There was hunger in his gaze. Lust.
âWe have a lot in common, Grace.â He smiled. âAnd not only because weâre shifters.â
She had managed to control the desire she felt whenever she was with Simon. But now, her passion flared, as if it had suddenly burst into flame.
Impulsively, she reached upâand she was suddenly in Simonâs arms.
His lips met hers, claiming them. His tongue penetrated her mouth, entering into a sexy duel that made her knees weak.
His scent was raw and masculine and hypnotic. His body was hard and skilled. His growls and sexy rumbles were wild as their feral natures.
But she knew once he took her to bed, there would be no turning back.
Dear Reader,
Guardian Wolf is the third full-length novel about Alpha Force, a highly covert military unit comprised of shapeshifters. It features Lt Grace Andreas, MD, an Alpha Force memberâand shapeshifterâwho is sent to an Arizona military hospital on a special assignment. There, she runs into Dr Simon Parran, the man she once loved. A man whoâd hidden from her the fact that he was also a shifter.
I enjoyed writing about their mutual suspicions, emotional baggage ⦠and hot sex life! How easy is it for two werewolves to hide what they are from each other, and everyone else, while both attempting, for their own reasons, to stop the thefts of some highly dangerous biohazards? Throw in a fiery attraction they canât deny, and thatâs Guardian Wolf!
I hope you enjoy the story. Please come visit me at my website: www.LindaOJohnston.com and at my blog: http://KillerHobbies.blogspot.com
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Linda O. Johnston
LINDA O. JOHNSTON loves to write. More than one genre at a time? Thatâs part of the fun. While honing her writing skills, she started working in advertising and public relations, then became a lawyer ⦠and still enjoys writing contracts. Lindaâs first published fiction novel appeared in Ellery Queenâs Mystery Magazine and won a Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for âBest First Mystery Short Story of the Year.â It was the beginning of her versatile fiction writing career. Linda now spends most of her time creating memorable tales of paranormal romance and mystery.
Linda lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband and two cavalier King Charles spaniels. Visit her at her website, www.LindaOJohnston.com
Thanks to Dr Ken Zangwill for ideas about some of the diseases referenced in Guardian Wolf. Of course, I approached the plot fictionally, and any inaccuracies are due to my imagination, in the interest of enhancing the story.
As always, this book is dedicated to my husband, Fred, who enjoys that sometimes wild imagination of mine!
No way. It canât be her.
That was Dr. Simon Parranâs first reaction as he moved uncomfortably in his seat in the medical centerâs small, crowded auditorium.
His second was to visualize Grace Andreas in his mind. That gorgeous face with her high cheekbones, full, inviting lipsâand soft brown eyes that flashed each time she asked a question. Too many incisive questions, nearly all about him. Questions he wouldnât answer. That had been the problem, back then.
âLt. Andreas is a physician,â continued Colonel Nelson Otis, M.D., the commanding officer at the renowned and well-regarded military hospital where Simon worked. Speaking into a microphone, he stood at the podium at the front of the room, clad in a lab jacket like most of the staff here, including Simon. âHer specialty is infectious diseases.â
Simon wouldnât have guessed the Grace heâd known would go into the militaryâif this was her. But her specialty made sense. Not only because Grace gave a damn about peopleâor at least she used toâbut she was also prone to take on any cause and fight till she won, no matter how badly the odds were stacked against her.
Almost any cause.
Okay, what if this was the Grace Andreas he had known for a short, intense while, during their early pre-med studies in Michigan? He didnât need to do more than be civil to her. No chance of avoiding her, though. He was an infectious diseases specialist, too.
âWith Dr. Andreas will be a nurse, Sgt. Kristine Norwood,â the commander continued.
Most doctors and other medical staff had gathered in the lecture hall at Charles Carder Medical Center near Phoenix, Arizona, for the short, monthly update about pending matters at the facility. One item always covered was the frequent comings and goings of staff members.
Because the hospital was a military facility, the fluidity of personnel was a fact of life. Most of the time, Simon didnât care one way or the other.
This time was different.
Well, even if he couldnât help seeing Grace during her tour of duty here, it wasnât like he didnât think of her a lot anyway, despite the passage of so many years since theyâd last been together.
But what if she was still as inquisitive as sheâd been back then? His primary reason for being here, his secret experiments, were finally beginning to pay off. They were the direct result of who and what he wasâand the information he had refused to admit to Grace, no matter how hard she had pressed him. She had hinted more than once that she was like him, making it look as if it shouldnât matter if he disclosed everything.