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Title: Serve ‘N’ Protect
Author: Tee O’Fallon
Genre: Romantic Suspense
About Serve ‘N’ Protect:
Ambushed and left for dead, U.S. Secret Service K-9 Officer Markus York is on the mend and laying low in a safe house while his team tracks down his attacker. But Markus isn’t good at sitting still. Even with his K-9, Ghost, for company, he gets restless and decides now is the perfect time to do some repairs around the house…and inadvertently tears open his wounds.
Fresh out of a bad relationship that ended after a car accident left her with limited mobility, freelance accountant Cassidy Morgan has sworn off men. At least, that’s the plan. Until a frantically barking dog leads her to a neighbor’s house where she finds a mysterious man out cold and bleeding on the floor...and mumbling things like “no, they’ll find me” when she tries to call an ambulance.
Yeah, that’s not at all concerning.
Despite Markus’s surly attitude, Cassidy senses there’s something else at work beneath his rugged, keep-your-distance exterior. Whatever it is, it’s sexy as hell.
With someone still trying to kill him, Markus doesn’t want an innocent to get hurt, let alone take care of him.
If only his dog wasn’t crazy in love with her.
If only the chemistry between Markus and Cassidy didn’t explode whenever they were in the same room.
If only Cassidy wasn’t a target now, too.
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He
jerked his head to a table on the other side of the room. “Ghost. Water
bottle.”
Ghost
went to the table and grabbed a water bottle in his teeth. He brought it to
them, letting the bottle slip free into Markus’s waiting hand. She expected it
to be punctured in at least one place, but it wasn’t.
He
handed her the bottle. “You earned this.”
“Water?
I earned a lot more than this.” She
held up the bottle. “Try that pepperoni pizza in the bottom of my freezer. Talk
nice to me, and I’ll share it with you. Oh, wait. I forgot you’re carb-free.
Well, more pizza for me. If the weeds were growing outside, I’d make you a
dandelion salad.”
“Actually,
Little Miss Snark,” he said, setting the clipboard on the bench behind him,
“that’s not a bad idea. Dandelion leaves are loaded with vitamins and
antioxidants.”
“Well,
don’t botanical factoids just get your heart racing?” She stood and her leg,
unaccustomed to the workout, promptly gave out from beneath her.
Markus
grabbed her upper arms, steadying her. Instead of releasing her right away, he
just stared at her, frowning and
scowling, if that were even possible. “Yeah. They do,” he murmured.
His
gaze dropped to her lips and he took a step closer, cupping her face with one
hand. The fresh scent of whatever soap he’d used filled her lungs, along with
his own brand of sexy-as-hell man-scent. As he slowly lowered his head, her
lips parted and she held her breath.
Was
he going to kiss her? Did she want him to? Oh.
Yeah. She did, and with every inch their mouths drew closer, her stupidly
hopeful heart pounded faster.
Who
knew dandelions were the way to this man’s heart?
Markus
released her and when he stepped back, there was no missing the flicker of
regret in his eyes. “We should get that pizza in the oven,” he said in a voice
so gruff it sounded as if someone had taken sandpaper to his vocal cords.
Or
not.
As
she watched him and Ghost go up the stairs, Cassidy breathed deeper to slow the
wings of those beating butterflies in her belly. Kissing him had just leaped to
the top of her Most Wanted list, but it was just as well he hadn’t gone through
with it. Getting too attached to him would be in direct violation of the second
item on her New Year’s resolutions list: Never, ever, get her heart broken again. Just as importantly, being kissed
by him would only have given her a fleeting taste of something that wouldn’t last.
Sooner or later, Markus would leave. He was part of another world, and he’d
only dropped into hers temporarily.
What
she ought to do was make the most of his company and his physical therapy while it lasted. Then call it good when he
left.
Cassidy
took a deep breath then grabbed her cane and headed for the stairs. Not that
she was close to falling in love with Markus, but getting hung up on a guy like
him would be stupid. It had never been in her nature to give up on love or stop
hoping for it again, even if the price to be paid for love gone wrong was loss
and pain, but with Markus, that pain was guaranteed.
And
she wasn’t ready for more pain.
About Tee O’Fallon
Tee O'Fallon is the author of the Federal K-9 Series and the NYPD Blue & Gold Series. Tee has been a federal agent for twenty-three years and is now a police investigator, giving her hands-on experience in the field of law enforcement that she combines with her love of romantic suspense. When not writing, Tee enjoys cooking, gardening, chocolate, lychee martinis, and spending time with her Belgian Sheepdogs, Loki and Kyrie. Tee loves hearing from readers and can be contacted via her website https://teeofallon.com where you can also sign up for Tee’s newsletters.
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