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About the Author
Gwyn McNamee is an attorney, writer, wife, and mother (to one human baby and two fur babies). Originally from the Midwest, Gwyn relocated to her husband’s home town of Las Vegas in 2015 and is enjoying her respite from the cold and snow. Gwyn has been writing down her crazy stories and ideas for years and finally decided to share them with the world. She loves to write stories with a bit of suspense and action mingled with romance and heat.
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OTHER WORKS BY GWYN MCNAMEE
The Deadliest Sin Series (Dark Romance)
WRATH (Book One)
All I see is red.
Blood.
Pain.
Rage.
It consumes me.
The moment he took her, wrath invaded my soul.
I only have one purpose.
End him and take back what’s mine.
Love isn’t always clean, and wrath is the deadliest sin.
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AFTER WRATH (Book Two)
They took something from me.
Something that can never be replaced.
They destroyed something.
Something that can never be repaired.
Only one thing can appease the burning rage in my soul.
Unleashing my wrath on those responsible.
The Dragon will rise.
Death will reign.
Because wrath is the deadliest sin.
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SURVIVING WRATH (Book Three)
I fled into the night and didn’t look back.
I grieved.
I loved.
Then he appears.
Dark.
Dangerous.
I never thought wrath would find me again.
But you can’t run from it.
Not when wrath is the deadliest sin
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ENVY (Book Four)
They say envy is green.
Not in my experience.
It’s choosing violence over your conscience.
It’s stabbing someone in the back to get ahead.
It’s being willing to spill the blood of those
you love to get what you want.
So, no...envy isn’t green.
It’s blood fucking red.
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The Inland Seas Series (Romantic Suspense)
Squall Line (Book One)
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WAR
Out on the water, I’m in control.
I don’t make mistakes.
But the fiery redhead destroyed my plans and
left me no choice.
I had to take her.
Now I’m fighting for my life while battling my growing attraction for my hostage.
Grace may have started my downfall, but she could also be my salvation.
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GRACE
The moment he stepped foot on my ship, I knew he was trouble.
He took me, and now, my life is in his hands.
But things aren’t what they seem, and Warwick isn’t
who he appears.
The man who holds me hostage is slowly working his way into my heart even as greater dangers loom on the horizon.
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War and Grace.
Dark and light.
Love and hate.
This storm may destroy them both...
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Rogue Wave (Book Two)
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CUTTER
Complete the mission.
It’s what I was trained to do—no matter what.
But when things go to shit right in front of me, my objective gets compromised by a set of fathomless amber eyes.
This isn’t a woman’s world.
Yet, Valentina refuses to see how dangerous the course she’s plotted really is.
How dangerous I am.
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VALENTINA
The man who saved my life is just as lethal as the one trying to take it.
Maybe even more.
While he may have rescued me, in the end,
Cutter is my enemy.
The one intent on destroying everything I’ve striven for.
But the scars of his past draw me closer even though I know I should move away.
Cutter and Valentina.
Anger and desire.
Fight and surrender.
This wave may drag them both under…
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Safe Harbor (Book Three)
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PREACHER
When it comes to firewalls, no one gets
through my defenses.
For the past five years, protecting this band of f-ed up brothers has been my mission.
But Everly pulls me from my cave and does the one thing no one else ever has...
She makes me believe there’s a life outside the world
on my screens.
Too bad actions have consequences, ones that threaten everything and everyone around me.
Including the beautiful tattoo artist who has managed to etch herself onto my heart.
EVERLY
The emotional upheaval of the last six months would be enough to break anyone.
And I can already feel myself cracking.
A tall, sexy, tattooed bad boy is the last thing I need thrown into the mix.
All I want is to keep my head down and pour my pain
into my art.
But Preacher walks into my life and offers me safety in a world where I thought there was none.
Until our pasts finally catch up with us…
Preacher and Everly.
Fear and loss.
Hope and heartbreak.
This harbor may be their salvation.
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Anchor Point (Book Four)
ELIJAH
Life outside the walls of my prison cell is far harder than the time I did inside.
There, I had my misery to keep me company.
Out here, I’m forced to face the reality of
everything I’ve lost.
Nothing can repair the gaping hole in my chest.
Yet, a broken woman wrapped in chains threatens to unravel the tangle of excuses I use to keep everyone
at arm’s length.
But letting Evangeline into my world means exposing her to the real threat.
Me.
And all the terrible things that come along with that.
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EVANGELINE
Taken.
Enslaved.
To be sold to the highest bidder.
The monsters who stole me away from my life
have no conscience.
I’m not so sure the man who rescues me is any different.
He’s an ex-con and a pirate— not to be trusted.
But the dark veil of anguish that shrouds him can’t hide the truth of who he is at his core.
Elijah isn’t the enemy.
He may be broken and tormented…
And exactly what I need.
Elijah and Evangeline.
Agony and regret.
Faith and acceptance.
This anchor may pull them both down...
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Dark Tide (Book Five)
RION
There is no black and white in this life.
The line between right and wrong blurs.
I’m constantly crossing it.
Saving a life is just as easy as taking one.
And I’m damn good at both.
Finding a woman who can survive in this world was never on the radar.
But Gabriella pulls me from the bottom of a bottle and touches me in a way no one else can.
Too bad secrets and lies have a way of catching up with everyone.
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GABRIELLA
How did I end up here, slinging drinks at a dive bar in the middle of nowhere?
The choices that brought me to this were never even a glimmer of possibility only a few years ago.
How things can change so fast…
And now, my path puts me on a collision course
with Orion Gates.
His bigger-than-life size and personality should
be a warning.
The profession he’s chosen should be the ultimate
final straw.
But instead, I find myself unable to resist his pull.
A decision that could lead to the end of all of us.
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Rion and Gabriella.
Lust and lies.
Betrayal and ruin.
This tide may drown everyone…
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The Hawke Family Series
Savage Collision (The Hawke Family - Book One)
He’s everything she didn’t know she wanted. She’s everything he thought he could never have.
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The last thing I expect when I walk into The Hawkeye Club is to fall head over heels in lust. It’s supposed to be a rescue mission. I have to get my baby sister off the pole, into some clothes, and out of the grasp of the pussy peddler who somehow manipulated her into stripping. But the moment I see Savage Hawke and verbally spar with him, my ability to remain rational flies out the window and my libido takes center stage. I’ve never wanted a relationship—my time is better spent focusing on taking down the scum running this city—but what I want and what I need are apparently two different things.
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Danika Eriksson storms into my office in her high heels and on her high horse. Her holier-than-thou attitude and accusations should offend me, but instead, I can’t get her out of my head or my heart. Her incomparable drive, take-no prisoners attitude, and blatant honesty captivate me and hold me prisoner. I should steer clear, but my self-preservation instinct is apparently dead—which is exactly what our relationship will be once she knows everything. It’s only a matter of time.
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The truth doesn’t always set you free. Sometimes, it just royally screws you.
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Tortured Skye (The Hawke Family - Book Two)
She’s always been off-limits. He’s always just out of reach.
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Falling in love with Gabe Anderson was as easy as breathing. Fighting my feelings for my brother’s best friend was agonizingly hard. I never imagined giving in to my desire for him would cause such a destructive ripple effect. That kiss was my grasp at a lifeline—something, anything to hold me steady in my crumbling life. Now, I have to suffer with the fallout while trying to convince him it’s all worth the consequences.
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Guilt overwhelms me—over what I’ve done, the lives I’ve taken, and more than anything, over my feelings for Skye Hawke. Craving my best friend’s little sister is insanely self-destructive. It never should have happened, but since the moment she kissed me, I haven’t been able to get her out of my mind. If I take what I want, I risk losing everything. If I don’t, I’ll lose her and a piece of myself. The raging storm threatening to rain down on the city is nothing compared to the one that will come from my decision.
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Love can be torture, but sometimes, love is the only thing that can save you.
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Stone Sober (The Hawke Family - Book Three)
She’s innocent and sweet. He’s dark and depraved.
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Stone Hawke is precisely the kind of man women are warned about— handsome, intelligent, arrogant, and intricately entangled with some dangerous people. I should stay away, but he manages to strip my soul bare with just a look and dominates my thoughts. Bad decisions are in my past. My life is (mostly) on track, even if it is no longer the one to medical school. I can’t allow myself to cave to the fierce pull and ardent attraction I feel toward the youngest Hawke.
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Nora Eriksson is off-limits, and not just because she’s my brother’s employee and sister-in-law. Despite the fact she’s stripping at The Hawkeye Club, she has an innocent and pure heart. Normally, the only thing that appeals to me about innocence is the opportunity to taint it. But not when it comes to Nora. I can’t expose her to the filth permeating my life. There are too many things I can’t control, things completely out of my hands. She doesn’t deserve any of it, but the power she holds over me is stronger than any addiction.
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The hardest battles we fight are often with ourselves, but only through defeating our own demons can we find true peace.
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Building Storm (The Hawke Family - Book Four)
She hasn’t been living. He’s looking for a way to forget it all.
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My life went up in flames. All I’m left with is my daughter and ashes. The simple act of breathing is so excruciating, there are days I wish I could stop altogether. So I have no business being at the party, and I definitely shouldn’t be in the arms of the handsome stranger. When his lips meet mine, he breathes life into me for the first time since the day the inferno disintegrated my world. But loving again isn’t in the cards, and there are even greater dangers to face than trying to keep Landon McCabe out of my heart.
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Running is my only option. I have to get away from Chicago and the betrayal that shattered my world. I need a new life-one without attachments. The vibrancy of New Orleans convinces me it’s possible to start over. Yet in all the excitement of a new city, it’s Storm Hawke’s dark, sad beauty that draws me in. She isn’t looking for love, and we both need a hot, sweaty release without feelings getting involved. But even the best laid plans fail, and life can leave you burned.
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Love can build, and love can destroy. But in the end, love is what raises you from the ashes.
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Tainted Saint (The Hawke Family - Book Five)
He's searching for absolution. She wants her happily ever after.
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Solomon Clarke goes by Saint, though he’s anything but. After lusting for him from afar, the masquerade party affords me the anonymity to pursue that attraction without worrying about the fall-out of hooking-up with the bouncer from the Hawkeye Club. From the second he lays his eyes and hands on me, I’m helpless to resist him. Even burying myself in a dangerous investigation can’t erase the memory of our combustible connection and one night together. The only problem… he has no idea who I am.
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Caroline Brooks thinks I don’t see her watching me, the way her eyes rake over me with appreciation. But I’ve noticed, and the party is the perfect opportunity to unleash the desire I’ve kept reined in for so damn long. It also sets off a series of events no one sees coming. Events that leave those I love hurting because of my failures. While the guilt eats away at my soul, Caroline continues to weigh on my heart. That woman may be the death of me, but oh, what a way to go.
