Stranger in my Bed Series by Kristen James

I wake up and confused and lost… except for Ellison, the key to my past and current life. My memories are shattered images at best and make no sense, and what I’m learning about myself makes me question who I am. Clues add up to different answers. Everyone else is certain about me and what’s going on, leaving me questioning my sanity. Ellison is my lifeline. He’s also a stranger to me.

Book 2: Home, Sweet Home? I’m living with a stranger and tiptoeing over secrets. Strange memories shift into my brain, memories that I can’t explain. Despite all the evidence that Eli and I are married, I know something isn’t right. I’m pretty sure he’s spying on me. I wonder what Eli is hiding from me... moreBook 2: Home, Sweet Home? I’m living with a stranger and tiptoeing over secrets. Strange memories shift into my brain, memories that I can’t explain. Despite all the evidence that Eli and I are married, I know something isn’t right. I’m pretty sure he’s spying on me. I wonder what Eli is hiding from me. For that matter, what is he hiding from? He’s keeping secrets, but are they related to my memory loss? Is something even bigger going on? I’m playing a double agent, working with him to rebuild a life while trying to uncover the truth. A romantic thriller series with new novellas each month! Updates at http://writerkristenjames.com/strange... Teaser: “You have a tattoo?” He pulls the shirt back off in one motion and sits on my side of the bed. Between his shoulder blades, there’s a set of wings with a dagger of some kind in front of it. I graze my fingers over it, making him shiver. His response makes me pull my hand back. “It’s okay.” He throws a look over his shoulder at me. We’re so close I can smell the scent of his skin—it makes me want to lean in and nuzzle my face. It’s a strange, fleeting feeling. A real feeling, though. That part feels good. “This looks like…a military tattoo.” “Got it in the Air Force,” he says like it’s common knowledge. “Oh… I know you don’t know, but it keeps happening. I have to stop and remember that you don’t remember.” “It’s not the Air Force emblem,” I say, almost to myself. It’s very close, though. Here and now, I remind myself, but still I wonder about it. “No, my own take on it. I liked the wing concept. That I can fly away.” Lower on his side, the one tilted away from me, I spot a scar and lean over to look. It’s five inches long and thick. “How did this happen?” I run my finger down it, but my heart thumps hard enough to hurt. It’s from a knife wound. “Oh, that’s not from my service. I jumped out of a tree when I was twelve and a branch had a sharp point. It cut pretty deep.” It looks like it’s not that old, and I’m sure it was a knife. I feel lightheaded suddenly. Am I creating an image of an open wound in his back or remembering it? less

Book 3 I want answers. I’ll find a way to get them. Eli has an explanation for everything...until he doesn’t. I finally crack him and gain leverage, only to learn a new, more twisted story. How can I believe round two of his lies? Now I know for certain he’s not the only one in on this conspiracy, but I still don’t know why this is happening to me. Teaser: (Eli) Good god, when that woman gets an idea in her head, nothing short of Armageddon can stop her. You don’t trust me, Megan... moreBook 3 I want answers. I’ll find a way to get them. Eli has an explanation for everything...until he doesn’t. I finally crack him and gain leverage, only to learn a new, more twisted story. How can I believe round two of his lies? Now I know for certain he’s not the only one in on this conspiracy, but I still don’t know why this is happening to me. Teaser: (Eli) Good god, when that woman gets an idea in her head, nothing short of Armageddon can stop her. You don’t trust me, Megan. You think I’m going to put a bullet in your head and chop you up with an ax like some deranged murderer. You think I’d do that to my wife, the love of my life, the woman who saved my life and soul. So what now? What do I do? She really didn’t know what she was asking me back then. That, or she thought more of me than I do. What if she does make a break for it out here? Her talents lie more in the interpersonal realm, not so much outdoor survival. She can navigate life with the rich and twisted, surrounded by power hungry tycoons and white collar killers, but I’m not sure she’d keep her head about her in a survival situation out here, especially in her confused mental state. Why did I leave her by herself? Did I really think it’d prove that I trust her? http://writerkristenjames.com/strange... less

The final episode! The team has caught up with Megan and promises answers, but will she want to know the truth? Can she believe them after everything they've put her through? Along with Eli, TJ, Nick and Sage tell her an unbelievable story, and yet it's the only logical explanation. Megan might have to accept her role in all of it. If they are telling the truth, it's much bigger than she ever imagined, and now they're in more danger. Eli wasn't the only one looking for her... moreThe final episode! The team has caught up with Megan and promises answers, but will she want to know the truth? Can she believe them after everything they've put her through? Along with Eli, TJ, Nick and Sage tell her an unbelievable story, and yet it's the only logical explanation. Megan might have to accept her role in all of it. If they are telling the truth, it's much bigger than she ever imagined, and now they're in more danger. Eli wasn't the only one looking for her. TEASER: I’m lying on Eli’s chest completely spent, listening to him breathe, but I know neither of us will be sleeping any time soon. Too much happened today. Too much came to light, and too many emotions are raging through my veins. His fingers trace circles on my lower back. We could go to the bed to sleep, if we wanted. I don’t want to. I like it here by the fire. “Eli, when I first woke up, the name Megan sounded all wrong to me. But that’s what you’re calling me now.” “Really?” He sounds intrigued by that. “You had to use so many different names. Maybe that’s why. You were Tina in the last operation.” Tina. I don’t like hearing that name at all. Something in me connects it to fear and danger. “The one that went so wrong? Tell me about it.” **SERIES BLURB: Megan wakes from a coma to a life that doesn’t feel right and a husband who acts like he loves her…but is he lying to her? Tricking her? What’s really going on? All the evidence says they’re happily and legally married, and yet her shattered memories say otherwise. Everyone she meets seems to be in on it, unless she’s suffering from paranoia due to her brain injury. Ellison is the key to her past and future, even if she can’t trust him. That doesn’t stop her attraction to him. Megan plays a double agent, working with “Eli” to rebuild a life while trying to uncover the truth. Why would he do this? Does she know something she shouldn’t? He has an explanation for everything until new answers lead to an even more twisted story. What will she have to do to uncover the truth and learn who she really is? less

Book One: Waking Up I wake up and confused and lost… except for Ellison, the key to my past and current life. My memories are shattered images at best and make no sense, and what I’m learning about myself makes me question who I am. Clues add up to different answers. Everyone else is certain about me and what’s going on, leaving me questioning my sanity. Ellison is my lifeline. He’s also a stranger to me. Book 2: Home, Sweet Home? I’m living with a stranger and tiptoeing over secrets... moreBook One: Waking Up I wake up and confused and lost… except for Ellison, the key to my past and current life. My memories are shattered images at best and make no sense, and what I’m learning about myself makes me question who I am. Clues add up to different answers. Everyone else is certain about me and what’s going on, leaving me questioning my sanity. Ellison is my lifeline. He’s also a stranger to me. Book 2: Home, Sweet Home? I’m living with a stranger and tiptoeing over secrets. Strange memories shift into my brain, memories that I can’t explain. Despite all the evidence that Eli and I are married, I know something isn’t right. I’m pretty sure he’s spying on me. I wonder what Eli is hiding from me. For that matter, what is he hiding from? He’s keeping secrets, but are they related to my memory loss? Is something even bigger going on? I’m playing a double agent, working with him to rebuild a life while trying to uncover the truth. Book 3 I want answers. I’ll find a way to get them. Eli has an explanation for everything...until he doesn’t. I finally crack him and gain leverage, only to learn a new, more twisted story. How can I believe round two of his lies? Now I know for certain he’s not the only one in on this conspiracy, but I still don’t know why this is happening to me. less