2-time RITA nominee Scarlett Cole’s UNDER FIRE pairs a hot Navy
SEAL with a medical researcher who finds herself in too deep. Can Sixten Rapp
take the heat and Dr. Louisa North handle the flames? Fans of Laura Kaye’s HARD
INK series and Julie Ann Walker’s BLACK KNIGHTS INC. series will devour Cole’s
hot military hero in this opposites attract, romantic suspense.
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Under fire (Lover over Duty #1) by Scarlett Cole Expected publication: August 1st 2017
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
HE CAN TAKE THE HEAT.
Hot, hard-bodied Sixten Rapp is a former SEAL who’s raring to begin his brand-new civilian life. He and his Navy “brothers” start a security firm that offers the kind of services only a team of military-trained professionals can provide. But nothing prepared Six for his new client: an innocent woman on a mission to improve thousands of lives. . . unless someone takes hers first.
Hot, hard-bodied Sixten Rapp is a former SEAL who’s raring to begin his brand-new civilian life. He and his Navy “brothers” start a security firm that offers the kind of services only a team of military-trained professionals can provide. But nothing prepared Six for his new client: an innocent woman on a mission to improve thousands of lives. . . unless someone takes hers first.
CAN SHE HANDLE THE FLAMES?
Dr. Louisa North knows time is against her as she tries to create a “miracle” medical treatment for a disease with no known cure, until she creates a sample so powerful that the wrong people want to use it as a chemical weapon. At first, Six is unwilling to accept Louisa as his client. But soon he realizes that the danger is real and that there’s much more to this plain-Jane scientist…including a burning passion between them that neither of them can resist. And now that an enemy is on Louisa’s trail, Six will do whatever it takes to protect her―or die trying.
Dr. Louisa North knows time is against her as she tries to create a “miracle” medical treatment for a disease with no known cure, until she creates a sample so powerful that the wrong people want to use it as a chemical weapon. At first, Six is unwilling to accept Louisa as his client. But soon he realizes that the danger is real and that there’s much more to this plain-Jane scientist…including a burning passion between them that neither of them can resist. And now that an enemy is on Louisa’s trail, Six will do whatever it takes to protect her―or die trying.
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UNDER
FIRE Excerpt
Copyright © 2017
Scarlett Cole
Six
looked tortured. Common sense was telling her that it was best to just go back
to her room and let him work through it, which totally lined up with her usual
MO of avoiding, well, life. But for once she held her ground. “Okay, first
please quit the martyr act. We are grown-ups who had consensual sex. I’m sure
you’ve done that before, so don’t start getting weird just because it was me.
Second, I’ll look at you any way I damn well please. You didn’t care how I
looked at you when I was riding . . . well . . . you know,” she said, gesturing
toward his shorts. “Third. If the only difference between you tugging at the
corner of this towel to do something . . . urgh
. . . hot, or sexual, or something and you walking out of the bathroom without
kissing me good morning is the fact that I gave your company a check, I’ll
cancel it. I’d rather pay you to help me, but I’m sure I can find somebody else
if it’s the difference between us doing this or not.” Her knees were shaking
and her voice was loud enough that she suddenly realized if any of Six’s team
were still in the house, they’d likely heard her stumbled words. She felt pink
spread to her cheeks.
She
stepped toward the bathroom door, feeling like she was going to pass out before
she made it to her own room. Her heart was pounding, and her head was spinning.
“Lou,”
Six said quietly, his hand looping her wrist. “You like your lists? Fine. I’ll
give you mine. First, I’m not being a martyr. We can’t build a reputation as a
professional firm if I hook up with one of our first clients. Professionally,
you must see how weird that looks, no matter how badly I want to. And what kind
of message does it send to the guys who work for me? And yes. I have had sex
before, lots of it, but what we did was much more than that. So please, for
both our sakes, don’t minimize it. Just because I shouldn’t have done it
doesn’t mean it wasn’t perfect. And for the record, how you looked riding my
cock—and yes, you can say that word because, as you mentioned, we’re both
grown-ups—was burned into my memory. And third, if it was as simple as just
giving into this, you’d have been out of that towel and up on the counter with
my face between your legs before you could cry out my name. It’s just . . .
Shit, Lou. I’m trying to figure out what the right thing to do here is, and my
duty wins out every time.”
Praise for UNDER FIRE…
"Fantastic
characters, scorching sexual tension, and non-stop action make this one of my
favorite reads this year! Highly recommend!" —New York Times bestselling author Laura Kaye
"Scarlett
Cole's characters pull you in from the very first page with real emotion and
sizzling chemistry. Don't miss this action packed thrill ride."—Cherry
Adair, New York Times bestselling author
“Non-stop
action and heart-pounding romance...a must-read for romantic suspense fans!” —Cynthia
Eden, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author
“Cole
has done a wonderful job of giving her characters depth and unique personality
traits. She has a way of drawing a reader into a story with interesting
descriptions, and the sizzling-hot romance is a huge draw. This series looks to
be a good one that readers will anxiously want to get their hands on.” —RT
Book Reviews
About Scarlett Cole
The tattoo across my right hip says it all
really. A Life Less Ordinary. Inked by the amazingly talented Luke Wessman at
the Wooster Street Social Club (a.k.a. New York Ink). Why is it important?
Well, it sums up my view on life. That we should all aspire to live a life that
is less boring, less predictable. Be bold, and do something amazing. I’ve made
some crazy choices. I’ve been a car maker, a consultant, and even a senior
executive at a large retailer running strategy. Born in England, spent time in
the U.S. and Japan, before
ending up in Canada were I met my own, personal hero – all six and a half feet
of him. Both of us are scorpios! Yeah, I know! Should have checked the
astrological signs earlier, but somehow it works for us. We have two amazing
kids, who I either could never part with or could easily be convinced to sell on
e-bay.
I’ve wanted to
be a writer for a really long time. Check through my office cupboards or my
computer and you’ll find half written stories and character descriptions
everywhere. Now I'm getting the chance to follow that dream.
