Dark of the Night

Dee Davis

Apr 2014 · Pocito Press

About this ebook

After the tragic deaths of her mother and sister, eight year old Riley O’Brien vows never to desert her father. Twenty-one years later, she stands by her father's side as he makes a bid for the Presidency-- trading her dreams for his. Her desires perpetually on hold, she has erected an emotional wall to keep out the prying eyes of the media. But her defenses are about to be shattered.Investigative reporter Jake Mahoney hates politics and beautiful women. Recently divorced, and on the trail of a major story, Jake resents wasting his time covering an ice princess at a presidential rally. But when a car bomb throws him, literally, on top of the candidate’s daughter, Jake quickly realizes that Riley O'Brien is pure fire. No one has ever gotten under his skin like this before. 

Their attraction is instant, and possibly fatal, as dangerous secrets from the past explode into the present, destroying one life after another in a nightmare of blind ambition...

About the author

Dee Davis has a BA in Political Science and History, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. During a ten-year career in public relations, she spent three years on the public speaking circuit, edited two newsletters, wrote three award winning public service announcements, did television and radio commercials, starred in the Seven Year Itch, taught college classes, lobbied both the Texas State Legislature and the US Congress, and served as the director of two associations.

Her highly acclaimed first novel, Everything In Its Time, was published in July 2000. Since then, among others, she’s won the Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold, RT Reviewer’s Choice and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Holt and two additional RT Reviewer's Choice Awards. 

Recently she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Romance Writers and has also been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award for romantic suspense from Romantic Times. In addition, she is Hall of Fame member of the New Jersey Romance Writers and was awarded an Odyssey Medal from Hendrix College. 

To date, she has written over 30 novels and novellas including romantic suspense, time travel, and women’s fiction. Look for her award winning “Time After Time” Series and her newest romantic suspense novel Fade to Gray.

She’s lived in Austria and traveled in Europe extensively. And although she now resides in an 1802 farmhouse in Connecticut she still calls Texas home.