Born To Protect
Jack Dalton was out of the business of saving lives - until his expertise was needed to safeguard Princess Christina Sebastiani of Montebello from dangerous kidnappers. Holed up together day in and day out in a Montana hideaway, the brooding bodyguard and the scholarly virgin battled flaring tempers - and smoldering passions.Yet, despite their friction, Christina clearly ached for much more than Jack's fierce protection, and she beckoned him irresistibly close whenever she gazed up at him with her trusting blue eyes.Why, if Jack didn't watch out, the blushing princess just might penetrate the bulletproof armor around his world-weary heart!
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FIRSTBORN SONS
PROFILE
| FIRSTBORN SON: | Jack âFlashâ Dalton |
| AGE: | 32 |
| STATS: | 6'2"; short, dark hair; slate-blue eyes; lean and hard |
| OCCUPATION: | Former U.S. Navy Seal |
| AREA OF EXPERTISE: | Surveillance photography; hand-to-hand combat |
| PERSONALITY: | A battered knight with rusty manners |
| FAVORITE SPORT: | Exploring underwater wrecks |
| MOST CHARMING CHARACTERISTIC: | The ability to give any missionâor womanâhis full attention |
| BRAVEST ACT OF COURAGE: | He and his team did six courageous things every morning before breakfast. But the toughest thing he ever had to do was walk away from his job. |
| PREFERRED ROMANTIC SETTING: | A cold beer in a warm bar always suited him just fine. So why do moonlit nights on a Montana mountain suddenly have so much appeal? |
| GREATEST PASSION: | Making the ice princess lose her cool⦠|
Dear Reader,
Thereâs so much great reading in store for you this month that itâs hard to know where to begin, but Iâll start with bestselling author and reader favorite Fiona Brand. Sheâs back with another of her irresistible Alpha heroes in Marrying McCabe. Thereâs something about those Aussie men that a reader just canât resistâand heroine Roma Lombard is in the same boat when she meets Ben McCabe. Heâs got troubleâand passionâwritten all over him.
Our FIRSTBORN SONS continuity continues with Born To Protect, by Virginia Kantra. Follow ex-Navy SEAL Jack Dalton to Montana, where his princess (and I mean that literally) awaits. A new book by Ingrid Weaver is always a treat, so save some reading time for Fugitive Hearts, a perfect mix of suspense and romance. Round out the month with new novels by Linda Castillo, who offers A Hero To Hold (and trust me, youâll definitely want to hold this guy!); Barbara Ankrum, who proves the truth of her title, This Perfect Stranger; and Vickie Taylor, with The Renegade Steals a Lady (and also, I promise, your heart).
And if that werenât enough excitement for one month, donât forget to enter our Silhouette Makes You a Star contest. Details are in every book.
Enjoy!
Leslie J. Wainger
Executive Senior Editor
Born to Protect
Virginia Kantra
Bound by the legacy of their fathers, six Firstborn Sons are about to discover the stuff true heroesâand true loveâare made of.â¦
Jack Dalton: He takes his job of protecting pampered princess Christina Sebastiani very seriously. But nothing in the rule book prepared this battered warrior on the proper code of conduct to follow when the headstrong virgin tempted him at every turn!
Princess Christina Sebastiani: The last thing she needed was a well-muscled bodyguard with a take-charge attitude distracting her from her research. Especially a sexy ex-navy SEAL who awakened her every feminine desireâ¦
Major Jonathan Dalton: The natural leader of the âNoble Men,â he has a secret agenda when it comes to his disillusioned son.
Princess Julia Sebastiani: Although she is tucked away in an ivory tower in Montebello, Julia and her unborn child could be in grave danger.â¦
Sheik Ahmed Kamal: He swears that he is innocent of the crimes against the royal Sebastiani clan. So if Kamalâs to be believed, who is responsible for these cold-blooded acts of terrorism?
A note from award-winning writer Virginia Kantra, author of six Silhouette books:
Dear Reader,
Once upon a timeâ¦
The first story I wroteâI was nine, I thinkâbegan that way. The first stories I loved, about brave warriors and proud princesses and unexpected danger, all did, too. So when I got the call from Silhouette to write my very own fairy tale, in Intimate Momentsâ FIRSTBORN SONS continuity series, I jumped at the chance.
Being invited to participate in a series that features some of my favorite authors was another big plus. Itâs been a joy coordinating stories and bad guys with them.
This story was meaningful to me in other ways, too. Fathers and sons fascinate me. I have two wonderful sons of my own, themes and variations of their father. And my husband, like the hero of this book, is a firstborn son whose father served in Vietnam.
Of course, my warrior is the modern sortâa U.S. Navy SEAL. And my princess is a microbiologistâor, as she would be quick to correct you, a microbial ecologistâat Montana University. But the themes of love and honor and courage and characters who arenât quite what they appear to be are timeless.
I hope you enjoy this story of a princess who learns her own worth and a battered warrior who discovers the magic power of love.
Love,
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
