As Wyatt plans a dangerous operation to catch the drug dealers,
Tal fears she could lose the man she loves.
UNBOUND PURSUIT
DELOS Series 2B1
Lindsay McKenna
Releasing Sept 29, 2016
Blue Turtle Publishing
You met Tal
and Wyatt's in Tangled Pursuit, book 2 in the Delos Series. Read their
continued story.
Captain Talia Culver risked her heart again for Navy SEAL Wyatt Lockwood. The brave, cocky Texan was worth the risk and Talia couldn’t be happier. Still recovering from injuries she received from her last mission in Afghanistan, Wyatt whisks her away to meet his family on their sprawling Texas ranch. But things don’t go as planned when Wyatt hears the local gossip that his drug dealing ex-friend is out of prison and planning a drug run across the Lockwood ranch. Wyatt wants to enjoy some hard-earned down time with Tal, but he can’t ignore the danger at his backdoor.
As Wyatt plans a dangerous operation to catch the drug dealers, Tal fears she could lose the man she loves.
Captain Talia Culver risked her heart again for Navy SEAL Wyatt Lockwood. The brave, cocky Texan was worth the risk and Talia couldn’t be happier. Still recovering from injuries she received from her last mission in Afghanistan, Wyatt whisks her away to meet his family on their sprawling Texas ranch. But things don’t go as planned when Wyatt hears the local gossip that his drug dealing ex-friend is out of prison and planning a drug run across the Lockwood ranch. Wyatt wants to enjoy some hard-earned down time with Tal, but he can’t ignore the danger at his backdoor.
As Wyatt plans a dangerous operation to catch the drug dealers, Tal fears she could lose the man she loves.
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“How’s
that ankle of yours feelin’?” Wyatt asked Tal. He had her sitting comfortably
on his old brass bed, leaning against the headboard, pillows behind her back,
her bad ankle over his thigh as he gently massaged it.
“Mmm, better,” Tal said, closing her
eyes.
“Did you take your medication?” Wyatt
asked her, sliding a glance her way. She had just come out of the bathroom
after soaking in the old claw-foot bathtub. Her black hair was still up in a
mussed topknot. She looked tired, and he knew traveling with her bum ankle had
taken a toll on her. Tal would never complain about pain. It just wasn’t part
of her makeup. As a Marine Corps sniper, she’d always worked hurt. It might not
have been broken bones like this, but, as a mountain goat climbing around in
the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan, out in brutal weather and other harsh
conditions, bruises, cuts, scrapes, and even a strain were tolerated so she
could successfully finish a mission.
“No, you know I didn’t.”
Wyatt chuckled and continued to
tenderly ease the swelling out of her once-crushed ankle. He did this every
night when they were home, and he especially wanted to do it when he was on the
road with her. “I think we did a little too much walking around the ranch this
afternoon. Your ankle is really swollen. Sure you aren’t in pain?” He knew she
was and saw her lips flex at his needling her about it.
“I’ll take some ibuprofen to get you
off my back, Lockwood.”
Chuckling, he said, “I’m such a pest to you, Ms. Culver.” The
corners of her lips lifted and she opened her eyes.
“You are a royal pain in the ass
sometimes, on that we agree.”
“But,” Wyatt said lightly, moving his
fingers down from below her knee to her ankle and then beginning to massage her
foot, “there are other times, Ms. Culver, you really enjoy having me around.”
“That is very true, cowboy. Good thing
those times outweigh the pain-in-the-ass times, huh?”
Seeing the sparkle of teasing in her
green eyes, Wyatt moved his hand over the red flannel robe she wore on top of
her white flannel pajamas. “Indeed.” He felt her begin to relax as he pushed
the fluid out of her ankle area. “Feelin’ a little better, darlin’?”
“Oh,” she sighed,
“much . . . I don’t know what I’d do without you, Wyatt. You
spoil me rotten.”
“I’m better than any meds you aren’t
taking.”
“I don’t like drugs, Wyatt, so don’t
climb on that bandwagon tonight, okay?”
“Miss Grumpy, are we?”
She couldn’t stay irritable long with
Wyatt around. He had that Texas good-ol’-boy attitude, was a terrible tease in
a nice way, and inevitably lifted her out of her low mood. “Hey, getting
serious for a moment?”
“I’m always serious where you’re
concerned,” Wyatt drawled, giving her a warm look.
She snorted. “Yes, you’ve been acting
like a mother hen with me all day today. Shadowing me, keeping a hand on my
elbow or against the small of my back in case I might stumble and fall.”
“Ah, the truth comes out now.” His
lips quirked.
“I’m not going to use a cane while I’m
here, Wyatt. That’s all there is to it. And you need to let me walk on my own
and stop hovering around me as if I’m going to fall on my ass any second.”
He moved his fingers to her arch,
hearing her groan with pleasure. “Okay, I’ll stop being a mother hen with you.
Fair enough?”
“Yes . . . thank you.”
“My family does not see you as a weak woman, darlin’. They know you’re one tough
Marine.”
“I just hate showing up like this,”
she muttered.
“We all have our prideful moments,”
Wyatt said amiably, working each of her toes, hearing her groan with more
pleasure. Tal loved to have her feet massaged.
See how it all began in Tangled Pursuit
Lindsay McKenna lives her life as a risk taker, and it shines through the
books she loves to write: romance, adventure and suspense. She started writing
at age thirteen and continues to hone her writing skills to this day. She sold
her first romance novel in 1981. The rest is history.
Because she went into the military, this experience became the
backbone of her writing—she is credited with writing the first military romance
novel (Captive of Fate, 1983, Silhouette Special Edition) and has created a
thriving sub-genre within the romance field! As a New York Times Best Selling
author, she has sold 23 million books and in 32 foreign languages in her career
thus far. Her many experiences in the U.S. Navy are backdrop for her
understanding of the military in general, and also her very successful Morgan’s
Mercenaries, which is an ongoing series in Silhouette to this day! Forty-five
books strong!
Lindsay has gone Indie in 2015 and has created a new family saga
on par with Morgan’s Mercenaries It is known as the DELOS SERIES. There will be
paperback and eBooks created under Blue Turtle Publishing, her company for her
fans. Readers who love Morgan and his family are bound to fall in love with the
Culver family. Delos is romantic suspense, which Lindsay is well known for. It
took her five years to create and bring DELOS to her readers. It was worth the
wait, but we’ll let you decide that.
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