Book Excerpt
Mac had almost made it back
to his cabin when he heard Garth's frantic bark again. The sound hadn't come
from the lake, and Garth wasn't out hunting night critters as he'd earlier
suspected. This bark came from the area near the barn.
"Garth!" Mac called
into the night.
The dog let loose two harsh
barks, each sounding more frantic. A long piercing howl followed.
Worried the dog might be in
trouble, Mac sprinted for the barn, surprised to see all the doors shut. He
pulled one of the large double doors open, and Garth bounded out, jumping up
and almost knocking him over.
Mac stepped into the darkness
of the barn and called out, "Vern? You in here?"
Nothing.
He squatted down to Garth's
level and suffered a couple face licks. "How did you get shut up in the
barn?" He ruffled the dog's ears and noted the big canine looked slightly
unsteady on his feet. "You okay, boy?"
Garth wagged his tail, and
Mac took him out in the moonlight for a better look. A scream ripped through
the night air and stopped them both.
Cory!
Mac hauled ass for the main
house, Garth huffing hard alongside, already winded and trying to stay on his
heels. Something had happened to the dog, but he couldn't worry about that now.
The two broke through the
border of the side garden. Mac could see the kitchen door of the main house
standing wide open and raced that direction.
A second scream ripped
through the air. This one sounded closer to the front of the house, and Mac
turned course to race in that direction. Garth stayed straight and bounded
through the kitchen door as Mac cleared the corner on the house.
He stumbled when he spied a
man wearing a black hood and dark clothes -- a knife held at Cory's throat --
half-carrying, half-dragging her down the front steps. Mac skidded silently
into the rhododendron bushes lining the porch. The assailant hissed over his
shoulder to someone behind him.
Okay.
Two tangos.
A wolf-like howl suddenly
echoed in the house, clearly audible through the open front door. A heavy thud,
a scream of pain, and vicious snarling sounded in rapid succession. Mac had
backup. Garth had made it inside.
Tango One still clutched
Cory. Hearing the scuffle inside, he twisted around to see the front door, and
his knife pulled slightly away from her throat. That was all the distraction
Mac needed. He streaked from his cover and grabbed Tango One's arm, yanked it
back, and brought it down hard on top of his thigh. The knife dropped to the
grass at their feet.
Cory shouted,
"Mac!" then elbowed Tango One hard in the gut and broke free.
"Run, Cory! Go get
Vern!" he hollered and ducked as Tango One straightened and swung a fist
at Mac's head.
About the Book
Title: The SEAL’s Angel
Author: Petie McCarty
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Military
Navy SEAL Sean MacKay’s teammate is
murdered after stealing a deadly nerve-gas formula from Syrian
terrorists. Naval Intelligence believes MacKay’s teammate was a traitor
and shipped the stolen formula to his sister in the states for
safekeeping. MacKay is given orders to find the sister before the
terrorists do and to retrieve the stolen formula at all costs.
Foreclosure looms for Cory Rigatero as
she fights to keep her rustic resort near Mt. St. Helens afloat after
her brother deserted her to join the SEAL Teams. Cory’s whole world
dives into a tailspin when Sean MacKay shows up at her resort with the
news of her brother’s death and the wild suspicion her brother may have
sent her traitorous classified documents. No way will Cory trust MacKay —
the man who once seduced her and then vanished into the night without a
trace.
Author Bio
Petie
spent a large part of her career working as a biologist at Walt Disney
World — “The Most Magical Place on Earth” — where she enjoyed working in
the land of fairy tales by day and creating her own romantic fairy
tales by night. She eventually said good-bye to her “day” job in order
to write her stories full-time.
Petie is a member of Romance Writers of
America, and she shares homes in Tennessee and Florida with her
horticulturist husband, a spoiled-rotten English Springer spaniel
addicted to pimento-stuffed green olives, and a noisy Nanday conure
named Sassy who made a cameo appearance in Angel to the Rescue.
Links
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Web Site: http://www.petiemccarty.com
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