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

She stood, forcing him to let go. 'I thought we'd settled this.'


'Are you saying,' he said quietly, 'that I'm still paying for favours?'


Growing familiarity kept threatening to make her forget what he might be. Recalling made her stomach roil. So twining her arms around his neck she worked at being playful. Concentrate on the important.


He responded predictably, his large hands bruising her hips. 'Are you coming home with me tonight?'


Against his fine fair hair she said, 'We're going to Chuck's warehouse at five thirty don't forget.'


She kissed his temple. 'I want to go. Don't disappoint me.'


His hands came up under her armpits and he held her away. 'Only if you don't disappoint me.'


'William, I like to be romanced. Humour me for a while.'


Chapter 30: The delights of objet d'art