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

Something a little like relief crept in. 'I'm me, William.' She climbed onto her knees. 'I've never been anything other than honest about my feelings for you.' She closed the gap between them. 'I'm here, aren't I? I'm wearing this, aren't I?' She held up her hand. The square brilliant cut diamond glinted.


He wanted to believe her, she could see.


'You've got to trust me. I've shown that I trust you.'


He stared, and as he didn't answer the magnitude of what he might be concealing began to make an impression upon her. She went cold, goose bumps in waves rose on her skin and involuntarily she shivered.


She didn't move, for a time couldn't. When she did it was not to waste time on inessentials. Throwing on her clothes she went looking for him. Where was he?


She burst through the door and halted. He put a cup on the table closest to her, making no remark about her swiftness or her appearance.


Chapter 45: You saved a hit man