RHONDA LEE CARVER Protector of Novah
(Book 1, Valor Knights)
Copyright © 2020 by Rhonda Lee Carver
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BLURB
Novah needs his protection...but she needs his heart more.
Paradise turned into a nightmare when Novah Coffman learned that she would be spending the weekend on a private resort with her ex-husband. They shared a daughter together, but she gave up on him a long time ago…and then unexpected sparks fly poolside. Was it the sunshine and fresh air that made her woozy or was it that he was hotter with age?
Egan Banks had a job to do and it wasn’t sampling the tempting curves of his ex-wife, although he wouldn’t mind one bit. When she sent her wicked smile his way, that was all the invitation he needed to get wrapped up in her sweet heaven again.
Then she uncovered a dangerous plot that involved her boss who was running for public office. Her life was on the line and Egan vowed he’d protect her at all costs, but in the end he could be the one who needed protection from another broken heart.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
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 Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Back Matter
Bonus – Wanted by the Lawman (Lawmen of Wyoming #2) Chapter 1 & 2
CHAPTER ONE
A TINY TOE being shoved up inside of her nostril was her wake up call.
Novah Coffman removed the intrusion and tenderly patted her three-year-old’s tiny foot.
For the last three months, Finley had been climbing into bed with Novah. The little girl swore there was a three-eyed, green-skinned monster that had taken up residence under her bed. After an amateur exorcism of singing “If You’re Happy and You Know it” and new decorations in a princess theme, Novah had thought the “green monster” had finally went on to be with his people, but apparently the invisible visitor had returned.
What was Finley doing here?
She was supposed to be with her grandma.
Novah rubbed her tired eyes and glanced at the digital clock on her nightstand. Seven-ten. Way too early to be up on a Saturday morning. Perks of mom life.
Lifting her arms high above her head, she stretched, consumed in the remnants of the dream that had felt so real. Smiling, she breathed in deeply, startled by the familiar scent of sandalwood and leather that belonged to only one man.
Her body stilled. Her heart palpitated. An internal alarm sounded.
Oh no!
No! No! No!
Flicking one eye open, she shifted enough to see Finley who was stretched out sideways, her legs thrown up over Novah’s chest and her thumb stuck in her mouth.
Relief swept over Novah.
She would have been mortified if she’d had a booty call with—
A husky, lazy moan invaded the silence of the bedroom.
The springs in the bed popped and rattled and a tug came on the sheet.
Cringing, she removed Finley’s legs and sat up, saying a silent prayer that she didn’t fall off the wagon with tall, dark and handsome last night.
Oh hell!
What had she done?
Every detail came exploding back to her—in vivid detail. A bottle of Patron. A slow dance or two…or three. A ride home so she didn’t have to call an Uber…
Laying on the far edge of the king size bed, wearing no shirt and showing off an amazingly toned and fit torso, was the very man she swore she’d never see again. Swore the bedroom was off limits no matter how lonely she became.
His smooth, barrel-chest lifted and deflated evenly as he slept. Soft snores came from underneath the pillow he’d pulled over his head, a habit from being in the military and sleeping in unsavory conditions. The wrinkled corner of the sheet tossed over his hips didn’t erase the explicit memory of his hard length and how many times he’d taken her after they walked through the door last night.
Following his long legs splattered in crisp, dark hair, to his
