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Prevailing Winds by Laura Harner
Separate Ways Series, Book Four
Contemporary M/M, Mystery/Thriller
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Artist: Laura Harner
Publisher: Hot Corner Press
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Author's Note: These books should be read in order to get the maximum enjoyment out of them all.
Author's Note: These books should be read in order to get the maximum enjoyment out of them all.
Blurb(s):
Two
years ago, Jamie Mainwaring and Remy Remington had nothing in common except
missing boys and a blazing hot mutual distraction. When the case was over, so
were they. Although they went their separate ways, life—and death—keep the men
connected.
After another deadly tragedy touches both their lives, the
men say what they believe must be their final goodbyes—only to have their
worlds collide once again. This time they end up in Las Vegas, one man for
work, the other to try to mend a very personal pain.
Although Jamie and Remy once excelled at mixing business
with pleasure—this time, the stakes are much higher—they’ve got forever on the
line. When they discover Jamie’s case has an unexpected connection to Remy’s
son, they must put everything aside to find Toby before the young man makes a
decision that will change all of their lives. One thing is positive, time is
running out.
Excerpt:
“I don’t know if I can do this, cowboy,” Jamie whispered. Even while his
heart was busy trying to put on the brakes, his traitorous hands slid to Remy’s
waist. He leaned up to steal another kiss. The slide of slick tongue, the wet
heat, familiar taste all insistently telegraphed the same message. This is right.
Jamie arched toward
Remy, tugging at his shirt, sliding hands along the hot flesh, pulling him
closer. Returning the kiss, Remy made a noise halfway between a groan and a
growl, then took a commanding control, forcing his head back, their tongues
dancing in an addicting blend of white-hot urgency.
Just like the first
time they’d kissed, the effect of Remington’s kiss was like no other. It wasn’t
just a kiss, it was an assault on his senses that left his head spinning and
his lungs desperate for oxygen. Even his toes tingled. Intense. Passionate.
Perfect. They fit together in a way he’d never been able to duplicate with any
other man. Yin and Yang. Black and Tan. Fish and Chips. Breaking their kiss,
Jamie nearly snorted with laughter.
Immediately, Remy
dropped his hands to his sides and took a giant step backward. “I’m sorry,
Jamie. I didn’t mean to—” His eyes were heavy, the lush lips swollen from their
kisses, the dress shirt untucked and rumpled. Jamie wanted to finish undressing
him, to use his mouth to ravish that beautiful body.
Trying to focus,
Jamie said, “No—it’s not that. I was thinking—”
“Always dangerous
with you,” Remy interrupted.
Jamie laughed
again. “Too true. I was thinking about how perfectly our kisses seem to fit
together. The things you do to me are like no one else…then I lost the thread.”
He repeated his thoughts.
“Like fish and
chips? Seriously?” Now Remy was laughing, too. “How do I go from being your
best kiss to being compared to a piece of cod?”
Jamie shook his
head. “I don’t know. Nerves, maybe?”
Remy nodded. “I’ll
go back to my room.”
“No,” Jamie
practically shouted. Remy tilted his head and blinked. The man probably thought
him mad. Maybe he was.
“Jamie, help me out
here. What can’t you do? How can I help?” Remy took Jamie’s hand and started to
lead him toward the couch. Jamie tugged him to the bedroom instead.
“I don’t want you
to leave, Remy. Really, I don’t. Let’s go to bed.”
“Jamie, you don’t
have to do this. In fact—shit, I can’t believe I’m saying this—but I’d rather
we not do anything if you’re not sure.”
“That’s just the
trouble, Remy. I’m sure I want this.” He used two fingers to point back and
forth between them. “What I’m afraid of is what happens afterward. I’m not sure
I can…survive watching you walk away again. And God, I’m so sorry. I know it’s
way too soon for both of us—too soon after Miggy—too soon for this to be
something you can commit to. That’s what scares me.”
Remy pulled Jamie
so they both sat on the edge of the bed. Their hips touched, but Remy leaned
forward, resting his elbows on his knees, the position he always assumed when
he needed a bit of self-protection. “I get that. I’m scared, too, you know. It
nearly killed me to watch you walk away in Phoenix. And you’re right, it’s too
early to search out Elvis and put on wedding bands. But Jamie, I don’t think
it’s too soon to say we can try.”
Jamie’s stomach
twisted, and his heart thudded erratically. Remy turned his head, and gave him
a half smile. “Miggy…his death was ugly, beyond senseless. It was a fucking
bomb, set two years ago by that asshole Cortez. And we never knew. We all went
about living our lives—never once considering we were running out of time. All
of us, Jamie—not just Migs. But here’s the thing…I don’t regret the journey, even
if I hate the ending. But I have to wonder, what other time bombs are waiting
for us? What regrets would we have if one of us died tomorrow?”
The words released
the binds around his heart. As if someone opened the starting gate, Jamie
surged forward, knocking Remy back onto the bed with an oomph. Like the crazed
man he was beginning to suspect he was, he fumbled until he managed to get
Remy’s shirt and slacks open. He was making splendid progress until he was
distracted by the warmth of the big hands that slipped under his shirt and the
roll of Remy’s hips. Even through their remaining clothes, hard length pressed
against hard length.
“Jamie,” Remy said
his name like some sort of incantation, weaving a spell with his voice. Jamie
cried out when he was flipped over, his back landing on the mattress with a
thud, and he was pinned by the weight of Remy’s body. His mouth was plundered
as Remy tasted and pulled back before tasting again. So much like their first
time.
Breaking their
kiss, Remy rose to his knees and tugged his shirt over his head, then stood and
gave Jamie a long look. Jamie remembered the taste of those finely pebbled
brown nubs, the scrape of the coarse brown chest hair, the heat of the golden
skin. Still Remy waited, thumbs hooked inside his waistband, the zipper
unfastened, more than a hint of cock showing, since he’d obviously gone
commando. Jamie licked his lips and glanced up to meet Remy’s heavy look. Only
then did Remy finally let his slacks drop to the floor. Jamie unfastened his
own pants, but Remy pushed his hands aside and finished undressing him, adding
his clothes to the growing pile. Then they were pressed naked together and
Remy’s mouth found his once more.
“Say my name,” he
demanded.
Jamie smiled.
“Remy,” he mumbled against the warm lips that branded him as claimed. “Remy.
Remy.”
“Fuck, Jamie. I love the way you say my
name,” Remy whispered.
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About the Author:
Raised
in California, Laura likes it hot, which explains why she ended up in Arizona
via such diverse places as Japan, Maine, and Florida, and many more places in
between. After retiring from the US Navy, she found a niche working for land
management agencies, including the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land
Management. Though she has held many jobs around the world, her favorite was
working and living in Grand Canyon National Park. Working (and eating) in New
Orleans was a close second. You will find many of her books are set against the
rich backdrops provided by coastal Louisiana and northern Arizona.
When
asked how she started writing, Laura tells of waking on Boxing Day a few years
ago, with a woman named Elena MacFarland yammering in her dreams, demanding her
story be told. Despite never attempting to write fiction before that morning,
Laura ignored all of the holiday visitors and the Highland Destiny series was
born. She doesn’t believe it was a coincidence that the great grandmother who
died when Laura was just a baby was named Elena MacFarland. Destiny does play a
hand.
Laura became a full-time writer in 2012, and now she spends
her time writing, watching her Arizona Diamondbacks, and working on her very
own version of the Willow Springs Ranch in northwestern Arizona. She is a
multi-published author of erotic romance, mystery, and urban fantasy and her
books can be found at all major online retailers.”
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About the rest of the Separate Ways Series Books:
Book One: Continental Divide
Detective Remington frickin’ hates the missing persons detail, but a
cold fury builds in the pit of his stomach when he realizes that over
the past three months six boys have disappeared from the smaller
communities that surround the greater Phoenix area. All reported to be
runaways looking to escape their shitty lives, but Remy’s starting to
put together a different picture and he doesn’t like it one damn bit.
Inspector Jamie Mainwaring stares at the six reports, willing them to make sense. Six boys, six months, all from just outside of London, which meant six different investigations. All of the boys were between the ages of ten and fifteen, all purportedly runaways from dysfunctional families. Something was rotten in Denmark.
There are always runaways. Every small town loses them—every big city collects them. Kids look for freedom and discover they have more to lose than they ever thought possible. London and Phoenix, culture and cowboys, nothing linking these two sprawling metropolitan areas. Nothing except a hit on a computer data search.
Two cops, one a cowboy, the other a Lord. A secret government agency, human trafficking, and a blazing hot mutual distraction.
What the hell have Remington and Mainwaring gotten themselves into?
Inspector Jamie Mainwaring stares at the six reports, willing them to make sense. Six boys, six months, all from just outside of London, which meant six different investigations. All of the boys were between the ages of ten and fifteen, all purportedly runaways from dysfunctional families. Something was rotten in Denmark.
There are always runaways. Every small town loses them—every big city collects them. Kids look for freedom and discover they have more to lose than they ever thought possible. London and Phoenix, culture and cowboys, nothing linking these two sprawling metropolitan areas. Nothing except a hit on a computer data search.
Two cops, one a cowboy, the other a Lord. A secret government agency, human trafficking, and a blazing hot mutual distraction.
What the hell have Remington and Mainwaring gotten themselves into?
Book Two: Oceans Apart
It’s been two years since Lord Jamie Mainwaring and Detective Remy
Remington worked and loved their way through their one and only case
before going their separate ways.
Now Jamie is once again mixing agency business with pleasure as he and his partner, Agent Ryan Whiteside, are assigned to a case involving piracy in the Caribbean.
Remy and his old friend Miggy are still detectives, but they’ve gone private in Phoenix. When their biggest client sends them to supervise an unusual diamond transfer, they think their toughest challenge will be maintaining their cover as a gay couple on a barefoot-style cruise.
When murder connects the dots between the two cases, the four men must learn to work together as relationships and loyalties are tested amid misunderstandings and memories on the high seas.
Now Jamie is once again mixing agency business with pleasure as he and his partner, Agent Ryan Whiteside, are assigned to a case involving piracy in the Caribbean.
Remy and his old friend Miggy are still detectives, but they’ve gone private in Phoenix. When their biggest client sends them to supervise an unusual diamond transfer, they think their toughest challenge will be maintaining their cover as a gay couple on a barefoot-style cruise.
When murder connects the dots between the two cases, the four men must learn to work together as relationships and loyalties are tested amid misunderstandings and memories on the high seas.
Book Three: Moving Mountains
It’s easier to move a mountain than escape the past.
After the ultimate betrayal results in the death of his lover, Jamie Mainwaring looks to the past for answers, and discovers his entire life is a lie. When uncovering the truth leads to a more devastating loss, there’s only one place he can turn for understanding.
When former-detective Remington left the police department, he never looked back. Now, his glory-stealing ex-boss is dead, leaving Remy’s real name scratched in the dirt at the brutal murder scene.
Two years ago, Miguel Rojas left New York in the back of his best friend’s car, in real danger of falling victim to the same addictions that left his twin sister in bed with the drug lord he’d been deep undercover investigating. When she shows up looking to make amends, misplaced guilt mixed with curiosity open old wounds.
While Remy returns to his police department roots to track down a killer, Miggy and Jamie team up to find the bones from Miggy’s past and bury them once and for all.
The truth shall set you free—except when the past is determined to claim you.
*****
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