On a dark night in far north Queensland, Australia, a car runs off the road and bursts into flames. Driving closely behind Noel Valentine doesn’t hesitate to pull over and drag one of the occupants to safety. In rescuing David Cameron she has an inkling of what she may be setting in train, but no idea that one outcome will be a fight for her own life. His baggage includes a shady lawyer, traitors and money launderers.

Would she have saved him if she had known she would be facing sharks of the finned as well as the two-legged variety?

Her aim? Could it be to stay alive?

#mild sex, 13+

A complicated affair is created by Alana Woods, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.


A Complicated Affair

Noel's day was full of building a profile of Gem Techtronics from the various sources she could call upon for information. To all she gave the same story: that she was putting together a proposal and wanted as much background material as she could lay her hands on.


That morning she had forced herself out of bed early and driven straight to work instead of for a swim. Her boarder had not stirred and she hadn't bothered to leave an explanation. Let him figure it out. She had begun by ringing Catherine Patton's number every half hour. By the time the phone was answered she had practically forgotten the purpose of the call in her anxiety to actually get through. Catherine Patton's voice therefore gave her an adrenalin surge that left her heart pounding.


'Catherine Patton speaking.' It was a mature confident voice with a strong American accent. 'Hello?'


Chapter 29: A connection is made