DEA FAST Series #6
Release Date: March 28, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-928044-26-0
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: ebook & print
Length: Novel (83,000 words)
Blurb:
Sacrifice is a requirement of the job.
Rowan Stewart walked away from the love of a lifetime to focus on the demands of her job as Assistant US Attorney. Now she’s working on the biggest case of her career, prosecuting one of the Veneno cartel’s most notorious members. Except the case presents unexpected challenges—including the man she can’t forget…and a threat she could not foresee.
But this time, it could cost her life.
Special Agent Malcolm Freeman is FAST Bravo’s point man. On an op he’s the first one through the door, leading the way for his team. Professionally, he’s at the top of his game. His personal life is a different story. After Rowan ripped his heart out a year ago he closed himself off to any relationships. When fate throws them together he steps up to ensure she’s protected, even though it might mean getting his heart broken again. But protection isn’t enough. The enemy is determined to use Rowan to get what they want. With her life hanging in the balance, Malcolm and his team race to find her before it’s too late.
He lost her once. He can’t lose her now. This time, failure is not an option.
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EXCERPT
Scared.
Rowan tested the word as she clutched the edge of the table, denial shrieking in her head and her heart slamming against her ribs. Busted, she stared at him, unable to think of a single thing to say in her defense.
How? How had he seen through her, realized the truth when even she hadn’t until the moment he’d said it?
Malcolm prowled toward her slowly, that dark, magnetic gaze impossible to break, his intense expression so full of hunger that it made her knees wobble.
Hell yes, she’d been afraid. Spooked by what he’d made her feel, and even more terrified of risking her heart and having it broken down the road. Because Malcolm would have broken it in a way that her ex never had. She’d never truly loved Carter. But Malcolm? No, he had the ability to tear her heart out.
Right now, facing off with him in his dark, quiet kitchen, she was more vulnerable than ever, the invisible barrier between them gone, destroyed by his uncanny insight.
Malcolm came right at her, stopping mere inches away from her. Close enough for her to breathe in his addictive scent and feel the heat of his body licking along the front of hers. He stared down into her eyes, this powerful, magnetic man who held the power to break her if he so chose.
She held her breath as he raised a hand, brushed a lock of hair away from her hot cheek, her pulse thudding hard in her throat. “You’re shaking,” he whispered.
Automatically she locked her knees and clamped her jaw to stop the embarrassing tremors. She didn’t dare touch him, didn’t dare act on the need humming through her. If she did, there was no going back.
“I’m only gonna tell you this once, so listen up,” he murmured, the pads of his fingers skimming down the side of her face, raising goosebumps all over her body, tightening her nipples to hard points under her tank. “You don’t ever need to be afraid with me. Not of anyone ever hurting you. And never of what I make you feel.”
She swallowed and stared up at him helplessly, all her senses on overload, unable to form a single coherent response. It took all her strength not to reach out and take what was right in front of her.
Those deep brown eyes delved into hers for a long, breathless moment before they dropped to her mouth. He stared at it intently, dragged the pad of his thumb across her lower lip, making her whole body tighten with need. She vividly recalled how he’d turned her inside out with his kisses. Was dying for him to do it now, aching to finish what they’d started so long ago, what she’d only allowed herself to imagine with him.
“No more running,” he said, taking her face between his big hands. “I won’t let you this time.”