Lock&Load, page 25
She hadn’t disappointed—in any way—and it hadn’t been until…
No.
Not doing that now. No trips down memory lane. Not with an entire weekend open before me without one or another crisis to occupy my time and my mind.
Instead, I pick up my phone and dial while I shut down my computer and turn off my desk lamp.
“Been a while,” she answers.
“Megan. Busy?”
She chuckles warmly.
“No, actually. Perfect timing. Just got an offer accepted that’ll net me six figures, so I have cause for celebration. What did you have in mind?”
I walk through the office and turn off lights before stepping outside, my keys in hand.
“I haven’t eaten. Fancy a late bite somewhere?”
“Sure. Where?”
“Ale House? I’ll pick you up in ten?”
“Can’t wait.”
I hang up and get behind the wheel of my Yukon.
Fuck, what am I doing?
Megan Denny is the real estate agent, who helped me find a property less than ten minutes from the office a couple of years ago, where I’ve since built my house. I bumped into her again at a function a little over a year ago and spent an enjoyable night. That turned into an occasional hookup. I really can’t call it much more than that. We scratched each other’s itch.
No ties, that was understood. At least I thought it was until I recommended her to Radar when he was looking for a place. That was a mistake on my part because she took that to mean I wanted to take whatever it was we had to a different level. I didn’t.
She’s a nice woman. Good company over an occasional meal, a good time in bed—hers and never mine—but nothing more than that. She started calling more frequently and I started answering less. I haven’t actually seen her in a couple of months.
Calling her was a knee-jerk reaction, because of the direction my thoughts were taking.
They call that jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
As I pull up to Megan’s place, I already know this night is not going to end the way she thinks it will.
And that’s on me.
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Even with a degree in psychology and a keen ability to read people, security specialist Bree Graves can’t seem to get a bead on her boss. There was a time she thought she had him figured out but she’d been wrong. Still, she loves her job with PASS and her team has become her family. However, she doesn’t realize how much she needs them until her latest assignment puts her on the radar of a dangerous stalker.
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For Yanis Mazur the safety of his PASS team is paramount. Even if that means sacrificing his personal life. Not only did he spend years building his security firm, but also the shield protecting his emotions. Yet when the one person who could breach his walls goes missing during an assignment he sent her on, he’s willing to risk both his business and his heart to get her back.
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A victim of obsession, betrayal, and violence, Bree has no choice but to put her faith in the man who almost broke her.
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Acknowledgments
As always there are a great number of people without whom this book would not have been possible. The people who keep me on track, correct my mistakes, support my endeavors, and promote my words. I consider every one of these people my friend;
My editor, Karen Hrdlicka, and alpha reader and proofreader, Joanne Thompson. These women are my touchstones, my co-conspirators, and my friends.
My agent, Stephanie Phillips of SBR Media who is an absolute treasure and believes in me without reserve.
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About the Author
USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories.
Driven to make her books about 'real' people; she creates characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy, but just as deserving of romance, thrills and chills in their lives.
Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We've Read All Year Award for "Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for Best First Book, “Slim To None”, and Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, and Finalist for the 2020 Kindle Book Award with “When Hope Ends”, Freya continues to add to her rapidly growing collection of published novels as she spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!
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