Professional mercenary Dare Macintosh doesn't think twice
about heading to Mexico to extract his partner's sister
from Mexico after she is kidnapped. Within days, Dare finds
the people responsible for the kidnapping and takes care of
business but an unexpected glitch occurs when he sees
another victim being treated differently from the rest.
Dare decides quickly to save her too and get her to the
states to her family. To his surprise his extra cargo,
Molly Alexander, has other ideas especially since she
continues to be in danger. Molly wants to hire Dare, and his
talents as a body guard and mercenary, to find out who wants
her out of the way. Dare is completely intrigued by Molly's
independence and fierce resolve, which is confusing at best.
Molly is getting under his skin, threatening to break down
the walls that keep him from mixing business with pleasure.
Though beaten, starved, and shackled, Molly Alexander never
stopped fighting for her life. Molly has no intention of
becoming captive to another man but Dare Macintosh claims he
will help her get out of her current situation to safety.
As a best selling author of erotic books, Molly is no
stranger to tempting male flesh, but Dare gives the new
meaning to sex appeal with his no-nonsense take on keeping
Molly safe. Regardless of Dare's appeal, Molly refuses to
trust any one
until she finds out who wants to kidnap her and take her
back to Mexico. It could be her father, who hates the books
she writes because they are not what he wants her to do with
her life (though he never really takes an interest in her
anyway). It could be the ex-fiance who is more into the
money her profession makes than Molly herself, or it could
be a crazy fan who thinks Molly's morals are in jeopardy due
the books she writes. Hopefully Dare is willing to help her
find out who is responsible, if only Molly can refrain from
falling for the dangerous and sexy Dare.
WHEN YOU DARE is the first book in Lori Foster's new series
which starts off with a bang. Thrill seeking action, danger
at every turn of the page, and chemistry that sizzles
between Dare and Molly. Very hot read!
When loner and mercenary Dare MacIntosh agrees to rescue
his friend's younger sister from a human trafficking ring
holding her hostage in Tijuana, he gets more than he
bargained for. Among the hostages he rescues that night is
beautiful Molly Alexander - a bestselling suspense
novelist and the estranged daughter of a wealthy and
prominent businessman who just doesn't fit the profile of
the other women who were kidnapped.
When Dare rescues her from her captors, Molly confesses
her suspicion that someone paid the traffickers to hold
her hostage. But she doesn't know who, or why - she only
knows that there's nobody in her life she can trust right
now. She offers to hire Dare to help her look into who
might want to bring her harm. When a second kidnapping
attempt is made the morning after her rescue, Dare
realizes just how dire her situation may be and he accepts
the job. But the more time he spends with Molly, the more
Dare finds his protective instincts warring with his
overpowering attraction to her.
Since they deem it too dangerous for Molly to return to
her apartment in Ohio, Dare has no choice but to bring her
to his well-secured home in Kentucky. There, he tells her
his plan to scrutinize the lives of everyone close to her
in order to uncover who the culprit behind teh kidnapping
might be. The trouble is that the closer he looks, the
more suspects he accumulates. There's Molly's estranged
father, who's as ruthless at parenting as he is in
business, and her ex-fiance, who still holds a grudge over
their broken engagement. There's also the rabid fan of her
novels who's been sending her increasingly ominous, and
anonymous, letters.
With the threat to Molly's safety hanging over their heads
and their enforced proximity, Molly and Dare soon find it
impossible not to succumb to the intense attraction
between them. But beyond the physical, they begin to fall
for each other despite the fact that both are worried
about giving their hearts. Dare's job as a mercenary has
always precluded any serious relationships, and Molly's
emotionally tough childhood has left her wary of relying
on anyone but herself.
Dare must capture the individual threatening Molly's life
if they are to have any chance of grabing hold of the
happily ever after neither thought they could ever hope
for.
Excerpt
Even before she showed herself, Dare sensed Molly’s
approach. So did the dogs. They jumped up and the tail
wagging began.
Few people had ever encroached into his private work-out
territory, but oddly, he didn’t mind that she was here. In
fact, he’d been thinking about her, wondering how her
writing had gone, and if she’d eaten.
Worrying for anyone, especially a woman for whom he’d
accepted responsibility was new to Dare. He’d always been
able to separate the liability of the job with emotional
attachment.
But with Molly, every damn thing seemed different, and very
personal.
When he felt her burning gaze on his back, he paused and
looked toward her. As a man who always noted the smallest
details, he realized right off that she’d taken extra care
with her appearance. To impress him?
His eyes narrowed at that thought. If the woman understood
how much restraint it took to resist her, she wouldn’t be so
comfortable with him.
As their gazes locked, Molly tried for a smile that didn’t
quite reach her eyes. Holding back, she stayed a good
distance from him, as if unsure of her welcome.
That bugged him.
Picking up a towel and wiping sweat from his face, Dare
turned toward her. "You look nice, Molly."
Color tinged her cheeks. "Thank you." And then, in a rush,
"There’s really not much I can do. I mean, not without
make-up and styling products for my hair--"
"You look damned good without it." He liked it that she
didn’t spend hours in the bathroom primping. Or maybe she
did under normal circumstances. He couldn’t know.
He had to remember that in many ways, Molly was still a
stranger to him.
What he did know about her counted for a lot, though.
She’d dealt rationally with her ordeal, forfeiting the
expected hysterics as much from bone-deep pride as a
commonsense need to survive. In a crisis, Molly would be a
help, not a hindrance. Under pressure, she kept her wits
about her.
Most of all, he knew that she was a fighter. And damn, but
he admired that. Too much.
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