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  1. “YOU CAN TOUCH ME ALL YOU WANT, BUT I WON’T ABANDON THE JOB.”
  2. Also by
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. Chapter One
  8. Chapter Two
  9. Chapter Three
  10. Chapter Four
  11. Chapter Five
  12. Chapter Six
  13. Chapter Seven
  14. Chapter Eight
  15. Chapter Nine
  16. Chapter Ten
  17. Chapter Eleven
  18. Chapter Twelve
  19. Chapter Thirteen
  20. Chapter Fourteen
  21. Chapter Fifteen
  22. Chapter Sixteen
  23. Chapter Seventeen
  24. Chapter Eighteen
  25. Chapter Nineteen
  26. Chapter Twenty
  27. Chapter Twenty-One
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two
  29. Chapter Twenty-Three
  30. Chapter Twenty-Four
  31. Chapter Twenty-Five
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five
  42. Chapter Thirty-Six
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  45. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  46. Chapter Forty
  47. Chapter Forty-One
  48. Chapter Forty-Two
  49. Teaser chapter
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A woman like Brigid needed finesse. He had that in him somewhere. “This changes things,” he warned her, his lips moving against hers. He couldn’t be who he needed to be and take this lightly. Take her lightly. There was nothing casual about Brigid Banaghan, and he wasn’t going to pretend otherwise. “Tell me you understand, Brigid.” He was already responsible for her on one level, and if they took this deeper, he wouldn’t be able to distance himself any longer. That might be bad for both of them.

But he was beyond caring. This was her decision. He’d already made his.

“I understand,” she breathed, tunneling her soft hands through his hair and tugging just hard enough to make him growl.

He wasn’t sure she did. “I’m not a casual guy.”

She leaned up and nipped his chin again, adding a scrape of teeth this time. “Prove it, Tanaka.”

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen

Brigid let the challenge loose, knowing full well how Raider responded to challenges. So be it. “I’m tired of trying to keep my distance from you. Wherever this goes, I want to jump.” It was the truth, and she was done hiding it from him. Raider was a risk and a dangerous one.

She’d always flown too close to the flame. Why stop now? To emphasize her words, she bit into his shoulder, right next to the Celtic knot. If she had to keep using her teeth to show him she was serious, she would. The sense of his power, of his absolute self-control, was all around them. It was reflected in his eyes, in the way his muscles jumped. In the bruises along his face. She’d do anything to get that control to snap.

It was close, but he was still holding on. She wanted him to let go, so she scraped her nails down his back to his tight butt, digging in.

He growled low, settling against her. A warning, way too late, sounded in the back of her head. Was she making another mistake? Finding a challenge and jumping in without thinking? Her heart pounded, and she opened her mouth to speak, when he dropped his head and swept his rough tongue against her nipple.

The words sputtered in her throat. A roaring between her ears drowned out that slight thought of caution. She dug harder into his butt. He lifted his head and kissed her again, this time commanding a response. She gave him what he wanted, kissing him back, her entire body on fire.

He scraped his whiskered jaw down her neck and paused, reaching for the bag still on the floor. “Wolfe said he had supplies.”

It took her a second to follow his statement. She blinked. “Oh. He probably didn’t mean—” Yep. Raider took out a box of condoms. So Wolfe had meant that? Or did the soldier always carry a big box?