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Morgan's Mercenaries: Ultimate Rescue [Earthquake] #1
The Heart Beneath
The "Big One" hits California on New Year's Eve...Hundresds trapped by the quake... And for two Marines, Lives--and love-- are on the line.
Racing against time to save victims in a ravaged, burning city, golden boy Lieutenant Wes James discovered an angel in disguise: plain-Jane rescue worker Lieutenant Callie Evans, who defied death to dig survivors from the rubble. Amid the hellish wreckage, her blue eyes shone with inspiring hope. Her innocence and valor moved the unshakable Marine, and she blossomed into a beauty beneath his protective gaze. Still, past pain kept Wes from surrendering his closely guarded heart. But he ached to make Callie more than his comrade-in-arms. He ached to make her his...
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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About the author
Lindsay McKenna
359 books2,500 followersI've lived six lives in one and it all shows up in the books I write, one way or another.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
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May 23, 2023
This was a rough one
Oh I so wanted to like this book. I loved that the synopsis stated she was a plain woman. Love reading about a woman who isn't drop dead gorgeous alllll the time. The author stayed true to this which was great however the storyline took over. I am at a lose with this story line. The concept sounded exciting but it was hard to finish this book. The author would step out of the story to have the characters explain in the dialogue what terms meant. Kinda of when an actor looked at the camera and talked to the audience. There were a lot of inconsistencies but one could over look. The heroine went from being overlooked by the male population to having been used a couple times by guys. That I didn't like. It was like the author changed her mind about the characters experience and decided to throw in some bad relationships. I do believe in love at first sight but having this unfold in the most of such a trauma with people dying and here they are having heart to hearts was really weird to read. This could have been a way better book with some changes. I gave it two stars as the heroine was plain. Sometimes the plain ones should get the hero! This is an older book but I read some of this authors other books back when they came out and I don't remember them being like this.
Oh I so wanted to like this book. I loved that the synopsis stated she was a plain woman. Love reading about a woman who isn't drop dead gorgeous alllll the time. The author stayed true to this which was great however the storyline took over. I am at a lose with this story line. The concept sounded exciting but it was hard to finish this book. The author would step out of the story to have the characters explain in the dialogue what terms meant. Kinda of when an actor looked at the camera and talked to the audience. There were a lot of inconsistencies but one could over look. The heroine went from being overlooked by the male population to having been used a couple times by guys. That I didn't like. It was like the author changed her mind about the characters experience and decided to throw in some bad relationships. I do believe in love at first sight but having this unfold in the most of such a trauma with people dying and here they are having heart to hearts was really weird to read. This could have been a way better book with some changes. I gave it two stars as the heroine was plain. Sometimes the plain ones should get the hero! This is an older book but I read some of this authors other books back when they came out and I don't remember them being like this.
August 27, 2012
had been getting 'bored' with McKenna's books. This was a pleasant surprise.
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October 6, 2012Oh I loved this book. I wanted a good romance and found it.
September 3, 2014
Yah.. standarlah. Seperti cerita roman Harlequin lainnya.
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May 23, 2015
The Heart Beneath
I love this series Morgan's Mercenaries are my favorite of her books each one connects the stories have all of the same people in it.
I love this series Morgan's Mercenaries are my favorite of her books each one connects the stories have all of the same people in it.
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