When Greyson Archer tosses
a twenty on the stage of a strip club, the last thing he expects to see are the
haunted green eyes staring back at him. Finley should be home raising her
infant daughter and baking cookies, not tucking singles into her G-string and
giving lap dances.
Greyson can't deny that
he'd like his own private show, but there's not a chance in hell of that
happening. The last time the former Navy SEAL saw her she was dressed in black,
holding a folded flag and sobbing that it was all his fault... and he agreed
with every single word. He couldn't do anything to help her then, but he can
now.
Finley deserves better
than this dingy club, and when an obsessed customer crosses the line, Greyson
leads the rescue and will do whatever it takes to make amends for their broken
past.
He never expected to want
to settle down, but with Finley, everything is different. For the first time
ever, he can breathe. But Greyson will have to fight for what he wants in order
to keep the woman with the green eyes he's dreamed about so often.
Slow & Steady is book
2 in the Alphas Undone series, but can be read as a standalone novel, as it
features a new couple.
It was nine o’clock on a
Saturday night and I was totally out of my fucking element. A bottle of red
wine tucked under one arm. A bouquet of wild flowers in the other. A condom
tucked into my wallet, just in case. I was in foreign territory, and my entire
body knew it – tense shoulders, my heart beating like a drum, and arousal
barely contained beneath the surface.
Finley was standing at the
doorway, watching me with a confused expression.
She looked gorgeous,
makeup free, pink-painted toes, hair mussed and loose. Little cotton pajama
shorts and a tank top that hugged her lush breasts.
“Maple’s not here.” She
said the words, but she knew as well as I did I wasn’t here for Maple.
“I know that.” My voice
was sure and confident.
“Then why are you … oh.”
Finley shifted her weight, her eyes dropping from mine as she saw the wine and
flowers. She could read it all, plain as day. I knew she could see my
intentions, my uncertainty, and underneath it all, my desire. Maybe it was the
desire to fix everything I’d broken, or maybe it was just my desire for her as
a man desires a woman.
Normally when I felt that
primal urge for sex, I headed to West’s bar. I’d pick out a woman for the
night. Share a few drinks with her, a few laughs. Later, we’d head back to my
place and fuck until dawn. And that was it. I’d be set for a few months.
This … with the courting
and the nerves … it was nothing like my standard operating procedure.
I’d never felt so stripped
bare and vulnerable. Never put myself out there so completely with a woman
before. But then again, Finley was unlike any woman I'd ever met.
And she was still just
standing there. “Can I come inside?” I asked, heart in my throat.
She didn't say anything.
But she opened the door wider.
With Nolan’s words ringing
in my ears, I stepped over the threshold, sure that whatever happened tonight
had the power to heal us both.
Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of contemporary romance novels, including Hard to Love,
Unravel Me, Resisting Her and When I Break.
She's a sassy, yet polite Midwestern girl with a deep love
of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. She lives in Minneapolis with her
adorable husband and two baby sons, and enjoys hiking, being active, and
reading.
Visit her at: www.kendallryanbooks.com for the latest book news, and fun
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