Book Blitz + Giveaway: ‘Intimate Secret’ by D.C. Stone
Intimate Secret
(Empire Blue #6)
Author: D.C. Stone
Publication Date: April 17th 2025
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense
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Synopsis:
A murder was captured on satellite and multiple law enforcement agencies are trying to solve it. One of the detectives on the case, Jake Gonzalez, is led right to the front door of a local author, Francesca Conti. Sparks fly as Jake realizes he’s insanely attracted to his primary suspect, and her father is one of the most ruthless mafia bosses in the city, and someone he’s been investigating for years.
Francesca wants to escape this life her father has set for her and has been putting money away, looking for her opportunity to disappear. And much to her dismay, lately her father has been pushing her toward marrying his right-hand man, someone no woman has ever been able to say no to.
Just when she thinks she’s getting closer to escaping, Detective Gonzalez lands on her doorstep asking alarming questions, and making her heart race unlike ever before.
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The elevator opened, and they both stepped inside. He waited as a young patrolman entered before selecting his floor and allowing the doors to close.
“I guess that would be a hazard in your line of work…having people wanting to avoid you. Not returning your calls,” she went on as if reading a list. “Hiding when you knock on their door. Running down dark alleyways just to get away.”
He let out a short laugh. “I do little running in dark alleys nowadays.
I leave that to the younger generation on the force.” The patrolman in the elevator turned an arched look at them, but Jake didn’t meet his eyes. Only saw him move from his peripheral.
“Though to be entirely honest,” Francesca went on, “I don’t think I’d run from you in the dark alleyway either. And I’d probably text you late into the night.” Holy shit, was she flirting with him?
He cleared his throat. He’d had suspects or subjects of his investigations try to flirt their way out of getting into trouble. Hell, as a patrolman he’d been offered sexual acts in favor of not getting tickets, but he’d never followed through on those. Had never been tempted to.
Francesca made him feel that little kernel of temptation, though.
She made him want to poke around and push, just to see how far she’d take it.
And in another corner of his mind, he tried to find a reason behind her actions. Was she doing this because she was generally interested in him, or to bluster the case up and take attention away from what she had done?
Was she truly his suspect?
Her actions, this flirting, led him to believe the likely possibility.
He wouldn’t judge her or this situation just yet. He needed more information. More facts.
“Not sure you’d do much running in those shoes,” he said with a soft smile she matched.
She stunned him with a low chuckle, then moved slightly closer, and leaned in as if telling him a secret. He couldn’t help but to bend down to hear it.
“You’d be surprised at exactly what I can do in these shoes, Detective.”
If that wasn’t an innuendo for sex, he’d hang up his badge right now. She was flirting with him. He swallowed, and the motion was harder than he thought it would be with a suddenly dry mouth. But she stared up at him, her dazzling eyes moving between his and down to his mouth, then back to his eyes again.
Seduction seemed to be like a second skin on her for he felt himself slowly leaning toward her. The elevator dinged and the patrolman in the corner cleared his throat loudly.
Holy shit. He shook his head and held out his arm, motioning for her to step off the elevator before him, seeing as they’d reached his floor. She stepped out with hips swaying and a smile. He met thepatrolman’s wide eyes and shook his head as he followed.
About D.C. Stone
D.C. “Desi” Stone is a best-selling romance author and full-time fraud investigator. She lives in the northeast with her incredibly supporting husband, two kids, a cat, and the ever-growing family of dogs.
After serving eight years of service with the United States Air Force, she went on to transition into the world of financial crimes and became a lead investigator for many years.
Reading has always been a passion of hers, getting lost in a good, steamy romance is one of her favorite past times. She soon after discovered her own love for writing and recreating stories and characters in her head. Her writing concentrates on romantic with specifics in paranormal, suspense, and erotica.
Now, when she isn’t trying to solve a new puzzle in the world of fraud, she is engulfed with coffee, her laptop, and all those crazy characters in her head. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America, Hudson Valley Romance Writers, New Jersey Romance Writers, RomVets, RWA Kiss of Death, and the Liberty State Fiction Writers. She served as the 2014 NJRW Vice President and Conference Chair. Come stop by on Facebook, Twitter, or her website and say hello!
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My obsession with reading started over 30+ years ago when I went to my first Scholastic Book Fair and found R.L. Stine's Fear Street series. Later, I came across Anne Rice's novels at my public library when I was fourteen when my obsession with vampires started. I was the girl who preferred to be a vampire over a princess any day. My husband says I would leave him a heartbeat for a vampire that looked like Spike or Angel (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) or Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries. (It's true, though, and he's accepted it.)
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