Promises: Part 3
Bounty Hunters Series, Book 3
Author A.E. Via
Publisher: Tantor
Narrator: Aiden Snow
Listening Length: 7 hours and 48 minutes
Audio Release: 02.11.20
Blurb
A bounty hunter’s partners to lovers’ story.
The hunt is on… and he’s the prey.
Bradford (Ford) King was sure he had the rest of his life mapped out. Though he was no longer a SEAL Lieutenant, his brother was home safe and he had a job that still allowed him to satisfy his hunger for hunting bad guys. Life was simple, no distractions or complications – at age forty-six – that’s all Ford wanted. What he didn’t want was his work partner, sniper/watchman, Dana, giving him s**t all the time.
Dana Cadby had grown up labeled a roughneck from the wrong side of the tracks. He’d fought, scrounged, and survived despite a father that constantly told him he couldn’t. Dana pulled himself up by his own boot straps and made a name for himself in the marksman community. He’d been Duke’s bounty watchman for five years. It was his job to ensure their safety, watch their backs. At thirty-three, he was trusted, well respected by his peers, his bosses, his friends… so why couldn’t he earn the same respect from his partner?
Dana knew he was bisexual before he graduated high school. He also knew he was attracted to the huge, 6’3”, SEAL from the moment he and his brother came to join their team. It wasn’t easy for him to tamp down his immediate reaction to Ford’s thick muscles, full beard, and dark eyes. Still, Dana exhibited nothing but professionalism towards him, not wanting to make his ‘straight’ partner uncomfortable.
After Dana took back his ex-girlfriend, he’d noticed an intensification in Ford’s bad attitude. One that turned aggressive and downright antagonistic, and Dana was damned if he’d just lay down and take it. He was gonna make that man respect him if it was the last thing he did.
When Duke sends Dana and Ford out to track down their most dangerous bounty yet, they both embrace the fact that they make one hell of a team… but they fight tooth and nail against the powerful intimacy brewing between them.
Beware: When Ford and Dana connect, no fugitive can hide from the hunter and his watchman.
This story is a part of a series but can stand alone. It does not end on a cliffhanger and has a HEA.
Disclaimer: This book is about MM romance, albeit there is a very brief MF scene.
Oh Jesus. “Yeah. Look. About today. It was unprofessional and I’m sorry. There’s no reason for me to bring your personal shit into work. I distracted you during an important training session and that was fucked up. It won’t happen again.”
Dana ran his hand through the long hairs on top of his head, making them fall messily in various directions. Ford watched the movement, noticed every detailed tattoo that made up the intricate sleeves on Dana’s arms. “I think I was already distracted. I’ve had a lot on my mind and all you did was voice what I was already thinking.”
Ford wasn’t expecting that response so he stayed quiet, wanting Dana to keep talking.
“I, um. I just don’t wanna be a dick to her, ya know. She really is good people, she’s just from the other side of the tracks. But we’re together for the wrong reasons.” Dana’s voice was back to its usual smooth, deep tone. He propped his lean hips up on the table, one boot on the chair, getting comfortable.
“The wrong reasons?” Ford sagged back against the counter with his arms crossed over his chest while he waited on the coffee. He hoped it brewed slowly. He was no Dr. Phil, but he’d listen to his partner and let him get whatever he needed to off his chest.
Dana’s mouth quirked up on one side and he shrugged his shoulders. “Yeah, I guess. She’s defying Daddy by dating the bad boy with a GED and working-class lineage, and I was… I was surprised she gave me the time of day at—”
“Seriously? That’s why you’re with her?” Ford didn’t want to sound like an asshole. But Dana had never come off as a man with low self-esteem. When he was around them he was all cockiness and certainty. He was an awarded marksman for shit’s sake. Had competed against some of the world’s finest shooters and won. What did he have to be self-conscious about? This girl was really doing a number on him and Ford only disliked her that much more.
“No it’s not the only reason I’m with her. I did like her in—”
“Did?”
Dana smiled at him. “Stop cutting me off.”
Ford felt the effects of that incredible smile all the way to the pit of his stomach.
“Yeah, I like her, but we’d be better off friends is all.”
Ford hummed, not wanting to reveal his relief at hearing that. He told himself he was only happy because it meant Dana would be fully focused on work again, but in the back of his mind there was a little voice saying, “You just want him single again.”
“So thank you for knocking some sense into me. Literally.” Dana rubbed his hand over his chest.
Ford shook his head and turned back around towards the coffee pot before Dana could see the slight smile tugging at his own lips.
“Hey! I saw that. Was that a smile?” Dana came down off the table and was next to him, peering around so he could see his face better. “Your neck’s a little red, too. Holy shit, are you blushing?”
Ford shouldered him away. He worked hard to school his features, but Dana’s humor and excitement were contagious. “Go on, brat, you’re annoying me now.”
A.E. Via has been a best-selling author in the beautiful gay romance genre for six years now, but she’s no stranger to MM. She’s been an avid reader of gay lit for over fifteen years before she picked up her laptop to place her own kiss on this genre. She’s also the founder and owner of Via Star Wings Books, having published a couple great new up and coming MM authors.
A.E. has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Virginia Wesleyan College that she used to start her own paralegal firm after she graduated in 2008. She spent five years preparing and filing bankruptcy petitions for struggling blue collar workers who couldn’t afford to file with a lawyer. It was a rewarding and satisfying career… but another path called to her.
Writing.
A.E.’s novels embodies everything from hopelessly romantic to adventure, to scandalous. Her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.
She’s recently celebrated her 20th book anniversary, and is kind of known now for her hardcore, play rough and love hard, bad boy, alphas. However, she does like to push herself to step out of her comfort zone, exploring different tropes, but she won’t push herself into a whole other genre. She’s head over heels for gay romance and she has tons of more hot stories to tell.
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