HIDDEN IMPACT
by
Piper J. Drake
An aloof bodyguard and mercenary puts his heart on the line in HIDDEN IMPACT, the first book in the Safeguard series by Piper J. Drake.
Fans of Marie Force’s Fatal series or Laura Kaye’s Hard As It Gets, will love this brand new romantic suspense series.
He’s
not the hero she’s looking for...
As
part of the elite Centurion Corporation team,
military-veteran-turned-mercenary Gabriel Diaz is a natural defender.
He’ll do anything to ensure a mission is successful. Anything but
get emotionally invested—he learned the hard way that can be
deadly. Easy bodyguard jobs in between the more challenging missions
are all he’s interested in now.
Maylin
Cheng is desperate and running out of time. Her younger sister has
gone missing but no one seems to take her concern seriously. Her last
hope lies in asking an aloof bodyguard for help. He dismisses her
outright, but all that changes when she is almost killed in a
not-so-accidental hit-and-run right before his eyes.
As
Maylin leans on Gabriel, she begins to rely on him for more than just
her safety. But as their attraction grows, so does the danger
surrounding them. When the elaborate web they're trapped in unravels,
Gabriel will do anything to protect them. Even if that means putting
his heart in the crosshairs.
Book
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Breathe.
She gasped and
cool air rushed in, clearing away some of the fog.
“That’s it,
sweetheart. Take another breath nice and slow. Slow.” Strong hands
patted her down, touched her with gentle purpose. “Does anything
hurt? Your neck, your head?”
“The way you
took her down, it’s amazing her skull isn’t splattered all over
the sidewalk.” Another man’s voice floated over from some
distance away. Or was it a shock thing?
Maybe she was in
shock.
Did people’s
feet get cold at times like this? Only her left one.
“Your left foot
is colder because you lost a shoe when I shoved you out of the way.”
A thread of amusement ran through the original speaker’s voice. She
liked the sound of it. Kind humor, like what she heard in his words,
was the sign of a good man. “I’m going to help you to a sitting
position, but if anything hurts at all, you let me know right away
and we’re laying you back down. Understood?”
“Yes.” She
said it out loud on purpose, because she was pretty sure she’d been
talking out loud anyway so it’d be good to know if she could do it
when she actually meant to.
The same big
hands she’d taken note of before took hold of her, one sliding
under her neck to give her support as she came up to a sitting
position.
“Slow,” her
caretaker admonished.
His choice of
speeds was frustrating.
Piper J. Drake (or “PJ”) began her writing career as “PJ Schnyder” writing sci-fi & paranormal romance and steampunk. She has recently received the FF&P PRISM award for her work as well as the NJRW Golden Leaf award and Parsec award.
Now, PJ is exploring the complexity of romantic suspense, incorporating her interests in mixed martial arts and the military into her writing.
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