Becky McGraw
Slow Ride
Sleeper SEALs, Book 2
Release Date Sept 26, 2017
Sleeper SEALs, Book 2
Release Date Sept 26, 2017
Blurb:
The Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on US soil.
The Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on US soil.
Lt. Commander Keegan MacDonald has to face the fact his injury meant he was washed up as a SEAL, but who was he without the teams as part of his life? Even though he loved bikes, being a grease monkey at his uncle's motorcycle shop sure wasn't providing that answer.
When he gets a call for a special mission from the commander of a spec ops government contractor group, Keegan grabs onto the lifeline with both hands. Not only would he be helping find an intel leak which could jeopardize his teammates in the field, he might be able to find his own purpose during the mission too.
Keegan goes undercover at the Lily Pad, an off-base strip club where the government believes the special access intel is being passed, and quickly narrows down his suspects. The list includes Jules Lawson, a sexy, mouthy waitress who seems to have a hidden agenda.
When that agenda meshes with his own, and he finds out they are on the same team, but at opposite ends of the field, can they put together a partnership? Or will her inexperience and thirst for vengeance get them both killed?
Better yet, when the mission creeps into something much bigger than an intel leak, could he count on the beautiful agent to have his six while they saved the world? Or would she redefine his world in the process?
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Exclusive Excerpt
Would she ever stop smelling like stale cigarettes and alcohol? She was almost afraid in the three months she’d been in the club that the smell had seeped into her skin so deep she’d never get rid of it. Fifteen minutes later, she dressed in her jeans and t-shirt, put on her belly band holster and slid her gun inside.
Tired as hell, she towel-dried her hair and felt marginally human again as she stashed her stuff back in her bag. And she still had six blocks to walk to the apartment the agency set up for her. Thank goodness that would be in tennis shoes instead of heels, she thought, hefting her bag onto her shoulder and cringing when she took a step on her swollen ankle.
She needed to ice it down and take ibuprofen as soon as she got home, or she wouldn’t be wearing heels tomorrow night. Limping to the back door, she opened it and stepped outside then leaned against the wall to inhale deeply. She coughed and covered her nose when the odor of hot garbage from the dumpster replaced the bar smell.
Her stomach rolled as she pushed off of the wall and took a step, but the bright security lights overhead were suddenly eclipsed by a large body. The hair on her neck raised as her heart skidded to a stop and she reached under the hem of her shirt. A large hand clamped down on her wrist, holding her hand tightly to her side before she could draw her weapon.
“Are you trying to weasel out of breakfast, Jules?” Keegan MacDonald asked, and his voice rumbling in her ears sent tingles down her neck.
“No, I’m not reneging, I’m just too tired tonight. How about a rain-check?” she asked, as his intense stare set her nerves on fire.
“It’s not night, it’s nearly three in the morning and it’s not raining,” he replied, as his hot breaths fanned her face and his intense energy buzzed around her. “I’m hungry, and you owe me breakfast.” His eyes made it look like he was hungry for more than breakfast, and Jules body wanted to offer him a buffet at that moment.
But she didn’t know anything about him, and he could be the enemy.
“Move your hands,” she said, trying to slide her hand from under her shirt.
“Not until you promise not to shoot me,” he replied evenly, and a burst of fear caused her legs to buckle because he obviously realized she was carrying.
“I won’t shoot you if you get your hands off of me,” she grated, and he smiled as his hands fell away and he took a step back.
“My question is, why are you armed inside a bar? That could buy you time in jail if you ever had reason to be frisked, since you’re a civilian.” he said, and his eyes raked her from head to toe. “I’m sure there would be a line for that privilege.”
Jules felt like she had just had been frisked—with his eyes. Had this man made her out as an agent, or was he fishing?
“I think it would be obvious why I’m armed. I’m a woman and I work in a titty bar,” she replied, adding an eye roll for emphasis.
About the Author:
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Becky McGraw writes happily-ever-afters with heat, heart and humor. A Jill of many trades, Becky knows just enough about a variety of subjects to make her contemporary cowboy and romantic suspense novels diverse and entertaining. She resides in Florida with her husband of thirty-plus years and is the mother of three and grandmother of one. Becky is a member of the RWA, Sisters in Crime and Novelists, Inc.
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The Sleeper SEALs series is a multi-author series, which launched 9/5/17. The standalone books, by some of your favorite romantic suspense and military romance authors, will release every two weeks through 2/20/18 to keep your e-readers smoking.
This is a different kind of SEAL series, as all of our heroes have left the teams for one reason or another and are now in different civilian careers. Upon their exit from the teams, they were recruited for the Sleeper SEALs team by former U.S. Navy Commander Greg Lambert to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terror threats on US soil.
Authors included in this series are:
Susan Stoker – PROTECTING DAKOTA – 9/5/17
Becky McGraw – SLOW RIDE – 9/26/17
Dale Mayer – MICHAELS’ MERCY – 10/3/17
Becca Jameson – SAVING ZOLA – 10/17/17
Sharon Hamilton – BACHELOR SEAL – 10/31/17
Elle James – MONTANA RESCUE – 11/14/17
Maryann Jordan – THIN ICE – 11/28/17
Donna Michaels – GRINCH REAPER – 12/12/17
Lori Ryan – ALL IN – 1/9/18
Geri Foster – BROKEN SEAL – 1/23/18
Elaine Levine – FREEDOM CODE – 2/6/18
J.m. Madden – FLAT LINE – 2/20/18
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