a Hard Ink Novella
by Laura Kaye
available August 19,
2014 from Avon Impulse
Five dishonored
soldiers.
Former Special Forces.
One last mission.
These are the men of Hard Ink.
Edward "Easy" Cantrell knows better than most the pain of not being able to save those he loves—which is why he is not going to let Jenna Dean out of his sight. He may have just met her, but Jenna's the first person to make him feel alive since that devastating day in the desert more than a year ago.
Jenna has never met anyone like Easy. She can't describe how he makes her feel--and not just because he saved her life. No, the stirrings inside her reach far beyond gratitude.
As the pair are thrust together while chaos reigns around them, they both know one thing: the things in life most worth having are the hardest to hold on to.
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EXCERPT:
Easy tugged down the
covers and gestured for Jenna to get in. She chose the side that would allow
her to lie on the uninjured side of her face.
“After what you’ve been
through, I don’t want to do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable,” Easy
said.
Propping herself on an
elbow, Jenna shook her head. “You won’t. You’re the—” She blanched as if she
hadn’t meant to say whatever she’d nearly said.
Which made Easy need to
know. He crawled on the bed as if lured by the words. “Finish. That. Sentence.”
She eased back onto the
pillow, red hair sprawling around her shoulders like silk, and stared up at
him. And it took everything Easy had not to settle himself on top of her and
tease the words out with his hands and tongue.
“The only one who makes
me feel safe," she whispered.
Satisfaction humming
through him, Easy turned and stretched out on his back. Because if he kept
looking at her while she was looking at him like that, he might not be able to
restrain himself from having what he wanted. A taste. A chance.
None of which she was in
any shape for. And given the shitstorm in his head, probably neither was he.
“Good. That’s good,” he
murmured, blowing out a long breath. Damn, he was tired. Not just because he
hadn’t slept much the night before. But because of the size of the load he’d
been shouldering for the past twelve-plus months. If he could only figure out how
to put it down. He scrubbed his hands over his face, wishing he could shake
himself out of this fucking slump.
If Rimes were here, he’d
kick Easy’s ass for being such a morose motherfucker.
But he wasn’t here.
Which was the damn problem in a nutshell.
He dropped his arms to
the bed and peered over at Jenna.
She lay on her side
facing him, hand tucked under her chin, not looking the least bit settled or
relaxed.
“Whatchu need?”
“You.” She spoke the
word without any hesitation, any doubt, any seeming self-consciousness.
“Have me, Jenna.
Whatever you want,” he said, his cock stirring no matter how hard he reined
himself in.
Holding his gaze, she
moved closer until her head rested on his shoulder and her body trapped his arm
between them. And, suddenly, she wasn’t fucking close enough.
“Here,” he whispered,
lifting his arm and inviting her closer. And damn if his heart didn’t soar when
she fitted herself the rest of the way against him, her face against his
throat, her breasts against his ribs, her leg curling up onto his thigh.
He wasn’t sure whose
sigh was louder. All Easy knew was that this was the first time in more than a
year he didn’t feel alone. Wrapping his arm around her, he couldn’t resist
squeezing her in just a little closer.
“Thank you,” she
whispered, her breath ticklish against his neck.
He laced his fingers
between hers where they rested on his chest. “I gotchu. You just close your
eyes and know I’m here.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Laura is the New York
Times and USA Today bestselling author of over a dozen books in contemporary
and paranormal romance. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in
the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses
cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal.
She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog,
and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
If you’d like to learn
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