About The
Guardian:
by Anna del Mar
Publisher:
Anna del Mar
Release
Date: October 1, 2017
Series:
Wounded Warrior #3
Genre: Romantic
Suspense
ISBN: 9780979968273
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.
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Excerpt:
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
Other Books in the Wounded Warrior series:
Anna del Mar’s explosive, sexy debut novel in
the Wounded Warrior series, perfect for fans of Lisa Marie Rice and Lora
Leigh—the story of a woman desperate to escape her dangerous past and the navy
SEAL who would lay down his life to save her.
Ash Hunter knows what it is to run. A SEAL gravely injured in
Afghanistan, he’s gone AWOL from the military hospital. Physically and mentally
scarred, he returns home to his grandmother’s isolated cottage—and finds a
beautiful, haunted stranger inside.
Like recognizes like.
Lia Stewart’s in hiding from the cartel she barely escaped
alive, holed up in this small Rocky Mountain town. Surviving, but only just.
Helping the wounded warrior on her doorstep is the right thing to do…it’s
loving him that might get them both killed.
Soon, Ash realizes he’s not the only one tormented by the
past. Pushing the limits of his broken body, testing the boundaries of her
shattered soul, he’ll protect Lia until his last breath.
Ex-military
pilot Seth Erickson is fighting his own demons, but when he finds Summer Silva,
a beautiful, warmth-loving, Miami woman stranded in the frozen wilderness,
he’ll do everything in his power to keep her safe from murder, treason, and the
ruthless Alaskan winter.
When a mysterious stranger is your only hope…
The scars of the past have left their mark, both physical and
emotional, on former military pilot Seth Erickson. Off-grid in the far reaches
of the bitter Alaskan wilderness, he wants only to be left alone with his
ghosts. But he can't ignore a woman in need—beautiful, stranded and nearly
frozen with fear.
Summer Silva never imagined that the search for her missing
sister would leave her abandoned on a wintry back road, barely escaping with
her life from a cold-blooded killer for hire. Now, hiding out in the isolated cabin
of the secretive wounded warrior who saved her, Summer knows she must do what
she fears most. Putting her trust in a stranger is all she has left.
All defenses are down
After a fiery first night together, Seth and Summer are bound
by a need as powerful as a Bering Sea superstorm—and vulnerable to enemies just
as fierce. For Seth, reawakened by desire, there is no sacrifice too great, no
memory too dark, to keep Summer safe. But murder and treason lurk everywhere
and Summer may not survive Alaska's ruthless winter.
About 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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