“Born to be FBI.”

By: Elizabeth Heiter

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“Born to be FBI.”

That’s how Kyle “Mac” McKenzie, Special Agent with the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team, describes the heroine of my debut suspense, HUNTED.  FBI profiler Evelyn Baine is driven and determined, and she’s a talented profiler.  Give her a case file full of the details of a serial killer’s crimes and she can break down his thought processes, no problem.

But ask her to go and socialize with a group of her peers?  Or ask her if her colleague Mac is romantically interested in her?  She has no clue.

It’s a dichotomy that was fun and interesting to create.  I loved the idea of a heroine who’s strong and capable in her profession, but somewhat insecure in her personal life.  I gave her a background to bring her to this point: her best friend disappeared when Evelyn was twelve and was never found.  That day has defined Evelyn ever since – it led her to the FBI and it’s made her inherently wary and self-contained.

In HUNTED, Mac works hard to get past her defenses and prove himself to her.  At one point in the story, he remembers when he first met her:

“…[She] held her shoulders a little too straight, jutted out her chin a little too far and gazed at the world with those too-intense eyes, daring anyone to mess with her.  The minute he’d met her in Greg’s office, he hadn’t been able to resist taking that dare.

But the joke had been on him, because he’d fallen hard and she had no clue.”

Throughout HUNTED, as Mac is trying to get past Evelyn’s defenses, Evelyn is being tracked in a much more sinister way.  The Bakersville Burier, the serial killer she’s profiling, finds out about her involvement in the case, and he’s determined to turn the tables on her.  As she’s tracking him down, he’s also tracking her, and this time, he plans to make sure she’s the one who disappears…

Giveaway:
I’m giving away a signed copy of HUNTED to one lucky commenter!

HUNTED

Terror stalks a small Virginia town…

FBI rising star, criminal profiler Evelyn Baine, knows how to think like a serial killer.  But she’s never chased anyone like the Bakersville Burier, who hunts young women and displays them, half-buried, deep in the woods.  As the body count climbs, Evelyn’s relentless pursuit of the killer puts her career – and her life – at risk.  And the evil lurking in the Burier’s mind may be more than even she can unravel.

Terror is closer than she thinks…

The Bakersville Burier knows he’s got an FBI profiler on his trail.  He knows who she is and where to find her.  And he’s biding his time, because he’s planned a special punishment for Evelyn.  She may have tracked other killers, but he vows to make this her last chase. This time it’s her turn to be hunted!

About Elizabeth Heiter:
ELIZABETH HEITER likes her suspense to feature strong heroines, chilling villains, psychological twists, and a little bit (or a lot!) of romance. Her research has taken her into the minds of serial killers, through murder investigations, and onto the FBI Academy’s shooting range.

Elizabeth graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Literature. She’s a member of International Thriller Writers and Romance Writers of America.  Affaire de Coeur gave her debut suspense HUNTED their top rating of 5 stars,

Connect with Elizabeth:

Website: www.elizabethheiter.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/elizabeth.heiter.author

Twitter: www.twitter.com/ElizabethHeiter

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7114626.Elizabeth_Heiter

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