It's my pleasure to welcome Deatri King-Bey to the house with her newest addition to her Precious Jewels series. Enjoy a little tease from Soulmate!
The heart
of the Precious Jewels Security Agency, Pearl Nicolas’s life has become one
undercover assignment after the next. Happy, yet jealous, that her sisters are
finding their soulmates, Pearl reluctantly accepts there is no soulmate out
there for her… Or is there?
Tariq
Suárez Anzar’s life changed when he became a single father of a teen. When a
possible drug ring is suspected on his daughter’s prep school campus, the
Precious Jewels are called in to find out exactly what is going on. But Tariq
discovers so much more—Pearl. From the first moment they met, everything within
him screamed, “She is your soulmate!”
Timing
would be perfect for Tariq to go after his soulmate except one tiny thing—his
daughter is Pearl’s only lead in the case. Patient as much as he is determined,
he will not let this once in a lifetime chance slip by to have the family he
wants.
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EXCERPT:
Amber had never been more
right in her life! Pearl continued staring at the headshot of Tariq Suárez
Aznar in the Newton Academy’s staff gallery on the school’s website via her
iPad. Teachers were not supposed to look like this. Had Professor Suárez been
her math instructor, she wouldn’t have learned a thing from dreaming about him
all day.
Sincere hazel eyes to gaze
into, strong facial features to admire, lips plump enough for kissing, short
wavy hair to run her fingers over—if his body were half as nice, she’d never
solve the case from drooling over the man.
Resisting the urge to
conduct a background check on him, she turned off her tablet and put it away.
He’d hired them and deserved his privacy. This was business. Plus a man like
him had to be married. Then again, what would she do with a boring teacher
anyway? Good looks be damned, she needed a man who could keep up with her. One
whose lifestyle matched hers enough that they wanted to share their lives
together. She wanted someone who didn’t exist—her soulmate.
Disheartened, she walked
from the bench in the main office over to the bulletin board. Pep rally,
fundraiser, Halloween party, volleyball game schedule, football game schedule,
math club meetings, science club meeting… nothing out of the ordinary.
“Excuse me, Ms. Nicholas?”
That soft, sexy voice had
to belong to the new star of her fantasies. Much calmer than she felt, she
turned and smiled politely. “Yes. Oh, Mr. Suárez.” Following Spanish tradition,
she said his middle name, which was his father’s family name.
Appreciation burned in his
bright eyes as he took her in from head to toe. She knew when a man was
attracted to her, and Mr. Suárez definitely was.
