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Publisher: KC Press
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: ASSIGNMENT: Carribean Nights, Book 1

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Former Navy SEAL Dex Riley has made peace with his demons. Mostly. He runs an island adventure company with his former teammates and sticks to his number one rule–don’t get involved. So why is he stepping in to stop a handsy resort guest from assaulting a woman? Now she sees a hero when in reality, the person she most needs protection from is Dex himself. The most dangerous thing he can do is fall for her, but for a guy used to living on the edge, going over it is only a matter of time.

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Rachel had planned this trip specifically for Emma’s mental well-being and Emma wasn’t stepping up. If she couldn’t swim, she couldn’t go snorkeling, now could she? She owed Rachel a fun trip and owed it to both of them to get better. She pivoted, marched back to her original spot and took a deep breath. Walk toward the water. Do it.

She took a step.

There was just so much water. Everywhere. Surrounding the whole island, every place she turned. It was a lot of freaking water and she couldn’t escape it. She backed up.

“Sweetheart, you’re making me dizzy.”

The smooth chuckle that accompanied the male voice emanating from behind her skittered down her spine. Dex. She’d only fantasized about his voice a million times. “I’m making me dizzy, too.”

Now why had she admitted something like that, especially to him? After all, he’d blown her off yesterday without a thought. He’d probably forgotten all about her.

Soft steps alerted her to his presence a moment before her back heated. His gaze was wandering down her shoulders and spine, caressing her waist. She could feel it and that was just as arousing as imagining his hands replacing the scraps at her breasts. And lower.

Well, she’d gotten his attention again today, obviously.

But then he drew up beside her in the sand, staring out at the water. “Wouldn’t have expected you to be so far from the resort after attracting the attention of the jackass yesterday.”

She tossed hair over her shoulder as she glanced at him. “What, like I’m afraid?”

Could he see through her so easily? Did she radiate some kind of vibe that said she’d lost her inner strength and couldn’t find it again?

“No, like you’re smart. There’s a whole lot of nothing out here.”

Yeah, realized that, she thought sourly. “I was just thinking about going back.”

“Oh, is that what was up with the hokey pokey you were just playing with yourself?”

His mouth quirked up in a grin she couldn’t resist and the corners of her own mouth lifted in involuntary response. As they smiled at each other, something elemental passed between them, coloring the atmosphere with a dark and delicious awareness.

“That’s what it’s all about, after all,” she said.

“I’ve been missing out, then.” The teasing note in his voice dropped away. “Normally, this would be the part where I’d say, you should show me.”

“But you’re not going to,” she guessed and tamped back the disappointment. He’d told her yesterday that he was bad news, but she’d half thought it might be a misguided sense of propriety after a near-assault. Which she appreciated.

But this was today. The man exuded scarcely contained power and energy, and it was just as affecting as it had been yesterday. Never would she have said she was one to be attracted to a man like him, one who walked around wearing board shorts and nothing else, but barely seemed to register that anyone would find him worth gawking at.

But he was so gawk-worthy, it wasn’t even funny.

This trip was about finding her center again. What was wrong with picking up a hot guy along the journey toward the surface of this quagmire she’d fallen into? She wanted to feel strong and in control of her life for once. A torrid vacation fling might be just what the doctor ordered.

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