POWDER BURNS by Isabelle Starling
Series: Shatterproof Bond #5
Publisher: Decent Fellows Press
Release Date (Print & Ebook): 4th October 2019
Length (Print & Ebook): 102,000 words, approx 570 pages
Subgenre: M/M Romance Thriller
Warnings: Mild BDSM
Book blurb:
One book, Two Missions, and a memory-key full of secrets!
After a series of terrorist attacks on fracking sites owned by a Gas multinational named Drilsink, Sir James Aiken’s agency is bought in to find the radical Eco-terrorist group responsible. He sends Sam and Declan to work undercover at Imperial College where Intel suggests the group are recruiting. While Sam works behind the scenes, Declan takes on the identity of Geologist Dr. Tobias Hunter and soon makes an enemy of a fellow science geek- a man who Declan comes to despise more than Sir James Aiken!
When the operation moves from London to Munich and then Vienna, Sam, and Declan are thrown headlong into a spy scenario straight out of the thriller novels they love to read—but with a distinct and disturbing sexual twist! Sam meets an old friend and uncovers shocking information about James’ past.
With Erik Madsson still imprisoned inside the A.L.L. HQ, James comes to realize that he should have listened to his son. Keeping the enemy inside his own home is about to be the biggest mistake he has ever made.
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It was not as if Declan hadn’t known what was coming, but now the day was here at last when he and Sam would both move out of their Mayfair apartment—and away from the normalcy they cherished.
Declan paced the hallway and watched as Sam busied himself around the apartment collecting his belongings—a favorite pen and a notebook, which he popped into his messenger bag beside the front door.
Declan couldn’t believe how much the thought of living apart from Sam stressed him out. He’d waited so long to find the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with, and now he and Sam were wed they had yet more obstacles to contend with. Declan felt completely out of his depth with the thought of working without Sam’s support. Sam had spent eight years as an operative, and his knowledge far outweighed anything Declan had experienced in his months as an agent. Sam was used to thinking on his feet—of becoming whatever tool James needed him to be to get the Intel he required. He tried to tell himself James wouldn’t put him in the field if he didn’t believe he was the man for the job. And Declan tried to shake the gut-churning feelings of anxiety and dread at the thought of being parted from his husband for an unknown length of time, but his self-esteem had left the building, and maudlin thoughts lingered like a malevolent shadow in his mind.
“Can ye not give me anything? No’ even a wee clue?” Declan hollered as Sam continued flitting around the apartment collecting his possessions.
“Will it be dangerous? Will ye need a weapon? God’s I don’t even know which country you’ll be in.” Declan mother-henned.
Sam looked up from his task and met Declan’s worried gaze. There was still so much about Sam’s work life that he was not permitted to share. His gut coiled like a spring as he’d observed Declan pacing up and down in front of the apartment door like a guard dog, growling anxiously every time Sam made a move toward it with another item for his bag.
“Look,” Sam’s shoulders sagged. “I’m allowed to tell you that I’ll be in the UK, and I’m gathering Intel.” Sam conceded.
“I will be armed—with my natural wit and derring-do!” He joked, wagging his brows to try and make light of the difficult situation.
“We’ll be apart for a few weeks, that’s all, and then when I join you at Imperial it’s more than likely we’ll see each other every day,” Sam consoled. He pulled the zipper on his suitcase closed and dragged the luggage from the lounge into the hallway dropping it beside his husband. Declan eyed the suitcase as if it were the enemy and Sam heard a growl rumble in his husband’s chest like the roar of distant thunder warning of an impending storm.
Isobel Starling spent most of her twenty-year professional career making art in Ireland. She relocated to the UK and, faced with the dreaded artist’s creative block, Isobel started to write in 2014 and found she loved writing more than making art.
Isobel is currently working on her twentieth book. Most of her titles are also available in German, French, Italian, and soon, Spanish.
“As You Wish” (Shatterproof Bond#1) narrated by Gary Furlong won the Independent Audiobook Award for Romance 2018. It is the first M/M Romance audiobook to win a mainstream audiobook award. “Sweet Thing” was nominated for the Independent Audiobook Award LGBTQI Audiobook 2019.
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Readers, join us as we celebrate the release of POWDER BURNS with a giveaway! Prizes include: 1) Shatterproof Bond Art Zine. This limited edition glossy zine features artwork of the main characters, Sam and Declan, by a host of artists the author commissioned, and art by the author herself. 2) 1 set of audio codes of books 1 – 4 in the Shatterproof Bond series!
