Eight paragraphs of the romantic suspense novel, Reckless Endangerment, that, to me, are scintillating.
“We’re
unconventional, remember? A Marine and a reporter falling in love in a warzone
was pretty unrealistic, too, yet we did it.
We couldn’t get enough of each other, that’s what I remember.” She
slithered her hips closer to the edge of the counter, the heels of her boots resting
on the arms of his wheelchair. “You want to touch me and guess what? I want you
to touch me, too.”
Oh,
yeah, he wanted to touch her. Taste her. Bite her. Fuck her. If he did any of the things he
wanted to do, that would seal the deal, reunite them, and he wasn’t sure he wanted
to be anyone’s husband.
“You’re
bad for me.” He bit her knee while his fingers slid down the zipper of the
boot. “You’re gonna send me over the deep end. Is that your plan? To have me
committed?”
“I
never tell my plans.” She drank from the bottle of ouzo and he briefly wondered
when she’d grabbed it.
He
removed first one boot and then the other until her legs were bared and open in
front of him. He’d always loved her shapely legs, the way the muscles curved,
the way her skin felt beneath his fingers. He ran his hands over them, always
so smooth, and cherished her compliance.
She
held the bottle down to him and he took a drink without looking away from her
face. He loved that she was equal parts naughty and nice, half badass and half
angel. The liquor burned his throat, reminded him that he had most definitely
survived.
“I
can’t make you any promises,” he said before licking the inside of her thigh.
“I
wouldn’t believe them anyway.”
Blurb...
Sometimes
heroes fall and take their loved ones down with them. Colonel Michael Cedars
and reporter Hope Shane fell in love in a warzone, but then the world blew up
and splintered their lives in two.
Coming home
again isn't always easy. A Marine accustomed to giving orders, Michael
struggles to find his role in civilian life. Wounded, he faces new battles as
he learns to walk again, struggles with wartime ghosts, and questions his abilities
as a husband.
Hope doesn't give
up—not on the man she loves and not on her pursuit of justice. An investigative
reporter, she's hot on the trail of a human trafficking ring. Danger
intensifies as she gets closer to the truth, but the human traffickers know her
weakness. Will Michael become her Achilles Heel? Is he still the hero she
married or has he become a liability that could get them both killed?
