The Prophet and the Snow Angel

By Amy Romine

When Navy Seal Team leader Charlie Stein is paired with Operations Analyst Aria Lockett, he is annoyed. Having the burden of an Analyst on a field mission is not a headache he wants to endure.

Operations Analyst Aria Lockett has been tracking The White Guard Terrorist cell for years. When they finally get a strong lead on an upcoming attack, she is ready to put an end to their terrorist reign once and for all.

With an imminent attack scheduled for Christmas Day in Rome, the pair must work together to thwart the threat. The unease between them quickly turns to trust and unexpected desire. When the terror cell is alerted to their plan, can they remain focused and save Christmas, or will their growing feelings cloud their judgment and destroy the path of hope?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Dec 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781487425746

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Two Turtle Doves must save the throne of the most powerful church in the world before a terrorist act destroys it and all hope for Christmas.

When Navy Seal Team leader Charlie Stein is paired with Operations Analyst Aria Lockett, he is annoyed. Having the burden of an Analyst on a field mission is not a headache he wants to endure.

Operations Analyst Aria Lockett has been tracking The White Guard Terrorist cell for years. When they finally get a strong lead on an upcoming attack, she is ready to put an end to their terrorist reign once and for all.

With an imminent attack scheduled for Christmas Day in Rome, the pair must work together to thwart the threat. The unease between them quickly turns to trust and unexpected desire. When the terror cell is alerted to their plan, can they remain focused and save Christmas, or will their growing feelings cloud their judgment and destroy the path of hope?

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The Prophet and the Snow Angel

Copyright © 2019 Amy Romine

ISBN: 978-1-4874-2574-6

Cover art by Martine Jardin

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The Prophet and the Snow Angel

The Twelve Days of Christmas Book 2

By

Amy Romine

Dedication

For all those who find the light in the darkness.

Chapter One

Senior CIA Analyst Aria Lockett’s phone rang despite being on the do not disturb setting, which meant she had to answer.

As she shifted slightly in an unfamiliar bed, the previous evening came flooding back—the name of the half-naked man lying next to her did not. Whiskey had always been her downfall. Whiskey and shoulders. Strong and muscular shoulders attached to even more etched arms. Her nameless bed companion had both. The phone rang again. Thrusting herself out of bed, she grabbed the offending object, then quickly answered it before it woke her companion.

Lockett.

Are you on your way? Wes Giddings, a fellow member of her analyst team’s voice blared in her throbbing head.

Kind of. Aria collected her clothes off the floor and tugged them on as she listened. What’s up? Is it TWG?

Something just came across the wire. Get here ASAP.

On my way. Slipping into her shoes and grabbing her purse, Aria sprinted out of the apartment and into her car. She attempted to fix her unruly hair without getting in an accident. Downtown D.C. at seven am, it wasn’t too difficult. Traffic ran at a snail’s pace.

TWG, aka The White Guard, was a terrorist organization she’d been tracking for over two years. Responsible for numerous attacks on places of worship around the world, they’d had no specific theological preference until recently. Now they’d focused their attacks on the Catholic Church.

Aria entered the federal field office still feeling disheveled. Wes met her five steps past the security checkpoint, looking her up and down. Weren’t you wearing that yesterday?

Aria ignored the comment and continued to walk, scrolling through the email on her phone. Good morning, Wesley.

"Wow, using my full name