The Road to Victory

After defeating a terrible enemy and suffering an equally terrible loss, Mayne Sobol is adrift. He needs to normalize his daughter's life, but the one job he's done his entire career is too dangerous to continue.Bailey Fleming loves her job at Victory-too much. Her plans for her own business are ready to launch, and she's been procrastinating since finding the kind of work family she wants to build. It's time to break free, but she lets herself be talked into one last assignment.Bailey and Mayne start with competing interests, but in the course of foiling a complicated plot against their clients, intrigue and attraction draw them together. Neither is in a position to start something personal when their careers are in such flux…but if they don't explore the chemistry between them, they may regret it for the rest of their lives.Note: The Road to Victory is a standalone story between the Seismic Series and the Victory Series. It does contain spoilers for Aftershocks and Resonance, but you don't need to have read those books to enjoy this novella, and The Road to Victory isn't necessary to enjoy the upcoming Victory Series. Natalie J. Damschroder hasn't done anything remotely worthy of bio documentation in a very long time, unless you count making up the romantic adventures that her characters live out in her books. She loves combining end-of-the-world stakes with the relationships that make those stakes personal. Love with a Shot of Adrenaline has infused nearly every story she's published. Whether you like quick reads you can finish in a day or sinking into longer books, you'll find something to satisfy your craving for action, romance, and happy endings. She also writes paranormal young adult romance as NJ Damschroder, where all of the same elements apply. Learn more at njdamschroder.com.Besides her dozens of published books and the awards some of them have won, what Natalie is most proud of is her family. She and her husband have been married over 30 years and still have the kind of partnership she makes her characters fight for every day. They've raised two awesome kids now living their own fulfilling lives, which you would think would mean she'd write more books faster. But she's enjoying reading, relaxing with good TV, and sleeping too much to give any of that up. In the fall and winter, almost nothing will keep her from cheering on her New England Patriots, even though they don't win as much anymore. Visit her website at nataliedamschroder.com to learn more about her books and sign up for her newsletter. If you have a problem no one else can fix, Victory can. Its clients can be found not only in the highest reaches of government and society but also the most ordinary of neighborhoods. Only one commonality has existed-if Victory takes your case, they will succeed.Until someone with a vendetta sets out to destroy Victory and everyone who is part of it.