This Veteran's Day,
find home in the heart of our heroes with Broken Surrender,
part of the Red Hot Heroes multi-author series
and stands alone for reading enjoyment.
Surrender Series
a Menage Romance series
By: Lori
King
In the small town of
Stone River, Texas, there’s no such thing as too much love. A unique variety of
acceptance abounds, and the number of menage relationships is growing. Everyone
is welcome, so come on in, and surrender to a cowboy…
Weekend Surrender
Flawless Surrender
Primal Surrender
Broken Surrender
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Broken
Surrender
Surrender
Series 4
Silas
and Jeremy are two brothers who are as different as Texas is big. One is an adrenaline
fueled former Army medic, the other is a laid back tow truck business owner.
The two things they have in common? They know they want to live life in a
ménage relationship, and Sarah is the woman for them.
Sarah
has too many doubts about herself to believe she can be enough for one man let
alone two. Can these souls find what they need to grow together, or will they
leave more emotional scars to match their physical ones?
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Excerpt
The question caught her off guard. No one had ever
referred to her as recovered before. Everyone still saw her as an injured vet,
but in all honesty, she was as healed as she would ever be, and she hated the
idea that she was in the world’s memory banks as disabled.
“I…um…well, nothing really at the moment. The VA
set me up as one hundred percent service connected, so I at least get my
medical bills covered, and a little bit of money every month. That’s been
enough for now. I came down here for a job, but that fell through. I’m not sure
what I’m going to do next. Just floating along until I figure it out.” She
pushed her now lukewarm beer aside. “How about you? What are you doing besides
rescuing damsels in distress?”
He grinned at her joke before responding. “Not
much sadly. Casey and I divorced after I got back stateside, and I moved back
here to room with Jeremy. He owns his own towing company. The man might be a
whiz at business, but he’s a terrible housekeeper, so I pretty much spend my
evenings playing housewife to my brother. I guess we both ended up in places
we’d never imagined, huh?”
“Truth. I thought I’d spend a couple decades
serving, and then retire out with a star on my shoulder.” Admitting the truth
to someone stung, but she found Silas easy to talk to. She’d already spilled
most of her heartache, whatever else she said wouldn’t much matter at this
point.
“I don’t remember what I saw for myself when I
enlisted, but I know it wasn’t what I got. Military life sounded a lot more
exciting than it was,” he said with a chuckle.
“What? You mean you don’t miss bunking in the
elements, carrying eighty pound packs, and fighting to survive with sand in
your eyes?” she asked, pretending to be shocked.
“Nope, but I do miss the guys. We had a lot of fun
over there. In between bullets and IEDs of course.”
“Of course. Goes without saying. I miss it, but it
doesn’t do me any good looking back. I can’t change what is.”
Silas watched her for a few moments silently and
then nodded as if he’d decided to accept her answer. There was a weird crackle
of tension between them as they stared at each other, and then he sat back in
his chair and smiled.
“Whatever it was that happened to get you to Stone
River, I have to say I’m thankful. It’s good to see a familiar face. Especially
a pretty one.”
Her cheeks grew hot, but she laughed his
compliment off. “I never thought I’d run into anyone I knew around here, but I
have to admit, it’s been good to see you, too. I haven’t laughed this hard in a
long time.”
“Me either. Hey, you know my brother and I are
going out to a friend’s house for a barbecue Friday night. Why don’t you come
along? You can meet some more folks from around here, and make some friends.”
She almost said yes just to see his smile again,
but then she remembered herself and shook her head. “I’m not much for parties
anymore. I can’t sit still for too long without my back hurting, and I hate
having to explain why I’m leaving early.”
“Then don’t. Jeremy and I will pick you up on our
way out, and when you’re ready to leave we’ll just blame it on him.”
She couldn’t stop the laughter that bubbled up,
and she shook her head. “You’re terrible.”
“The worst, but you’ll learn to love me,” he
countered with a serious glint in his eye that had her mind dredging up all
kinds of implications in his words. “Say you’ll come. I won’t leave it alone,
so you may as well agree.”
“Okay! Fine. I’ll come, but don’t be surprised if
your friends think I’m stuck up. That’s generally what people assume when
someone’s always wandering off and bailing out early.”
“They’re gonna love you,” he assured her. “How
could they not?”
Pushing back her chair, she rose and picked up her
purse. “Thanks Silas, for the beer and the memories. It’s been fun.”
“I’ll walk you out.” He started to stand, and she
stopped him with one hand on his shoulder.
“Thank you anyway, but I’m perfectly capable. My
car’s barely twenty feet outside the door, and besides, this is as small as
small towns get.” She squeezed his shoulder, and then released him.
“Okay, but I want it noted that I protested. If my
mama knew I’d let a woman walk to her car alone, she’d crawl out of her grave
and beat me with a willow branch.”
“Duly noted, Sarge,” she teased, clenching her
fist to resist saluting him.
“We’ll pick you up at seven Friday night, Sarah,” he reminded her. She waved, but
kept walking. Maybe between now and Friday she’d come up with a good reason to
turn him down. At the moment, all she could think of was, I can’t go because you make my insides quiver, and somehow she
didn’t think that excuse would work.
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Best-selling
author, Lori King, is also a full-time wife and mother of three boys. Although
she rarely has time to just enjoy feminine pursuits; at heart she is a hopeless
romantic. She spends her days dreaming up Alpha men, and her nights telling
their stories. An admitted TV and book junkie, she can be found relaxing with a
steamy story, or binging in an entire season of some show online. She gives her
parents all the credit for her unique sense of humor and acceptance of all
forms of love. There are no two loves alike, but you can love more than one
with your whole heart.
With
the motto: Live, Laugh, and Love like today is your only chance, she will
continue to write as long as you continue to read. Thank you for taking the
time to indulge in a good Happily Ever After with her.
