Man
of Honor
Passion in
Paradise
By Sarah O'Rourke
Genre: Erotic Romantic Comedy
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Free on Kindle Unlimited
Sheriff Zeke Monroe
loves one woman...Honor McKinnon. He is willing to stake his entire future on
protecting her...no matter what the cost.
Honor McKinnon
knows she is broken. Her body and soul had been shattered by a violent attack
years ago, and no one...not her sisters or anyone else in the tiny town of
Paradise, especially the Sheriff...can change that. Rather than dealing with
her wounds, she chooses to protect herself from any further damage, even if
that means that she avoids the one chance at love. But Zeke is determined to
break down Honor’s walls...and to find the persons responsible for hurting her
and make them suffer.
He’s already killed
for her once...and is willing to do it again if it means she'll know safety and
happiness.
What happens when
Zeke refuses to allow Honor to ignore her past? Will Zeke’s love be passionate
enough to break down her barriers? And can Zeke save Honor when her life is in
danger once again?
Join Sarah O’Rourke
in this epic culmination of the Men of the McKinnon Sisters stories...and find
out how the Passion in Paradise series is always scorching hot! Standalone,
romantica suspense.
1. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
2. Right Here Waiting for You – Richard Marx
3. Never Saw Blue Like That - Shawn Colvin
4. People Like Us – Kelly Clarkson
5. Fix You – Coldplay
6. Til It Happens to You – Lady Gaga
7. Say Something – Great Big World &
Christina Aguilera
8. You’re Beautiful James Bloun
9. Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
10. Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor
11. Stand in the Rain - Superchick
12. Fight Song – Rachel Platten
13. My Church – Marren Morris
14. Roar – Katy Perry
15. God Bless the Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
16. Tell the Devil – Jill Andrews
17. I Do – Paul Brandt
18. Can’t Help Falling in Love With You
19. Life is Beautiful – Vega4
20. From My Front Porch Looking In – Rascal
Flatts
Man of Honor –
Excerpt
“The bottom line –
and once again, no pun intended – is I think you might have overstayed your
welcome in my home, Ezekiel. Much like the smell of fish, unwanted guests
begin to stink after the third day and you’ve been smelling something fierce for
a while now,” she informed him primly, clasping her hands in front of her waist
as she stared innocently at him.
“Now, Honor,” Zeke
chided, amused. “What would your mother say right now about that most
unwelcoming attitude you have?”
“Holy crap.
He brought Momma into it,” Faith whispered violently to Harmony.
“The fool’s clearly
lost his mind,” Harmony returned uneasily.
“Moron,” Aunt Orla
cackled. “Harriet, God rest her soul, woulda cut your ding-a-ling off at
the root for streakin’ in her kitchen.”
“True though that
may be, Auntie, I think my mother would be impressed that I’ve managed to
maintain my sanity for this long. She raised me to be a good hostess, and
heaven knows, I’ve tried. But you, Ezekiel, could make a preacher cuss on
Sunday. You’ve been nothing but a demanding, domineering pain in my
derriere since you took my house hostage. I swear, you shadow me when I
so much as wander toward the bathroom. And when it’s not you, it’s one of
your trained monkeys watching me like some kind of science experiment.
I’ve had enough! I told you last night that I intended to come back
to work and find some kind of normalcy again. You chose to believe I’d
cede to your will. Your error in judgment doesn’t translate into being
either my fault or my problem.”
“No, but willfully
draining the air from my tires most certainly is,” Zeke roared. “What if
I’d gotten a call out?”
“The SUV Abel
loaned me – but you STILL won’t allow me to drive – is parked in the garage.”
Seeing the look of shock on his face, Honor smiled. “Forgot about
that, didn’t you?”
“Don’t get cocky,
Kitten. I’m in no mood. You know what this argument is really
over just like I do. You shouldn’t BE here!”
“This is EXACTLY
where I need to be,” she growled back, matching his tone as the two combatants
faced each other. “It’s MY business, Zeke. That back there,” she
continued, waving a hand toward the back of the restaurant, “is MY kitchen
where I do MY work. Seriously, if somebody said, ‘Don’t go be a Sheriff
today, it’s too dangerous,’ you’d tell them that it’s your job and to check
themselves into the nearest mental hospital. Why do you think I’d feel
any less dedicated to my work?”
“At the moment,
nobody is gunnin’ for me,” Zeke snapped, rapidly losing his patience with the
infuriating woman standing across from him.
“I wouldn’t bet on
THAT,” Honor returned purposefully, looking the lawman up and down.
“Is that a threat
you’re making to a sworn officer of the law, Miss McKinnon? Because it
sure sounded like one.”
Smiling that gentle
sweet smile of hers that never failed to simultaneously melt his heart and
harden his dick, Honor shook her head. “Of course not, Sheriff.
Don’t be silly. A threat implies that I might not follow through on
things. This is a promise from me to you, Zeke. So, listen up,” she
announced, going from the sugar-wouldn’t-melt-in-her-mouth tone he adored to
the I-will-rip-off-your-dick-and-shove-it-where-the-sun-don’t-shine voice that
never failed to get his blood pumping.
“I’m all ears,
darlin’,” he replied easily, propping one hand against the counter as he leaned
over it toward her. “I do love it when you make me promises.” Honor made
a noise of disgust as she shot him a look that should have frozen his blood to
ice, but somehow just managed to make him hotter for her.
“Get out of my
cafĂ©, Sheriff, and take your Redneck Gestapo with you! And don’t forget
Deputy Hightower who’s skulking back there in the corner tryin’ his best to be
invisible,” she ordered, pointing at where his uncomfortable subordinate was trying
to slump in a back booth. It was kinda hard to do when a guy was over six
feet tall.
“Or what?” Zeke
dared her with an insolent grin.
“Otherwise, I’m
gonna be forced to bring out the pressure washer and start hosing down all the
unwanted pests around this place, and I promise I’ll start with you, Sheriff
Monroe.”
He could tell by
the set of her jaw that she was serious. His little Kitten had become a
Tigress at some point this morning. And damn, if that didn’t turn him on,
too.
Sarah O'Rourke is
the alter ego of two best friends who have taken their passion for romantic
fiction and erotica to the publishing world. Born and raised in the southern
United States, one lives near Louisville, KY, while the other resides in
Atlanta, Georgia. Neither is ever very far from a tall glass of sweet iced tea,
their dog-eared copies of Gone With the Wind, or their Steel Magnolias DVDs!
Formerly an
accountant and a chemist, they are now overworked, stay-at-home moms who adore
their children, their husbands...and writing about love in every way possible!
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