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A Man
Like No Other
Total-E-Bound
December 2010
E-Book ISBN #:
978-0-85715-357-9
Genre: Contemporary
Connected Story:
Kysenzki and Friends
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Two headstrong,
single-minded agents, one incredibly fiery passion, can they
stay alive long enough to see where it leads?
Special Agent Taber Kysenzki is the DEA’s bad boy, he
has no qualms of straddling the line of right and wrong,
doing whatever necessary to get the job done. But when he
botches up an undercover operation, he’s faced with a woman
unlike any he’s met before. She saves his life but doesn’t
deign to give him the time of day. He’d heard rumours of an
agent with his reputation in the ATF but hadn’t met her
until today.
Special Agent Serefina LeBenoit is the ATF’s equivalent to
Kysenzki. She knows all about him, how he goes through women
and she doesn’t have any desire to be another notch on his
belt. She has a rule of not sleeping with certain men, he
fit that criteria. All that changes one night a few months
after their first volatile meeting, when he tracks her down
in a bar in New Mexico.
Circumstances bring them together again when a killer from
her past resurfaces. Together they work, skirting the line
of the law, to get the murderer off the street. Sparks fly
hot between them as they close in on the target. When the
bullets stop flying and the smoke clears, will they ignore
the chance of a lifetime?
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It nagged at him she
could take no notice of him so easily after the passion
intense night they’d shared. He wasn't used to places being
reversed. Him the cool one, the woman craving more
attention. Had he not been watching so intently he would
have missed the flash of pain in her otherwise serene
expression.
Reclining back on his elbows he stared at her face. She
wasn’t what the world would consider gorgeous but to him,
she surpassed it.
“What’s wrong?” he asked in a controlled tone.
“Not a thing,” she commented without sparing him a glance.
“You’re in pain, angel. I can see it. Tell me from what.” He
frowned as something occurred to him. “Did I hurt you
last night?”
She froze and met his gaze. In hers he could read shock at
his question. “No, you did not hurt me.”
A wave of relief swarmed him. “Then what is causing you
pain?”
Cool composure filled her face and she lifted one shoulder.
“My business, Taber Kysenzki, is my own.”
He shook his head. “I’m making it mine.”
Serefina yawned and zipped her bags shut. “Make it yours
with someone else. I’m tending to mine.”
“After what we shared—”
“We shared a night of fucking,” she interrupted sharply.
“That’s all.”
He could hear it in her voice; she didn’t believe the crap
she spouted. Neither did he. True, last night was rough and
intense, no gentle words of love were shared, but there had
been something happen between them on a deeper level.
And it scared her.
Not just her.
Tongue skimming his teeth he sat straight up and sought her
gaze. “Why do you think you hate me, Serefina?”
Her eyes narrowed a minuscule amount. “I never said I hated
you. And even if I had, why do you say ‘think’ when it comes
to me hating you?”
“You wouldn’t have given me the time of day, no matter what
the attraction if you hated—truly hated—me.”
For a split second he saw past her guise. Saw the vulnerable
woman beneath. Then in a flash it was gone.
“Thank you for today’s pysch lesson. Nice to know I can only
sleep with someone I don’t hate.”
“You’re not making this easy,” he said.
She hefted her bags and walked to the door. “I’m not
interested in a relationship. I was looking for a night of
mindless sex.”
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Copyright © Aliyah
Burke, 2010.
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Reviews of
A
Man Like No Other…
Rose
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TwoLips Reviews gives 5 Lips and says: “A Man Like
No Other by Aliyah Burke is a guns blazing interracial romance
between two government agents used to being in charge. Taber and
Serefina are both driven to be the best at what they do – taking
down the bad guys any way they can. They have similar reasons for
having joined law enforcement, a personal tragedy tied to the agency
they chose. Ms. Burke did a great job of developing the characters
and balancing their romance with all the action taking place around
them.”
Susan Plummer at All Romance Ebooks Newsletter
gives Top Pick and says in part "A Man Like No Other by
Aliyah Burke is one of those stories that even after you've
completed reading you wished there was more. The first line of the
story is like a light bulb coming on illuminating a room and what
follows is enough to keep you riveted to this "room," or the book
all the way to the beautiful ending."
Tigger9
at
Night Owl Reviews gives 4.75 Stars and Top Pick and says: “A
Man Like No Other is a great read with plenty of action and lots of
loving. I really enjoyed this story and did not stop once I started
reading it. ”
Miranda
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Joyfully Reviewed says: “A
Man Like No Other is a fast edgy romance. Taber and Serefina have
exceptional chemistry. They spark when together whether they are
fighting or making up. I rather enjoyed A Man Like No Other, it
featured a great romance as well as plenty of suspenseful action. A
Man Like No Other starts off with a bang and keeps you rapt
throughout.”
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