Special Ops Cowboy. Addison Fox

      

      Death stalks a cowboy’s growing family

       Book two in the Midnight Pass, Texas miniseries

      It’s a typical Texas night when Reese Grantham intends to drown her sorrows in a local bar. Her evening soon turns around, thanks to military operative turned rancher Hoyt Reynolds. Before she knows it, Reese is expecting a bundle of joy, but when she enters a killer’s crosshairs, there’s nothing Hoyt won’t do to save her and his child.

      ADDISON FOX is a lifelong romance reader, addicted to happy-ever-afters. After discovering she found as much joy writing about romance as she did reading it, she’s never looked back. Addison lives in New York with an apartment full of books, a laptop that’s rarely out of sight and a wily beagle who keeps her running. You can find her at her home on the web at www.addisonfox.com or on Facebook (Facebook.com/addisonfoxauthor) and Twitter (@addisonfox).

       Also By Addison Fox

      Midnight Pass, Texas

      The Cowboy’s Deadly Mission

      Special Ops Cowboy

      The Coltons of Red Ridge

      Colton’s Deadly Engagement

      The Coltons of Shadow Creek

      Cold Case Colton

      The Coltons of Texas

      Colton’s Surprise Heir

      Dangerous in Dallas

      Silken Threats

      Tempting Target

      The Professional

      The Royal Spy’s Redemption

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      Special Ops Cowboy

      Addison Fox

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      ISBN: 978-1-474-09375-0

      SPECIAL OPS COWBOY

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      Published in Great Britain 2019

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      “Is the spider dangerous?”

      “I know our biology teacher pretty well. Fred would know if the spider is dangerous or not, but I don’t think that it is.”

      “I’m not sure waiting to be bitten is the way to find that out,” Hoyt said, his imagination already racing toward harm to Reese and the baby.

      “Well, I wasn’t bitten. And we have a few at the high school. I’d hardly think the school board would appreciate having poisonous animals around the kids.”

      The thought that the danger was likely minimal went some way toward calming his racing heart but he couldn’t quite banish the sense of menace that came with whatever had brought a spider to her front door. Texas was known for its wild creatures, and his cowboy boots were way more practical than they were for show, but it was the mysterious doorbell that kept gnawing at him.

      Did someone deliberately do this to scare Reese?

      And why?

      * * *

       We hope you enjoy the Midnight Pass, Texas miniseries

      Dear Reader,

      Welcome back to Midnight Pass, Texas. For those of you who visited this past August, you know that this small town, nestled along the banks of the Rio Grande, is home to one of the biggest cattle ranches in Texas—Reynolds Station.

      Youngest brother and former special ops soldier Hoyt Reynolds is known for his stoic (read: grumpy) attitude. That doesn’t stop the whole town from swooning when he swaggers down Main Street in his jeans and boots. Nor has it stopped Reese Grantham from noticing Hoyt, well, pretty much her entire life.

      She’s still struggling to get past her father’s suicide the prior spring, after his murderous ways were discovered, and Reese finds herself alone one night at the Border Line bar. That’s where Hoyt finds her, and he’s determined to take care of her and cheer her up if at all possible. Their evening turns into something more and, much to their mutual surprise, goes from a delicious memory to something even bigger—a baby.

      When nameless, faceless threats endanger Reese, Hoyt knows he must protect the mother of his child at all costs. But will protecting her put him