Homefront Defenders. Lisa Phillips

      

      PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT

      Amid the idyllic scenery of Hawaii, rookie Secret Service agent Alana Preston is attacked, and a sinister plot to assassinate the president begins taking shape. But nobody seems to believe Alana, and she doesn’t know who she can trust—except Secret Service director James Locke. Now, with an assassin hiding in plain sight on the island, she and James may be the president’s last line of defense. The closer they get to cracking the case, however, the more intertwined their lives become. And they must fight to keep their hearts out of it. With the life of the commander-in-chief in their hands, falling in love could be a deadly distraction...

      “Alana, can you hear me?”

      Locke wanted to make her wake up, but it was probably a good thing she wasn’t conscious to feel her injuries.

      She moaned. Locke gathered her closer to him and put his chin on her head. If someone had wanted to distract them, they’d succeeded. They had hit Locke in the place where it hurt the most and forced him to turn his mission from the president’s safety to taking care of his partner. Because he was going to make sure Alana was safe.

      Somewhere along the way she had become more important to him than his job, and Locke was never going to apologize for that.

      As he looked down at his unconscious partner, Locke realized that if he was going to save the president, he had to set aside his feelings for Alana. If it could be used against him, then it was a liability. And liabilities cost him his job. If the president was killed because Locke was distracted by Alana, all of them would lose.

      He had to let her go.

      Dear Reader,

      So often our past defines us. And so often we allow other people’s expectations to change the course of our lives. But God’s way is freedom. It’s life.

      In Him we find the fulfillment of all the promise we’re unable to drum up in our own lives. His path is so much better, richer, fuller. And it’s this grace, this goodness poured out in us that gives us strength to fight against those things that weigh us down.

      My prayer for you in reading this book is that God continues to work in you that message of Himself and that you will go forward one more step in the journey.

      If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email me at [email protected], as I would love to hear from you.

      Sincerely,

      Lisa Phillips

      LISA PHILLIPS is a British-born tea-drinking, guitar-playing wife and mom of two. She and her husband lead worship together at their local church. Lisa pens high-stakes stories of mayhem and disaster where you can find made-for-each-other love that always ends in a happily-ever-after. She understands that faith is a work in progress more exciting than any story she can dream up. You can find out more about her books at authorlisaphillips.com.

      Homefront Defenders

      Lisa Phillips

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.

      —Psalms 68:5

      Thank you to all my Hawaii friends for all your information, and my hubs, who suffered through a research trip over our anniversary!

      Contents

       Cover

       Back Cover Text

       Introduction

       Dear Reader

       About the Author

       Title Page

       Bible Verse

       Dedication

       ONE

       TWO

       THREE

       FOUR

       FIVE

       SIX

       SEVEN

       EIGHT

       NINE

       TEN

       ELEVEN

       TWELVE

       THIRTEEN

       FOURTEEN

       FIFTEEN

       SIXTEEN

       SEVENTEEN

       EIGHTEEN

       NINETEEN

       TWENTY

       EPILOGUE

       Extract

       Copyright