Sometimes people come into a person’s life and make their heart skip a beat.
Those people are called cops.
Well, one cop in particular.
A SWAT officer for the Kilgore Police Department, to be specific.
The first time Avery Flynn saw Derek Roberts, she was photographing him for the first annual Kilgore Police Department SWAT calendar. He was leaned back in his squad car, shirtless, and giving her a smile that was completely between them. A smile that hinted at what he wanted to do to her later.
When she scrounges up the courage to ask him out after the photoshoot, he laughs in her face.
Well, screw you, too, Mr. February.
***
Derek Roberts never really paid attention to the photographer.
She was a mousy girl who dressed like a twelve-year-old girl. Her tight leggings, extra baggy Star Trek t-shirt denoting her a Klingon captain, and her surprisingly clean Chucks didn’t leave much of an impression.
Now, the outfit that she was in weeks after he rebuffed her? Yeah, now that caught his attention.
Too bad that happens when he’s trying to save her from what’s sure to be death thanks to an unhinged native Texan who’s convinced she was the reason he lost his last chance at a million dollars.
When he tries to save her, she tells him she’d rather take a cattle prod to the forehead than go anywhere with him.
Challenge. Accepted.
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4.5 Stars for Fries Before Guys, book 4 in the Swat Generation 2.0 series. This story is filled with heartbreaking moments and hopeful ones too with some added twists and turns that kept me engaged!
It took me a bit to warm up to Derek. He was not very nice to Avery in the beginning but once his layers unraveled it was easy to see that there was so much more to him and he initially pushed Avery away because he really wanted to have her close. And we think women throw mixed signals!
Avery had more heartbreak and bad things happen to her than anyone should ever have to endure, but she truly is a strong character and she just needed to catch a break. Derek was the break she finally caught!
These two just needed to be open and honest about how they felt and what they wanted from their relationship. Once they managed to do that things finally started to fall into place.
I am enjoying this new series so far and can’t wait to read the stories coming next!
Sometimes people come into a person’s life and make their heart skip a beat.
Those people are called cops.
Well, one cop in particular.
A SWAT officer for the Kilgore Police Department, to be specific.
The first time Avery Flynn saw Derek Roberts, she was photographing him for the first annual Kilgore Police Department SWAT calendar. He was leaned back in his squad car, shirtless, and giving her a smile that was completely between them. A smile that hinted at what he wanted to do to her later.
When she scrounges up the courage to ask him out after the photoshoot, he laughs in her face.
Well, screw you, too, Mr. February.
***
Derek Roberts never really paid attention to the photographer.
She was a mousy girl who dressed like a twelve-year-old girl. Her tight leggings, extra baggy Star Trek t-shirt denoting her a Klingon captain, and her surprisingly clean Chucks didn’t leave much of an impression.
Now, the outfit that she was in weeks after he rebuffed her? Yeah, now that caught his attention.
Too bad that happens when he’s trying to save her from what’s sure to be death thanks to an unhinged native Texan who’s convinced she was the reason he lost his last chance at a million dollars.
When he tries to save her, she tells him she’d rather take a cattle prod to the forehead than go anywhere with him.
Challenge. Accepted.
Get Your Copy Here:
4.5 Stars for Fries Before Guys, book 4 in the Swat Generation 2.0 series. This story is filled with heartbreaking moments and hopeful ones too with some added twists and turns that kept me engaged!
It took me a bit to warm up to Derek. He was not very nice to Avery in the beginning but once his layers unraveled it was easy to see that there was so much more to him and he initially pushed Avery away because he really wanted to have her close. And we think women throw mixed signals!
Avery had more heartbreak and bad things happen to her than anyone should ever have to endure, but she truly is a strong character and she just needed to catch a break. Derek was the break she finally caught!
These two just needed to be open and honest about how they felt and what they wanted from their relationship. Once they managed to do that things finally started to fall into place.
I am enjoying this new series so far and can’t wait to read the stories coming next!
It took me a bit to warm up to Derek. He was not very nice to Avery in the beginning but once his layers unraveled it was easy to see that there was so much more to him and he initially pushed Avery away because he really wanted to have her close. And we think women throw mixed signals!
Avery had more heartbreak and bad things happen to her than anyone should ever have to endure, but she truly is a strong character and she just needed to catch a break. Derek was the break she finally caught!
These two just needed to be open and honest about how they felt and what they wanted from their relationship. Once they managed to do that things finally started to fall into place.
I am enjoying this new series so far and can’t wait to read the stories coming next!
Initially I wasn’t too keen on hot cop SWAT officer Derek Robert aka Mr. February, particularly since he was such a jerk to photographer Avery Flynn.
Weeks later Derek is tasked with saving Avery despite her protests.This was a roller coaster of a read with my heart almost breaking for Avery at times and tears were shed. Avery has been through do much that I wanted to scream, I could feel her pain. It also covers the issue of bullying
and the devastating affects it can have on a person. Avery was such a strong young woman that I greatly admired.
Derek grew on me, he was certainly an alpha male who was also fiercely protective of Avery. I think that was what finally turned my opinion around.
There were times that I laughed, I cried, I wanted to scream but through it all I was invested in Derek and Avery’s story. The chemistry between them sizzled and I was cheering them on to get their happily ever after.
Lani Lynn Vale is married to the love of her life that she met in high school. She fell in love with him because he was wearing baseball pants. Ten years later they have three perfectly crazy children and a cat named Demon who likes to wake her up at ungodly times in the night. They live in the greatest state in the world, Texas. She writes contemporary and romantic suspense, and has a love for all things romance.
You can find Lani in front of her computer writing away in her fictional characters world...that is until her husband and kids demand sustenance in the form of food and drink.
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