Cowboy Boots and Inconspicuous
Motives (MF), Cowboy Boots 8, by Natalie Acres
Published by Siren-Bookstrand
Blurb:
Brock Donovan’s enemies found his weak
spot.
Sydney Donovan is her husband’s whole world. Now his enemies know
what it will take to bring one powerful man to his very knees.
She put an entire organization at risk.
Sydney’s need for independence places her in enormous danger. Now,
the Underground Unit teams are facing an unknown enemy in order to save her
life.
He is fully prepared to meet their demands.
Sydney understands what’s at stake. The authority’s enemies have
banded together and they want Brock to trade his life for hers.
His adversaries will attack from all sides.
Operatives from around the country join Brock’s rescue effort, but
as the identities of the Donovan's rivals are revealed, Brock realizes there’s
more at risk than Sydney’s safety. The Underground Unit operatives have
bounties on their heads and at the going rate, it won’t be long before the
danger moves close enough to destroy the operatives and all they hold dear.
Excerpt:
Brock Donovan clenched his
fists until his knuckles popped. He dug his fingernails into his palms.
Droplets of blood trickled down his wrists. A bead of sweat slowly ran from his
brow to his chin. He’d never known such rage. At the same time, he’d never
experienced such outright pain.
He was furious, but unable
to strike out at the ones who’d angered him. He wanted revenge, but before he
could call upon the Underground Unit for a retaliation mission, he had a more
important task at hand.
He needed to hold it
together long enough to find out where his enemies were holding the love of his
life, his submissive woman, his beautiful wife.
“Specifics, damn
you! I’ll do whatever you ask. I’ll pay millions. I’ll trade my life for hers.
Just tell me what you want! Name your price!”
His brother Jett leaned
over the table. He kept his head down, his gaze glued to the phone. Riley paced
behind them, muttering the same thing over and over again. “How could this have
happened?”
Brock tried to shut out
Riley’s broken tone. It was difficult enough to concentrate without worrying
about the added voiced regrets from Riley and Jett or their repetitive death
threats.
In order to kill an enemy,
a man had to know who and what they were facing and as Brock listened closely
to the orders barked from the other end, one thought kept going through his
mind. He had no idea who they were dealing with. The Underground Unit
operatives had infuriated many men, taken down cartels and key players in the
mob, but who was stupid enough to go after one of their women? Who would abduct
his cherished Sydney?
“Get a piece of paper,
Donovan.”
“Go ahead.” The phone call
was recorded. He didn’t need to scribble down instructions. He’d replay this
conversation again and again. Still, he needed to keep his cool. He wanted to
buy time and allow for opportunity on the chance they could later pick up
background noises or faint dialects in the recordings.
The caller made a foolish
error when he didn’t try to disguise his voice. With technological advancements
and the tools they had at their disposal, if this guy had a criminal record or
had ever given a statement, Brock would find out. He’d know who he was dealing
with before the end of the hour. Still, it wouldn’t change one heart-wrenching
fact. They’d failed to keep Sydney safe.
The fellow on the other end
of the phone made his foolish, but nonetheless calculated, demands. “Are you
still with me, Donovan?”
“I’m here.”
“The silence is defeating
as much as deafening. Isn’t it?” His evil laughter rang out with the question.
“You seem devastated, Donovan. Surely you and your brothers aren’t surprised.
When you dabble in this sort of business, you expect casualties.”
Dabble? At this point,
Brock wished dabbling covered it. Unfortunately, the Underground Unit had
recently been credited for bringing down some of the most dangerous crime
organizations of their time.
“Since we’re only amateurs
here, let Sydney go. And if you let her go now, we can avoid future
‘casualties’ as you say. I’ll let you walk away without a scratch and I won’t
come after you with the force of ten thousand men. You can walk away with your
life and I walk away with my wife. Deal?”
The man bellowed his
laughter. “You’ll let me?” He snorted. “The only thing you’ll let me do now, Donovan, is
this—you will willingly give me your head instead of Sydney’s. Sound like a
fair trade to you?”
Jett glanced up and shook
his head sharply. Brock easily read what his brother wanted to say but
couldn’t.
Brock’s voice gave
everything away. His enemies had struck below the belt and brought a man and
his family to their very knees.
From the beginning, Brock
had feared this day might come. Every night before he went to sleep, he kissed
his lovely submissive wife goodnight and prayed for her safekeeping. Still,
even with the everyday dangers he and his teams faced, he’d allowed himself too
much comfort. He’d begun to think of his homes as safe havens, too guarded and
protected for a security breach.
As the perpetrator on the
other end of the line gave specific instructions, Brock cursed himself for
loving a woman, for endangering Sydney by loving her too much to let her go.
He hated himself for his
vulnerability, for falling in love with an innocent young woman who deserved
far more than any man in his position would ever be able to give her. Now, she
was a bargaining chip. Their enemies had found the Donovan weak spot, the crown
jewel they couldn’t afford to lose.
About
the Author
Natalie Acres is an international
bestselling author with several past #1 Bookstrand bestsellers including Sex
Games, Cowboy Boots and Untamed Hearts, and Sex Camp. An East Tennessee author
writing in several genres, Natalie and her husband enjoy attending writing
events and music festivals. With a full
roster of forthcoming books, Natalie gives frequent updates via social
media. She invites readers to follow her
on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NatalieAcres
or visit her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NatalieAcresAuthor
Buy Link:
Cowboy Boots Book 8 is sold exclusively at
Siren-Bookstrand during its debut month. Purchase during pre-order status at a
discount from the publisher at http://www.bookstrand.com/cowboy-boots-and-inconspicuous-motives
Read
the Cowboy Boots books in order!
Cowboy Boots and Untamed Hearts (Ménage Romance)
Cowboy Boots and Unfinished Business
(Ménage Romance)
Cowboy Boots and Unsettled Debts (Ménage
Romance)
Cowboy Boots and Unadulterated Pleasures
(Ménage Romance)
Cowboy Boots and Inexpressible Longing (M/F
Romance)
Cowboy Boots and Uncensored Behavior
(Ménage Romance)
Cowboy Boots and Inconceivable Arrangements
(M/F Romance)
Cowboy Boots and Inconspicuous Motives (M/F
Romance)
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