Lies. Betrayal. A blown undercover mission.
After ten years away, DEA agent Jarrett Brandt heads home to pay his respects to his deceased brother and hide out from the cartel kingpin who wants him dead. The last thing he needs is Marissa, his high school sweetheart, tempting him with her sassy smile and showing him the life he gave up. Add on his judgmental parents, and he’s ready to hit the road.
Widowed mom Marissa Reinn never had much luck with the Brandt boys. First Jarrett broke her heart, then she lost his brother—her husband—to a bullet. Vowing to uncover Jarrett’s secrets, she succumbs to the passion still burning between them instead.
When a team of assassins find him, Jarrett and Marissa will have to work together to survive and protect her son. How will they seize their second chance at love with their lives on the line?
Excerpt:
“You
can trust me, Jarrett. I won’t tell your parents anything you don’t want me
to.” She sighed and stood as well. “You used to tell me everything. We never
kept secrets.”
Jarrett
paced between the coffee table and fireplace. “My parents’ opinion doesn’t
matter. Dad would still throw up my juvie record or the fact that I’m not a
cop, even if I was a model citizen. I’m not that lost, angry kid anymore. I
know who I am now, and it’s not someone you’d want to know.”
“I
disagree.”
“God,
you don’t understand. Marissa, I’ve missed you so damn much. I’ve laid awake so
many nights wondering what my life would’ve been like if I’d stayed here.” When
he made love to other women, he imagined Marissa beneath him or above him,
panting his name. When the nightmares of blood and gore faded, he dreamed of
her. Those bittersweet memories and what
if scenarios were almost worse than the nightmares. “I’ve done things I’m
not proud of.”
“I
hated you after you left, but I’ve gotten over it. Everyone feels regret and
guilt over something. It’s all about being human.” She dashed away her tears.
“I told you mine last night. Will you please show me the same courtesy?”
“I
can’t.”
“At
least tell me what you did last Christmas. Jason made it crystal clear that he
didn’t want you alone. He wants you to have a tree.” She pointed at the Douglas
fir. “Well, there you go. What did you do last year?”
Jarrett
licked his dry lips, heat swelling in his cheeks.
He’d
joined the Consuelo gang last December and spent the holiday in a slummy
apartment with five thugs who sold cocaine on the streets of Albuquerque.
Living around his drug of choice had nearly destroyed him.
“What
about your last birthday?” Marissa blocked his path and braced her hands on her
hips. “Did you have cake or go out with a bunch of buddies and get drunk? Did
something horrible happen? Why won’t you tell me anything?”
He
shoved a hand through his hair. “Damn it, Marissa. Yeah, I got drunk. A few of
us went to a strip club where I fucked two dancers in a backroom. Is that what
you wanted to hear?”
Her
eyes widened as she stepped back.
Way
to go, you fucking idiot. He brushed his shaky hands on his button-down shirt to steady them.
“Marissa—”
She
strode past him with a high head and left the room.
Her cold shoulder skewered him, but he didn’t deserve better.
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