Guilt
By Emma Calin
She slammed her fist into the suspect’s face, as Lanza held on with his last strength. There was a plea in his eye. Still, he kept his jaw locked on the arm as the guy writhed and kicked. She drew her cuffs and running on instinct snapped the metal onto his wrists. He tried a vicious head-butt. She drove her foot hard into his groin. Game over.
Lanza slumped down into the long damp grass. She assessed his condition. Bright foamy blood and a sucking chest wound. In minutes he would bleed to death. Looking back toward the house she could see running figures and the blue roof lamps of other police units. She spotted the firearm and covered it with her foot. Lanza was dying and she could do nothing.
The big man from the house knelt alongside the dog.
“Do your police stuff with that idiot—looks like a bullet straight through the lung. I’ll do what I can.”
She watched as he turned the limp animal over, placed his fingers into the sucking wound, and felt the neck for a pulse. He pulled out a cell phone and spoke quickly with a slight accent.
“It’s a dog. He needs fluids or he’ll bleed out. Just get here. Drive straight across the down in a four-by-four.”
Lanza was dying. She could think of nothing else. The suspect was kneeling. The bastard deserved to die for what he’d done. She was a cop, not a killer. She’d already thrown a punch in anger, but she could and would deny that.
“You’re under arrest. You don’t have to say anything….”
Other officers were everywhere. At a scene of crime guy was bagging up a gun. A detective was talking to the suspect. Lanza was dying. She knelt at his head and stroked back his ear. He flicked open an eye.
“He’s fighting,” said the big man. “Those guys heading for us will be a top team I assure you.”
She watched the bouncing headlights of an approaching Landrover.
“Vets, doctors, or what?”
“Vets, of course. The best. They’re neighbors.”
A man and a woman sprang from the vehicle. Within seconds they had an IV drip running.
Genre: Romance Books | Thriller
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Emma Calin
Emma Calin was born in London in 1962. She currently lives in France and the UK.
Biography.
She has been writing since childhood and has won numerous local, national, and international prizes for poetry and short stories, including the East Texas Writers Guild Award in 2017 and the New Apple Award for Ebook Literary Excellence in 2017.
Emma currently writes steamy police action romance novels and gritty short stories with her partner, an ex-Interpol, London Met Police and Special Branch detective. These books are published with the ‘Passion Patrol’ logo. Currently, there are nine stand-alone titles in the series, available in digital e-book, paperback, and audiobook formats.
Emma’s ‘POWER’. The latest brand-new hot cop adventure romance, where sassy rookie London cop, Olivia, joins the ‘Passion Patrol’. She falls for Jackson, a visiting congressman and potential presidential candidate from the USA. They meet on the street while Olivia is subduing a man with a knife. When the press gets hold of the story, all bets are off. Can a romance survive across cultures and continents? Can Jackson avoid those that would see him fall? He has one invincible weapon – a woman in love.
For an introduction to the series, meet the female cops who make up the team when you try book #1, ‘GUILT’. Police dog handler Helen Marx is distraught when her loyal K9 Partner takes a bullet. He’s been her only companion since her soldier husband died on duty. The man who comes to her aid has problems of his own. Can these two broken souls overcome their guilt to love again? *También en español – ‘CULPA’.
‘COMBAT’ is an early title in Emma’s ‘PASSION PATROL’ series. A steamy love story set against a backdrop of international gambling corruption and deception. Interpol cop Anna Leyton finds herself torn between love and duty when her professional and private life intersects.
‘DYNASTY’ is another stand-alone novel following the ‘Passion Patrol’ theme of hot cops, hot crime, and hot romance. Shannon Aguerri is a witty but feisty inner-city wild-child cop, brought up on the wrong side of the tracks. After an unwanted move out to a rural patrol beat, she discovers there’s more going on in this sleepy village than meets the eye. The son of a local aristocrat arouses suspicion of drug crime activity – but his widower father arouses more animal instincts! Their social differences mean nothing to their passion and needs. Already in the mix is an upper-class female rival – who has long plotted her way into the Earl’s bed. The jealousy is an evil shade of green and the anger is a violent scarlet. Could she mix with the British royal family? Can she risk her heart and career on yet another high-risk unauthorized investigation? Can she get justice for an innocent boy? Dare a kid from the gutter dream of being a countess?
‘SEDUCTION OF TASTE’ is a companion cookbook to ‘DYNASTY’ – read the romance, feel the passion TASTE the love. Now combined in a bargain bundle of both books in ‘SEDUCTION OF DYNASTY PLUS’.
‘CROWNS’ this fast-paced action adventure story tells of an ordinary London girl cop who gets swept up in world-changing political events. A juicy mix of cops crime and passion, with a large side order of French satire sauce.
‘SANTA’ – a feel-good story for the holiday season but with a love story to warm your heart all year.
‘WEALTH’ – Kaitlyn Thorne, traffic cop, could never imagine that the arrest of the cheeky driver of a crashed Maserati would link her to international banking fraud investigations, lorry chases, mafia shootouts, and the love of the richest man in the world.
The ‘LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE COLLECTION’ – a complete ‘boxed set’ of 5 gritty hard-hitting novelettes and short stories that explore the human quest for love, compassion, and survival. Available in July 2013 in print, digital e-book, and audiobook formats.
‘SUB-PRIME’ is a prize-winning hard-hitting short story about courage, exploitation, and love. It is a raw and brutal exposé of life at the bottom in the aftermath of recession. Available in e-book formats for Kindle and Kindle Reader Apps. This is the first in Emma Calin’s novelette and short story series and is available as a single title or in the ‘LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE COLLECTION’.
‘THE CHOSEN’ – the second publication in the ‘LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE COLLECTION’ – is a short story set in modern times where working people struggle to keep their dreams alive. A world where the promise of love motivates desperate measures. Available as a single title in e-book format for Kindle and Kindle Reader Apps, or as part of the collection.
‘ESCAPE TO LOVE’ is a novelette set in an urban landscape, the third in Emma’s ‘LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE COLLECTION’. A mother and her autistic daughter are trying to start a new life. They have escaped an abusive relationship only to now find themselves tangled in further drama and controversy. Can she trust her instincts and make the right choices for her child? Their future depends on it. Available as a single title in e-book format for Kindle and Kindle Reader Apps.
‘ANGELA’ is a very short story about a late-night taxi ride where the final passenger may not be all that she seems. The fourth story is in the ‘LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE COLLECTION’.
‘LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE’ is a novelette which is the fifth and final book in Emma’s ‘boxed set’ and gives the name to the anthology – THE LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE COLLECTION. A mature woman finds the truth of herself. She cannot go back even though physical and emotional violence erupts around her. Dare she give in to love? Will sexual passion and fear overwhelm her stable life? Who can she trust to love her for herself? Available as a single title or as part of the collection.
As part of the HitLitPro team, Emma is proud to donate her short story ‘CHAMPIONS’ to the 2014 Movember anthology ‘LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS’ published by Thornberry Publishing UK. Nine Mo-Sistas – all romance authors – have embraced the mustache baton and joined forces to support their menfolk. All profits from the sale of the book will go to the Movember charity.
Emma also produces illustrated children’s modern-day fairy tales – the ‘Once Upon a NOW’ series, which includes ‘ALF THE WORKSHOP DOG’, ‘ISABELLA’S PINK BICYCLE’ and ‘KOOL KID KRUNCHA AND THE HIGH TRAPEZE’.
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