A Sexy Time of It. Cara Summers
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“A roller coaster ride that the reader will want to take again and again.”
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Dear Reader,
Writing my first Blaze Extreme book has been quite an adventure for me. First of all, I’ve always been a science fiction fan, so I was thrilled at the chance to create a brave, new world—Planet Earth, 2128—where a small percentage of the global population has developed the psychic ability to travel back through time. One of those select few is serial killer Jack the Ripper, who is murdering women in three different centuries—San Diego 2128, Manhattan 2008 and London 1888.
Meet my very sexy cop-from-the-future hero—Max Gale—whose goal is to capture Jack. Bound by the rules of his world, Max is forbidden to change anything that’s happened in the past. (Translated, that means he can’t save any of Jack’s victims.)
Max’s plan is simple. He’ll shadow bookstore owner, Neely Rafferty, who is destined to be Jack’s last victim in 2008. Then he’ll grab Jack and take him back to 2128 to stand trial.
But once Max and Neely meet, she shoots his plan straight to hell.
I hope that you’ll come along for the ride as Max and Neely chase Jack, explore their relationship and find a way to make their very different worlds intersect.
For more information about A Sexy Time of It and my August 2008 release, Lie With Me (a continuation of the adventures of the Angelis family), visit my Web site: www.carasummers.com.
Happy reading!
Cara Summers
A SEXY TIME OF IT
Cara Summers
TORONTO • NEW YORK • LONDON
AMSTERDAM • PARIS • SYDNEY • HAMBURG STOCKHOLM • ATHENS • TOKYO • MILAN • MADRID PRAGUE • WARSAW • BUDAPEST • AUCKLAND
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A Sexy Time of It is Cara Summer’s first Blaze Extreme book, but it’s her twelfth Blaze novel. She’s already busy working on number thirteen—Lie With Me, a sequel to her 2007 miniseries, Tall, Dark, and Dangerously Hot! Her stories have won numerous awards, most recently the New Jersey Romance Writers’ 2007 Golden Leaf for The Cop and the 2007 Golden Quill for When She Was Bad… She loves writing for the Blaze line because she can write such a variety of stories—from time travel to Gothic thrillers to lighter romantic comedies. When she isn’t busy creating another story, she teaches in the Writing Program at Syracuse University.
Books by Cara Summers
HARLEQUIN BLAZE
38—INTENT TO SEDUCE
71—GAME FOR ANYTHING
184—THE PROPOSITION*
188—THE DARE*
192—THE FAVOR*
239—WHEN SHE WAS BAD…**
259—TWO HOT!†
286—TELL ME YOUR SECRETS…††
330—THE P.I.‡
336—THE COP‡
336—THE DEFENDER‡
HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION
813—OTHERWISE ENGAGED
860—MOONSTRUCK IN MANHATTAN‡‡
900—SHORT, SWEET AND SEXY‡‡
936—FLIRTING WITH TEMPTATION‡‡
970—EARLY TO BED?
To my editor Brenda Chin, in honor of our
twenty-fifth book together! I’m looking forward to the next twenty-five. Thanks so much for always pushing me to take risks and thanks for always helping me out when I do. Most especially, thanks for always seeing what I’m trying to do— and then making sure that I do it.
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Epilogue
Prologue
RAIN FELL in a soft thick mist that nearly blocked the light from the street lamp. Neely hurried toward it, pulling up the hood of her sweatshirt. The instant she saw the gas flame, her heart kicked up its rhythm. Just to make sure, she glanced down at the street. Those were cobblestones all right. Something caught her eye. Bending over, she scooped up a coin and grinned when it wasn’t one she recognized. Excitement and anticipation streamed through her as she tucked it away in the pocket of her jeans. She definitely wasn’t in Kansas anymore—her particular Kansas being New York City, 2008.
But was she where she wanted to be? Just before she’d fallen asleep, she’d been concentrating on London, September 30, 1888, when Jack the Ripper had been prowling its streets and brutally murdering women. Lately, all of her “dreams” were about places where the Ripper had killed. Hardly surprising. For the past four months a serial killer had been targeting women in Manhattan, and the media had gleefully dubbed him Jack the Second. Like everyone else in the city, including