by Tracy Tappan
ADULT title
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GENRE: Military romantic suspense
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BLURB:
Eric “LZ”
O’Dwyer, a senior lieutenant stationed out of San Diego, is in command of his
own helicopter detachment out of the HSM-75 Wolf Pack. Deployed off the coast
of South America on a counterdrug operation, Eric jumps at the chance to take
down a ruthless drug lord. But to do it, he’ll have to join forces with badass
DEA Agent Nicole Gamboa. Infiltrating the drug lord’s mansion is crucial to the
mission, and to pull it off, Eric and Nicole have to play out an intimate scene
together that leaves them both reeling.
In the aftermath, Eric wants to
foster something real with Nicole, but there is a secret part of Nicole’s life
that makes a relationship impossible. The mission erupts again, and Nicole and
Eric end up relying on each other in ways they’d never predicted. The stakes
are raised to their highest when the drug lord gains the upper hand, and living
or dying hinges on a final showdown between Nicole and her past…and whether
Eric can get to her in time!
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EXCERPT
Her
DEA partner, Ryan, was at her side in two paces. “You’ve got the wrong idea
about what just happened, Nicole.”
Nicole
squared her chin and walked faster, nearing the doorway into the Air Traffic
Control tower.
“Would
you stop—” Ryan grabbed her arm—“and let me talk to—?”
She
whirled, and with a hard downward chop of her hand, crashed his hold off her.
Ryan
barked in pain.
“I
have two black belts in martial arts!” she shouted into her partner’s face. “Do
you ever bother to remember I’m more than a pair of tits?”
“Hey,
what’s going on?” Eric jogged up to them, hauling off his flight helmet. “Are you
two okay?” Behind him, the helicopter’s rotors were still turning.
Aagaard
kept his eyes on her. “That wasn’t about your ability to fight. It was about
distraction. The target was going to blow us to Kingdom Come. There weren’t any
other options I could see for handling the situation other than what we did.
You either, or you would’ve mentioned them. I knew it would work. And it did.”
“Congratulations.”
Her voice came out of a dark pit in her stomach. “You’ve seen my breasts now,
Ryan. Maybe you—”
“What?”
The one word cracked out of Eric like a bullet from a gun.
“—finally
stop being such a jerk.”
Ryan’s
face flushed a strangled shade of red. “You’re out of your skull if you think
that’s what this was about.”
“Right.
Then why do you keep blushing?” Nicole reached for the door handle to the
tower.
A
hand grabbed her arm again. Eric’s.
“Everyone
needs to stop touching me.”
“I’m
sorry,” Eric said, dropping his hand. “I just want to make sure you’re okay.”
“No,
Eric, I’m not okay.” She turned to face him fully. “I haven’t been okay since
we pretended to have sex together.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Tracy is the
bestselling and award-winning author of gritty romance, her books spanning
genres across paranormal (The Community series), military romantic suspense
(The Wings of Gold series), and medieval historical (The Baron’s War trilogy).
During nearly twenty-five years spent as a naval aviator’s wife, she lived all
over the United States and in Europe, enjoying seven years overseas in the
diplomatic community, first in Rome then in Madrid, until she settled back in
San Diego. Tracy holds a master’s degree in Marriage, Family, and Child
Counseling (MFCC), loves to play tennis, is a volunteer puppy raiser for Guide
Dogs for the Blind, and enjoys a good glass of wine. To learn more, please
visit her website at www.tracytappan.com
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My review:
4.5 stars
Beyond the Call of Duty
by Tracy Tappan is part of the ‘Wings of Gold’ series and gives a glimpse of the lives of senior lieutenant and pilot Eric O’Dwyer and DEA agent Nicole Gamboa as they join forces to try to take down a drug lord. Their forced proximity causes them to become far more intimate than either would normally have pushed for so quickly, but multiple factors interfere with the development of any ‘normal’ relationship—including family drama, high-risk vocations, residences in different countries, and danger looming. Good thing each believes in fighting for what is important!
(Update: I was informed that the footnotes that distracted me so much were a function of my reading the story in the pdf format and aren't an issue in the other e-versions...that is definitely a relief!)
A copy of this title was provided to me for review
