Diane’s Book Blog: Agent S5: Jaydan (D.I.R.E. Agency, #5) Joni Hahn: Character Interview & Giveaway

Agent S5: Jaydan (D.I.R.E. Agency #5) by Joni Hahn Publication Date: December 18, 2014 Genre: Sci-fi Romantic Suspense

Agent S5: Jaydan Rose Credentials: • Former D.I.R.E. Enemy Agent • D.I.R.E. Double Agent Enhancement: • Muscle Acceleration/Strength Now that he’s part of the D.I.R.E. Agency’s elite squad of super-powered agents, Jaydan Rose is walking the straight and narrow. He absolutely, positively avoids three things: high-maintenance women, trouble, and Hope Powers. Days away from his estranged brother’s wedding, Jaydan gets a lead on the missing sister-in-law of Riordan “Saint” St. James, a fellow agent. If he can locate her, perhaps he can make up for not being there when Saint had needed him most, and prove he’s worthy of his new D.I.R.E. enhancement. As the only daughter of one of the richest men in the world, and with a special power of her own, Hope Powers wants to be taken seriously. If she can prove the D.I.R.E. Agency needs her new software application, she’ll have the credibility she craves. When she threatens to search for the missing woman with or without him, Jaydan smells trouble, but knows he has to take her. However, when danger and close quarters prove too much for their passion, Jaydan knows his list of things he absolutely, positively avoids has just disintegrated. When their quest uncovers scandalous secrets and decades old dangers, they realize they’ve stumbled onto something bigger than themselves. While the lines of reality and imitation become blurred, a psychotic maniac makes plans for Hope. Will Jaydan’s past rear its ugly head and destroy them both, or does history have plans of its own?

“Les, why is your father calling me?” Shutting her eyes against the dread that settled in her chest, she groaned to herself. She couldn’t open that door. If she did, she’d make a complete fool of herself. Walking over to the dresser, she checked her phone. Three missed calls and a text. Her father must’ve checked his DNA tracker and realized she was in Hawaii. “Les…” Looking at the door, she spoke in a raised voice. “Um, I’m not sure. Why don’t you call him back?” Jaydan chuckled in the hallway. “You didn’t tell him you were coming to Hawaii, did you?” Swallowing hard, she gave her chin a determined tilt. “I don’t report my whereabouts to my father. I’m not a child.” His sardonic chuckle angered her. Storming over to the door, she told herself she had to remember this. During those smokin’ hot visions, she had to conjure up this memory and the dozens like it she’d experienced in the past. “Hell princess, you –“ She whipped open the door to arms’ length. Jaydan stood naked in her doorway, save for a pair of gray, athletic shorts that hung low on his hips. Water droplets hung from his dark, wavy hair and dotted his broad shoulders. His arms and shoulders looked huge, the angles and braids of muscle sharp rather than round, the sinew dense and inflexible rather than pliant flesh. His sculpted torso was covered in hard, ridged muscles with a light dusting of dark hair. He smelled of rosewood and jasmine, his copper and gold armbands branding him a masculine god. Now, she understood his cougar-like grace, his confident saunter. No man on earth could call himself cut as long as Jaydan Rose walked around. He epitomized the term. His eyes swirled with dark desire, their focus on her chest. Glancing down, she saw her robe gaped open, exposing the cleavage between her breasts. She should cover herself. Close the door and walk away. Yet, she stood there, allowing him his fill while she took her fill of him. The sensation started deep inside, her mind recalling the vision, her body readying itself for him. There was more than one way to prove she wasn’t a child. With a hesitant reach, she feathered her fingers down the ridges of his abdomen. The muscles contracted beneath her touch, rippling behind her caress in a symphony of sensuality.

His half smile made her toes curl, his voice a husky croon. “My turn.”

By day, Joni Hahn keeps her secret decoder ring hidden while she works as a mild-mannered HR manager and accounting generalist. She believes the world can never have too many superheroes, and anxiously waits for the call when one will need help saving the world... or getting into his costume. Joni was born with a hopelessly tender heart and believes there is nothing on earth more exhilarating than falling in love (Other than the rear shot of Chris Evans in The Avengers - that was pretty darn exhilarating). A native Texan, she thinks cowboys are the epitome of masculinity, and that country music is the other soul music.

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Character Interview

Please welcome Jaydan from Joni Hahn's Agent S5: Jaydan to Diane's Book Blog.

What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?

Jaydan Jonathan Rose. My D.I.R.E teammates call me Rose.

What is your hair color? Eye color?

My hair color? Really? Hell, I don’t know. I guess black. My eyes are the same color.

What is in your refrigerator right now?

I don’t own a refrigerator. I live at the D.I.R.E. San Diego offices. That frig always has some kind of carbohydrates inside: potatoes, leftover pizza, apples, strawberry jam, pancake syrup.

Who are the people you’re closest to?

Hope. She understands me better than I understand myself. Her brother, Saint, is my best friend. That doesn’t mean I don’t love my mom and my brothers. I do. I just haven’t… been around them much. I want to change that.

What is your biggest fear?

That Hope, Mitchell and my family will tell me I’m right – I’m really not good enough. Not for her, for D.I.R.E., for their forgiveness.

That Booker was right all along – trouble really is my specialty.

What is your most treasured possession?

Hope. And yes, I do consider her a possession. She is mine and I dare anyone to say otherwise. She’s everything to me.

As for material possessions, all I have left of my father is his championship rodeo belt buckle. He was my champion, my idol -the best man I’ve ever known. Losing him changed my life.

Which living person do you most despise?

If you would’ve asked me that before I met Cyrus Matheson, I would’ve said my stepfather, Booker. I use to carry a lot of hatred for him inside of me.

Now, Matheson’s it. The sick and twisted freak hurt Hope. That makes him number one on my list.

What is your greatest regret?

Going all rebel without a cause when my dad died. I was a teenager and did everything my father didn’t want me to do. It ended up costing me my family and the life I thought I wanted.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

Hell, I don’t know. I guess, hell, I don’t know.