Temptations
A Limited Edition Contemporary Romance Collection
Carter & Bradley Publishing
Contents
Temptations
Broken Soldier
Broken Soldier
Broken Soldier
1. Parker
2. Parker
3. Lakia
4. Parker
5. Lakia
6. Parker
7. Lakia
8. Parker
9. Parker
10. Lakia
11. Lakia
12. Parker
13. Lakia
14. Parker
15. Lakia
16. Parker
17. Lakia
18. Lakia
19. Parker
20. Lakia
21. Lakia
22. Parker
23. Lakia
24. Lakia
25. Parker
26. Lakia
27. Parker
28. Toni
29. Lakia
30. Parker
31. Lakia
32. Parker
33. Lakia
34. Parker
Epilogue
About the Author
Full-On Clinger
Full-On Clinger
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
About the Author
Interview with the Dom
Interview with the Dom
1. Caroline
2. Caroline
3. Xavier
4. Caroline
5. Xavier
6. Caroline
7. Xavier
8. Caroline
9. Xavier
10. Caroline
Epilogue
About the Author
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
About the Author
Snowbound Siren
Snowbound Siren
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
About the Author
First Comes Love
First Comes Love
1. Claire
2. Homer
3. Claire
4. Homer
5. Claire
6. Homer
7. Homer
8. Claire
9. Claire
10. Homer
11. Homer
12. Claire
13. Homer
14. Homer
15. Homer
16. Claire
17. Homer
About the Author
A Different Kind of Pain
A Different Kind of Pain
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Epilogue
About the Author
Bad PR
Bad Pr
1. Avery
2. Avery
3. Avery
4. Liam
5. Avery
6. Liam
7. Avery
8. Liam
9. Avery
10. Liam
11. Avery
12. Liam
13. Avery
14. Liam
15. Avery
16. Liam
17. Avery
18. Liam
19. Avery
20. Liam
21. Avery
About the Author
The Kings of Brighton: Tobias
Prologue
1. New York, New York
2. Tobias
3. Silver
4. Tobias
5. Silver
6. Tobias
7. Silver
8. Tobias
9. Silver
10. Tobias
11. Boston, Massachusetts
12. Tobias
13. Silver
14. Tobias
15. Silver
16. Tobias
17. Silver
18. Tobias
19. Silver
20. Tobias
21. Silver
22. Tobias
23. Silver
24. Tobias
25. Silver
26. Tobias
27. Silver
28. Tobias
29. Silver
30. Tobias
31. Silver
32. Tobias
33. Silver
34. Tobias
35. Silver
36. Tobias
37. Silver
38. Tobias
39. Silver
40. Tobias
41. Silver
42. Tobias
43. Silver
44. Tobias
45. Silver
Epilogue
Hold On Through The Pain
Hold On Through The Pain
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Epilogue
About the Author
Kiss the Bride
Kiss the Bride
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Author Bio
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Broken Soldier
I’m broken, but she holds me together.
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Parker
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I'm a man of my Word. I just never thought my word would lead me to her. I'll do anything for Lakia and her son, Isaac and not just because I promised to. It's what I was made to do. Yet, I'm broken and those pieces are trying to make me stumble. Hell, I've never been a man to give up.
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Lakia
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Who knew my biggest loss and one of my biggest mistakes would lead to this. He isn't whole, but I see that. This time around I plan to listen to my heart and my heart keeps telling me to take a chance on this broken solider.
1
Parker
I can hardly see a thing. My NVGs shattered in the last explosion. I have so much adrenaline pumping through me. I feel like I’m moving on autopilot. This isn’t my first rodeo, but this is a bad one.
I can’t believe I’m still here.
I can feel the loss of my brothers as if we’re connected at the soul. I can’t think about that now. I have to keep moving. I push all feelings to the back of my mind, including the searing pain on my entire left side.
I fire through my blurry vision, before trying to search around me once again. My best friend, my brother in arms, the man I trust with my life was just with me. He’d taken a hit to the leg, but I had him.
“Myles,” I bellow out, as gunfire continues to erupt around me.
My earpiece is useless. Nothing is coming through. I can’t hear shit from my team. The ringing in my ears from the blast has finally subsided. I squint to look around again.
“Redding!”
My blood runs cold, when he doesn’t respond. I can hear the moans and groans of others, but something in my bones tells me that none of those belong to Myles. I focus, allowing my ears to guide me. I begin to count.
One, two…three…four, five…six, seven, eight. Fuck.
I make out nine. I can hear the gunfire of my men. We started as twelve. I listen and count again, hoping my ears are deceiving me. My chest tightens when confirmation greets my eardrums like a ringing bell.
The loudest silence is the silence closest to me. Myles, I don’t hear close enough fire to say he’s okay. My team members are spread out, but none that are firing are close enough for me to rest in the fact that my closest brother is still with me.
Suddenly, the hairs stand up on the back of my neck as an ear-splitting whistle pierces the air. I know it’s coming, death has breathed his breath through the air. I’ll be lucky if I don’t inhale this time.
2
Parker
Every fucking inch of my body hurts. My lids feel like weights have been placed on them, my left side feels like it’s on fire in some places and completely numb in others. Yet, I know I’m alive. I don’t know if I can say the same for my unit. I don’t know if I can say the same for Myles.
Myles and I moved up the ranks together. It was a no brainer to enter the Special Forces knowing he would be on my team. Myles was there when I found out my fiancée was leaving me for some real estate douche bag she’d been fucking for years. I still remember the words he whispered in my ear to keep me from losing my shit.
“Fuck her, you’ll have two more before the night is over. Let her have that sorry motherfucker and move on.”
The words are so fresh in my mind, just like yesterday. Yet, I know it wasn’t yesterday. It was two years ago. I’d like to say I got over it, but I never truly moved on. I knew I planned to stick around in the military for a few more years so I never bothered with a real relationship.
I was saving that for one hundred and twenty days from now. Six more months and Myles and I were going to retire. We both felt it in our bones that it was time. Ninety days and we were on our way to take leave. At least, it was ninety days when we rolled out, headed for camp in Herat. Afghanistan showed us it’s fucking ass.
I grit my teeth in my dry mouth. I haven’t opened my eyes because I’m not ready to face what’s coming. The sound of the machines around me tell me I’m a survivor. I just don’t know how many others are. Something tells me I’m not in hostile territory. I’m not getting that itch.
Suck it up, Parker. You have your life. Stop being a bitch.
I grunt, knowing the voice in my head has told no lie. Although in a motherfucking lot of pain, I’m breathing. I’ll never take that for granted. Not like I once did, when I was young and dumb.
Believe it or not, I think Myles’ sister is the reason I grew up. I’ve never met her in person, but I sure do feel like I know Myles’ family as if they were my own. I’ve met them through stories, skype, and photographs. For some reason, I’ve never made it to Dallas, where Myles and his family are from.
I’m a Tennessee boy myself. Until last year, I had my daddy’s ranch to go home to. When my father died, I sold the ranch and put away the money. Too many memories on that land for me. Also, not enough people I trust to take care of the place while I’m active duty.
Myles almost lost it when his baby sister, Lakia, broke the news to him that she’d gotten pregnant. It changed everything. Myles was so angry. Apparently, he never liked the fucker that knocked her up.
Myles wanted to go back home and murder the son of a bitch. I would’ve gone with him if his mama hadn’t talked him off the ledge. Seeing the pictures of that little baby boy when he was born pulled something in my heart. I knew I had to be around to have his uncle’s six. It was my job to always get Myles back to him.