Pursued
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She followed him up the stairs. It wasn’t that she trusted him—not yet—but she did feel safe with him. She couldn’t explain the feeling; it was just there. As with many of her psychic thoughts, this one defied common sense, but she knew to trust it. Their footfalls echoed in the otherwise quiet stairwell. She still hadn’t said a word to him, yet he trusted her. Had he really known Lawrence? Even if he had, Lawrence had very few friends she would have trusted. He hadn’t even told her his name. Michael reached out and pushed a lock of her hair behind her ear, and it came to her before he had unlocked the door. He had changed more than she could have imagined anyone changing. His hair was shorter, and his eyes glowed an intense blue. But she was positive it was Michael Rudy: the man with whom she had once been in love—the man she had left because he had refused to stop the killing. She had wanted nothing to do with a professional assassin. And now he was suddenly back in her life.
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Michael Rudy is a professional assassin who is comfortable with his ruthless job—until the day he decides he has had enough. After he loots cash meant for an impending drug deal and flees America for Paris to live out the rest of his days in peace, an unanticipated darkness follows him. Even after he is reunited with Stacy, the only woman he has ever loved, their reignited passion emerges from tragedy.
Stacy and her associate, Arnaud, begin to suspect there is something too coincidental between Michael’s appearance in Paris and their organization’s downfall. The wrong people are dying and no one seems to know why or who is behind it. As Michael, Stacy, and Arnaud all attempt to follow the seemingly unconnected events, friends turn into enemies and contacts go cold. While Michael is forced to choose between lying to Stacy or to the people who want him to kill again, Stacy is compelled to question whether her love for Michael can withstand the chaos that surrounds them. Even if they survive, will their passion for each other continue?
Pursued weaves betrayal and blackmail with passion and love amid the streets of Paris as a renowned assassin discovers it may be more difficult to escape his past than he realized.
About the Author
Michael J Reiland grew up in Fridley, MN, and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in English creative writing. He has published poetry in an American anthology and has lived in France, Florida, and Las Vegas. Michael, who still enjoys traveling to many foreign destinations, currently resides in Virginia. Pursued is his first novel.