Hunter's Pride
THE TOUGHER HUNTER WAS… The harder he was bound to fall. But that didn't stop rugged mercenary Devlin Hunter from shrugging off his boss's order to partner up with pretty Kulani Dawson on his latest mission. After all, a man had his pride–and this man worked alone.But Kulani wasn't about to let Dev stalk off into dangerous territory without a guide. And after a few nights fraught with danger–and filled with passion–Dev's biggest battle was keeping his beautiful partner from stealing his heart and destroying his vow to never ever fall in love!
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“I don’t need anyone,”
Dev said defiantly.
Anger surged through Kulani. “You are as stubborn as a mule, Dev! Morgan said you are not to go on this mission alone. Are you in the habit of disobeying your boss’s orders?”
Kulani stood there breathing hard. Fear warred with hurt inside her. “I’m going down there with or without you. You can’t stop me from coming, but it would be better if you just agreed to let me come along. That way, if I needed you, you’d be nearby, Dev.” Her throat closed off with tears as she watched his eyes soften with her admission. “Please…I need you on this mission, Dev. Will you be there for me?”
His conscience railed at him. Kulani needed him. How long had it been since someone needed him? Swallowing hard, he grappled with her request.
Because it was tearing his heavily guarded heart wide open….
To all my readers.
Thank you.
Books by Lindsay McKenna
Silhouette Special Edition
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* A Measure of Love #377
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Come Gentle the Dawn #568
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White Wolf #1135
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LINDSAY MCKENNA
is a practicing homeopath and emergency medical technician on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. She comes from an Eastern Cherokee medicine family and is a member of the Wolf Clan. Dividing her energies between alternative medicine and writing, she feels books on and about love are the greatest positive healing force in the world. She lives with her husband, David, at La Casa de Madre Tierra, near Sedona.
Lindsay McKenna
brings you four exciting, adventure-filled missions for the rugged men of the Hunter family!
MORGAN’S MERCENARIES: THE HUNTERS
HEART OF THE HUNTER
December 1998, Special Edition #1214 A wounded, brooding marine finds his heart while guarding a vulnerable beauty.
HUNTER’S WOMAN
July 1999, Special Edition #1255 A determined military man wants his woman back—and she’s carrying his child!
HUNTER’S PRIDE
October 1999, Special Edition #1274 A sexy mercenary takes on a lovely partner whose passion rivals his own.
Look for the fourth book in the series,
THE UNTAMED HUNTER, in Silhouette Desire (SD #1262) in January 2000!
For those of you who’d like to read the stories featuring Morgan Trayhern and his family—and see where
MORGAN’S MERCENARIES began!—you won’t want to miss this exciting 3-in-1 volume:
LOVE AND GLORY
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter One
Would Kulani Dawson say yes? Morgan Trayhern’s hand hovered over the phone as he hesitated, his mouth pulled in a slash, his brows drawn. A month ago, he’d asked her to do some low-key detective work for him on the island of Kauai, where she lived, and she’d come through with valuable information for Perseus. Morgan knew that Kulani had done it because of their friendship, even though she no longer worked for him.
How could he make this next request of her? She would think him heartless. But Kulani had been a high-powered, ambitious woman at one time. Before the accident she’d been a highflier, and now she was living what he considered a desultory life flying tourists around her island. That was a helluva comedown from what she had been. In his gut, Morgan felt she needed the mission he was about to offer her. She needed something to bring her life, and herself, back into sharp, passionate focus once again. Besides, he had no choice. Not one damn alternative. Kulani was the best merc for this job.
With his heart wrenching, Morgan withdrew his hand from the phone and wiped his damp palm against his dark, pinstripe slacks. He didn’t try and minimize how Kulani would react to his request.
She was like a daughter to him. He hoped his own daughters would someday grow up and be a lot like her. She was a woman of incredible courage, having taken part in the Gulf War, where after being shot down, she still managed to bring her helicopter crew back to safety. And she was just a kid back then. Hadn’t even seen thirty yet. Her career in the navy had been meteoric. How lucky Morgan had counted himself in wooing her over to Perseus, afterward.
