Operation Playboy

by Rayka Mennen

Kyra Harris is tough, competent, and attractive. She's also a special forces agent for a secret organization, with several international operations under her belt. It's no wonder she's irritated with her new assignment - rescue, then babysit an American who is kidnapped and held captive while on vacation at an island resort in the Pacific. A man on the current list of Hundred Hunks!

Paul Gilmore, political reporter is held captive for ransom by his father's enemies. Despite the dangerous situation, he's very attracted to the dark-haired Kyra. Unfortunately, she comes with her own baggage about men listed as hunks in rag magazines.

Can she get through Operation Playboy without losing her heart?

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Welcome to my world of romance, laughter, magic, and some mayhem. I choose to write romance because I believe. If I’ve failed to see the little fairies dancing under the toadstools, it’s because I wasn’t looking hard enough.

Romance – we encounter it everyday. It’s there, in the sweet curve of a lover’s cheek, in the awkward hug of an undemonstrative husband, in the clasped hands of the elderly couple crossing the street. And if I can infuse a little bit of it into your life – so much the better.

Who inspired me to write? Why, the indomitable Georgette Heyer of course. My first encounter with romance began with Ms. Heyer. I don’t even remember which book I began that journey with, now that I’ve read them all many, many times. If you haven’t read her Regencies, you have such a treat in store for you that I envy you.

I continue to write for the sheer joy of creating and sometimes, in the process, discovering new worlds and friends. Be it in the country seat of the saturnine Duke, or in the slightly off center world of the reluctant contemporary witch, the humdrum existence of the forty-something single mom, the fantasy realm of seers and mages, or the deadly double-life of the secret agent, you’ll find something here to tickle your fancy, to fuel your daydreams or inspire your own fantasy.

Welcome to the world that I slip into everyday despite the unrelenting tugs of life, my other career, and endless obligations. May you find respite or excitement, fantasy or laughter….whatever your heart desires.