Nine-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey makes the summer sizzle with the rapid-fire sequel to Sleeping with Strangers, which ended with a breathtaking cliffhanger and now finds Gideon waking to a mysterious, deadly enemy.

Sleeping with Strangers introduced Eric Jerome Dickeys fans to Gideon, a powerful hit man who is the master of the game and always wins big, in a jet-setting world dominated by money, women, and violence. A heated encounter in a London hotel room where he was pursued by three women leaves Gideon waking up to a world where theres no one to trust.

Four months after the release of Sleeping with Strangers, Eric Jerome Dickey is back with a sequel so hot it couldn't wait. In Waking with Enemies, hit man Gideon finds his past catching up with him with a vengeance. Someone has taken out a hit on the hit man, but who? As the hunter becomes the hunted, Gideon will need to find his friends — and his enemies — to get out of the game alive.

Through spine-tingling twists and turns, loyal fans will even spot familiar characters from Dickeys previous books, seen in the new light of Gideons intriguing world. A thrilling ride through the extremes of love and danger, Waking with Enemies will keep readers mesmerized as they move ever deeper into the lives of Dickeys most enticing characters yet.

"'Picking up where Sleeping with Strangers left off, Dickey's latest novel finds hit man Gideon in London, where another assassin, a mysterious man with a broken nose, is hot on his trail. Gideon's most recent target was a rapper, Big Bad Wolf. The rival rapper who hired Gideon for the hit, Sledge, was recently assassinated, and Gideon assumes he is the latest target. The nonstop narrative follows Gideon as he evades the assassin, searches for the truth about his hooker mother, continues his involvement with tough girl Arizona (who wants Gideon to kill her older sister), tries to figure out who ordered the hit on him and finds time for some explicitly chronicled fantasy sex. Though the revelations about who's behind what are a stretch and the ending is a little too much on the rosy side, there's a lot of fun to be had in watching Gideon work his brutal trade, and the high-octane narrative will have readers burning through page after page.' Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

"[A] solid, entertaining read." Library Journal

Ten-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey sizzles in this rapid-fire sequel to Sleeping with Strangers, which finds international hit man Gideon waking up with his past haunting him and danger knocking at his door.

A"heated encounter inside a London hotel room (where he was pursued by three very different women) leaves Gideon waking up to a world where there's no one to trust." Someone has taken out a hit on the hit manbut who? The clock is ticking as Gideon tries to pin down the man who was sent to kill him &a mysterious man with a broken nose who shadows his every move &while also finding out who from his past might have ordered the hit. Could it be the man he left alive in Tampa, the woman who taught him to kill, the scorned woman he still desires, or some other"unseen enemy? As the hunter becomes the hunted, Gideon will need to find his friendsand his enemiesto get out of the game alive.

From the back streets of London to Amsterdam's red light district, Waking with Enemies is an international game of cat and mouse, in which Gideon must protect those he loves and face the possibility of his own death.

Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Eric Jerome Dickey is the author of fourteen novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Sleeping with Strangers, Chasing Destiny, Genevieve, Drive Me Crazy, Naughty or Nice, The Other Woman, and Thieves Paradise. He is also the author of a six-issue miniseries of comic books for Marvel Enterprises featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His novel Naughty or Nice has been optioned by Lionsgate Films. He lives on the road and rests in Southern California.