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The Twelve Lies of Christmas
Nate Kelly is a spy. At least, he is until
Christmas, when he’s retiring to take up something more peaceful, like
alligator wrestling or bomb disposal. Because while he’s tired of being
shot at, he’s also not sure he really wants to live the life of a
civilian. First, of course, he has to finish his current case, complete
with arms dealers, mobsters, and celebrity parties.
Not to mention the glamorous Russian femme fatale who’s hacking into the same computer files as Nate, lying to the same people, and incidentally has the worst Russian accent he’s ever heard. But just because she’s his enemy’s enemy, doesn’t necessarily mean she’s his friend.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love lied to me.
Breaking news! From 23-30 Nov 2009, The Twelve Lies of Christmas will be available absolutely free in Kindle format from Amazon.com (please note this only applies to customers registered in the USA).
Warning, this title contains the following: graphic language, violence, severe sarcasm. Only joking. It’s quite moderate. The Twelve Lies of Christmas is a novella, prequel to the Sophie Green Mysteries. For an excerpt, click here.
Available in digital format (ISBN: 1-59998-385-0) December 2006 from Samhain Publishing.
"… a sexy and spicy story, complete with intrigue and romance going hand in hand. Both Nate and Sam are fabulous characters and well drawn. Mysterious and compelling, this is a fabulous book by Kate Johnson that you won't want to miss!" Cat, TwoLips Reviews
Random stuff about The Twelve Lies of Christmas
I'd sold the first three
Sophie books to my Samhain editor, the lovely Jess, and the first one
was due to release in March 07. About six months before that, she
emailed and said Samhain was doing a collection of Christmas titles, on
pretty much any theme, and did I want to do a Sophie one? I said yes,
of course, and then spent many months trying to figure out how the hell
I was going to write a Christmas story, which by definition has to have
a happy ending, that could be released before I, Spy?, which couldn't
possibly take place after said happy ending.
Eventually I figured I'd
write about whoever Luke was partnered with before Sophie came along.
I'd been watching Hustle at the time, and kind of liked the idea of
writing about a con artist. That's where Sam came from. Nate, on the
other hand...I'm not entirely sure about. He's the exact opposite of
Sophie for one thing.
This is only the second
book I've ever written entirely from the male point of view. The other
is What Wizards Want, one of my erotic romances,
about a rather inept wizard and a pirate queen who's been trapped in a
fishing float for 300 years.
