Blurb:
Medically discharged
after a mission gone bad, Navy SEAL Gabriel ‘Hawk’ Barrett regains his sight,
and when hired by GAPS and the Knight Agency, most of his self-worth. Assigned
to go undercover as a gun for hire, he’s determined to do whatever it takes to
complete the mission, but his restraint is tested when his buddy’s hot sister
becomes mistakenly involved.
When her brother
disappears, coffee shop owner Gina Daye seeks help from his former teams
members, only to have the almighty Hawk turn her down. But before she realizes
he’s in the middle of an assignment, she’s embroiled in the mission.
Sequestered together to
avoid an international incident, the pair face down the enemy, a multitude of
bullets, and even more dangerous—their long denied attraction.
“Get my
sister out of there, now, Hawk!” Cameron “Nightwing” Daye’s voice boomed
over the com in Gabriel’s ear.
Ah, hell.
His first
damn assignment as a temporary agent with the Guardian Angel Protection Service
and it was already jacked up. Leave it to Cam’s headstrong sister to sashay her
hot body into the middle of an op and blow their covers.
Not
Cam’s. He wasn’t in the building. No. He and one of the founders of G.A.P.S.,
their former SEAL buddy, Jon Rudnick, were listening via coms in a van parked
down the street.
Tonight,
he and Tyler “Turbo” Ward were set to meet with the man looking to hire
freelance mercs. The job was a snatch-n-grab on a visiting dignitary GAPS had
been hired to protect. The prince arrived in two days. With solid intel that
the man’s life was in danger, Gabriel and Turbo hoped to get hired into the
organization to take it down.
So, with
Jon and Cam out of sight, the only covers the beautiful brunette in tight jeans
and sexy black boots was about to blow were his and Turbo’s.
Good
thing they were undercover as themselves.
“Turbo!
It’s great to see you again.” The woman’s flawless smile lit her face from
within, giving life to her mesmerizing brown eyes.
A man
could drown his sorrows in those whiskey-colored depths.
Not him. He
was immune.
Hell,
he’d fought the tug of Gina Daye’s unnerving allure ever since the afternoon
they’d first met in her aunt’s back yard a decade ago. He’d just finished BUDs
training with Cam, and they were celebrating with a barbeque when this beautiful
college freshman breezed outside with a youthful exuberance and innocence that
stole his breath.
She was
too beautiful. Too sweet for a tainted guy who’d spent half of his childhood in
the system.
That was
the first and last time he’d ever gone to Cam’s place. A SEAL never messed with
a buddy’s sister. He’d made a point to avoid Gina ever since. The woman
affected him without effort. Made him feel. Revved his pulse.
Like now.
Damn it. He didn’t want to feel.
“Gina!”
Turbo rose and pulled the woman close.
He
remained seated, a fact she noted with a raised brow when she turned to him.
“Ah,
Hawk. Ever the gentleman,” she said, and son-of-a-bitch, proceeded to hug him
anyway.
He could
feel the swell of her breast on his arm despite her leather jacket, and damn
she smelled good. Like spring flowers. He had to fight the sudden urge to wrap
his arms around her, pull her onto his lap, and bury his face in her neck like
he’d done countless times in his fantasies.
“Dammit, Hawk. Tell her to leave,” Cam
growled over the com again.
“You need
to go.”
She
stiffened and drew back. “Great to see you, too.” Then she deliberately pulled
out a chair and sat down…all while smiling in his face.
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~Donna
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