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Baine shoved her shoulder. “Shut up. Would you?”

“Hey.” Law secured her to his side and shoved Baine back.

Magdalena’s sides ached she laughed so hard, but no sound came from her lips. Silent laughs. The best.

“Shit, boys.” Lovella chimed. “Baine, if you keep hanging around these two, you’re going to get thrown out of your own wedding.”

“I’d go get my wife, officer, but she’s tied up with another man right now.” Baine shrugged and his laugh joined the quiet concert of snorts and giggles.

“God save me from these apes,” Lovella complained while laughing along.

“Mind if I occupy a moment of your time?”

Behind her Law went on alert, his stance moving from casual to rigid in a blink. Baine folded his arms over his chest, straightening to his full height, which was a good two to three inches over the newcomer’s sandy blond mop. Mags had no idea who the bloke was, but it seemed he was unwelcome to say the least.

“A bloke who tries to steal a man’s girl has some set of brass balls showing up at his wedding to that very girl,” Baine said, his voice low and firm.

To his credit the man stood his ground, not blinking or shifting in the slightest. Though Mags thought he might have been wise to shift right the hell out the door. Beside her Lovella even shuffled. Probably preparing for the coming blows.

While Magdalena’s brain calibrated to the situation, she took in the smokin’ hot specimen willing to go toe to toe with Baine McCord, and quite possibly, Law. The guy filled out his dark tan tweed but good and held himself like a warrior. Just like Baine, Law, Lovella, and even Sloan. She’d seen her go warrior-woman the other day when an overzealous reporter had tried to maneuver his way into her and Magdalena’s cab for a scoop on the Hues and Weaver story. The guy trying to get his ass kicked was Ryan Noble. She’d heard a story or two about how Baine and Law met Sloan, and his name had come up a time or two. But a kiss? She hadn’t heard about that.

“Take a shot. I earned it. And it was worth a broken jaw to know we weren’t meant to be.” Ryan added, “I’d have always wondered otherwise.”

Baine shot out his hand. Not in a fist, but in an open offer of peace. “I’d have called you a fucking fool for not going after her and taking your chance.”

The men exchanged a firm shake and the collective sighed in relief. Ryan smiled and Mags swore someone turned up the wattage on the bulbs. “All right. Now that I’m not being carried out of here on a stretcher, I’d say it’s time to celebrate. Who wants a drink?”

Lilliana’s husband spoke up for a club soda. Lovella said, “After that exchange, I need a shot of whiskey. Make it a double.”

Mags declined the offer as did Law, but her man presented his hand to Ryan. The men exchanged a hardy shake and he presented her. “Noble, I’d like you to meet my fiancée, Magdalena Wells.”

Ryan collected her hand in both of his for a moment before releasing it. “It’s wonderful to meet you. Congratulations to you both.”

Baine’s grin widened and Mags placed both hands on her hips. “You knew too?”

“Of course.” Baine leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. “Congrats, Mags. You couldn’t have found a better man.” His gaze shifted to Law. “And you are one lucky bastard.”

“I know.” Law agreed with a smile.

Baine tossed his arm over Ryan’s shoulder. “Let’s go get those drinks.”

The dance floor opened to all and Lovella shoved at Lilliana’s husband. “Come on, Rich. Dance with an old maid.”

“Lord. An almost fight. Willow’s on the road to recovery. Baine and Sloan married. My dad head over heels. Your wildly amazing family. You’re a damned triplet! We’re engaged. I’m spinning from it all.”

“Not yet you aren’t.” Law extended his hand, ushered her onto the dance floor, and twirled her into his embrace.

Mags laid her head on Law’s chest as they swayed to Luca’s and Lilliana’s voices. She angled her head at him. “Can you sing?”

“Not like that.” His white teeth appeared behind his sensuous lips. He lowered his head to her ear. “There are other things I can do that he can’t.”

“Like love me forever?”

“And so much more.”

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BOOKS by Megan Mitcham

B
ASE BRANCH NOVELS

ENEMY MINE

JUSTICE MINE

STRANGER MINE

WARRIOR MINE - JANUARY 2015

DANGER MINE - JULY 2015

B
UREAU SERIES

FOR ALL TO SEE - APRIL 2015

PAINTED WALLS - OCTOBER 2015

A
NTHOLOGIES

SEX OBJECTS: EROTIC ROMANCE FOR WOMEN - 2015

COWBOY HEAT: WESTERN ROMANCE FOR WOMEN

HIGH OCTANE HEROES: EROTIC ROMANCE FOR WOMEN

WILD AT HEART VOLUME II

Stranger Mine
A BASE BRANCH NOVEL

O
ne takes control
. One finds balance in letting go.

Base Branch operative, Ryan Noble is accustomed to taking orders whether from his commander or his overbearing mother. His best friend urged him to take control of his life, but the only thing worse than an angry woman is a teary one. He has no desire to upset his mother’s fragile emotions. Losing his sister was hard enough, his mom couldn’t bear losing another child. Even if it is to the other side of D.C. It's a damn good thing she doesn't know what he does for a living.

On a routine mission to destroy a cargo free human trafficking facility and exterminate it’s operators, Ryan blows his extraction to rescue a woman he finds chained inside.

Piper Vega is caught between metal and a hard place. She needs information and it has taken far too long to cull it from her leads, also known as her captors. She finally has the facts she needs to complete her task, but it’ll take a miracle to set her free and see it achieved. Santo Padre knows she never expected her good favor to come in the form of a man.

Ryan takes the reins of life in his sturdy grip while Piper discovers balance in loosening hers. Through intense battles of will, both find the unexpected.

Warrior Mine
A BASE BRANCH NOVEL

A
silver fox
learns new tricks.

The Base Branch office in Washington D.C. is so heavily fortified it makes Fort Knox look like a 7-11. After twenty years in covert ops, nothing fazes Commander Vail Tucker. When a lighting bolt of feminine fury crashes into the interrogation room, holds him at gunpoint, and takes over the task with his prisoner, he’s more than surprised. Even his elite operatives would have one hell of a bad day breaking into the fortress and a harder time leaving.

She escapes without a trace, but Vail is unable to remain dispassionate. He must know what is so important the beguiling woman would risk her life to find. Following instinct, he’ll stop at nothing to find the answer.

Carmen Ruez is deadly and desperate—a combustible combination. Born into the remnants Arellano Felix Organization, drugs and violence kept her in a gilded cage. Until a turn of fates showed her the roots of their riches, making her yearn for freedom. She works for it. Fights for it. But her brother crosses the line to keep her loyal to the treacherous family she is determined to leave behind.

Vail struggles as a bond he never expected forms. It’s not with the woman who stirs his every desire. But with one, young and vulnerable, who galvanizes a protective instinct he hadn’t known he possessed. Now, he just has to get the other one to come around. Though none of it will matter, if they can’t work together to take down those loyal to Carlos Ruez and the AFO.

About the Author

Megan Mitcham
was born and raised among the live oaks and shrimp boats of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where her enormous family still calls home. She attended college at the University of Southern Mississippi where she received a bachelor's degree in curriculum, instruction, and special education. For several years Megan worked as a teacher in Mississippi. She married and moved to South Carolina and began working for an international non-profit organization as an instructor and co-director.

In 2009 Megan fell in love with books. Until then, books had been a source for research or the topic of tests. But one day she read Mercy by Julie Garwood. And Oh Mercy, she was hooked!

Megan lives in Southern Arkansas where she pens heart pounding romantic thriller novels and window steaming erotic romance. For information on releases and giveaways subscribe at
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