COMPROMISED
Alpha Ops #5
Emmy Curtis
Releasing March 1st, 2016
Forever
It was supposed to be the happiest
day of her life. But when her wedding erupts in gunfire, Sadie Walker realizes
this is not the life she wants-her fiancé's work with Delta Force will always
cast a shadow over their relationship. After leaving the hard-muscled hero at
the altar, she thinks she'll never see him again . . . until a chance encounter
reveals that he still has a strong grip on her heart.
On a covert assignment overseas,
Simon Tennant is shocked when he spots Sadie with another man. Jealousy flares,
as does an irresistible urge to keep her protected. Amid a dangerous game of
international espionage, he'll have to convince Sadie just how perfect they've
always been together. This time, nothing will take precedence over winning her
back, no matter the cost to his cover-or his life . . .
“We might not
be friends, Sadie. But we are something.”
She moved her
head so that Simon let go of her chin. “You used to tell me that I was your
everything. Your port in a storm. Your sanctuary when you came back from a
mission. Did you ever wonder what you were to me? You were the man who always
disappeared. The man who was there, but only until your phone rang. I loved
you, but you were a ghost to me. Is that the ‘something’ you mean?”
“Sadie.” He
looked devastated, and she cursed herself for saying those things. As true as
they were, she hadn’t wanted to explore their relationship right then. Nor ever
if truth be told.
“But that’s all just history, isn’t it?” she said,
trying to sound flip.
He leaned in.
She knew he meant to kiss her, and she wanted to move, wanted to slap his face
and run. That’s what she should have done.
Instead she
allowed her mouth to open slightly as her eyes fluttered closed. Just one kiss.
A safe, goodbye kiss…and then all rational thought escaped her.
His tongue
touched hers and her senses and nerve endings came alive. He felt like home. A
dark, impenetrable, warm and sexy home. Her heartbeat raced and butterflies
heralded the coming of spring in her stomach. He still wanted her. She still
wanted him. She didn’t care about anything else.
She held his
face as she stood and climbed astride his thighs, still kissing him. His hands
went to her breasts, running the backs of his hands over the swell above her
neckline. And then he found the zipper of the dress, and pulled it down to her
waist.
He yanked her
toward him and put his mouth around her nipples, through her bra. As he sucked
and bit she arched her back, aching for him to make her feel more. And more.
She grabbed
his short hair and rammed her mouth against his. She wanted to hurt him, to be
hurt by him, to bruise her mouth, so she’d be sure him being here wasn’t some
crazy illusion. But mostly so he’d regret lying to her and leaving her.
His dick
strained against his cargo pants, and she ground herself against it, moving her
hips so that she could feel the whole length of him.
“Stop,” he
whispered, out of breath. “Not like this. I don’t want to hurt you.”
“Now you
decide you don’t want to hurt me?” she whispered back.
His hand
splayed against her throat, dragging his fingers slowly from her chin to her
bra. His mouth followed, slow and firm. She wanted to protest, but his tongue
snaked a hot trail over her pulse points making her heart race. She’d protest
in a minute.
“You’ve
changed so much,” he murmured against her throat.
She was about
to respond when he found his way under her skirt to her panties. He slipped
under them as if he was trained in stealth. Which, come to think of it, he was.
Emmy Curtis is an editor and a romance
writer. An ex-pat Brit, she quells her homesickness with Cadbury Flakes and
Fray Bentos pies. She's lived in London, Paris and New York, and has settled
for the time being, in North Carolina. When not writing, Emmy loves to travel
with her military husband and take long walks with their Lab. All things
considered, her life is chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny. And if
you get that reference...well, she already considers you kin.
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