Ares saw him for the first time at a Kilgore Police Department benefit dinner. She’d gone with her dad as his plus one. Hayes Greer had gone by himself and brooded silently across the same table as her, drinking whiskey and not saying a word.
It only took that one time for her to become interested.
The next time she saw him, he was doing another benefit—but this one requiring a whole lot fewer clothes. And that was when she knew. She wanted him. Badly. But the morose Hayes was too busy thinking about his sins to see what was right in front of his face—Ares.
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Hayes Greer knew the moment that he saw the feisty Ares Downy again that he should’ve stayed away. Maybe if he hadn’t done the stupid calendar, he wouldn’t be questioning every single woman’s intentions.
Maybe if he’d listened to that niggling feeling telling him to stay away, he would’ve been able to do his job a little better. But seeing her with a knife to her throat, in the middle of a building set to blow, made his usually well-wired brain start to malfunction.
Because nobody was allowed to touch her like that—only him. Nobody was allowed to scare her, either. Not and live to tell the tale.
After leaving a traumatic military career in his past Hayes has returned home and has found a new calling with SWAT. He is very private and keeps his emotional scars hidden and that had worked well for him in the past until Ares comes crashing into his life and won’t leave.
Ares loves two things and that is her students and Hayes. From the moment she met him she was drawn to him in a way she had never felt before even though he did nothing to encourage her. When fate brings them together and he comes looking for help on an investigation she isn’t about to let this opportunity go to waste.
These two are perfect for each other as Hayes will do whatever is necessary to protect Ares while she will do whatever is necessary to help him help. The banter will have you laughing out loud, the chemistry is off the charts, the emotion will touch your heart and the suspense keeps you entertained until the last page.
Meet Lani Lynn Vale
Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens.
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