by Dale Mayer
Ryder started to laugh. “Well, if you are keeping the swallow, does that mean you’re not keeping Devlin?”
She glanced over at him and frowned. “Sorry?” she asked in confusion.
She didn’t understand when the giggles started between Tesla and Ice, or when Easton cracked up, laughing so hard he almost bent over double. Corey’s grin was so wide, she knew she’d become the butt of a joke.
She put her hands on her hips and glared at them. “What’s so funny?”
Tesla tried to explain in between the giggles. When Bristol finally understood, remembering the earlier conversation, she spun around and stared at Devlin. “You mentioned something about that before, but I hadn’t understood it was this big.”
Devlin looked anywhere but at her. Especially when Ryder added, “Of course, Devlin wouldn’t have anything to do with the Keepers or its romance legend because he was afraid he’d end up in the same situation.”
“You know,” she said to Devlin, “I should slap your face for that.”
His eyebrows rose. “You should slap mine? What the hell did I do?” he asked in outrage.
She smiled, walked closer and said, “Because, by denouncing the Keepers’ group and not believing in them”—she poked his chest—“you’re actually standing on the side of life that doesn’t believe in love or forever.” She poked his chest harder, forcing him to back up a step. “And I’ve got to tell you”—she poked him again—“that I love you. So I’m staying here, and I’m keeping you both.”
The group around them cheered.
He glared at everybody else, then looked down at her, giving her a lopsided grin. A smile that took away her breath—slow-dawning, so warm, caring, and so full of love.
He caught her up and swung her around in the air before placing her back on the ground, still holding her within the circle of his arms. “I’m damn glad to hear that,” he said. “I was trying to finagle my way into your life on a permanent basis.”
She laughed. “There’s only one way to do that—and that’s to become a Keeper.”
He lowered his head. Just before his lips met hers, he whispered, “As long as I get to keep you, I’ll be anything you want.”
And he kissed her, a passionate promise for a perfect tomorrow.
Epilogue
It’s a damn good thing Easton Fairchild was headed home for a few days before going up north for another training mission.
He needed the time to adjust mentally and emotionally. He couldn’t have contemplated how seeing Devlin and Bristol’s romance would affect him. And he needed to get that under control before anyone noticed. He’d been down on relationships for a long time.
The last thing he needed was to get sucked into that emotional quagmire. He’d had one love of his life, and she’d hated that he’d been in the military, said it wasn’t natural to ask her to wait for him to come home all the time. And if their positions were reversed, he wouldn’t wait for her either.
She’d walked out during their engagement, a month shy of the wedding. She’d gone on to bigger and better things, including a marriage with a dot.com executive. And Easton? Well, he’d walked away from the whole long-term-relationship thing. Some rejections hurt more than others. He’d gone on to build a shell around his heart and to live his life to the fullest he could elsewhere.
Until he watched fun-loving, never-looking-for-a-permanent-relationship Devlin fall in love—without a quibble or hesitation—with Bristol. She was well worth it, and if Easton had been more on the ball in Afghanistan, maybe he’d have hooked her first. But such a thing had never crossed his mind.
Now he wondered, had he blocked all thoughts of a permanent relationship from his mind to the extent he wouldn’t see the “right” woman for him if she crossed his path?
Talk about a disturbing thought. How did one become more open to the possibility and yet not attract the wrong person while doing it? He was patient and didn’t mind waiting for the right woman to show up, but he wasn’t sure he was the kind of guy to reach out and grab her when the opportunity arrived.
Or like Devlin, did that perfect woman walk by, and your life was changed forever—ready or not?
This concludes Book 12 of SEALs of Honor: Devlin.
Book 13 is available here.
Easton: SEALs of Honor, Book 13
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SEALs of Honor Series
Mason: SEALs of Honor, Book 1
Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2
Dane: SEALs of Honor, Book 3
Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4
Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5
Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6
Markus: SEALs of Honor, Book 7
Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8
Mason’s Wish: SEALs of Honor, Book 9
Chase: SEALs of Honor, Book 10
Brett: SEALs of Honor, Book 11
Devlin: SEALs of Honor, Book 12
Easton: SEALs of Honor, Book 13
SEALs of Honor, Books 1–3
SEALs of Honor, Books 4–6
SEALs of Honor, Books 7–10
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Heroes for Hire
Welcome to the first 3 books in Heroes for Hire reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Honor in a new series of action packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer.
Levi’s Legend: Heroes for Hire, Book 1
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Stone’s Surrender: Heroes for Hire, Book 2
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Merk’s Mistake: Heroes for Hire, Book 3
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Heroes for Hire Series
Levi’s Legend: Heroes for Hire, Book 1
Stone’s Surrender: Heroes for Hire, Book 2
Merk’s Mistake: Heroes for Hire, Book 3
Rhodes’s Reward: Heroes for Hire, Book 4
Flynn’s Firecracker: Heroes for Hire, Book 5
Logan’s Light: Heroes for Hire, Book 6
Harrison’s Heart: Heroes for Hire, Book 7
Saul’s Sweetheart: Heroes for Hire, Book 8
Dakata’s Delight: Heroes for Hire, Book 9
Michael’s Mercy
: Heroes for Hire, Book 10
Jarrod’s Jewel: Heroes for Hire, Book 11
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Touched by Death
Adult RS/thriller
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Death had touched anthropologist Jade Hansen in Haiti once before, costing her an unborn child and perhaps her very sanity.
A year later, determined to face her own issues, she returns to Haiti with a mortuary team to recover the bodies of an American family from a mass grave. Visiting his brother after the quake, independent contractor Dane Carter puts his life on hold to help the sleepy town of Jacmel rebuild. But he finds it hard to like his brother’s pregnant wife or her family. He wants to go home, until he meets Jade – and realizes what’s missing in his own life. When the mortuary team begins work, it’s as if malevolence has been released from the earth. Instead of laying her ghosts to rest, Jade finds herself confronting death and terror again.
And the man who unexpectedly awakens her heart – is right in the middle of it all.
By Death Series
Touched by Death – Part 1 – FREE
Touched by Death – Part 2
Touched by Death – Parts 1&2
Haunted by Death
Chilled by Death
By Death Books 1–3
Vampire in Denial
This is book 1 of the Family Blood Ties Saga
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Blood doesn’t just make her who she is…it also makes her what she is.
Like being a sixteen-year-old vampire isn’t hard enough, Tesla’s throwback human genes make her an outcast among her relatives. But try as she might, she can’t get a handle on the vampire lifestyle and all the…blood.
Turning her back on the vamp world, she embraces the human teenage lifestyle—high school, peer pressure and finding a boyfriend. Jared manages to stir something in her blood. He’s smart and fun and oh, so cute. But Tesla’s dream of a having the perfect boyfriend turns into a nightmare when vampires attack the movie theatre and kidnap her date.
Once again, Tesla finds herself torn between the human world and the vampire one. Will blood own out? Can she make peace with who she is as well as what?
Warning: This book ends with a cliffhanger! Book 2 picks up where this book ends.
Family Blood Ties Series
Vampire in Denial – FREE
Vampire in Distress
Vampire in Design
Vampire in Deceit
Vampire in Defiance
Vampire in Conflict
Vampire in Chaos
Vampire in Crisis
Vampire in Control
Vampire in Charge
Family Blood Ties Set 1–3
Family Blood Ties Set 1–5
Family Blood Ties Set 4–6
Family Blood Ties Set 7–9
Sian’s Solution – A Family Blood Ties Short Story
Broken Protocols
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Dani’s been through a year of hell…
Just as it’s getting better, she’s tossed forward through time with her orange Persian cat, Charmin Marvin, clutched in her arms. They’re dropped into a few centuries into the future. There’s nothing she can do to stop it, and it’s impossible to go back.
And then it gets worse…
A year of government regulation is easing, and Levi Blackburn is feeling back in control. If he can keep his reckless brother in check, everything will be perfect. But while he’s been protecting Milo from the government, Milo’s been busy working on a present for him…
The present is Dani, only she comes with a snarky cat who suddenly starts talking…and doesn’t know when to shut up.
In an age where breaking protocols have severe consequences, things go wrong, putting them all in danger…
Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy Series
Broken Protocols
Broken Protocols 2
Broken Protocols 3
Broken Protocols 3.5
Broken Protocols 1-3
About the Author
Dale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of passion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It’s a Dog’s Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).
She honors the stories that come to her – and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!
To go with her fiction, she also writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing, companion gardening and the US mortgage system. She has recently published her Career Essentials Series. All her books are available in print and ebook format.
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Also by Dale Mayer
Published Adult Books:
Psychic Vision Series
Tuesday’s Child – FREE
Hide’n Go Seek
Maddy’s Floor
Garden of Sorrow
Knock, Knock…
Rare Find
Eyes to the Soul
Now You See Her
Shattered
Into the Abyss
Seeds of Malice
Eye of the Falcon
Psychic Visions Books 1–3
Psychic Visions Books 4–6
Psychic Visions Books 7–9
By Death Series
Touched by Death – Part 1 – FREE
Touched by Death – Part 2
Touched by Death – Parts 1&2
Haunted by Death
Chilled by Death
By Death Books 1–3
Second Chances…at Love Series
Second Chances – Part 1 – FREE
Second Chances – Part 2
Second Chances – complete book (Parts 1 & 2)
Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy Series
Broken Protocols
Broken Protocols 2
Broken Protocols 3
Broken Protocols 3.5
Broken Protocols 1-3
Broken and… Mending
Skin
Scars
Scales (of Justice)
Broken but… Mending 1-3
Glory
Genesis
Tori
Celeste
Glory Trilogy
Biker Blues
Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 1
Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 2
Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 3
Biker Baby Blues: Morgan, Part 4
Biker Blues: Morgan, Full Set
Biker Blues: Salvation, Part 1
Biker Blues: Salvation, Part 2
Biker Blues: Salvation, Part 3
Biker Blues: Salvation, Full Set
SEALs of Honor
Mason: SEALs of Honor, Book 1
Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2
Dane: SEALs of Honor, Book 3
Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4
Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5
Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6
Markus: SEALs of Honor, Book 7
Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8
Mason’s Wish: SEALs of Honor, Book 9
Chase: SEALs of Honor, Book 10
Brett: SEALs of Honor, Book 11
Devlin: SEALs of Honor, Book 12
Easton: SEALs of Honor, Book 13
SEALs of Honor, Books 1–3
SEALs of Honor, Books 4–6
SEALs of Honor, Books 7–10
Heroes for Hire
Levi’s Legend: Heroes for Hire, Book 1
Stone’s Surrender: Heroes for Hire, Book 2
Merk’s Mistake: Heroes for
Hire, Book 3
Rhodes’s Reward: Heroes for Hire, Book 4
Flynn’s Firecracker: Heroes for Hire, Book 5
Logan’s Light: Heroes for Hire, Book 6
Harrison’s Heart: Heroes for Hire, Book 7
Saul’s Sweetheart: Heroes for Hire, Book 8
Dakata’s Delight: Heroes for Hire, Book 9
Michael’s Mercy: Heroes for Hire, Book 10
Jarrod’s Jewel: Heroes for Hire, Book 11
Collections
Dare to Be You…
Dare to Love…
Dare to be Strong…
RomanceX3
Standalone Novellas
It’s a Dog’s Life
Riana’s Revenge
Published Young Adult Books:
Family Blood Ties Series
Vampire in Denial – FREE
Vampire in Distress
Vampire in Design
Vampire in Deceit
Vampire in Defiance
Vampire in Conflict
Vampire in Chaos
Vampire in Crisis
Vampire in Control
Vampire in Charge
Family Blood Ties Set 1–3
Family Blood Ties Set 1–5
Family Blood Ties Set 4–6
Family Blood Ties Set 7–9
Sian’s Solution – A Family Blood Ties Short Story
