Hard Play
Delta Force Brotherhood, #1
Sheryl Nantus
Publication Date: February 20, 2017
Genres: Adult, Entangled: Select, Contemporary Romance
Ex-special forces ranger Dylan McCourt is a stone cold killer who cares only about his military brothers and doing what’s right. He’s used to giving orders and has zero patience for bullshit. Most people tremble when they look him in the eye, but not his infuriatingly sexy new rescue mission, Jessie Lyon. She just juts her chin and says she’s not leaving without clearing her father’s name, to hell with his rules. And was that a one finger salute he sees in her eyes or his imagination? Either way, he knows this is one job his training might not have prepared him for.
For fans of Maya Banks’ KGI series, prepare to meet the men of the Delta Force Brotherhood, a sexy new contemporary series where kicking ass and living hard is just how they roll.
Jessie swung
at him with her right fist, a move easily blocked with his left hand.
Instinctively Dylan stepped in and spun behind her, trapping Jessie against his
chest. Her arms were pinned and she struggled to break free.
“Look,” he
said in her ear, trying hard not to be aroused by her movements as she wriggled
again, thrusting her hips back. “I get you want revenge. I get—”
He gasped as
her elbow drove home into his ribs. Dylan released her with a grunt, pushing
her away.
Jessie moved
into a fighting crouch, gasping for air.
She was
tough, he’d give her that.
But he
wasn’t going to give in to her demands.
At least,
not easily.
“You’re not
in any shape to be trying this.” Dylan tried not to stare at her mouth, the
flushed skin adding to his desire. “You should be in bed.”
He flinched
inside at the double entendre.
Jessie
raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Make me.”
Dylan pulled
up, unsure what he’d heard.
Take me?
Make me?
She feinted
to the side with a low laugh and he grinned, feeling the hot flash of
adrenaline race through his body.
“Show me
what you’ve got,” Jessie said. “I can take it.”
“We’ll see
about that.” Dylan went at her with a roar, taking her to the ground with a
measured fall.
Despite her
week’s incarceration, she proved a tough opponent, sliding free of Dylan’s
hands more than once as they grappled on the carpet.
He was
surprised at her strength, her ability to hold her own. The simple twists and
grips he’d started out with to test her skills had shifted to tougher, harder
holds as she continued to press on.
He’d made a
mistake, underestimated her recovery rate. She wasn’t just keeping up with him,
there was a distinct possibility she was going to beat him.
That wasn’t
acceptable.
He went at
her, put her down on the carpet and pinned her there on her back, her right arm
stretched and in danger of being hyperextended. Her gasp made him wince,
knowing he was hurting her.
He didn’t
want to. But he couldn’t let her think she was going to waltz into the line of
fire with a kiss and a swish of her hips.
“Fuck.” The
word came out through gritted teeth as she struggled to pull her arm free.
“Tap out,” Dylan said. “Just tap…”
She rolled
and slipped away, landing a punch to his thigh in retaliation, dangerously
close to his groin.
Jessie got
up, shaking her right hand.
“That’s
enough.” He stood up. “You’re good, but I can’t…”
She bent
over and rushed him, knocking the air from his lungs as they fell together to
the carpet.
“I’m more
than good enough.” She glared at him. “I’m better.”
He didn’t
hesitate now, gripping her hips and flipping her over. Dylan straddled her,
pinning her hands at her sides.
“All right.
All right. Now let’s stop this before one of us…” He swore as she wrenched her
hand free and grabbed at his belt buckle, using the grip to pull him down on
her and throw him off-balance.
He groaned,
his hips instinctively thrusting toward her. The weakness had her springing
free with a laugh.
Dylan rolled
to his feet and shook his head. “You’re making this hard on yourself.”
She raised
an eyebrow and fixed her gaze squarely at his crotch. “I think it’s the other
way around.”
Sheryl Nantus is an award-winning romance writer published by Entangled, St. Martin's, Samhain, and Harlequin's Carina Press.
When she's not writing about hunky heroes, she is sipping tea, playing board games and writing haiku.
A total fangirl at heart, she met her husband through an online fanfiction community and currently lives in Pennsylvania.
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