Cyclone: A Protective Hero Romantic Suspense (Linear Tactical Book 1)
<i>"One rule," he said against her lips.<br /><br /> "Anything makes you nervous, brings back bad memories--you tell me right away. You don't try to power through anything. We go as slow as you need."</i><br />--<b><br />Meet Zac Mackay. Military codename: Cyclone.</b> <br />He's a widower, a protector, a hero. <br /><br />And the person who could destroy Anne's life. <br /><br />Doctor Anne Griffin is back in Oak Creek, Wyoming, only because she has no other options. Here, she was always the shy, stuttering girl, invisible to everyone. <br /><br />Except Zac. The very reason she left in the first place.<br /><br />Zac's years in Special Forces taught him survival skills, and he's created a company--Linear Tactical--to teach those skills to others, so they never have to live in fear.<br /><br />Then why is Annie, the last person he'd ever want to hurt, afraid of <i>him</i>? <br /><br />Zac's determined to wipe the fear from the eyes of the woman who has never been far from his mind. And fix the mistakes--<i>his</i> mistakes--that put that look there in the first place. <br /><br />But a predator has set his sights on Annie. <b>And now <i>survival skills</i> will become much more than lessons...</b><br /><br /><br />***<br /><b>CYCLONE is a stand-alone steamy romantic suspense, set in the LINEAR TACTICAL series. </b>Meet the former military men of Linear Tactical, and the women who bring them to their knees:<i> The strongest fall the hardest.</i></b> <br /><br />A "less-steamy" version of this book (same great story but with toned down language and sensual scenes) is available on Janie's website: janiecrouch .com ~ If you like the heat level of Janie's Harlequin Intrigue books, you'll love the "less-steamy" version of the Linear Tactical series!