TESLA STARED AT Mason, the several comments she"d barely caught now blasting back into her memory. They were talking about him and how he felt about her. She didn"t know what to say. Everyone stared at her. Everyone waited for her.
For what?
To tell him she was happy to be kept. h.e.l.l no, she wasn"t. But she was happy to know he wanted to keep her.
It would be nicer if he wasn"t glaring at her like he"d rather have his teeth pulled out one by one rather than have such a discussion. Then again, she had to admit she wasn"t the most open about such things either.
And she hadn"t expected to have this discussion out in the open and surrounded as they were.
Swede gave her a half shake, reminding her she was still in his arms. "Well?"
She ignored his question, her mind consumed with Mason"s outburst. When he shook her again, she had to wonder why he was still holding her? Right. Drugs. She wasn"t able to stand. Or was she?
With Swede"s help, she slowly lowered herself to her feet and rested there for a moment. Happy to feel her feet hold her stable, but still hanging onto Swede, she took the few steps to Mason"s side and said, "You might want to keep me, but you"ve done a p.i.s.s poor job of doing so up to now."
The others cracked up.
Mason stared her, guilt written all over his face. "I know. I"m so d.a.m.n sorry."
"That"s okay. You have the rest of our lives to make up for it."
And she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. Like, she laid it on him. When she released him and he wavered slightly, still grasping for balance, she turned to the others. "Just so we know who"s going to be keeping who."
The group rushed forward, and laughing.
Mason reached through the crowd and said in a dark silky voice, "If you"re going to kiss me, you"d better do it right."
And he tugged her gently back into his arms and kissed her long, hard and sinfully deep while the others cheered. The waves of noise rolled over her head, but she was blind to everything but Mason. His love and joy and heat, and the response coiling inside of her.
G.o.d she loved this man.
She felt him start and realized she"d whispered that against his lips.
"Love you back, Tesla," he murmured and crushed his lips to hers.
When he lifted his head, a smile of male satisfaction surfing his lips, he looked down at her sagging in his arms and whispered, "We can keep this up for a long time, or...we can go back to your place, after all you need to rest and heal, and we can take this to the next level in private."
She smiled up at him. "Now that"s the best idea I"ve heard all day."
This concludes Book 1 of SEALs of Honor: Mason.
Book 2 is available here.
Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2.
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Author"s Note.
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Touched by Death.
Adult RS/thriller.
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Death had touched anthropologist Jade Hansen in Haiti once before, costing her an unborn child and perhaps her very sanity.
A year later, determined to face her own issues, she returns to Haiti with a mortuary team to recover the bodies of an American family from a ma.s.s grave. Visiting his brother after the quake, independent contractor Dane Carter puts his life on hold to help the sleepy town of Jacmel rebuild. But he finds it hard to like his brother"s pregnant wife or her family. He wants to go home, until he meets Jade and realizes what"s missing in his own life. When the mortuary team begins work, it"s as if malevolence has been released from the earth. Instead of laying her ghosts to rest, Jade finds herself confronting death and terror again.
And the man who unexpectedly awakens her heart is right in the middle of it all.
By Death Series.
Touched by Death Part 1 FREE.
Touched by Death Part 2 Touched by Death Parts 1&2.
Haunted by Death.
Chilled by Death Vampire in Denial.
This is book 1 of the Family Blood Ties Saga.
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Blood doesn"t just make her who she is...it also makes her what she is.
Like being a sixteen-year-old vampire isn"t hard enough, Tessa"s throwback human genes make her an outcast among her relatives. But try as she might, she can"t get a handle on the vampire lifestyle and all the...blood.
Turning her back on the vamp world, she embraces the human teenage lifestyle-high school, peer pressure and finding a boyfriend. Jared manages to stir something in her blood. He"s smart and fun and oh, so cute. But Tessa"s dream of a having the perfect boyfriend turns into a nightmare when vampires attack the movie theatre and kidnap her date.
Once again, Tessa finds herself torn between the human world and the vampire one. Will blood own out? Can she make peace with who she is as well as what?
Warning: This book ends with a cliffhanger! Book 2 picks up where this book ends.
Family Blood Ties Series.
Vampire in Denial FREE.
Vampire in Distress Vampire in Design.
Vampire in Deceit Vampire in Defiance Vampire in Conflict.
Vampire in Chaos Vampire in Crisis.
Vampire in Control Family Blood Ties 3in1.
Sian"s Solution A Family Blood Ties Short Story.
Broken Protocols.
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Dani"s been through a year of h.e.l.l...
Just as it"s getting better, she"s tossed forward through time with her orange Persian cat, Charmin Marvin, clutched in her arms. They"re dropped into a few centuries into the future. There"s nothing she can do to stop it, and it"s impossible to go back.
And then it gets worse...
A year of government regulation is easing, and Levi Blackburn is feeling back in control. If he can keep his reckless brother in check, everything will be perfect. But while he"s been protecting Milo from the government, Milo"s been busy working on a present for him...
The present is Dani, only she comes with a snarky cat who suddenly starts talking...and doesn"t know when to shut up.
In an age where breaking protocols have severe consequences, things go wrong, putting them all in danger...
Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy Series.
Broken Protocols.
Broken Protocols 2 Broken Protocols 3.
Broken Protocols 3.5 Broken Protocols 1-3.
About the Author.
Dale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of pa.s.sion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It"s a Dog"s Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).
She honors the stories that come to her and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!
To go with her fiction, she also writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing, companion gardening and the US mortgage system. She has recently published her Career Essentials Series. All her books are available in print and ebook format.
Also by Dale Mayer.
Published Adult Books:.
Psychic Vision Series.
Tuesday"s Child FREE.
Hide"n Go Seek Maddy"s Floor Garden of Sorrow.
Knock, Knock...
Rare Find Eyes to the Soul.
Now You See Her Psychic Visions 3in1.
By Death Series Touched by Death Part 1 FREE.
Touched by Death Part 2 Touched by Death Parts 1&2 Haunted by Death.
Chilled by Death Second Chances...at Love Series Second Chances Part 1 FREE Second Chances Part 2.
Second Chances complete book (Parts 1 & 2).
Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy Series.
Broken Protocols.
Broken Protocols 2 Broken Protocols 3 Broken Protocols 3.5 Broken Protocols 1-3.
Broken and... Mending.
Skin Scars Scales (of Justice) Glory Genesis Tori Celeste Biker Blues Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 1.
Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 2 Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 3 SEALs of Honor Mason: SEALs of Honor, Book 1.
Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2 Dane: SEALs of Honor, Book 3 Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4 Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5.
Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6 Collections Dare to Be You...
Dare to Love...
Dare to be Strong...
RomanceX3.
Standalone Novellas It"s a Dog"s Life Riana"s Revenge.
Published Young Adult Books:.
Family Blood Ties Series.