Synopsis
Fisher Stanton, Valley High School’s Nantucket wannabe, has a cheating girlfriend. When he hires Darcy Walker to chase her to a local club, in true Darcy fashion she stumbles upon a dead body. Thing is, this body has secrets...and Darcy’s mysterious friend, Jaws, and the reporter, Tito Westbrook, have a vested interest. Both enlist Darcy to find the person responsible who has eluded them for years, but Darcy doesn’t solve crimes for free anymore—especially where Jaws is concerned. Knowing Darcy’s Achilles heel, Jaws blackmails Darcy into working for him.
In a true test of wills, Darcy and Jaws battle head-to-head—Jaws needs Darcy to help him end a bitter grudge war; Darcy needs Jaws to divulge the mystery surrounding her mother’s death. Haunted by a past that shaped her present, Darcy will stop at nothing to get answers. Even if it means breaking the law and being disloyal to her new boyfriend, Dylan Taylor, in the process.
DEFCON DARCY gives Darcy’s demons a name and ties up loose ends that made Darcy into the verb that she is. What she thinks she knows as truth, isn’t. What she wishes wasn’t true…is.
The problem is, when your life goes DEFCON 1, not everyone lives to tell about it.
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Once
again Darcy is in over her head, can’t seem not to find trouble, I just love
it. While in this book some basic questions are answered and Darcy finally figures
out some of her own character flaws, she still finds time to be the Darcy we
all know and love. Because this is the truth of it, when we started this series
we giggled, laughed outright, were horrified; but became invested in Darcy and
needed to know more. A.J. Lape has created a special world for us called Darcyville
and I will happily live there.
I recommend this book to everyone, it is just
the best thing around. I become personally involved with the story, at one
point crying so hard I didn’t think it would ever be better, but it was. This
author is a master storyteller who knows how to grab and hold her audience
while painting a story in our heads with her words. I do want to thank A.J. for this book to read
and review, I just will say it was quite honestly one of the best books I have
read in a while. Defcon Darcy gets 5 stars from me.
Excerpt
“Then let’s talk
price.”
Fisher’s eyes went as
big as a freaked-out lemur’s. “There’s a charge?”
“New policy as of
January,” I giggled. “Payment can be in the form of United Dairy Farmers, Pink,
Visa, Starbucks, or Target gift cards. If gift cards don’t work for you, then
I’ll always take cash. And for this particular job my fee is fifty bucks.”
“Wow,” he whistled.
“Does UDF do gift cards?”
“Not my problem,” I
said, “and I can deliver within the week. If I deliver before next Friday, the
price is doubled.”
Before we could shake
on it, the ground underneath me metaphorically trembled. Only one person held
the absolute power to make or break my day. When I met Dylan’s amber eyes, my
first thought was I wish he’d get hit with an ugly stick. At six foot two, two
hundred and twenty pounds, he was a powerhouse of muscle. Dark skin adorned his
body, showcasing a face and abs so chiseled they could cut you. His jet-black
hair was the type you wanted to run your hands through—everything to make you a
ten on the perv scale.
Wearing faded jeans and
a black letterman jacket, his stride was confident and sexy. Laughter Laughter plus a hormonally anxious
prayer left my lips as he made his way closer. He’d ruin this for me. One snap
of his fingers, and I’d go Pavlov’s dog and wag my freaking tail. “Here comes
Dylan,” I nervously giggled. “Help me distract him.”
Fisher looked like I’d asked him to walk on water. “I can’t distract
Taylor,” he gasped. “That’s like asking someone to distract God when he was
forming the Earth. He’s everywhere, Darcy,” he shuddered. “Scares the pants off
of me actually.”
I rolled my eyes. Dylan definitely cast a long shadow, but Fisher put
the “c” in coward. “Just distract him." I said, "I don't expect you
to shoot fireworks out of your butt, but come up with something when he starts
asking questions.”
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