Lia just wants him to meet her parents.
Why does this feel like the fight of his life?
SECRET DREAM
DELOS Series 1B
Lindsay McKenna
Releasing July 25th, 2016
Blue Turtle Publishing
Ex-Navy SEAL Cav Jordan faces danger daily in his job as a
security expert. He even faced down a gang of South American drug dealers to
protect his fiancée, Lia Cassidy. So why is he terrified of meeting her
parents? Having lived through his own horrible childhood Cav can’t understand
the situation is he is walking into. Lia just wants him to meet her parents.
Why does this feel like the fight of his life?
Novella: The continued story of Cav and Lia from Nowhere to
Hide, book 1 of the Delos Series.
“Steve
Cassidy. Welcome, Mr. Jordan., We owe you a lot.” He gripped Cav’s hand, and choked out, “You
saved Lia’s life. Thank you…”
For a moment,
Cav was stunned by the sudden kindness emanating from the farmer’s expression
who was thin, wiry, sunburned and physically sinewy from the daily work he
did. Gripping the farmer’s calloused roughened
hand, he said, “Nice to meet you, sir.
And I was just doing my job. Call
me Cav?”
“Call me Steve.” He clapped him heartily on the back, still
clasping his other hand. “And you’re a
hero to us, son. Nothing less.” Steve
released him, keeping his hand on Cav’s broad shoulder, watching Lia clinging
to he mother, both of them in a tight, loving embrace with one another.
Embarrassed
by such a show of emotions, Cav murmured, “Thank you, sir.”
Steve gave
him an assessing look. “Just Steve will do.”
“Yes, sir….I mean, okay,”
Cav stumbled. It was very different
meeting people who were strangers, but this was Lia’s parents and he didn’t
want to fuck this up for her. Awkwardly,
he stood there, watching tears roll down Susan’s face. He wasn’t sure that Lia wasn’t crying too,
such was the tight bond they shared.
Obliquely, his mind leaped backward.
Cav remembered the times his mother had cried. But they were tears of pain. Tears mingled with blood from her nose, a split
lip or both after his father got done beating her up. How many times had Cav cried alone in his
room wishing she would run away with him from his monster father?
Steve clapped
him on the shoulder. “Let’s us guys go find
your luggage, huh?” and he smiled a little.
Good
idea! “Yes, sir—“
Steve laughed
and patted him warmly on the back. “You’re staying a week
with us, Cav. I’ll work that military
side you out of you by then. Come on,
let’s hunt up that luggage for our you and our Lia, eh?”
There was a
male gruffness mingled with warmth to Steve that made Cav want to open up to
the man. He had a deeply weathered face,
his blue eyes the same color as Lia’s. The woman he
loved had her mother’s same color of hair, her father’s sparkling, mischievous
looking eyes and her smile. There was
benevolence to Steve Cassidy and Cav automatically found himself wanting to be
close to this man who exuded a male gentleness he rarely found in any man. “Thanks for coming to pick us up,” Cav said,
noting that the baggage from their flight would be spit out by Carousel
Two.
See how it all began in Nowhere to Hide
Lindsay McKenna lives her life as a risk taker, and it shines through the
books she loves to write: romance, adventure and suspense. She started writing
at age thirteen and continues to hone her writing skills to this day. She sold
her first romance novel in 1981. The rest is history.
Because she went into the military, this experience became the
backbone of her writing—she is credited with writing the first military romance
novel (Captive of Fate, 1983, Silhouette Special Edition) and has created a
thriving sub-genre within the romance field! As a New York Times Best Selling
author, she has sold 23 million books and in 32 foreign languages in her career
thus far. Her many experiences in the U.S. Navy are backdrop for her
understanding of the military in general, and also her very successful Morgan’s
Mercenaries, which is an ongoing series in Silhouette to this day! Forty-five
books strong!
Lindsay has gone Indie in 2015 and has created a new family saga
on par with Morgan’s Mercenaries It is known as the DELOS SERIES. There will be
paperback and eBooks created under Blue Turtle Publishing, her company for her
fans. Readers who love Morgan and his family are bound to fall in love with the
Culver family. Delos is romantic suspense, which Lindsay is well known for. It
took her five years to create and bring DELOS to her readers. It was worth the
wait, but we’ll let you decide that.
Lindsay loves to hear from her readers and loves to know what
they’d like to see her write next. Stay up with the latest on the Delos Series
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