Bound to Danger Excerpt and Giveaway
At a benefit dinner, community activist Maria Cervantes overhears two men plotting a terrorist attack that could rock Miami to its core. But before she can alert authorities, she’s almost killed in a massive explosion—and wakes up in a hospital with no memory of what happened. As the sole survivor of the attack, she is now a person of interest to the NSA—and especially to Agent Cade O’Reilly. Because Maria is the one woman Cade has never been able to forget.
Years ago, they were closer than either was willing to admit—until Cade disappeared when Maria needed him most. Now he’s sticking by her, whether she likes it or not. Because the memories locked inside her mind could hold vital clues to the next attack. Because terrorists want her dead—and because he never wants to let her go again.
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Excerpt:
As Cade jumped over a jagged tree
root, he pulled another grenade free as a wave of heat and an explosion tore
through the air at his back. Shouts of agony followed as he tossed another
behind him.
Whop-whop. The sound was louder
now. Now that the trees were thinning, he could see daylight and the twin-engine
helicopter hovering high above the LZ clearing, but he didn’t allow himself any
relief. He wasn’t free yet. Not even close.
The next explosion sounded seconds later, and as he
pulled the canister of blue smoke free from his LBV, there were more cries of
pain. Good. He hoped he got all of them.
He’d brought three different canisters, each of which
signaled something different. Blue meant that he was coming out hot and they
needed to make a fast exit. The only time he would have needed it was if his
radio had been busted, but since he’d already relayed to the pilot that he’d
been burned, there was no need to signal. Even so, he planned to use the smoke
to cover their escape once they hit the air.
Gunfire still sounded in the distance behind him, so he
knew he hadn’t gotten them all. Sweat poured off him as he burst into the
clearing. The Huey rose, but a rope dropped immediately. His legs and lungs
burned as he ate up the distance to his freedom. As he reached the dangling
line, he immediately hooked the carabiner to the harness he wore.His entire
body jerked as the chopper lifted higher and he left the earth far behind.
He didn’t let his guard down. The wind whipped around
him, the sound of gunfire and shouting into his radio fierce. He twisted just
in time to see at least a dozen men spill into the clearing like cockroaches.
As he released the top on the smoke canister, a sharp
pain pierced his upper leg, then his shoulder.
“Fuck, I’m hit,” he ground out, letting the pilot know
even though above him he could hear the backup team returning fire with rapid
speed. Adrenaline still pumping through him, he hauled back and threw the
canister like a football. Blue smoke rolled everywhere, the color invading the
air and whipping around with the wind, completely covering the men below and
destroying their visibility.
As he was winched up, he gritted his teeth against the
pain shredding through him. Each tug and swing with the wind increased his
aching. He couldn’t tell if the bullets had gone through, but he’d find out
soon enough. After what felt like an eternity, he was finally hauled into the
belly of the Huey to find two Marines he’d gone on missions with before, a Navy
medic, and an older guy in a suit he didn’t recognize. Cade blinked, trying to
get his bearing, but his vision was starting to blur.
One of the Marines started applying pressure to his
shoulder while the medic ripped open a packet of quick clot and poured it on
his leg wound. The unknown man sat there strapped in as he watched with
piercing green eyes that made Cade feel as if the guy could see right through
to his soul. What the hell? Maybe he’d been hit worse than he realized.
Iciness snaked through Cade as he tore his gaze away and
watched the team work. The medic asked him something, but the edges of his
vision started to dim as he tried to force his voice to work. Damn
it, he was going into shock. He wanted to fight it, to resist, but his
body won out as cold and blackness took over, sucking him under like an angry
vortex.
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