Live Ammo. Joanna Wayne

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      A desperate mother...

      Alexis Beranger never could have anticipated the shock of being carjacked with her son still in the backseat. Or that Tague Lambert, part of the rich and famous Lamberts of Dallas, would be there to help. But most earthshattering of all was learning that the attack wasn’t random—only a prelude to the danger stalking her every move.

      And the cowboy who came to her rescue...

      While their chance meeting occurred under the gravest of circumstances, Tague felt an instant attraction with Alexis that he just couldn’t shake. Through with playing it safe, Tague vowed to protect this beautiful stranger and her vulnerable little boy, no matter how high the stakes. After all, a cowboy never ignored an innocent in distress—especially a cowboy who carried the Lambert name.

      “Are you even for real, cowboy?”

      He tugged her to her feet and pulled her into his arms. “I’m as real as it gets.”

      She knew he was going to kiss her. Knew she should stop him. Instead she melted into the thrill and the taste of him. Passion claimed her so completely that she literally lost her breath.

      When Tague pulled away, she felt a burning in her lungs and a hunger deep inside her that she had little chance of ever satisfying.

      She lay back down, turned off the light and stared at the ceiling. She needed to put what had just transpired into some kind of perspective. All she could come up with was that she was being forced to put her trust in the rugged cowboy with the boyish charm and the determination of a mad bull.

      Heaven help them all.

      Live Ammo

      Joanna Wayne

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Joanna Wayne was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from LSU-Shreveport. She moved to New Orleans in 1984, and it was there that she attended her first writing class and joined her first professional writing organization. Her debut novel, Deep in the Bayou, was published in 1994.

      Now, dozens of published books later, Joanna has made a name for herself as being on the cutting edge of romantic suspense in both series and single-title novels. She has been on the Waldenbooks bestseller list for romance and has won many industry awards. She is also a popular speaker at writing organizations and local community functions and has taught creative writing at the University of New Orleans Metropolitan College.

      Joanna currently resides in a small community forty miles north of Houston, Texas, with her husband. Though she still has many family and emotional ties to Louisiana, she loves living in the Lone Star State. You may write Joanna at P.O. Box 852, Montgomery, Texas 77356.

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      CAST OF CHARACTERS

      Tague Lambert—Youngest of the Lambert brothers. Born into a wealthy ranching and oil family, he’s a cowboy at heart with no interest in settling down—until he meets Alexis Beranger.

      Alexis Beranger—She’s running scared, but determined to keep Tommy safe at any price.

      Tommy—The precocious two-year-old loves horses and chocolate.

      Carolina Lambert—Tague’s mother is a woman who loves her family above all.

      Durk Lambert—Tague’s brother offers advice from a business trip in the Middle East.

      Emma and Damien Lambert—Tague’s brother and sister-in-law cut their honeymoon short to be there for Tague and Alexis.

      Booker Dell Collins—Carjacker.

      Detective Gerald Hampton—Dallas Police Department detective investigating the carjacking.

      Scott Jeffery Hayden—Legendary detective and Alexis’s ex-husband.

      Lena Fox Hayden—Third wife of Scott Hayden.

      Meghan Sinclair—The private detective may have shared a past with Durk Lambert.

      Jackson Phelps—A retired NCIS agent, now private detective hired by Tague Lambert to help clear Alexis’s name.

      Bronco—Loyal bodyguard to Scott Jeffery Hayden.

      Thanks to all my readers who believe in love and cowboys. And to my family, who taught me that family

      is important to every aspect of our lives.

      Contents

       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

       Epilogue

       Excerpt

       Chapter One

      “Hand over those keys.”