Her Lone Wolf (X-Ops #2)
by Paige Tyler
Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages
Expected publication: November 4th 2014 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
ISBN 1402292120
Leaving him was Impossible…
It took everything she had for FBI Special Agent Danica Beckett to walk away from the man she loved. But if she wants to save his life, she has to keep her distance. Now, with a killer on the loose and the stakes higher than ever before, the Department of Covert Ops is forcing these former lovers into an uneasy alliance…whether they like it or not.
Seeing her again is even worse
The last thing Clayne Buchanan wants is to be shackled to the woman who broke his heart. She gets under his skin in a way no one ever has and makes him want things he has no right to anymore. All he has to do is suffer through this case and he can be free of her for good. But when Clayne finds out why Danica left in the first place, everything he’s tried to bury comes roaring back—and there’s no way this wolf shifter is going to take no for an answer this time.
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Excerpt:
“We’ve got a runner!” Danica shouted. “Cover the outside exits.”
She didn’t wait to see if Tony obeyed as she ran for the other end of the building. God, she hoped there was a stairwell that would get her up to the catwalk.
Behind her, Tony ordered the cops to get on the outside escape routes. Knowing her partner would be coming to back her up, Danica ran as fast as she could and slammed into the set of double doors at the far side of the warehouse.
As she’d hoped, it was a stairwell. Somewhere above her, a door banged against a wall, followed by pounding footsteps. She kept both her eyes and her weapon trained on the next landing as she hurried up the steps, fully expecting someone to come racing down the stairs.
But she got all the way to the top of the fourth floor without catching sight of anyone. The door that led out to the roof had just swung closed, so the guy couldn’t be far ahead of her.
Footsteps echoed on the stairs below her. Tony. Danica knew she should wait for him, but she’d never been the type to hang around for backup. Instead, she kicked open the door to the roof and darted her head out for a quick look. When no one took a shot at her, she stepped outside and did a slow sweep of the gravel-covered roof before moving around the stairwell, ready to take down the first threatening target she identified. She didn’t know for sure that the man she was chasing had murdered anyone—he might be some poor homeless guy for all she knew—but she’d assume the worst until she knew better. It had saved her butt more than once.
She saw him running away from her across the roof as she rounded the corner of the stairwell. He was bigger than she’d first thought—at least six two—and could run as fast as an Olympic sprinter.
“FBI!” she shouted as she took off after him.
Danica didn’t have a chance of catching up to him. Until he ran out of roof, at least. Unless there happened to be a fire escape. As the man picked up speed, she had a sinking feeling.
She ignored it and ran faster.
“We’ve got a runner!” Danica shouted. “Cover the outside exits.”
She didn’t wait to see if Tony obeyed as she ran for the other end of the building. God, she hoped there was a stairwell that would get her up to the catwalk.
Behind her, Tony ordered the cops to get on the outside escape routes. Knowing her partner would be coming to back her up, Danica ran as fast as she could and slammed into the set of double doors at the far side of the warehouse.
As she’d hoped, it was a stairwell. Somewhere above her, a door banged against a wall, followed by pounding footsteps. She kept both her eyes and her weapon trained on the next landing as she hurried up the steps, fully expecting someone to come racing down the stairs.
But she got all the way to the top of the fourth floor without catching sight of anyone. The door that led out to the roof had just swung closed, so the guy couldn’t be far ahead of her.
Footsteps echoed on the stairs below her. Tony. Danica knew she should wait for him, but she’d never been the type to hang around for backup. Instead, she kicked open the door to the roof and darted her head out for a quick look. When no one took a shot at her, she stepped outside and did a slow sweep of the gravel-covered roof before moving around the stairwell, ready to take down the first threatening target she identified. She didn’t know for sure that the man she was chasing had murdered anyone—he might be some poor homeless guy for all she knew—but she’d assume the worst until she knew better. It had saved her butt more than once.
She saw him running away from her across the roof as she rounded the corner of the stairwell. He was bigger than she’d first thought—at least six two—and could run as fast as an Olympic sprinter.
“FBI!” she shouted as she took off after him.
Danica didn’t have a chance of catching up to him. Until he ran out of roof, at least. Unless there happened to be a fire escape. As the man picked up speed, she had a sinking feeling.
She ignored it and ran faster.
About the Author:Paige Tyler is the USA Today bestselling author of sexy, romantic fiction. She and her very own military hero (also known as her husband) live on the beautiful Florida coast with their adorable fur baby (also known as their dog). Paige graduated with a degree in education, but decided to pursue her passion and write books about hunky alpha males and the kickbutt heroines who fall in love with them. Visit www.paigetylertheauthor.com.
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