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Defending Cora

A forbidden woman…honor-bound, no holds-barred protection…

NCIS Agent Ryker Garrett is hand-picked by Cora York’s admiral father to be sent on a mission to secure her. She’s currently investigating a military case at the US Embassy in Kinshasa, DR Congo involving one of the marine guards. He has orders to protect her and bring her to a safe place in Bahrain until the kidnapping threat against her is neutralized. But when he arrives in Kinshasa and meets the brassy, confident redhead, she refuses to leave her case to go with him and indicates he could protect her just fine there. Even when her father calls her to try to convince her, she tells him she’s part of a military family and he brought her up never to leave her post, complete what she started, and do it all with courage. Ryker is worried about the security logistics, and he and Cora clash on her safety. As he works to keep his strait-laced, by the book personality from devolving into an unruly, dictatorial rogue whenever he comes into contact with her, keeping his mouth and hands off her delectable body is an even bigger challenge. Succumbing to his former commander’s daughter was totally outside his comfort zone. Protecting her was his job, but touching her, kissing her, and having her are constantly on his mind.

Cora York has no intention of letting anyone, including terrorists distract her from a very important job of looking into charges against a friend of hers. It was hard enough to persuade her commanding officer to allow her to take on the case when she has a close personal tie. But they would have to send a gorgeous boy scout with a knee-melting sexy southern accent to protect her, someone who was seriously sidetracking her from her work. Wherever she went, he was there reminding her of his security issues, crowding her, making her sweat and think about how much she wanted to crowd him—against a wall, on top of him, under him, all over him. Yeesh, there weren’t enough cold showers on the planet to freeze out his effect on her. But when terrorists breach the embassy and the only man she wants to rely on is Ryker, she responds to his orders to the letter as they run for their lives into the city and the wilds of the war-torn Congo to escape capture.

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NCIS Series

BOOK 1: Commanding Sia
BOOK 2: Guarding Sky
BOOK 3: Guiding Kinley
BOOK 4: Saving Amber
BOOK 5: Rescuing Piper
BOOK 6: Handling Neve
BOOK 7: Managing Emma
BOOK 8: Protecting Jenna
BOOK 9: Finding Nova
BOOK 10: Safeguarding Kelly
BOOK 11: Liaising Kai
BOOK 12: Shielding Drea
BOOK 13: Seeking Lily
BOOK 14: Sheltering Beatrix
BOOK 15: Cherishing Rachel
BOOK 16: Defending Cora

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