Ashes Ashes

"Fans of action novels will enjoy reading Ashes Ashes." ---Meridian Magazine

"A well-written thriller with romantic elements threaded throughout keeps the reader cheering the hero on to save the day." --- InD'Tale Magazine

Are you ever really innocent until proven guilty?

Sophia Naziri is wanted for questioning in the murder of a U.S. senator. She's worried the police will show up on her doorstep any moment, but when Detective Colby Black appears, it's to help her put out a kitchen fire, not take her in. Yet. His easy smile and persistence in getting to know her pushes all her troubles to the back of her mind, until a hit man tracks her down. Getting arrested becomes the least of her worries and the handsome detective could be her only way out---if she tells him the truth.

Colby Black's sniper skills have been a blessing and a curse to him. As a member of a Hostage Negotiation Team, he can use them to save people, but sometimes he can't protect the innocent despite his best efforts. When a hostage situation goes bad, he tries to put it behind him by helping out his mysterious next-door neighbor, Sophia Naziri. But she pulls Colby into a web of lies and conspiracy that will force him to use every skill he has in order to survive. Faced with the moment of truth, can he trust anyone around him---including the woman at the center of it all?

Other books in the Hostage Negotiation Team series:

All Fall Down (Hostage Negotiation Team #1)
Falling Slowly (Hostage Negotiation Team #1.5)
Ashes Ashes (Hostage Negotiation Team #2)
From the Ashes (Hostage Negotiation Team #2.5)
Pocket Full of Posies (Hostage Negotiation Team #3)
Forget Me Not (Hostage Negotiation Team #3.5)
Ring Around the Rosie (Hostage Negotiation Team #4)

Julie Coulter Bellon loves to write international romantic suspense novels because she gets to travel to distant lands to research and add an authentic feel to all of her books. Her favorite cities so far are Athens, Paris, Ottawa, and London. She taught journalism at BYU for fourteen years and that kept her on the cutting edge of current events and world news---which is where she gets her story ideas. Julie offers writing and publishing tips, as well as her take on life on her blog http: //ldswritermom.blogspot.com You can also find out about all her upcoming projects at her website www.juliebellon.com or you can follow her on Twitter @juliebellon