Wanted (FBI Heat Book 3) (20 page)

My heartfelt gratitude goes out to my family and friends for their continued support and encouragement. My respect and appreciation for my outstanding editor, Alex Logan, continues to grow with each book. I’m eternally grateful for her interest in all my stories and even more for her willingness to let me tell them my way but also to help me make them better. Her confidence in me has nurtured more confidence in myself, a sure sign of a great teacher. I hope we’ll be creating many more stories together. And as always, the whole Forever team has outdone itself with its creativity, expertise, and support.

I would also like to thank the gracious people at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station for their educational tour and informative answers. They helped me create the Diablo Beach Nuclear Power Plant, a fictional location with imaginary employees, procedures, and computer systems. Any inaccuracies are entirely my own. My in-house computer expert (aka my darling husband) earned significant kudos for patiently walking me through the techno-speak of computer hacking and for keeping my scenarios believable without drowning my readers and me in details.

The dedicated men and women of the FBI deserve not only my gratitude but also that of all Americans for their service to our country. Their assistance in answering my many questions as I wrote this series has made it far more realistic. Of course, any errors are strictly mine. And last but not least, my sincere gratitude goes to my readers for whom I wrote this story in the first place. Thank you all!

I’m Marissa Garner. I’m a wife, writer, chocoholic, and animal lover, not necessarily in that order. As a little girl, I cut pictures of people out of my mother’s magazines and turned them into characters in my simple stories. Now I write edgy romantic thrillers, steamy contemporary romance, and sexy paranormal romantic suspense. My stories will titillate your mind as well as your libido. I live in sunny Southern California with my husband, but enjoy traveling from Athens to Anchorage to Acapulco and many locations in between.

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Hunted

Targeted

He is a trained professional but nothing can prepare him for the hottest mission of his life. Assigned to protect his boss’s daughter, British former SAS operative Malone Garrett breaks the first rule of covert surveillance—don’t make contact. And especially don’t take your mark out to dinner, then agree to a rooftop quickie. But now that Mal has Abby in his arms, he has no intention of ever letting her go.

Abby Baston told herself it was a hit and quit, a one-nighter with a hot, handsome stranger whose hands were trained to take action. Working undercover for the CIA, she can’t risk anything more. But when an international crisis ignites, Abby must make a call: trust Mal with her secret—and her heart—and partner up, or lose everything in a split second…

Nicky Bosko barely remembers the mother who abandoned her twenty years ago. But when her mother’s long-buried remains are discovered, the authorities suspect murder—and turn to Nicky for help. Putting her trust in the magnetic detective who wants to explore her memories of the past, Nicky is desperate to learn the truth.

Cullen Fraser knows the odds against solving a case as cold as this one. Yet the brutal killing of a woman deserves justice. As he begins to unravel a web of lies, it becomes clear that Nicky is in danger and that his need to protect her goes far beyond duty. But before he can even think of a future with her, he must keep her safe from the betrayals of her past…

The best rules are the ones worth breaking…

After his mother’s funeral, ex-Army Ranger Drake Sullivan wants only to disappear and drown his sorrows in whiskey. Then he sees her: Mea Jones. An untamed, sexy-as-hell whirlwind of energy. A few years ago, she showed him the best—and hottest—night of his life, then walked away without a backward glance. But he’s never stopped wanting more.

When it comes to guys, Mea has rules. One night. No dating. Whatever it takes to have control and keep it. With Drake, it’s all heat and hurt and hunger, and pretty much the opposite of control. And that makes him dangerous as hell. Mea has her own demons, and falling in love—or even in lust—is strictly a no-go proposition. But she soon finds out Drake is incredibly single-minded when it comes to getting what he wants. And he’s determined to be the exception to all her rules.

Between danger and desire lies the ultimate obsession…

Erin Whitley knows she shouldn’t fantasize about her boss. Yet from the moment the legendary Chase Montclair summons her to his office, all she can do is think about having his sexy hands all over her. No matter how much her body wants to give in to Chase, Erin knows that a relationship with him will expose her deepest, most painful secrets and ruin the life she’s built for herself.

Chase Montclair is used to being able to buy whatever and whomever he wants, and never in his life has he come across a more delicious challenge than prim and proper Erin Whitley. Willing to bet his fortune that there’s a vixen hiding behind Erin’s perfectly polished exterior, Chase is determined to bring her to life. But someone from Erin’s past is watching from the shadows, waiting to destroy everything…

Weddingville, Washington, is in the throes of its annual bridal fair. For Daryl Anne Blessing, that means soothing the high-strung brides-to-be who have taken her family’s dress shop by storm. Hunky photographer Seth Quinlan is around to provide eye candy and witty repartee—but it’s no laughing matter when a diamond ring set disappears from the Ring Bearer Jewelers, followed by a designer gown from Blessing’s Bridal Shop.

Daryl Anne hopes the thefts are just the work of a prankster poking fun at the wedding fever that’s overtaken the town. But Weddingville’s shopkeepers can’t afford for the bridal fair to lose its luster. Then business takes a dark turn when a bride is found dead in Flower Girl Florist’s fridge. Now, with Weddingville’s romantic reputation on the line, Daryl Anne and Seth turn up the heat on their own simmering attraction—and a killer determined to make bridezillas a dying breed…