It hurt like he’d taken a hollow-point right to the hand, but he wasn’t going down like this. “Motherfucker.” He did what he had been trying to avoid and swung all his weight on the finger he’d dislocated on their last overseas mission. “You can do it!” Shiny’s relentlessly cheerful voice carried from his position below.įuck this. Generally seemed like a good guy, but not at all warm, and also not helping right now. Haul ass.” The new XO, Lieutenant Buratta, had a permanently clipped voice.

This was the last step in a grueling training mission that had tried their stamina with a HALO jump followed by a long run over rough terrain and this final climb. He was already safely on the ridge, along with several other SEAL team members. The desert sun had sweat rolling down his face, stinging his eyes.

One sore, overused finger was all that separated him and a plunge down the sheer cliff face. You believed in Bacon and this book, even when the going was rough, and I treasure your support.Įxcerpt from Squared Away by Annabeth Albertīacon was hanging on to life by one index finger. To my sprint buddy and Romantic Suspense Guru, Layla Reyne. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN.

And whether or not they can build a future is a different story altogether. Getting out of the jungle alive turns out to be easy compared to facing the truth about their feelings for one another back in the real world. But while Spencer can resist his physical attraction to Bacon, he has less control over his emotions-especially when the mission goes sideways and the two men are trapped alone. He’s a consummate professional who won’t risk his ethics or impeccable reputation by getting involved with a source.

Yet when a minor injury relegates him to the beta team, he’s tasked with what may be his riskiest assignment yet: the silver fox journalist he’s babysitting is the hottest, most charismatic man he’s ever encountered.Īward-winning journalist Spencer Bryant may have been named one of Pride magazine’s most eligible bachelors of the year, but he’s not looking to change his relationship status. Petty Officer Bacon, a navy SEAL and ace sharpshooter, has been on the front lines of more than his fair share of dangerous ops.

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