That’s when Neil saw the shard of wood sticking from Mickey’s groin. Neil lifted his hands in question and Mickey shook his head. Neil managed to get to Mickey’s side and met the man’s eyes. Rick’s expression was equal parts rage and remorse. The silence in his ears made his eyes focus.īilly hung his head beside Linden. The chopper listed, and Neil had to hold on or risk falling. Neil grabbed the army blanket someone had draped over him and shoved it in Linden’s side.īut the color in Linden’s face had gone stone white and before they could apply a field dressing his eyes lost focus and he took his last breath. His chest ached and he coughed for what felt like an hour.īilly knelt on the floor beside Linden while the two men Neil didn’t know cut away Linden’s clothes and exposed the blast wound in his gut and thigh. Mouths were moving but Neil couldn’t hear what they said. Rick pulled him into the chopper and they were instantly airborne. His back and head took a blow with his fall but he was otherwise OK. His ears rang from the blast that took out his men. Mac twisted toward the fireball they’d just left. On board they pulled Mickey, who was limping but carrying himself, in with them. Billy and Rick hoisted Linden’s dead weight to the men on board the chopper.

(Aug.They ducked under the wind created by the blades of the helicopter. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. While the pace lags mid-novel, it regains momentum, and the intriguing characters add emotional depth, ensuring readers will race to the perfectly fitting finish. Inexplicable security breaches, electrocuted neighbors, dead birds, and an implausible suicide propel Neil to whisk Gwen away from a revenge-seeking stalker, and the closeness of the on-the-run, off-the-grid adventure sparks passionate lovemaking. Former Marine Neil is not immune to the ravishing Gwen, but haunting recurring nightmares of military mission gone awry and a reluctance to mix pleasure with business lead him to suppress his feelings. After securing a new client for Alliance, a matchmaking service for the wealthy, socialite Lady Gwen Harrison returns to her state-of-the-art monitored home to once again unsuccessfully flirt with her bodyguard, Neil MacBain. In the sizzling third Weekday Brides contemporary (after Married by Monday and Wife by Wednesday), Bybee takes an elegant titled lady, a dark emotionally guarded hero, a menacing stalker, and a cast of distinctive characters mixing it all up into an unusual courtship tale full of danger and sexual tension.

Fiancé by Friday by Catherine Bybee