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To Protect and Defend #2

by Merline Lovelace

TEMPERATURE'S RISING…and it had nothing to do with the weather! For when hurricane hunter Kate Hargrave met hotshot test pilot Dave Scott, everything started heating up. But it was a warming trend cautious Kate—once burned by her philandering ex—was determined to ignore at all costs. Because Dave's love-'em-and- leave-'em reputation was a label she was finding all too familiar….Air force pilot Dave Scott had had an eye for the ladies to be sure—but that was in the past. For once he saw the sexy, gorgeous researcher assigned to be his partner on the Pegasus Project, he knew that he was meant to be a one-woman man. Now if he could only convince the skittish Kate that appearances could be deceiving….

Genres: Romance, Harlequin, Military Fiction, Military Romance

148 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

After a 23-year AF career, Colonel Merline Lovelace launched a second career as a writer, basing many of her tales on her own experiences in uniform and on her travels all around the globe.

The USA Today best-selling author now has more than 11 million copies of her books in print. Her works have won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA. Merline is especially proud to have been named the University of Oklahoma's Writer of the Year and the Oklahoma Female Veteran of the Year.

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick fun read from one of my favorite authors. ML has written for different Harlequin lines and other publishers. This is one of her older Desires. Her military romances are always authentic because she is retired Air Force. Recommended for fans of military romances.

[Angélica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy buena, emocionante y atrapante, ojalá algún día publiquen las otras dos de la serie en Español.

[Petra · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 sterren. Veel technische details waar ik niet op zit te wachten in zo’n romannetje, maar het einde was best nog spannend.

[Rappaccini's Daughter]

Not my type of "romance".

Guess I don't like romances where the hero and heroine start out as just 2 people f@cking*.

He's a man-slut, she knows it, doesn't like it, but wants to f@ck* him anyway, so she does.

Like I said, not my type of "romance".

Maybe it got better after their first one-night-stand, but after that inauspicious beginning to their "relationship", I decided not to stick around.

*crude word, but if the condom shoe fits...

[Gail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heroine is a weather expert. Hero is a test pilot. They’re both on a super secret test mission. Hero is a “ladies’ man,” heroine doesn’t trust them—especially since she has a figure that makes her a real target of “scorers”. But they do get together and fall in love anyway. Good story.

[Kim Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good romance with effective world building. I felt like the author knew her "stuff" and the romance was spot on.

[Alisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.7