In
this thrilling hot must read by Amazon Bestseller Anna del Mar, Ex-SEAL turned
game warden, Matthias Hawking is engaged in a fierce battle to end poaching in
Africa, but when a beautiful journalist defies the poachers, he will do
everything in his power to protect the woman who has captured his heart.
Title:
The Guardian (
Publisher:
Anna del Mar
Release
Date: October 1, 2017
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.
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
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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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