OMG, I’m jumping with joy since there are only 26 days until the release of SABOTAGE OPERATION, my 30th book for Harlequin, and the first in the brand new South Beach Security K-9 Series. These romantic suspense books are all standalone with uplifting endings and connected characters. I can’t wait for you to read them! Today I’ve got a little teaser for you! In this scene, Teresa, Matt and Butter have tracked their attacker’s scent to a nearby house when a storm breaks out and they are forced to seek shelter. What follows next is how the storm of their emotions finally breaks loose! I hope you enjoy it. You can pre-order Sabotage Operation at https://books2read.com/SabotageOperation.
Teaser
A security expert and his K-9
Will protect a stable owner at any cost
Owner of a thoroughbred racing stable, Teresa Rodriguez is about to testify against her former trainer. Is he the one behind all the recent sabotage? When security expert Matt Perez joins the investigation, Teresa is grateful for the extra protection he and his K-9 offer. Now, as Matt and his dog, Butter, stand beside her 24/7, the attraction between them can’t be denied. Even as the danger escalates.
Excerpt
He walked to shut the door against the rain that continued to pound the house.
“We’ll call the police. Storm may take another half hour to clear, though. Are you dry and safe for now?” she asked.
He glanced at Teresa, who was still shaking from the wet and chill. “We’re safe. Dry not so much. We’ll stay here until the police arrive.”
“We’ll have some warm food waiting for you when you get here,” Mia said and ended the call.
He issued a hand command for Butter to stay, and before she settled herself down, she shook the rain off her short fur.
Returning to Teresa, he sat beside her and scooped her up into his lap.
She came without protest and burrowed into his warmth.
He wrapped his arms around her and little by little her body stopped shaking. She peered up at him, and this close he could see the lighter green shards in the depths of those jewel-tone eyes. And that perfect nose and those full lips. Natural lips, not fake, model ones.
She can be a model, she is so beautiful, he thought, cupped her cheek and ran his thumb across those tempting lips.
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TERESA HAD BEEN grateful for the heat his body had provided, but now there was a different kind of heat building between them.
The butterfly-light pass of his thumb on her lips was as intimate as any kiss, and her body responded to it, nipples tightening against her damp T-shirt. Heat and wet pooled at her center.
It had been too long since she’d been with a man, and it hadn’t been a man like Matt. Big. Hard-bodied. Complex. She mimicked his action and cupped his jaw.
His skin was beard-rough beneath her palm. Hard much like the rest of him, but as she met his gaze, it was impossible to miss the need in his sapphire eyes.
Need that mirrored her own and she wasn’t about to deny him or herself.
