Unchecked

Three years ago, Layna Blair listened in horror over a telephone line as her parents were murdered. When the killer said she was next, Layna panicked and made a deadly deal his secret in exchange for her life. She's paid the price every day since, becoming a prisoner in plain sight. Marine Sergeant Blaze Johnson offers Layna a way out her freedom, his rules, no questions asked and she takes it, despite knowing what her keepers do to people who get too close. She doesn't know Blaze is fighting his own demons or that beneath his warrior façade is a man on the verge of breaking. Embarking on a wild revenge mission with Blaze and his smooth-talking best friend, Talon, is not what Layna signed on for. But attempting to run when Blaze has made no secret he intends to make her his is a reckless mistake. With the killer closing in, it's up to Blaze to save them all and to Layna to realize that she's risked the one thing she can't afford to lose. Book one of two.

After her parents were murdered, Layna Blair spent three years on the run-until Marine Sergeant Blaze Johnson stepped in and saved her. With him, Layna knew safety for the first time…but shortly after shipping out for another tour in Afghanistan, Blaze comes home early. When Layna sees the jagged wounds covering his body, every truth she thought she knew is destroyed. Blaze is distant and angry and though her heart is shattered, Layna desperately tries to keep their relationship together in the face of another tragedy. When the tenuous bonds holding them together are ripped apart by a revenge-hungry maniac, Layna must trust her survival instinct and bury her past for good. But the enemy is two steps ahead, and before she can take action, Layna's hand is forced by his deadly demands-save herself or save the man who risked his life for her freedom. Blaze saved her once. This time it's her turn to protect him.

Book three of the Unchecked Series Blaze I stood by my brothers in the Marines and fought for my country. I gave my blood, sweat and flesh so that others could have a taste of freedom. But my wife wasn't free. She'd been hunted, stalked, and forced by a murderer to keep a secret no one should have to live with. I'd made her a promise. Her freedom, my rules, no questions asked. I thought I'd kept my promise but I made a mistake-an inexcusable mistake. I was done playing games with the killer who murdered my wife's parents and tracked her for sport. If he thought he was safe in a jail cell, he was wrong. No one puts out a hit on my wife and survives. This ends now. I will protect what's mine…at whatever cost. *Impossible End is the conclusion to the Unchecked Series. This novella is from Blaze's point of view and is not a standalone. To get Blaze and Layna's full story, please read Impossible Promise and Impossible Choice.