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By Clare
Dargin
The second book in my romantic and
exciting series Cold Warriors is now available.
Here's a quick look!
A New
Threat? After a long and vicious war, peace is on the horizon for Earth and its
allies. However, a series of mysterious attacks on several secret military
installations causes hostilities to rise once again.
Redemption. Having left under a cloud of disgrace, retired Marine
Colonel Medoro Keegan is called back to duty.
Bound. His wife Caitlin, the only surviving member of her team,
chooses to embrace life, albeit grudgingly, as a cryo soldier. Seen as sub-human,
she is forced to serve a planet that denies her rights as a person.
Driven. Guided by their sense of duty and belief that some things
are bigger than them, they are determined to risk it all.
Hope. The cost of war is high. Can their love and marriage
survive? Or will it be killed off by the very same mission that brought them
together?
Genre:
Sci-fi romance, military romance, interracial/multicultural, futuristic, end of
the world
Heat level: 2
Word count: 43K
~Excerpt~
Caitlin was a sight for sore eyes. She was beautiful. Her petite
frame was perfectly accented by the curves of her figure. And her brown eyes
and coffee-brown skin was smooth, creamy.
Standing at attention, she did not meet his gaze. Though it was
customary not to do as a sign of military courtesy, he could tell she was not
doing it for that reason. Her gaze was different. Circling her, he tried to see
if he could catch her watching him out of the corner of her eye. In fact, she
appeared to be staring blankly ahead.
Peering directly at her, he spoke in a soft tone. “At ease.”
She relaxed.
“Cate. Can you hear me?”
“Yes, sir,” she responded mechanically.
Pain pierced his insides. She was definitely not there. Keegan
placed his hands on his hips and hung his head in defeat. The one thing that
was supposed to go right did not. For whatever reason, they had placed her in a
deeper state of mental control than she’d ever been in. He controlled the
hostile emotions brewing with him. Touching her face gently, he felt her icy
skin.
This is unacceptable! Not here. I will not let this happen here.
Not under my command.
“Chief, listen up,” he said in an authoritative tone. He knew in
this state, it was the only way he could speak to her and still have her respond.
“Yes, sir.” Her gaze became even more distant.
Her response fueled his anger. “You are going to hightail it down
to the doc and receive a full examination. Tell him it is based on my orders.
He will know what to do. Is that clear?”
“Yes, sir.”
Knowing that she was under the influence of cryo
neurotransmitters, Keegan figured the only way to combat it was to get someone
to reverse it. They usually wore off once she was away from the stimulus
triggers for a long period of time. But considering her stimulus triggers were
high-ranking officers in uniform and combat situations, being around here meant
she was going to be in a drone zone for a very long time. The last thing he
needed was a zombie on board, especially one in charge of the lives others.
Only the jerks in psyche warfare thought doing this to someone
would be a good idea. As long as he was running the ship, none of that would be
allowed. There weren’t going to be any super zombies soldiers on board his
ship. And he’d rollover in his grave before he let them do it to his wife.
“After you come back from the doc, you will report to me,
understood?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are there any questions?”
“No, sir.”
“Dismissed.”
She did an about face before leaving the room. Keegan clasped his
hands behind his back. In the blink of an eye, his joy had turned to sorrow.
Now faced with the responsibility of looking after his wife, he wondered how
could he handle the burden of command and still protect the woman he loved.
And don't miss Book 1 in the Cold Warriors Universe!
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Left in cryogenic stasis for nearly a century, Caitlin Driskoll is
awakened and drafted into a war she knows nothing about. Expected to defend a
world where her kind is despised and expendable, she discovers love and respect
from the one man who can’t be associated with her.
Lieutenant Colonel Medoro Keegan has spent a lifetime in the Marines.
With no family to speak of, the Corps and his ship, the USS Blanchard, are all
the loved ones he needs…until Caitlin sparks a fire within, that threatens to
consume him if he doesn’t walk away.
Will he choose a life of certainty in the only world he knows or give it
all to Caitlin and run the risk of losing someone, yet
