*** Two full length books. One LOW price! *** RWA Passionate Plum contest finalist! *** RT Book Reviews Magazine Reviewed: "A dynamic plot featuring mercenaries, mobsters and FBI agents will leave readers guessing until the very end. The hero and heroine have a magnetic attraction for each other that burns up the pages."
Book One: BRODY Brody "Brutus" Jackson isn't your average small-town mechanic. The shop where he spends his days doubles as the headquarters for the mercenary group he works with. They jokingly call themselves the Bang Shift because the government contracts they take are the less savory ones, and they're all just shady enough to do what's necessary to get the jobs done. As far as Brody's concerned, it's the perfect arrangement for a man with no memory of his past, and no hope for the future.
Under FBI protection, Alexandria Collins and her son have been in hiding for ten years. When it's time to move again, her piece of crap car breaks down and the man giving her a tow is the biggest, hottest guy she's ever seen. She is determined to ignore the need her long-neglected body hungers for. After all, the last man she showed interest in put a gun to her head.
Brody thinks the skittish Xan is sexy as hell, but it's not her hot body that has him rocked to his core. He knows her from somewhere, and in his line of work, that's a dangerous thing. Following orders have never been this hard, but when he finds out she's his next assignment, he will protect her at all costs ... even if what she needs protection from most is him.
Book Two: HUNTER After finally getting out of her disastrous relationship, Maya Carmichael has sworn off all bad boys. Sure they're hot. The attitude? No thanks. But when her car is vandalized while on a night out with her roommate, she realizes her ex is truly sadistic. Her friend insists they lay low for a few days while the cops do their thing. Unfortunately her temporary haven will throw her in the path of another bad boy. Oh, she's heard stories about her roommate's brother, Hunter, and he's just the type she wants to avoid. Until she sees him ... and all good intentions fly out of her busted windshield.
Hunter Anderson might be the easygoing jokester within the Bang Shift crew--the small Arkansas town's mechanics and the government's secret mercenaries--but underneath his lighthearted exterior lurks demons of a past he'd love nothing more than to forget. Working on cars and taking the occasional contracted mission help, but he fears nothing will stop his past from coming back to haunt him. No one has tried penetrating the façade to get to the real person below. No one, until Maya.
The attraction is undeniable, but there's more to Hunter than he can ever let on, and for Maya, this hot distraction makes it easy to forget the real danger she's in. It has nothing to do with losing her heart to him.
When really it has everything to do with just that.
Mandy Harbin is a USA Today Best‐selling author who loves creating stories that explore the complexities of everyday relationships...with some kissing thrown in. She also writes young adult romance as M.W. Muse because teens like kissing, too.
The first book in this bundle is Brody. I enjoyed it very much, 5 stars by itself. Xan is in witness protection and has sworn off men for 12 years until she meets super sexy Brody. This book is sexy with lots of suspense, intrigue and and very driving pot line.
The second book, Hunter, was not nearly as good. Maya is at college when he ex boyfriend vandalizes her car. She and her roommate are scared he’s going to come after them, so they go to her roommates brother, Hunter for help. I didn’t enjoy this story because Hunter finds himself so attracted to Maya that he has to make excuses to stay away from her so he doesn’t act on that attraction- yet they barely speak two words to each other. I’m all for the instant attraction most romance novels have, but not when the characters don’t know each other at all, and especially not if he doesn’t think he can control himself like a normal human being. The three stars I gave this bundle is because of Hunter. The story did redeem itself a little with the twist at the end, but I had to force myself to keep reading this when Hunter was being so ridiculous.