In this thrilling hot
must read by Amazon Bestseller Anna del Mar, Ex-SEAL turned game warden,
Matthias Hawking is engaged in a fierce battle to end poaching in Africa, but
when a beautiful journalist defies the poachers, he will do everything in his power
to protect the woman who has captured his heart.
The Guardian
Wounded Warrior #3
Anna del Mar
Release Date: October 1,
2017
Genre: Romantic
Suspense
Game Warden Matthias Hawking is a decorated ex-SEAL engaged
in a grueling fight against ruthless poachers in Africa. He’s short on
resources and long on enemies. There’s a price on his head. The last thing he
needs is the unexpected arrival of a beautiful but stubborn journalist
threatening to uncover his secrets, an alpha female challenging his alpha male
and getting into trouble, a hurricane wearing boots.
Jade Romo is a veteran of several different kinds of war.
She’s survived her heroin-addicted mother, the foster care system, and the
conflict in Afghanistan. Jade’s tough, confident, cynical, and self-reliant, a
woman who doesn’t believe in forevers. But when she defies the poachers and
lands at the top of the warlord’s kill list, she’s forced to rely on the skilled,
attractive but supremely infuriating game warden who has captivated her body’s
undivided attention.
Haunted by his past but driven by his courage, her
mysterious guardian will do everything in his power to protect the woman who
has captured his heart.
Matthias
The moment our lips met my heart
struck my breastbone with a sonic boom.
Every molecule in me came online. It was as if my body had been on an extended
blackout and suddenly a generator had kicked in, a massive voltage surge. A
switch flipped inside of me and I went from off to on, from zero to a hundred.
The kiss marked the difference
between before and now, activating my will to live beyond existence’s basic
functions. I was no longer breathing for the sake of surviving, but rather
getting high on the heady scent of Jade, gorging on her exotic flavors, getting
a fix on a woman who had proven she had all the makings of a dangerously
addictive fix…for me.
Jesus fucking Christ. This wasn’t
happening, couldn’t be happening, not here, not now, not with this woman. This
was wrong, for the mission, for me. And yet this was also right, so right I
couldn’t stop it, so pure and exquisite that it demolished the logic that
usually ruled me, bulldozed right over my carefully constructed defenses and blew
my shields into splinters.
I seized on her lips. I drank her
up as if I had a right to flirt with pleasure and happiness. Good, so good. She
tasted like chocolate and salted caramel, wholesome and true.
Her mouth responded to me, eager,
passionate. Our tongues entwined in a mutual exploration that unleashed the
storm within, joy and hope I thought I’d never feel again, and lust, a hunger
so raw and violent that it roared through my veins and threatened to destroy
not only my control, but my life as I knew it.
Images flashed in my mind, visual
effects of the emotions jarring me. Jade, cool under fire. Solid. Reliable.
True. Jade, calm, smart and composed as she confronted Kumbuyo. She hadn’t lost
it once, not even when that son of a bitch went at her. She was as brave as
they came, bold, daring, fearless. The memory of her standing half-naked under
the moonlight had me throbbing with need. She was a woman built for a warrior,
a warrior worth fighting for; a goddess who’d stepped out of some ancient
African legend to right my fucked-up world.
But I couldn’t endanger my
mission and I couldn’t betray all that had been entrusted to me. I was trained
for duty, which meant I had to pull out of this catastrophic trajectory, now.
It was hard, maybe even
impossible. I was trapped in the feel of her mouth. I forced myself to think
rationally. This was Jade Romo for Christ’s sake, the woman who had the
potential to out me and destroy everything I’d built, including the reserve.
While she was here, she was also my responsibility. Another thought hit me, one
that killed the joy in me. She’d been seconds away from being raped and moments
away from being killed. If something had happened to her under my watch, I’d
never forgive myself.
How I ripped my mouth away from
hers, I’ll never know. It took all my willpower. My senses reeled. When her
eyelids lifted, her eyes glittered with questions and her hand hovered over her
mouth, as if her lips stung as much as mine did.
“No, negative, we’re not doing
this,” I muttered, mostly to myself. “We can’t. We won’t.”
Copyright © 2017 The
Guardian by Anna del Mar
Amazon
Bestselling author Anna del Mar writes hot, smart romances that soothe the
soul, challenge the mind, and satisfy the heart. Her stories focus on strong
heroines struggling to find their place in the world and the brave, sexy,
kickass heroes who defy their limits to protect the women they love. A
Georgetown University graduate, Anna enjoys traveling, hiking, skiing, and the
sea. Writing is her addiction, her drug of choice, and what she wants to do all
the time. The extraordinary men and women she met during her years as a Navy
wife inspire the fabulous heroes and heroines at the center of her stories.
When she stays put—which doesn’t happen very often—she splits her time between
Colorado and Florida, where she lives with her indulgent husband and a very opinionated
cat.
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