Archeologist Emma Zale sees the past when she touches relics. It's how she uncovered evidence of an ancient order of assassins-the Sicari. When a sinfully dark stranger shows up on her Chicago doorstep demanding an artifact she doesn't have, he drags her into a world where telekinesis and empaths-someone who can sense the emotions of others- are the norm. Now someone wants her dead, and her only hope of survival is an assassin who's every bit as dangerous to her body as he is to her heart.
The author has posted the first thirty-seven pages of the book online:
...Roberta’s wit was every bit as sharp as Emma’s friend, Ewan Redmurre. Perhaps that explained why Ewan couldn’t stand the woman. As an Oriental Institute board member, Ewan hated it when someone upstaged him. And Roberta had done that and more by buying herself an internship with her financial backing of the Ptolemy dig. It hadn’t made Charlie happy either...If you want to read more, you'll have to order the book at Amazon.
...Although they’d released her, the Egyptian authorities remained suspicious of her, and the university’s Oriental Institute hadn’t hesitated to yank her out of the country the first chance they got. After the dean’s call this afternoon, she had the distinct impression she wouldn’t be working a dig anytime in the near future either...
..A small stack of mail sat in the center of the desk, and she sorted through it. The invitation to the opening of the Oriental Institute’s latest exhibition made her grimace. Just what she needed—intense scrutiny from her peers and other interested parties...
...Ewan Redmurre had just paid her one of the highest compliments she could ever receive. His approval wasn’t to be taken lightly given his degree of influence at the Oriental Institute. A member of the Institute’s Board of Directors, his power could easily advance or sidetrack any career...
I'm pretty sure I once compiled a list of works of fiction in which the Oriental Institute appears, but at the moment I can't locate it.
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Thanks for the plug, Charles. I should clarify that "bodice ripper" is an out-dated term since it refers to romance books where the hero rapes the heroine and they fall in love.
That's something my personal history would never allow me to write. However, I don't deny that there's sex in the book. *grin* It pretty much smokes. LOL
Again, thanks for a nod toward the book. I appreciate it.
There was a mystery novel, which I suspect is largely unread, which was set partially at the OI and largely in Regenstein. Emily N. and I gave the author a tour in 1999 or 2000. I'll try to track down the title.
Tim, was the tour in OI or Regenstein??? The next time I'm in Chicago, I'd LOVE to get personal perspective.
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