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Men In Uniform: Taken By The Soldier: The Soldier's Untamed Heart / Closer... / Groom Under Fire
Nikki Logan
Lisa Childs
Jo Leigh
Three tales filled with sizzlingly sexy soldiers!The Soldier’s Untamed HeartBrooding ex-soldier Clint McLeish is looking for a security co-ordinator for his game park when feisty Romy Carvell demands the job! Romy sees that something is missing in her boss’s life and the single mum may be the woman to finally open – and tame – this soldier’s heart!Closer…A stalker has destroyed Christie Pratchett's life. She's done everything she can to protect herself, but nothing works… until she meets Boone Ferguson, a soldier with a dark secret. Boone can train Christie to become a warrior – but will they risk it all for love?Groom Under FireWhen her groom is kidnapped, Tanya Chesterfield asks bodyguard Cooper Payne to marry her to fulfil the terms of her inheritance and pay the ransom. But when Tanya's life is threatened, Cooper realises his dedication to keeping her safe isn't strictly professional…
Men in Uniform: Taken by the Soldier
The Soldier’s Untamed Heart
Nikki Logan
Closer?
Jo Leigh
Groom Under Fire
Lisa Childs
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
Table of Contents
Cover (#u3ae8bfe3-4ba3-5259-9251-1306ff33db7e)
Title Page (#u1d223095-d41e-5b4e-a4eb-fd77487a01ae)
The Soldier’s Untamed Heart (#ulink_24ca879c-0579-5a4e-a0b0-ec52f1dd3276)
About the Author (#u889e4f82-d948-5edf-aa22-f1d1509c123d)
Dedication (#ufda2fcf9-3433-5dbd-b8ab-110b2d68b598)
Chapter One (#ulink_dd6e6aee-7f9b-552e-b3df-c75585ce3b9d)
Chapter Two (#ulink_1e0302a2-d8ab-5fe4-bc39-4f100ae2c04f)
Chapter Three (#ulink_903a431c-d2d0-5e34-b739-19d34cb725dd)
Chapter Four (#ulink_779ffc8d-ef4b-597c-a11b-62f953d9db8c)
Chapter Five (#ulink_721252bf-b04d-540c-aed0-acf900a0c5ac)
Chapter Six (#ulink_20f0229f-69e1-5183-850c-e999ff155854)
Chapter Seven (#ulink_5a1651c2-6314-576c-833b-1314e1e95030)
Chapter Eight (#ulink_15d77698-f5a8-59e5-8651-97dd52756ff3)
Chapter Nine (#ulink_a2d18b59-1de1-5936-8d98-5087a7bcc041)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Closer? (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 1 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 2 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 3 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 4 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 5 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 6 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Groom Under Fire (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedication (#litres_trial_promo)
Prologue (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)
The Soldier’s Untamed Heart (#ulink_bd0242f5-2a35-5fca-a223-6505c37342da)
Nikki Logan
NIKKI LOGAN lives on the edge of a string of wetlands in Western Australia with her partner and a menagerie of animals. She writes captivating nature-based stories full of romance in descriptive natural environments. She believes the danger and richness of wild places perfectly mirror the passion and risk of falling in love. Nikki loves to hear from readers via www.nikkilogan.com.au (http://www.nikkilogan.com.au) or through social media. Find her on Twitter, @ReadNikkiLogan (http://twitter.com/@ReadNikkiLogan), and Facebook (http://www.Facebook.com), NikkiLoganAuthor.
For Maus
Kristi, you endured the worst year of your life while I was enjoying the best of mine. Romy is someone I’d like to have in my corner in a difficult time, I hope I was there for you in yours. Thank you for lending me your boys.
I want to acknowledge the assistance of Squadron Leader Jeff Newton of the Royal Australian Air Force (who has some of the strongest glue I’ve ever seen going on in his family) and Ammon Hontz (ret. U.S. Army) for their military insight and assistance.
To Sandra and Kate, my walking buddies and beta-readers, There’s a little bit of each of you in this one, girls. Thanks for being a fantastic cheer squad.
Chapter One (#ulink_36d3dfdb-ff62-5846-9ec9-10a57033258a)
IT WAS hard to know what was putting the doof-doof into Romy Carvell’s heartbeat—the illicit thrill of slipping a fine crystal ornament unseen into her coat pocket, or the lean, mean, gorgeous machine squatted chatting to her son two aisles away. She glanced surreptitiously in the convex mirror mounted over the counter. It was supposed to help them monitor the park gift shop but, right now, it conveniently gave her a perfect tool to watch anyone watching her.
The ornament clanked gently against the two other items she’d stolen as it nestled into the deep recesses of her light coat.
Her gaze drifted back to the crouched man talking to Leighton. Her son was listening but not responding, par for the course lately. Silence or conflict. Something about being eight years old. The fact he hadn’t yet made a beeline for her side meant he was feeling comfortable about the stranger’s presence, which instantly made Romy feel comfortable about it. The man straightened and reached for something on a nearby shelf.
Her gut twisted.
Military.
Forget the due-for-a-cut hair, the three-day growth—military didn’t just wash off. This stranger had the residual carriage, the unmistakable forced casualness disguising a well-honed subliminal alertness.
He moved just like her father.
The man smiled at her son and then stepped away, giving him the space he needed. Leighton relaxed further now his escape route to his mum wasn’t closed off by a human roadblock, his gentle grey eyes searching her out.
And right on their tail was this stranger’s piercing green ones; they locked on Romy in the security mirror. She looked away, her heart thumping.
Okay…Definitely the man and not the shoplifting.
She shifted out of the mirror’s range and pulled her focus back to the job at hand, fanning herself with the tourism postcard she’d plucked from the overcrowded carousel stand. A lot rode on her success this morning and she was taking a big risk going for one more. Not because of the oblivious cashier whose attention was locked firmly on Mr Military over there—that only made her task all the easier. But those too-casual jade eyes monitoring her every move…They were the most likely danger to her chances of walking out of here with what she needed.
Romy drifted across his line of sight, feeling his focus glued on her even though his outward attention had returned to Leighton. Another military trait.
Just one more. Something spectacular. Something to really drive her message home. She picked up item after item and replaced them with care, moving casually towards the glass cabinet holding an array of opal and gold jewellery that probably sold like hot cakes to the wealthy tourists that frequented WildSprings Wilderness Retreat. The display was stupidly positioned, perfect for catching customer attention but in the worst possible spot for surveillance by the single cashier. And the mirror didn’t quite throw this far.
Which suited her fine.
With the efficiency of someone who had nothing at all to lose, she slid open the concealed base to the cabinet and picked out the most expensive-looking clunker she could find. Hardly the sort of thing she’d ever wear—her own tastes ran to something a little finer, something a lot cheaper—but she wasn’t going to have it long. She tucked the gaudy brooch deep into her inside pocket and slid the drawer silently closed.
