Targeted is Here!
Woohoo!!! Targeted (Hostage Rescue Team Series #2) is now live at all the vendors, in digital and in print, just in time for the long weekend. I can’t wait for you to read Tuck and Celida’s story!
If you’re interested, I’ll be doing some giveaways on my Facebook page today and tomorrow to celebrate.
Blurb:
After an attack on the job that nearly killed her, Special Agent Celida Morales is determined to salvage her reputation in the FBI and get back to the career she loves. Domestic terrorism has left its mark on her—literally—and now she’s more determined than ever to leave her mark on it. But when a hostage situation takes an unexpected turn she’s confronted with the realization that she may not only lose the hostages, but also the only man she’s lost her heart to.
Hostage Rescue Team assault team leader Brad Tucker has always wanted Celida but professional conduct and her unwillingness to commit stood in the way. For more than a year he’s been juggling the increasing demands of his job and personal life, but after Celida was almost killed, none of those reasons matter anymore. Tuck knows it’s time to claim her and he’s ready to lay it all on the line. Then an op turns deadly and it’s a race to bring down a well-trained enemy bent on settling an old score, a man who doesn’t care how many innocent people get in his way.
Tuck kept his eyes locked with hers, his resolve clear in his expression and in his body language. “The day you were wounded it scared the hell out of me that I’d almost lost you. You matter to me. Always have. I want you. To be with you.”
Every nerve ending in Celida’s body lit up, a wave of heat flooding her so fast that for a moment it felt like she was drowning. She couldn’t believe he’d just admitted all that without being under torture. Though knowing Tuck, his training and experience in the years he’d spent in Delta, even torture wouldn’t have made him say it if he didn’t want to.
His gaze sharpened, heated. “I mean for more than sex, darlin’.”
“How much more?” she managed to get out, loving everything about this conversation but balking at the thought of being locked into something she wasn’t ready for.
His gaze never wavered from hers. “As much as you’ll give me.”
“Okay.” It came out all breathy and soft, but it was the best she could manage when drawing in oxygen seemed impossible. She was on her feet without realizing it, already reaching for him when he held out a hand to stop her. She froze, looked at him questioningly.
She heard the warning note in his voice, knew it likely was because he knew she didn’t do long-term, but it barely registered above the territorial vibe he was giving off.
His expression relaxed at her answer, the tension in his shoulders easing. Without a word he took the remaining step to close the distance between them and took her face in his hands. Such a powerful man, yet capable of such gentleness too. The tender, possessive gesture nearly undid her.
Happy reading,
Kaylea
Hostage Rescue Team #2: Targeted
In just a couple weeks, the second book of my Hostage Rescue Team Series will be out! It features Tuck and Celida, who you first met in Marked.
Right now I’m working on Bauer’s story (Hunted) and enjoying its setting of New Orleans. I’ve always wanted to set a book there, and the heroine suits that town so very well.
Here’s the blurb for Targeted. Can’t wait for you all to read this one!
They were partners once
After an attack on the job that nearly killed her, Special
Agent Celida Morales is determined to salvage her reputation in the FBI and get
back to the career she loves. Domestic
terrorism has left its mark on her—literally—and now she’s more determined than
ever to leave her mark on it. But when a hostage situation takes an unexpected
turn she’s confronted with the realization that she may not only lose the
hostages, but also the only man she’s
lost her heart to.
Agent Celida Morales is determined to salvage her reputation in the FBI and get
back to the career she loves. Domestic
terrorism has left its mark on her—literally—and now she’s more determined than
ever to leave her mark on it. But when a hostage situation takes an unexpected
turn she’s confronted with the realization that she may not only lose the
hostages, but also the only man she’s
lost her heart to.
To be together again, this time they’ll have to risk it all
Hostage Rescue Team assault team leader Brad Tucker has
always wanted Celida but professional conduct and her unwillingness to commit stood
in the way. For more than a year he’s been juggling the increasing demands of
his job and personal life, but after Celida was almost killed, none of those
reasons matter anymore. Tuck knows it’s time to claim her and he’s ready to lay
it all on the line. Then an op turns deadly and it’s a race to bring down a well-trained
enemy bent on settling an old score, a man who doesn’t care how many innocent
people get in his way.
always wanted Celida but professional conduct and her unwillingness to commit stood
in the way. For more than a year he’s been juggling the increasing demands of
his job and personal life, but after Celida was almost killed, none of those
reasons matter anymore. Tuck knows it’s time to claim her and he’s ready to lay
it all on the line. Then an op turns deadly and it’s a race to bring down a well-trained
enemy bent on settling an old score, a man who doesn’t care how many innocent
people get in his way.