Illegal
by
K.J. Gillenwater
Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Alone,
desperate, and beautiful. When bullets fly, she must rely on a
handsome stranger or face death. Together, they will risk it all for
love.
Her
whole life was a lie…
After
discovering she was brought to the United States illegally as a young
child, Selena Hernandez decides to do the responsible thing and
return to Mexico, her country of origin. Selena vows to become a
legal immigrant.
When
she asks for help with a visa at the US Embassy, she meets attractive
Wyatt Demko, a helpful embassy employee. But they are surprised to
discover shocking details about her past and connections to a
notorious drug cartel.
Wyatt
escaped a painful upbringing in a Wisconsin trailer park for a stable
career with the State Department. A chance meeting with Selena
reveals an instinctual desire to help. But falling for a beautiful
girl with dangerous enemies on her trail complicates his meticulous
plans.
Wyatt
knows he can't afford to trust Selena. Still, he'll do whatever it
takes to keep her safe and win her heart before time runs out.
But
Wyatt and Selena only have a few days to accomplish the impossible:
hide from the brutal drug cartels and corrupt law enforcement to make
a daring getaway that will take them from the streets of Mexico City
to the sandy beaches of the Yucatan Peninsula.
K.
J. Gillenwater has a B.A. in English and Spanish from Valparaiso
University and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from University of
California, Santa Barbara. She worked as a Russian linguist in the
U.S. Navy, spending time at the National Security Agency doing secret
things. After six years of service, she ended up as a technical
writer in the software industry.
She
has lived all over the U.S. and currently resides in Wyoming with
her family where she runs her own business writing government
proposals and squeezes in fiction writing when she can.
In
the winter she likes to ski and snowshoe; in the summer she likes to
garden with her husband, take walks with her dogs, and take trips
into the Big Horn Mountains nearby. She has written multiple books,
including several short story collections.
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