Solace Goodeve, one of Mother Nature’s favorite Fae Warriors, is assigned
to Earth to help save the planet. Reptile invaders, disguising themselves as
humans,
are waging a takeover—and Mother is mad enough to eat asteroids. Solace
is ready to prove herself as a warrior, but having a human for a partner is not
in her battle plan—even if the man is rugged, ripped, and ready for
action.
Ex-Army Ranger, Tanner Jackson, has seen his share of black
op missions. The last one took a toll on both body and soul. Tanner isn’t
looking for love, even though his new partner is six-foot-tall and drop dead
gorgeous. However, after Solace shows him a new meaning to working undercover,
he may have to reconsider that possibility.
As the Reps plan to sabotage NOAA, Tanner and Solace must
learn to trust one another. But as they're trying to save the world, Solace and
Tanner might just lose their hearts—and that takes the most courage of all.
Excerpt:
She opened her mouth then closed it, and those lips he coveted flatten in
to a line of determination barring words she seemed to be fighting to hold
back.
“If you have to ask, I can’t tell you,” she finally said, her gaze searching
his face as if she sought some grand truth, her expression almost one of pain.
“I really do need to see everything.”
Tanner balled his hands into fists, trying to
keep his cool. Accustomed to giving orders, blindly take them went against the
grain. It went against his instincts. It went against his training. What if she
were lying? The stuff she was about to see was beyond top secret. It was
experimental, and in the wrong hands, it could bring down an entire country.
“Please,” she said.
Although unspoken, the words trust
me seemed to fill the space between them.
“It truly is important,” she added.
Tanner stepped in front of her. She didn’t blink or flinch, but rather
she calmly returned his malevolent glare, the one he’d perfected to scare his
worst combat enemies. Her show of toughness turned him on. And friend or enemy,
he wanted her—right here, right now. He eased closer, his body pressing hers back
up against the wall. Recollections of being with her at the party, and stolen
kisses on her balcony, flooded his mind. “Are you remembering what we shared
that night?” he asked.
In answer to his question, a hint of a smile curved those luscious lips.
“Business first,” she whispered, against his cheek. “I promise it will be worth
the wait.”
“I intend to see you keep that
promise,” he said, bumping his hips up against hers.
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