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  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 3

  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 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Author Bio

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  All authors retain their individual copyright to their works. Published January 2019 by Carter and Bradley Publishing.

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  Temptations

  A Limited Edition Collection

  What will it take to tempt you?

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  Broken Soldier

  Broken Soldier

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  Broken Soldier © 2018 Blue Saffire

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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.