The Picture Kills

Résumé du livre

Steven Quintana was once a top U.S. Army Ranger reconnaissance photographer, until he made a mistake on a mission that ended his career. Now he's a Hollywood paparazzo who makes easy money snapping photos of celebrities.Julia Travers is one of Hollywood's most talented young stars, but she also made mistakes in her past -- she was once a mistress to a billionaire who abused her.Steven is the paparazzo who takes the most embarrassing photos of Julia, yet they've never met. Steven stays hidden, but Julia knows he's out there snapping her picture. Their only connection to each other is through his camera lens......until the mistakes from their past return to haunt them, and their lives collide.Five years ago, Steven's team was tracking and photographing communist rebels in the Colombian jungle. Their target was a brutal kidnapper for FARC, Rolando Caballero, also known as El Sádico - the Sadist.But when Steven made a mistake and revealed his squad's presence, Caballero murdered a boy, shot Steven and his squad leader, and Caballero got away.Five years ago, Julia Travers was living in luxury on a Bahamian island, waiting for Xander Constantinou, her billionaire boyfriend, to spend time with her. They were supposed to finish the movie they had started together back in New York, in which she was the star.When she realized that she was one of many mistresses and that their movie would never be finished, she left -- but not before letting him know what she thought of him.Now, Julia is a successful actress, but her sharp tongue and temper make her a target for the Hollywood paparazzi, especially Steven. All he wants is to make enough money to retire to a small beach town and forget.So when Steven gets a tip from a tabloid editor that Julia Travers is skipping her next movie to sneak away to the Bahamas with her former billionaire boyfriend, he can't turn it down. Rumor has it that the reunited couple plan to finish their own film that they started five years ago, and the editor wants Steven to get exclusive photos of their departure.Steven flies to Miami and snaps pictures of Julia and her boyfriend boarding his yacht, surrounded by bodyguards. He uploads the photos, makes a huge payday and flies back to California, ready to retire.But when Steven sees his photo on the cover of the tabloid, he stops. The headline reads -- Julia Travers Sneaks Away to Billionaire Boyfriend's Tropical Love Nest - but the photo reveals something he hadn't seen before.One bodyguard in the background has a familiar face, a face that Steven hasn't seen since Colombia. It's the kidnapper Rolando Caballero. El Sádico - the Sadist. Julia Travers isn't sneaking away to some remote cay to finish a movie, she's been kidnapped, and they're using his photos to cover up the crime. Realizing that he's still harming people with his photos, Steven heads to the Bahamas to rescue Julia, stop Caballero, and to fix the damage he's done.However, the last person Julia wants to see coming to her aid is the paparazzo whose photos got her into trouble in the first place.