RELEASE DAY BLITZ: The Army Ranger's Surprise by Donna Michaels

About the book:

Army brat Kaydee Wagner gets twitchy if she stays in one place for too long.

But when her grandfather needs someone to stay with him for a bit and his home needs

a lot of repairs, she steps up to the plate. 

Lucky for her, help arrives from their neighbor’s gorgeous grandson,

former Army Ranger Leo Reed. 

Leo’s desperate to rise above his dark past and enjoy life again.

He’s already made a lot of progress, so when the woman

he can’t stop thinking about needs a handyman,

he volunteers. But after a very...wet incident involving deadly dance moves

and a wayward sink hose, their clothes hit the floor faster than a stack of tile. 

He doesn’t want forever—that would mean revealing his past,

which he’s not ready to do.

She only wants right now, because any other option would

require sticking around. 

And then Kaydee discovers she’s pregnant.

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Excerpt:

“Kaydee,” he said again, but this time he

reached out to lightly touch her shoulder.

Letting out a startled cry, she turned toward him with the sprayer

still in her hand. Water immediately pelted his face

and the side of his head with the force of a mini power washer,

blasting his flesh with a shock of heat that ran down his neck and chest.

Luckily, it was only hot and not scalding.

“Oh my God, Leo!” She dropped the sprayer,

then shut off the water with one hand and yanked her

earbuds out with the other. “Are you okay?

“Yeah. I needed a good soaking.” He slicked back his

wet hair and grinned. “No harm done.”

But apparently, she chose not to listen,

because she grabbed a nearby dish towel and started

to mop the wetness from his face and chest.

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t hear you come in.”

“I know.”

She stilled, and her gaze slowly rose to meet his.

“Oh, crap. Exactly how long were you in here?”

Loving the flush of color that swept up into her cheeks,

he decided to tease her a little more.

“Long enough to know you’d be dangerous on the dance floor.”

“Yeah, to others.” Her blush increased.

“Oh God, I can’t believe you saw that.”

Before he could reply, she dropped her forehead on his chest,

and her whole body shook as she laughed.

The unexpected move and feel of her soft curves

brushing his body removed all traces of teasing from his mind.

He always wondered how she’d feel in his arms, and now he knew,

even if—technically—he didn’t have his arms around her.

Yet. Because he could. It’d be so easy. So damn easy.

All he had to do was put his hands on her back.

But that would be playing with fire,

and he didn’t want her to get burned.

“I can’t believe I got you soaking wet.” She drew back

and started mopping his shirt with the towel again. “I’m so sorry.”

Thankful for the reprieve, he went back to teasing.

“No harm done. I won’t melt.”

She snickered and continued to dry him off, but her

nearness and press of her fingers weren’t doing his libido any good,

so he placed his hand over hers to stop her movements.

Big mistake.

Before, at least a wet shirt had separated their skin. Not now.

His palm covered her hand, and the feel of her soft,

warm skin kicked his pulse into gear.

Once again, their gazes met, but this time mortification

and teasing were no longer present, just a raw, untamed attraction.

It posed a danger big enough to rival her lethal dance moves.

Her gaze dropped to his mouth, and Leo’s heart rocked in his chest.

A sensation he hadn’t felt in years. Leave it to

Kaydee to induce the movement. It was strange.

He knew he should back away, but he didn’t. Couldn’t.

It felt as if his whole body was coming alive,

and until that moment,

he hadn’t realized how truly out of touch with

life he’d been the past few years. Perhaps always.

About Donna Michaels:

I live in Northeast Pa where we experience all four seasons, although,

I wouldn’t mind hanging onto summer a bit more and winter a bit less.

I’m married to a career military man; we have four wonderful children,

and an assortment of rescued cats. Never a dull moment in my household! 

I'm excited to say I'm an award winning, NYT & USA Today Bestselling

author multi-published in eBook and print. I write from sweet to hot, short to epic

and anything in between. You can find the ratings and length next to the book on my website. 

I'm self-published and published through Entangled Publications, Kindle Worlds,

The Wild Rose Press, Whimsical Publications, and Amazon Publications in

their AmazonEncore Imprint. And one of my books is being translated

into Japanese and hand drawn into MANGA!

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The Right Ranger by Donna Michaels

It's time to claim what's his...

THE RIGHT RANGER

The Men of At Ease Ranch #3

Donna Michaels

Releasing June 12, 2017

Entangled Lovestruck

Haley Wagner’s life just got a lot more complicated. As if turning her struggling ranch around isn’t tough enough, she’s forced to call him for help. With his hard eyes and even harder body, Cord is an irritatingly sexy contradiction of hot and cold. How can she possibly hide her embarrassing secret when just looking at Cord is a combustible event?

Former Army Ranger Cord Brannigan has a secret, too. He promised his fallen teammate he’d protect the tempting, fiercely independent Haley from a distance, but now they’re stuck together for three weeks. Alone. Keeping his hands off will take every ounce of control he can muster. And that control is slipping…

As soon as he cut the engine outside the barn, he heard a large crash from inside followed by a slew of curses.

Haley. 

With his gut knotted tight, he crossed the yard and entered on a sprint. “Haley…Jesus,” he muttered, finding her underneath a pegboard and a pile of tools. Sharp ones. Shit. 

“Now you show up,” she scoffed. 

He hoisted the peg board and tossed it aside. “What the hell happened?” 

“Had a fight with a wall and lost.” A smirk twitched her full lips and gleamed in her whiskey gaze.

“That’s not funny.” 

“Damn straight.” She frowned. “It hurts like a bitch.” 

He ran a hand through his hair. “How the hell did you manage to knock this over?” 

“Quite well, actually.” 

Smartass. 

He knelt beside her and leveled his gaze on her. “That’s not what I meant, and you know it.”

“Did I?” She tipped her chin and narrowed her eyes. “Hard to tell underneath all that accusation and condemnation dripping from your tone. I’m not one of your Rangers, Warlock. That hard stare of yours won’t work on me.” 

Christ. He didn’t need this shit. 

She made to get up, pushing a few tools out of the way, and that’s when he noticed the blood dripping down her arm.

“Stay still,” he ordered, grasping her unharmed arm to hold her steady. “Let me have a look.” 

A quick inspection deemed it deep but not stitch-worthy, thank God. He yanked off his shirt and wrapped it around her arm, ignoring her gasp as he tied it tight until he could get her in the house for some proper first aid. But he didn’t want her moving until he examined the rest of her body for injuries. 

With his training kicking in, he ran his hands over her, noting a small cut on her cheek, another on the back of her hand, and a bruise on her other wrist, no doubt from covering her face. 

“You okay?” he asked, staring into her dazed eyes. “Are you hurt anywhere else?” 

She blinked and focused her gaze on his face, then shook her head after she opened her mouth and nothing came out. 

Christ. 

His insides twisted when he took in the mash of clippers, hammers, screwdrivers, and pliers scattered around them. She was lucky. So damn lucky. 

After helping her to her feet, he bent to scoop her in his arms. 

“W-what are you doing?” She wiggled as he carried her across the yard, trying his damndest not to notice the soft curves brushing his chest. 

“Taking you inside to fix your arm. Stay still.” Awareness already spread through his body, waking up parts that had no business enjoying the feel of his dead friend’s widow cradled against him. 

Haley grunted. “I can walk.” 

“Good to know,” he replied, but continued to hold her as he stepped onto the porch. “Get the door.” 

With a loud sigh, she reached out and twisted the knob. “Okay, you can put me down now.”

“Where’s your first aid kit?” he asked, ignoring her protests. 

She closed her mouth and stared at him, her eyes twin pools of pissed-off brown. God, she was gorgeous. And damn, he did not need to have his arms full of her hot curves. 

He muttered an oath. “You can keep quiet all you want, but I’m just going to stand here and hold you until you tell me.”

Even if it killed him.

Q-Describe yourself in five words or less.

A-I love to entertain readers.

Q- Name one thing you won’t leave home without.

A- My cellphone. Yep, I’m one of them. But only because I am usually waiting for an email or message from an author, publisher, editor…etc, and need to multitask my personal life errands into my day, too.

Q- What types of scenes are your most favorite to write? 

A- My favorite scenes to write are the sparring scenes between the hero and heroine. When the hero has met his match, or vice versa . There were several of those scenes in The Right Ranger.

Q- Are there certain characters you would like to go back to, or is there a theme or idea you’d love to work with?

Yes, there are several characters I’d love to go back to, but shhh…don’t tell my other ones. The two that immediately come to mind are Kit Katt and Pierce DeVein from my humorous paranormal, The Spy Who Fanged Me. They are agents from different departments. She’s a black panther shifter and he’s a vampire and they’re forced to work together to bring down a dangerous gnome. Kit was by far the most fun I ever had writing a heroine. Between her can do attitude, her capabilities, and the fact she has catlike tendencies that get in the way at the most inopportune times, I would love to write another mission for her and her man/vampire. 😊

Q- Can you tell us about your upcoming book?

A- Right now, I’m writing book 4 in The Men of At Ease Ranch series. This is Vince’s book. He’s been the easygoing happy guy throughout the series, and longs to have a relationship like his buddies have found. But, it’s like they say, be careful what you wish for. He’s discovering that his idea of the ideal significant other is flawed, relationships aren’t always easy, and they come when you least expect it. He is definitely one of my fun characters to write.

          

Alight I have been living under a rock or something because I have been seriously missing out on this author! Donna Michaels writes her characters with depth and real life issues. My friend Lisa suggested I read this series and I am so glad I did. I had the motivation to start reading because of this review, but once I started I couldn’t stop. I read all three books in three days, couldn’t put them down! If you haven’t read The Men of At Ease Ranch series you NEED to, right away. 

Now The Right Ranger is book number three in this amazing series and can be read as a stand-alone. However, I would read them all so you can get to know all the fun they have been having. This book is about Cord and Haley; they have known each other a long time and always felt there was something between them. They both resisted the attraction because Haley was married to a friend and fellow Ranger of Cord’s. Both are honorable, trustworthy, people who life to their own code of right and wrong. Now, Haley is a widow now going on 2 years when our story picks up. Cord is still keeping his distance to honor a vow he made to her deceased husband, to protect her. To him that also meant not to touch her. The problem occurs when they are alone together for three weeks. Temptation is a lot harder to resist when it’s so available. Sparks fly, and guilt hits Cord, secrets they are both keeping could destroy not only their friendship but their attraction too. What will they do when the secrets won’t stay shoved in the drawer? Find out when you read The Right Ranger!

I Loved Cord in all three books, I saw he was just as hurt by the past as the other and had a story all his own. I needed to know what that was and see if he could let it go enough to have a HEA. Trust me when I say this was a fantastic book that will stick with you for a long time after you read it! Grab the book and get to your spot to read!

*** I received this book as an ARC from NetGally to give an honest review.***

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Donna Michaels is an award winning, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of Romaginative fiction. Her hot, humorous, and heartwarming stories include cowboys, men in uniform, and some sexy, primal alphas. With a husband in the military fulltime, and a household of nine, she never runs out of material to write, and has rightfully earned the nickname Lucy…and sometimes Ethel. From short to epic, her books entertain readers across a variety of sub-genres, and one has even being hand drawn into a Japanese translation. Now, if only she could read it.

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