Honor Bound
by Noelle Adams, Samantha Chase
The Protectors #2
Publication Date: June 16, 2014
Release Day Party: http://on.fb.me/UE8Zc1by Noelle Adams, Samantha Chase
The Protectors #2
Publication Date: June 16, 2014
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Synopsis: My life was just like any other girl’s until the Maxwell corporate empire ruined my family and stole my future. I’d given up hoping to see justice done, but then the way to right this wrong was dropped in my lap. My job with an event planner can get me into the home of one of Maxwell’s business partners. I can find evidence of what they did to my father. I can make sure they pay.I wasn’t expecting Sebastian.Sebastian has been hired for security, but he is also the son of the man I despise. I should hate Sebastian purely on principle. I shouldn’t care that he’s sweet and funny and sexy as hell. He’ll always be a Maxwell, and that means he’s my enemy.
I can’t help but want him anyway.
He seems to want me too, but only for a good time. He’s the son of privilege, and he’ll never be serious about me. He’ll also never betray his family. If he finds out what I’m really doing here, he’ll turn on me in an instant. He’ll keep me from finding justice.
It’s just that I keep finding him instead.
He seems to want me too, but only for a good time. He’s the son of privilege, and he’ll never be serious about me. He’ll also never betray his family. If he finds out what I’m really doing here, he’ll turn on me in an instant. He’ll keep me from finding justice.
It’s just that I keep finding him instead.
Excerpt:
He
reached out and put a hand on my shoulder, turning me around so my whole body
was facing him. “Ali? What’s wrong? What’s going on?” He sounded more urgent,
worried.
“Nothing’s
wrong,” I finally managed to say, his concern pushing me into speaking at last.
“I’m sorry to just show up. I just wanted to…to…”
“To
what?” His face changed, softened somehow in that way I’d seen before, that way
that made my heart clench strangely.
“To say
thank you. For helping me out earlier. I would have been in big trouble. Lost
my job or even worse. I don’t know why you helped me, but I wanted to thank
you. I’d done nothing to deserve it, so…so thank you.”
His face
softened even more, this time into a smile. His green eyes warmed into an
almost intimate look. “You’re welcome.”
I stared
at him, suddenly wanting to kiss him again, fighting a compulsion to reach out
and touch his chest, his face. “So why did you?”
He seemed
to be distracted by our shared gaze too. He blinked at my question. “Why did I
what?”
“Why did
you help me?”
“Oh.” The
corner of his mouth quirked up briefly. “I make a point of rescuing beautiful
women whenever I can.”
“Oh.” It
was nice to be called beautiful, but the words were somehow disappointing. I’d
thought he’d helped me for me, but
maybe he would just help anyone who needed it.
I liked
that he had a good heart, but I wanted him to feel like I was someone special.
I looked down at the floor, realizing there was no reason for me to assume he
would think anything of the kind, that he would treat me differently than
anyone else.
He
reached over and cupped my face, raising it so I was looking at him again. His
expression had changed. It wasn’t amused anymore. It looked deep, meaningful,
and it took my breath away. “I didn’t want you to get in trouble, Ali. I didn’t
want anything bad to happen to you. I feel this urge to take care of you, and I
have no idea where it has come from.”
I
swallowed hard, a rush of emotion drowning any rational thoughts I might have
had. “I’m glad,” I said, very softly, my hands lifting of their own accord to
flatten against his strong chest. I couldn’t seem to look away from him.
“So am
I.”
I couldn’t
exactly follow his words, but it didn’t really matter. I knew exactly what he
meant, what he was feeling. I could see it in the blaze that suddenly consumed
his eyes, his expression. He leaned down toward me at the same time I was
stretched up toward him.
Then his
lips claimed mined, moving against them gently at first—his tongue playing
along the line of my mouth—and then a little harder, deeper. I responded
eagerly, wrapping my arms around his neck and pressing my body into his. He was
big and strong and hot, and his heart was so kind.
I wanted
him. All of him.
My head
was spinning when he finally pulled away, a little smile on his mouth. “That
was a very nice surprise to have show up on my doorstep.”
I blushed
and dropped my eyes, although I was still clinging to his shirt. “I just came
here to thank you. Not to kiss you.”
“Well, I
for one have no objection to the change of plans.”
Also in the Series:
She loves travel, art, history, and ice cream. After spending far too many years of her life in graduate school, she has decided to reorient her priorities and focus on writing contemporary romances.
Her second book, a holiday novella titled "The Christmas Cottage" hit #10 on Amazon's Best Seller List on Christmas Eve. It was a great Christmas gift! Watching the numbers rise and fall is a daily roller coaster ride but definitely an exciting one! And on February 25th, she released the follow up novella - "Ever After" - available exclusively on Amazon.
When she's not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, blogging, playing way too many games of Scrabble on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 23 years and their two sons in North Carolina.
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I used to think I could be a hero, but one deadly night destroyed that delusion. So I’ve come home defeated. My military career, my best friend, my purpose—all of it is lost.
What I find is her.
She’s my best friend’s sister, and she’s everything I shouldn’t want. She’s on a hopeless quest for answers about her brother’s death, but those are secrets that can never come to light. She’s always been a fighter, and she desperately wants the truth.
I desperately want her.
Someone is trying to kill her now, and she won’t let me keep her safe. I have to do it anyway, even if she doesn’t trust me, even if she hates me for it. A man protects what’s precious to him, whether or not he can ever claim her for his own. So she becomes my purpose.
I’ll become a hero for her.
Nicole
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