A New Empire by Layla
Reyne
Series: Fog City
#3
Publisher: Layla
Reyne (Self-published)
Release Date (Print
& Ebook/Audio): November 11 (Ebook & Print); Audio TBD
Length (Print &
Ebook/Audio): Approx. 52,000 words
Subgenre: M/M
Romantic Suspense
Warnings: Explicit
sex; explicit language; violence.
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Book blurb:
Legacies were made to
be rewritten.
Assassin Hawes Madigan wants to do right--by his family, his
organization, his city, and the man he's falling for, ATF agent Christopher
Perri. But Hawes's rules are being challenged by someone willing to kill for
the old ways. To save his soul and his empire, Hawes must make an impossible
decision: fight from the outside or bend the knee to win back his throne from
within.
Chris is used to being the inside man, the one undercover.
Now, he's on the outside marshaling forces in support of the man and the ring
of assassins he was supposed to take down. His mission shifted when he found
something that's been missing for ten long years--a home, with Hawes.
As Hawes and Chris make a dangerous play for control, the
lines between allies and traitors blur. Trusting the wrong person could destroy
the legacy Hawes envisions for the Madigans. But not trusting anyone, or each other,
could mean lights out on their love and lives forever.
The King and King Slayer fight together in this thrilling
conclusion to the Fog City Trilogy!
Release Blitz Teaser:
“How’s
that going to work?” Helena said.
“By
taking a page from your favorite movie.” He retrieved two tote bags from under
the table and dumped their contents onto the table—brown hair dye and matching
wigs. As serious as the matter was, he couldn’t hold back a smile. This had
been something he and Helena had talked about as kids. A heist they’d dreamed
about pulling one day. He’d never thought it’d be his sister-in-law they were
stealing, but Hawes couldn’t deny the rush that came with knowing they were
actually going to do this.
Seemed
Helena was feeling the same way, one side of her mouth quirking up. “We’re
going to Thomas Crown this shit?”
Hawes
nodded. “She’s being brought to the courthouse tomorrow morning to be arraigned
on additional charges connected to the incident at MCS. We’ll make the switch
while she’s in the Federal Building.”
“We
have soldiers who look close enough to make the disguises work,” Rose added.
“A
couple captains too,” Helena said.
Hawes’s
stomach sank, the momentary rush skidding to a halt. If Helena was willing to
bring the captains in on this, had Chris failed to get the message to her?
Motion
at Helena’s side, the one away from Rose, caught his attention. Five fingers
spread, once, twice. Five by five, a
saying from Helena’s favorite Buffy
character, Faith. A secret code he and Helena had picked up, and which their
parents and grandparents had never caught onto. She got the message, loud and
clear.
Hawes’s
smile returned. “You going to play along?”
And
Helena’s grin grew wider. “We’ve waited our whole lives for this. Fuck yeah,
I’m in.”
The
only one not smiling was Holt. Two steps closer and Hawes knelt beside his
brother, hand on his knee. “She’s the mother of your child. We don’t do this
without your okay.” Fuck Rose. On this, Hawes would not compromise.
“You
promise to protect her?” he asked Hawes. Not Rose or Helena. That trust his
twin still had in him was more of a rush than any heist they were planning to
pull.
“I
promise, Little H. This is all about protecting your family.”
Holt’s
big mitt came down on top of his. “Our family.”
Release Blitz Q&A with Layla Reyne:
Q: Secondary Characters: Why
they are important to the story?
LR: For Hawes in Fog City, his siblings, Holt and Helena,
are the bricks of his foundation, along with love interest, Chris, and friend
and ally, Braxton Kane. Hawes, Holt, and Helena run both family businesses with
him, he trusts them implicitly, he looks to them for input, and they each
contribute differently to the family unit. He wouldn’t want to do this without
them.
Q: If
you listen to music while writing, share your playlist.
LR: Here’s
my Fog City playlist, which alternated frequently with The Revivalists albums.
I swear, every one of their songs seems to fit this series!
Q: What would a love letter between the characters look like?
LR: From
Hawes to Chris:
Dante,
I know. --H
From
Chris to Hawes.
Madigan,
I know. --Mr. Perry
RITA Finalist Layla Reyne is the author
of Dine With Me and the Fog City, Whiskey Verse, and Changing
Lanes series. A Carolina Tar Heel who now calls the San Francisco Bay Area
home, Layla enjoys weaving her bi-coastal experiences into her stories, along
with adrenaline-fueled suspense and heart-pounding romance. She is a RWA® RITA®
Finalist in Contemporary Romance (Mid-Length) and Golden Heart® Finalist in
Romantic Suspense.
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