Berringer Bodyguards File #4
Name: Luke Berringer Trademark: Single-minded determination⦠Biggest weakness: A sweet ânâ sexy gal who drives him to distraction!
Luke Berringer used to have everythingâmoney, status. And just like that, he lost it all. Now a bodyguard for Berringer Security, heâs determined to track down the woman responsible for ruining his life. But when he finally catches up with Vanessa Grant, heâs in for one heck of a surpriseâ¦.
Vanessa is no con artist. Itâs a case of mistaken identity, and worse for Luke, the woman has a hidden sensuality that he canât resist. With her life in jeopardy, Luke must protect an innocent woman, track down a guilty oneâ¦and determine if maybe the âwrong womanâ isnât really the right one, after all!
âAre you for real?â Luke asked, transfixed.
He dipped down to capture Vanessaâs mouth with his.
She moaned, the sound reverberating as she wound her arms around him.
âThatâs definitely real,â she whispered.
Luke knew that this was a bad decision, but she was sweet in his arms. Her kiss as hot and insistent as his.
âVanessa.â His voice was rough, objections buried somewhere under the hot need that was taking over as he studied the pink lips that begged for a taste.
âWe shouldnât,â he said, trying one more time to do the right thing. There was no way he could walk away and leave her alone right now. But there was also no way he could stay without having herâ¦.
Dear Reader,
Luke Berringer. Many of you have written asking for his book, and here it isâand what an adventure heâs about to have with his heroine! If you read the epilogue at the end of His Kind of Trouble, youâll know the explosive way these two met (and if you didnât, go do that, right now!).
Luke, of course, lost everything when a woman he was involved with brought his whole world down around him. After years of searching for herâand for revengeâwhat heâs found is far more unexpected. Vanessa understands what it means to spend your life searching for somethingâsheâs spent almost all of hers looking for her long-lost siblings. Now sheâs found Luke along the way. Hand in hand, theyâre not alone in their searches anymore. But what happens when the search is overâcan they both get what theyâve wanted for so long? Maybe, especially when what they most want is each other.
So, this is the final Berringer Bodyguards bookâbut if this is the first one youâve read, maybe youâll enjoy going back to read about Lukeâs bodyguard cousins, who all have their own stories. If you want to chat about Blaze, Berringers or bodyguards, you can find me on Twitter or Facebook, or email me at [email protected].
Enjoy!
Samantha Hunter
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Samantha Hunter lives in Syracuse, New York, where she writes full-time for Mills & Boon. When sheâs not plotting her next story, Sam likes to work in her garden, quilt, cook, read and spend time with her husband and their dogs. Most days you can find Sam chatting on the Mills & Boon Blaze boards at www.millsandboon.co.uk, or you can check out whatâs new, enter contests or drop her a note at her website, www.samanthahunter.com.
For Blaze author Cara Summers, whom we all lost
in September 2013. She walked me through my first Blaze a decade ago, and was a friend and colleague years before that. Sheâs been a part of every Blaze Iâve written, and that will always be true. Thanks so much, Carolyn.
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LUKE BERRINGER STARED through the bars of the adjoined jail cell at one of the most beautiful women heâd ever known. If he hadnât been at her house that afternoon right before it had blown up, and if he hadnât found her in time, neither one of them would be standing here now, waiting for the police to sort it all out.
But he had been there, and now they were both holed up in jail, since she kept insisting that he was a stranger and that she was someone else. She was playing the innocentâthe victimâwhen in truth, Nicole Brooks was anything but innocent. Heâd prove that if it was the last thing he did.
Luke looked at his watch againâexcept it wasnât on his arm. It was in a property bag being held by the police until he was released, which should be any minute now.
His cousins, the other members of Berringer Bodyguards, should get him out of here soon.
Nicky might not be as lucky, he thought, watching her pace next door.
There were a few subtle differences between Nicky and her new identity, Vanessa Grant. Most people wouldnât notice.
Luke noticed, but he could still see the real Nicky underneath Vanessaâs softer persona.
âI have to say, I like this look on you. But a schoolteacher, Nicky? You never cared for kidsâthis score must be really something for you to put on this kind of performance day in and out.â