Wild
Nights
The
Justiss Alliance #3
By: Tina Wainscott
Releasing: Nov 4th, 2014
Loveswept
Blurb
The courageous men of USA
Today bestselling author Tina Wainscott’s Justiss Alliance series never give up
and never make a promise they can’t live up to—especially when love is on the
line.
The
only commitment Saxby Cole has ever made is to the SEALs. He follows a long
line of Southern charmers who swear monogamy isn’t in their blood. He’s never
met a woman who made him want to swear his allegiance—until, while undercover
for a Justiss Alliance assignment, he finds a woman who makes him think twice.
When
Jennessy Shaw’s boyfriend dumps her right before their vacation to a hedonistic
Caribbean resort, she goes without him to explore her wild side. Throwing
caution to the wind, she propositions Saxby—only to suffer his gentle
rejection.
When
she wakes in Saxby’s room with no memory of the night before, Jennessy
discovers his real purpose: to sniff out an operation where women like her are
drugged and prostituted to resort guests. She goes from victim to his
investigative partner . . . but getting too close to the sexier-than-sin Saxby
may be her wildest move yet.
EXCERPT:
The plane taxied down the runway, then lifted off. Sax didn’t catch himself in time to stop from glancing at the woman next to him. She’d finished her drink. He handed her his with a smile. “I think you need this more than I do. I haven’t touched it.”
The plane taxied down the runway, then lifted off. Sax didn’t catch himself in time to stop from glancing at the woman next to him. She’d finished her drink. He handed her his with a smile. “I think you need this more than I do. I haven’t touched it.”
She was about to politely refuse, but
that impish smile turned up the corners of her mouth. “You’re right, thanks. I
guess you heard all that”—she rolled her eyes—”drama.”
Sax gestured for her to give him the
empty glass. He felt the frames of his glasses slide down his nose and, per
Vivi’s instructions, shoved them back with his forefinger to the bridge in a
graceless gesture. “Yeah, that sucks,” he said, forcing himself to focus on his
investment magazine.
She took a sip of her drink. “I almost
backed out. When I wanted to explore my wild side, I thought I’d be doing it in
a safe way, you know? With the guy I’ve been dating since our junior year of
high school. But the room is paid for, and the flights are nonrefundable.” She
flashed the intriguing smile that showed off perfect white teeth. “I decided to
go anyway.”
“Good for you. I say it’s his loss.” He
looked up toward the cabin ceiling. You gotta be frickin’ kidding me. Who up
there is laughing his ass off right now? Fate, karma, cruel trickster, putting
a woman who could use some self-esteem boosting right next to me. He
loved nothing more than to treat a woman to a weekend of adoration and
pampering so that she forgot what’s-his-face and regained her joie de vivre. Of
course, he always made it clear that it was only for a weekend or however long
he was in town.
Back off, boy. You’re on
the job. Then he remembered what she was
seeing when she looked at him. No worries that she’d be interested in him
anyway. “Just watch your drink while you’re there, ‘kay?” He turned back to his
magazine.
“What do you mean?”
“I’m just saying, a woman alone at one of
these places . . . sometimes nasty people put drugs in drinks. Don’t ever leave
your drink alone.” That’s all he could tell her.
“Thanks for the warning,” she said. “I’m
Jennessy, by the way.” She held out a long-fingered hand adorned with a couple
of rings. Her hand was soft, but her shake was firm.
He kept his limp and brief. “I’m Saxby.”
“Nice to meet you, Saxby. Interesting
name.”
“It’s a family name, goes back
generations.” Usually this was where he’d go on to talk about his Louisiana
roots and tell some family stories, letting his accent ooze like honey over his
words. “It’s a dumb name,” he added with a dismissive shrug, releasing her
hand. Actually, he liked it. It was a damned sight better than being named John
or Robert. Or Rathmusen, like his SEAL brother.
“I like it,” she said. “It sounds very
refined and Southern.”
“Louisiana Southern,” he confirmed. “Jennessy
is unusual.”
“My parents tell me it was from a
misinterpretation. They were listening to the Gin Blossoms’ first album, Dusted, and
thought the lead singer was saying ‘Jennessy’ and decided that would make a
good name for their baby. Even when they found out he was really saying ‘jealousy,’
they stayed with it.”
“I remember my uncle listening to that
song.” Sax chuckled. “He used to . . .” No stories. “Drive us crazy, playing
the same CD over and over.” He stuck his nose back in his magazine. He wanted
to soak Jennessy in, the way he admired Greek statues of shapely women in
museums. All he could do was snatch a view from his peripheral vision. Jennessy
was beautiful in a classy, understated way. Definitely not dressed for a
hedonistic adventure in shorts that went midway to her knees and a dark pink
tank that showed only a little cleavage. She had legs that went on forever,
folded into the confines of their seat space. Her feet were elegant in gold
sandals, toenails tipped in florescent pink. A gold ring circled one toe.
She pulled the book from the pocket and
sank into the romance story, if the bare-chested hunk on the cover was any
indication. Poor guy’s head was cut off above his chiseled chin. The dude’s
pecs looked more like boobs and his twelve-pack had to be Photoshopped. Sax’s
hand went involuntarily to his mere six-pack, hidden beneath the loose, light
blue button-down shirt.
Jennessy was reading about sex. Not what he
wanted to think about with her sitting next to him, the scent of her light,
floral perfume wafting over. He couldn’t distract himself with articles about
financial markets and the best retirement investment strategies, so he grabbed
a magazine from the pocket and found a write-up about video games.
Praise for the Justiss
Alliance series
“Tina Wainscott delivers
high-octane suspense and red-hot romance! Full of edge-of-your-seat action and
red-hot passion, Wild on You is a souped-up roller coaster of a page-turner.”—Julie
Ann Walker, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Black
Knights Inc. series
“Bad boys breaking rules
and hearts and dishing up justice—Tina Wainscott nails it!”—New
York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard
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Author Info
USA
Today bestselling author Tina Wainscott has always loved the combination of
romance and suspense, because nothing complements falling in love better than
being hunted down. The author of more than thirty novels and novellas,
Wainscott creates characters with baggage, past hurts, and vulnerabilities.
They go through hell, find love, and, at the end, find peace in who they are
and everything they’ve gone through. And isn’t that what everyone wants?
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