Bane

Bane
Brenda Jackson

New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson’s last Westmoreland bachelor is a navy SEAL on a mission to protect the woman who got away…After five years, navy SEAL Brisbane Westmoreland is back home on his ranch and ready to reclaim the woman he left behind. But when he tracks her to Dallas, he’s in for a shock.Crystal Newsome isn’t ready to forgive Bane for saying he loved her then vanishing from her life. Only now the beautiful chemist needs his protection. As their own irresistible chemistry takes over once again, can Bane keep Crystal safe and convince her they can have the second chance they both deserve?

Her gaze connected to the most gorgeous pair of hazel eyes.

At that moment Crystal knew it was Bane. She was about to open the door when she remembered the note. Trust no one. But this wasn’t just anyone. This was Bane.

She unlocked the door and stepped back. Soft porch light poured into her foyer as Bane stepped in. He’d always been tall, but the man entering her house appeared a lot taller than she remembered. And he was no longer slender. He was all muscles, perfectly proportioned to his height and weight. And when her gaze settled on his face, she drew in a sharp breath. He even looked different. Rougher. Tougher.

He closed the door behind him and her heart pounded. A part of her wanted to race to him, tell him how glad she was to see him, how much she had missed him, but she couldn’t. Her legs refused to move and she knew why.

For some reason this Bane was like a stranger to her. Had five years of separation done that to them?

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Bane is part of New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson’s The Westmorelands series: a family bound by loyalty … and love!

Bane

Brenda Jackson

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

BRENDA JACKSON is a New York Times bestselling author of more than one hundred romance titles. Brenda lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and divides her time between family, writing and traveling.

Email Brenda at authorbrendajackson@gmail.com (http://authorbrendajackson@gmail.com) or visit her on her website at www.brendajackson.net (http://www.brendajackson.net).

To the man who will always and forever be the love of my life, Gerald Jackson, Sr.

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. —James 1:19

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“You wanted to see me, Dil?” Brisbane Westmoreland asked, walking into his eldest brother Dillon’s home office.