Stolen Beauty

The front door hinges creaked, the faint sound traveling through the still night. Two more steps and I would’ve been inside the bathroom with the door closed because I’m an odd bird and even when home alone, I close the bathroom door.

Seconds later, and everything would’ve happened differently. Seconds later, and I’d be dead.

My brother trained me. Told me what to do if I was ever in danger. I’d thought he was paranoid, a side effect of his life in the military. Before the explosion, he left instructions.

I followed those instructions carefully, straight to his best friend’s door. A man I haven’t seen in ages. A man who didn’t show up to my brother’s funeral. An ex-SEAL I knew before his Navy days. A boy I crushed on back then, but now…it’s a different era.

My sister is missing, and I need his help to find her. There’s a chance the man who broke into my home succeeded in getting her. All my focus needs to be on finding her, but yet I’m growing closer to him. Who am I kidding? I’m crushing all over again.

When two killers find me, he’s there to protect me. I don’t know why they’re coming for me, but it doesn’t seem like they’ll stop. How much can I let him risk? And how much can I?

Someone out there wants to take everything. But some things can’t be taken.

Stolen Beauty is the first standalone romance in the Beauty trilogy and the fourth romantic suspense novel within the Arrow Tactical Series.  This steamy, suspenseful standalone romance is full of heat and mystery and can be read and enjoyed on its own. 

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