By: Kate SeRine
Releasing October 4, 2016
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Safe From Harm
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Safe From Harm
Protect and Serve Series
There’s something about prosecuting attorney Elle McCoy that Deputy Gabe Dawson just can’t get enough of. Even with Gabe’s family legacy in law enforcement and promising career, Elle’s smart, sassy rejection of all his charm makes Gabe want her even more.
But Gabe’s confidence is shaken when he’s shot on the steps of the courthouse, protecting Elle from a terrorist intent on revenge. Worse, Elle isn’t out of danger yet. But as they race to counter the terrorist’s next move, Gabe determines to prove to Elle—and himself—that he’s a man worthy of her.
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“Well,
you’d better get going,” Gabe grumbled. “Don’t want to miss
your ride.”
Elle
took a few steps forward, coming to the side of his hospital bed.
“I’m going. But first, I wanted to make one thing very clear to
you, Gabe Dawson.”
“Yeah?”
he said. “What’s that?”
She
narrowed her eyes and leaned over him, caging him with her arms on
either side of his head. “Don’t you ever again treat me like I’m
some delicate flower who can’t handle the truth.”
Damn.
Having
her that close was tempting as hell. For the first time, he noticed
she had tiny flecks of gold in her eyes and a few more freckles on
the bridge of her nose than he’d realized. God, she was
beautiful—stunning, really. He had to muster all his willpower not
to drag her into his arms and kiss the full lips that were currently
pursed in irritation. But he forced himself to meet her gaze and
lifted a single brow.
“Oh,
I know you’re no delicate flower,” he said, his voice going
deeper, betraying the effect of her nearness and giving his words a
weight he hadn’t intended.
Her
cheeks went a little pink, but she didn’t back away. “We’re in
this together, whether we like it or not. And I’m not going to be
kept in the dark just because I’m not a cop.”
“Oh,
I don’t know,” he said, not bothering to suppress the grin
tugging at his mouth. “You might like being in the dark with me,
Elle.”
She
blinked, her mouth opening and closing as if she wanted to say
something more but was clearly speechless. Then she pressed her lips
together and gave him a frustrated look. “You know what I meant,
Gabe.”
At
this, the little devil on his shoulder got the better of him, and he
chuckled, letting his gaze drop down to those gorgeous lips. “Yeah,
I know what you meant, Elle. Doesn’t change what I meant.”
When
she didn’t immediately pull away at his advance, he took a chance
and reached up, gently taking hold of her chin and guiding her lips
down to his. But before he could make contact, she suddenly broke
away from his tender grasp and straightened, staring down at him with
a look of confusion and panic in her eyes.
Okay,
well, that wasn’t exactly the reaction he’d been hoping for…
“I
have to go,” she breathed. But she didn’t take a single step. “I
really… I should go.”
He
met her gaze, waiting, wondering at her next move. “You sure?”
She
licked her lips, looking as if she was truly torn between going and
staying. But then she lifted her chin, giving him that defiant look
he’d grown so used to seeing from her. “Yes, I’m absolutely
positive.”
Without
another word, she turned on her heel and strode toward the door
without so much as a glance over her shoulder.
But
the little exchange was enough to offer Gabe the encouragement he
needed. Maybe the brilliant, beautiful, iron-willed woman wasn’t
quite as unaffected by him as she wanted him to believe…
Kate lives in a smallish, quintessentially Midwestern town with her husband and two sons, who share her love of storytelling. She never tires of creating new worlds to share and is even now working on her next project—probably while consuming way too much coffee.
Kate is also the author of the award-winning Transplanted Tales paranormal romance series and the Protect & Serve romantic suspense series.
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