Kidnapped by an illegal fighting ring. Paraded as a prize. What else can go wrong? This is the first dig on which Kayla Tucker is part of the ‘command staff’ and she is determined nothing is going to go wrong. This archeologist has plans for her future, and nothing is going to stand in her way.No man.No love affair.No distraction, at all. But then everything turns out differently.Navy SEAL Shane … everything turns out differently.
Navy SEAL Shane Freeman has always wanted to serve his country. Unfortunately, when it was discovered that he was a dragon shifter, he was discharged at once.
F*** it! No way back.
This hard decision would tear anybody apart…but not him…it’s quite the contrary…it makes him stronger.
Coming back as the CEO of his own company, he finally can donate money to worthy causes and help people that way. And the fact that he’s funding Kayla’s dig? Well, that’s just coincidence, right?
When Shane learns that Kayla is in trouble, his Navy SEAL protector instincts are on fire. He’ll stop at nothing to save her. There is no way he’s going to let some slimy person win her in a fight that she had no say in.
He wants her to be his own. Even though he’d have to fight for her again and again and again…
AUTHOR´S NOTE: This is a 31,000-word stand-alone paranormal romance story with HEA, so no cliff-hangers! This story includes alpha male, SEAL, boss and dragon shifter elements. Story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only.
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I enjoyed reading this but not quite as much as I enjoyed book 2. I guess I just didn’t click with either character and I was a little disappointed about it. They just didn’t try hard enough to fix their individual situations. I felt like Shane had a vast supply of resources at his disposal but didn’t use any until the last second. Also needs a bit more proofing due to many minor errors.
I was gifted an ARC in return for an honest review.
Read 01-04-2018
First let me say that I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book, but it in no way influenced my feedback. I always leave an honest review.
I truly enjoyed this story about Kayla, an archeologist, & Shane, who’s is funding the dig she’s working on. Kayla’s kidnapped by Gordon and offered as a prize for his illegal boxing ring, & Shane tries to rescue her. But he gets caught & the only way to save her is to fight for her. I recommend this read. 5 Thumbs up
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
When the noise in the background pulls her from the blackness, Kayla knows that she was given something, and she is not in her camper at the dig site. No, she wanted to go out and have a little fun, and now she is here. Taken by the goon and now he is talking about her posing in pictures. Kayla is putting pieces together in her very foggy mind….she is bait. Just when she feels she is stuck and there is no one to help her, there stands the man she secretly adores. This doesn’t mean it is over though. not by a long shot.
He was minding his own business, he has thoughts running through his mind, and yet he feels drawn to something, or rather someone. Shane busts in and finds Kayla tied to a chair having people making her bait. He hasn’t been able to keep her out of his thoughts since they met (after what they went through together.) Shane is given an ultimatum, the problem with this one is who is being used for bait, Kayla. He agrees to this ultimatum but there are more surprises from it.
The kidnapper, Gordon, is a sleezy slime ball, but Shane agrees to the “terms” if it means protecting Kayla. They have already been through something bad together, and not by choice on that either. Now Kayla is in need of protection, and Shane steps up to protect her. He completes the task, barely. This was bad, very bad, but he and Kayla are leaving. She is unharmed….but that is not the way this sleeze ball works, not at all. The game is that Shane is now going to have to do this same thing whenever Gordon demands it. So Shane, thinking he is protecting Kayla, doesn’t tell her about this happening.
The leader of this dig and her husband need to leave, there is complications the two of them must deal with, they put Kayla in charge of this dig. This is big. Shane seems to be sticking around, and Kayla feels in over her head most of the time. Then Tyler, Shane’s brother shows up unannounced and starts figuring out what Shane is being expected to do. So they discuss why Shane feels he needs to protect Kayla. The word mate is brought up, Shane denies it, but still refuses to tell Kayla about what is happening. Dead on his feet, and not healing properly for a dragon shifter, he shows up at the camper. Kayla is inside and things get very heated very quickly. Both have been thinking about this, and now action rather than words happens.
The next few days/weeks move in a blur and both are thinking the other regrets their actions. The twists start with news from the leader of the dig, a loud mouth who is assisting in the dig starts rumors and starts crap. Bernie has been working with Kayla and she defends her, while she also is getting close to Tyler. Now emotions are running high, and there is bickering and fighting. The whole thing needs to stop. Kayla finds out what Shane is doing, Tyler involves himself, and Gordon continues to grow sleezier as time goes on. Kayla and Shane talk and things get heated again, only this time his true feelings come out and so do Kayla’s. No fighting those feelings, they face the problem head on.
But just when it seems Kayla and Shane have the problem solved, things are thrown into the mix to keep the twists and complications happening. Shane realizes something about the sleeze Gordon, and calls the bluff. Only this time Shane knows what he is up against. Shane succeeds, and Kayla helps all the while. Once the enemy is removed, and their true feelings are continuing…there is no stopping this couple from their very well deserved happy ending.
All of this series are fun to read.
This is Shane and Kayla’s story . Kayla cannot believe what is happening ! The corset is pinched on her ribs and she does not know where she is ! When a man tries to touch her she strikes out and hears ” Don’t you dare put a mark on the prize ” ! WTH ? She was supposed to be enjoying a break from an archaeological dig but thanks to trusting the wrong person she is in one heck of a bind . Shane is a dragon that really likes Kayla so decides to foot the bill for the dig . But since he hear her yell he is now in the thick of trouble also , yet again with Kayla needing to be protected by any means necessary . Illegal fights and blackmail is at the base of this story . We visit with some from other books and even though there is not a lot of heat in this book it is very well written and strongly recommended ! I was gifted this book and just had to leave a review !!