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Desperate Deception
Book One
Heroes Rising
They served their country well, but they had focused for so
along on being SEALs that now they are without a purpose or commitment. Their
dreams are filled with images of teammates torn and shredded in combat
situations. They have learned to live with a mental toughness developed through
strict discipline. Those without family to ground them are facing a life
without direction. But former SEAL Alex Rossi sees in them the core of the
sheriff’s staff he is building one block at a time. In the foothills of
Montana’s Crazy Mountains they will find new purpose, build new lives and open
themselves to love.
Lainie Taggert needed to break away from her abusive
relationship before it killed her, but Sonny Fitzgerald had all the keys to
controlling her. Until she landed in the hospital with bruises and broken
bones. And her friend, Drea Halstead, convinced her they had to spirit her
away.
His life was in limbo…
Zane Halstead was rootless after three tours with the SEALs,
medically discharged and not sure what to do with himself. When Sheriff Alex
Rossi in Montana reached out to him with an offer to join his staff, he
thought, what the hell? A house came with it along with two horses two horses
he could work with. But then his sister pleaded with him to take a battered
woman with him and keep her safe. How could he say no?
But the best laid
plans and all that…
They never expected to fall for each other, Zane with his
determination to stay single and Lainie with her nightmares and a vicious bully
after her. And a rich one at that. But chemistry and emotions have their own
plans, and when Zane gets word Lainie’s ex is on her trail, he realizes he’ll
do anything to keep her safe…and for himself. With the help of Sheriff Alex
Rossi, he is ready to take on the enemy for his woman.
Excerpt:
He
was just getting ready to walk out for the last time when his phone rang. The
readout had his sister’s name on it.
“Drea?
What’s up? Aren’t you at work?”
“I
am, but Zane? I really, really need your help. And please don’t say No until
you hear it all. Okay?”
“Jesus,
girl. What have you gotten yourself into now?”
He
listened while she laid out her story for him, especially Lainie Taggert’s
condition and why her fear of Sonny Fitzgerald was so intense. As she outlined
the plan, his stomach knotted, and his fingers tightened their hold on the
phone.
“You’re
kidding me, right? This is a joke to yank my chain.”
“No,
it isn’t.” Her voice was low. “I’m dead serious. Dead, by the way, being what this
woman will be if we don’t pull this deception off and sneak her out of Tampa.
Please, Zane. She has no place else to turn. “
He
wanted more than anything to say no, but it just wasn’t who he was. He knew
this last-minute call from Drea might screw up his plans. He also knew she wouldn’t
ask unless she was desperate. Take a strange woman to Montana with him to a
situation he wasn’t even sure would work? What the hell?
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