take the “dirty pretty” ones and make them not so pretty
anymore.
“Mack says there’s something new about this one,” Jackson said, stepping in
front of him to rinse his hair.
Ellery wasn’t sure why he did it, except it was not yet four in the morning
and he and Jackson were naked together, and that wasn’t something he’d learned
to take for granted yet.
He wrapped his arms around Jackson’s shoulders and kissed his neck, softly,
gently, with just enough tongue and teeth to make Jackson regret they weren’t
making love this morning but going to work instead.
Jackson tensed for a moment, probably caught off guard, but then he relaxed
into Ellery’s arms and leaned his head back.
“What?” he asked suspiciously.
Well, Ellery had been known to be an autocratic bastard—that was probably
warranted.
“Just….” Ellery couldn’t find words. Or he could find words, but neither of
them had said the words yet, and you just didn’t spring those words on a guy
whose entire life had been an act of insufficient self-protection.
With a sinuous movement, Jackson turned his head and caught Ellery’s mouth,
something he couldn’t have done a month ago, something that felt huge and
necessary now.
“Don’t worry about me, Counselor,” Jackson said cheekily, pulling away. “But
the cuddle was downright friendly.”
Well, sure. Friendly. Just two friendly lovers getting out of bed extra
early to go catch a serial killer. Nothing strange about that at all.
“Just be careful,” Ellery said, trying not to sound bitchy or officious and
failing. “He’s got your cell phone. You know that, right?”
“Well, he had it for a couple of hours before it got deactivated,” Jackson
said. “And yeah—fuck me for owning an Android with the shitty security. Thank
you so much for the iPhone, Ellery. Now I am safe from serial killers
everywhere.”
The snark in his voice was the only thing that kept Ellery from conking him
over the head and tying him to the bed in a completely non-kinky way.
Amy Lane dodges an EDJ, mothers four children, and writes the occasional book. She, her brood, and her beloved mate, Mack, live in a crumbling mortgage in Citrus Heights, California, which is riddled with spiders, cats, and more than its share of fancy and weirdness. Feel free to visit her at www.greenshill.com orwww.writerslane.blogspot.com, where she will ride the buzz of receiving your e-mail until her head swells and she can no longer leave the house.
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I really want to red this one. IT sounds amazing.
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be sure to read book one first or you will be lost.
Deleteenjoyed the excerpt..great title
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Thanks for the review & excerpt!
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