From New York Times best-selling author Cristin Harber and Award winning author M.L. Buchman comes an exciting collaboration…
The Night Stalkers 5E (5th Battalion, E Company) flies again, going where no one else dares to venture.
NAME: Nikita Hayward
TEAM: DEVGRU (SEAL Team 6)
MISSION: To prove her worth
NAME: Drake Roman
TEAM: Night Stalkers 5E
MISSION: To enjoy the ride
Nikita Hayward earned her place on DEVGRU and she proves it every day. Being female? Not a factor. Fighting alongside the very best? Absolutely where she belongs.
Drake Roman flies with the most elite helicopter company, the 5E, because they fly out to the limit. And when the time comes to fly past it? His helo and his minigun lead the way.
When the two of them join on a mission into the unknown, then they discover who lies precisely at the center of that Target of Mine!
“You’ve got a nice ass,
Roman.”
He managed to guide her
through the door between the common room and the residence without breaking
their connection. Unlike the poster-plastered décor behind them, the hall was
standard, unremitting, military-base beige with gray carpet, best practices
posters that no one had ever read, and a couple too few lights. The place would
pass well as a cheap motel anywhere in the country. It wouldn’t normally be
wide enough to walk side by side, except for their current sideways clench.
“Look who’s talking about
having a nice ass. I assume that’s the main qualification to become a DEVGRU
SEAL.” He’d certainly noticed hers, he just never thought he’d get a chance to
be talking about it.
“Helps if you can swim.
You know, SEAL and all. Sea, air, and land is what we are. Can you swim,
Duck-man?”
“Only when I’m trying not
to drown.”
“You’re a sad case,
Duck-man.”
“How’s that?” They reached
her door, but she didn’t seem to be reaching for her keys. Taking a deep
breath, he began checking her pockets because if he didn’t get away from her
soon he didn’t know what was going to happen. A few hand brushes, which he did
his best not to enjoy (but failed miserably at), located them in her back left
pocket.
“You shoot like a
heli-weenie. You’ve got the hots for busty babes in leather. And you barely
swim.” She appeared to be talking to a poster on how to recognize athlete’s
foot.
He slipped his hand into
her back left pocket and earned no complaints. By the time he had her keys
extracted, he knew for a fact that DEVGRU women absolutely did have the best
asses in the military—even if Nikita was the only one.
“So damn much I gotta
teach you if you’re going to be a decent man.”
“Like what?” he unlocked
the door and guided her into her room. Just like his: double bed, small desk, a
hand sink, and a dresser. The difference was that she had five rifle cases
stacked in a corner and three field packs that he knew from past experience
were armor, ammo, and tons of the tech gizmos that SEALs always seemed to have.
Her clothes wouldn’t fill a daypack.
“Like,” she grabbed him by
the belt, spun him around, and shoved him back against the door—slamming it
shut, hard. “Like I’m tired, not drunk. You want to cop a feel, you better do
it right.” She reached around his hips and double-grabbed his butt, then she
leaned in and kissed him hard when his mouth opened in surprise.
He certainly wasn’t going
to argue and leaned in to the kiss. Her mouth was spicy with her breakfast and
sweet with a taste that must be her own.
Drake went to slide his
hand down her spine. A dip of back muscle made her belt span the gap and his
hand slid inside her pants instead of outside. He was rewarded with a handful
of delightful, cotton-clad muscle.
She hummed with pleasure
for a moment. Long before he was ready to stop, she tipped her head sideways
onto his shoulder.
“You’re a good kisser,
Duck-man. At least I won’t have to teach you that.”
M. L. Buchman has over 40 novels in print (and an ever-expanding flock of short fiction that seems to be breeding on its own). His military romantic suspense books have been named Barnes & Noble and NPR “Top 5 of the Year,” nominated for the Reviewer’s Choice Award for “Top 10 Romantic Suspense of 2014” by RT Book Reviews, and twice Booklist “Top 10 of the Year” placing two of his titles on their “The 101 Best Romance Novels of the Last 10 Years.”
In addition to romance, he also writes thrillers, fantasy, and science fiction. In among his career as a corporate project manager he has: rebuilt and single-handed a fifty-foot sailboat, both flown and jumped out of airplanes, designed and built two houses, and bicycled solo around the world.
He is now making his living as a full-time writer on the Oregon Coast with his beloved wife. He is constantly amazed at what you can do with a degree in Geophysics. You may keep up with his writing by subscribing to his newsletter.
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