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Expected 8 Dec 26HE’S SWORN TO GUARD HER LIFE.
SHE MIGHT BE THE ONE TO SAVE HIS.
Love burned me once. Badly. I married young, believed in forever, and learned the hard way that vows aren’t bulletproof. Now she’s remarried, I’m deployed overseas, and my orders are…humiliating. Protect the Secretary of Defense’s daughter—a stunning, infuriating model whose life is all cameras and curated perfection.
I’m not a bodyguard. I’m a Tier 1 Operator. This assignment should’ve been beneath me.
But Scarlett Thomas isn’t what the headlines say. She’s braver than she should be, lonelier than she lets on, and somehow more dangerous to me than the missions the Army usually sends me on. When her publicist decides the easiest way to explain my presence is to label me her boyfriend, I should object.
But I don’t.
People think my life is charmed—glamorous, effortless, enviable. They don’t see the isolation. The pressure. The father who loves his country more than his daughter.
I’ve learned to keep everyone at arm’s length. Modeling taught me how to maintain a beautiful image, not live a life. I’ve never fallen in love. I never wanted to.
Then Kyler Wade walked in—silent, scarred, impossible to impress—and he looked at me like he could see past every mask I’ve ever worn. I’m not supposed to care what he thinks, or whether he trusts me, or why he stayed on this assignment when he clearly didn’t want it.
But I do.
And it terrifies me more than anything happening between the camera flashes.
SHE MIGHT BE THE ONE TO SAVE HIS.
Love burned me once. Badly. I married young, believed in forever, and learned the hard way that vows aren’t bulletproof. Now she’s remarried, I’m deployed overseas, and my orders are…humiliating. Protect the Secretary of Defense’s daughter—a stunning, infuriating model whose life is all cameras and curated perfection.
I’m not a bodyguard. I’m a Tier 1 Operator. This assignment should’ve been beneath me.
But Scarlett Thomas isn’t what the headlines say. She’s braver than she should be, lonelier than she lets on, and somehow more dangerous to me than the missions the Army usually sends me on. When her publicist decides the easiest way to explain my presence is to label me her boyfriend, I should object.
But I don’t.
People think my life is charmed—glamorous, effortless, enviable. They don’t see the isolation. The pressure. The father who loves his country more than his daughter.
I’ve learned to keep everyone at arm’s length. Modeling taught me how to maintain a beautiful image, not live a life. I’ve never fallen in love. I never wanted to.
Then Kyler Wade walked in—silent, scarred, impossible to impress—and he looked at me like he could see past every mask I’ve ever worn. I’m not supposed to care what he thinks, or whether he trusts me, or why he stayed on this assignment when he clearly didn’t want it.
But I do.
And it terrifies me more than anything happening between the camera flashes.
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About the author
Brilee Scott
4 books13 followersBrilee Scott is a contemporary military romance author. Her books are filled with swoon-worthy romance, heart stopping action and suspense, and the promise of a hard-fought happily ever after.
Brilee is teacher-turned-author, wife to an aerospace engineer, and mama to the sweetest little boy (plus two very spoiled Australian Shepherds).
She studied education and fiction writing in college before spending several years teaching kindergarten and earning her master’s degree in literacy. Inspired by her husband’s career in military aviation, her deep-rooted patriotism, and her love of happily ever afters, Brilee found her way back to writing.
The idea for Viking, her debut novel, sparked during a family day at an airshow—proof that jet noise and love stories pair surprisingly well. She now writes heartfelt, high-stakes romance featuring elite fighter pilots, fierce heroines, and the kind of chemistry that lingers long after the last page.
Brilee and her family call Jacksonville, Florida, home, though they’re currently at Edwards AFB in California, where her husband is part of a next-generation fighter program. She’s hard at work on the rest of The Silent Pursuit series—and a few spin-offs about characters she just couldn’t let go of.
Brilee is teacher-turned-author, wife to an aerospace engineer, and mama to the sweetest little boy (plus two very spoiled Australian Shepherds).
She studied education and fiction writing in college before spending several years teaching kindergarten and earning her master’s degree in literacy. Inspired by her husband’s career in military aviation, her deep-rooted patriotism, and her love of happily ever afters, Brilee found her way back to writing.
The idea for Viking, her debut novel, sparked during a family day at an airshow—proof that jet noise and love stories pair surprisingly well. She now writes heartfelt, high-stakes romance featuring elite fighter pilots, fierce heroines, and the kind of chemistry that lingers long after the last page.
Brilee and her family call Jacksonville, Florida, home, though they’re currently at Edwards AFB in California, where her husband is part of a next-generation fighter program. She’s hard at work on the rest of The Silent Pursuit series—and a few spin-offs about characters she just couldn’t let go of.
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