Don't miss the first in the all new Dark Alliance Series!
DECEIVED
Dark Alliance #1
Kate SeRine
Releasing June 28th, 2016
Zebra
Luke
Rogan's assignment is simple: secure young Elijah Scoffield and his mother and
bring them back to headquarters--just an ordinary mission for an operative of
the Dark Alliance. But Elijah is no ordinary kid. He's the grandson of one of
the country's most influential politicians--a man privy to the Alliance's most
valuable secrets, including its centuries-long connection to the Knights
Templar. And someone else is attempting to capture the boy--someone who's
proven he doesn't give a damn about collateral damage. . .
Heartbroken at the lies that tore her world apart, Sarah Scoffield will do
anything to protect her son--even if that means teaming up with a deadly
stranger. But Sarah soon finds herself falling in love with her dark hero. And
as danger stalks ever closer, the fiery desire that claims them awakens in
Sarah passions she'd thought dead and buried long ago. . .
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“I thought we were safe
here,” Sarah said, her arms crossed over her chest.
“We’re as safe here as anywhere until we get to my
place,” Luke assured her.
She lifted a brow. “Yet you’re acting like you expect
someone to come barging in and attack us at any moment.”
He took a step closer and immediately realized his mistake
when his heart started pounding at the nearness of her. Shit. He shoved his hands into his pockets to keep from touching
her. “If being paranoid is what’s going to keep you and your son alive,” he
said, “then guilty as charged.”
“Please don’t take this the wrong way, Luke,” she began,
edging closer, damn it all, “but why does it matter so much to you if Eli and I
are safe? You don’t know us. I get that you’ve been given an order, but I also
heard you talking to your commander and know you’d rather be somewhere else. If
you’d insisted that someone else watch over us, I would’ve understood. I can
just go to the police, tell them what happened. I’m sure it’ll be fine.”
Luke stared at her for a long moment, trying to figure
out the answer to her question. Hell if he knew why it mattered so much to him
that he keep them safe. In the technical sense, he protected people every day
and had for going on fifteen years when he added up his time in the military
and then working for the government and now with the Alliance. But she was
right—this assignment was hitting him on a level he hadn’t anticipated.
“I guess because, when I wasn’t much older than Eli,
someone took my mother and me in, watched over us when we needed it,” he finally said, not sure where the
explanation was even coming from. “And someone else did the same thing for me
again a few years ago when I was in a really dark place—except this time the
enemy I was up against was myself. If it wasn’t for that person stepping in, I
don’t know where I’d be. But dead is a damned good bet.”
Sarah straightened. “Oh. God. I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be,” Luke told her. He shook his head as his
vision went a little blurry. Suddenly too tired to stand, he leaned against the
edge of the sink. “I made a promise to keep you and Eli safe, Sarah. I’ll keep
it. There’s no way I’d abandon you, so don’t worry about it.”
The next thing he knew, Sarah’s arms were around his
neck, hugging him tightly. He resisted the urge to wrap his arms around her and
hold her close, to bury his face in her hair and let the warmth of her wash
over him. But when she pressed a kiss to his cheek and whispered, “Thank you,”
in his ear, he almost gave in.
Fortunately, before he could move, she stepped away and
hurried back into the room with Eli, leaving Luke gaping at the empty doorway
and wondering exactly what the hell he’d gotten himself into…
Kate SeRine (pronounced “serene”) is
a hopeless romantic who firmly believes in true love that lasts forever. So
it's no surprise that when she began writing her own stories, Kate vowed her
characters would always have a happily ever after.
Kate lives in a smallish,
quintessentially Midwestern town with her husband and two sons, who share her
love of storytelling. She never tires of creating new worlds to share and is
even now working on her next project—probably while consuming way too much coffee.
Kate is also the author of the
award-winning Transplanted Tales paranormal
romance series and the Protect &
Serve romantic suspense series.
Connect with Kate at http://www.kateserine.com/,
Facebook.com/kateserine, or on Twitter @KateSeRine.
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