Abandon by Michelle Lowhorn
Blurb
Before
Brooklyn Hennessey can bury her estranged husband, his murderers threaten her
small children. Alone, distraught, and
feeling completely helpless, she is forced to swallow her pride and turn to the
only man skilled enough to protect them.
Mercenary,
Gage Hennessey, blasts into town with one thing on his mind, revenge. Relying on his superior military training and
experience, Gage explodes into action not only to hunt down the killers but to
shield his brother’s loved ones.
The two
adversaries will have to put aside their animosity and work together to bring
the killers to justice and save their family.
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Excerpt
Gage watched her fidget as she wrestled with the
memory. “Tell me what happened?” When she didn’t continue quickly enough, he became
more forceful. “What did you do? What happened to drive my brother to
drugs? It had to be bad if he willingly
left his family or did you make the decision for him? Did you force him to leave his
daughters? Were you so heartless you’d
punish him by taking his family away?
Tell me what you did, Brook?” He
shouted as he threateningly leaned toward her.
“You’ll never understand. You’ll never believe me or forgive me so
what’s the point in wasting my breath?”
“What did you do to my brother? What did he do to you? I want the truth!” Gage’s voice boomed throughout the house.
“I did what I had to do. I couldn’t let him use drugs in our house one
more time. I couldn’t let him hock one
more family heirloom, one more piece of jewelry, one more vehicle, or one more
electronic toy so he could buy drugs. I
couldn’t let him drive with my children in the car while he was high one more
time. I couldn’t let him beat me one
more time while I was pregnant with his baby.
I couldn’t let him accuse me of being in love with his brother one more
time! What did I do? What did I do for this family? I did what I had to do to protect my girls
but I didn’t leave him. He promised to
love me for the rest of his life but instead, he hurt me then abandoned me and
his daughters! He walked away from
us! The drugs were more important to him
than we were! How could he do that to
us, Gage? How could he do that to me?”
Brooklyn’s voice was incredibly weak by the end of her
rant, all of her strength was used because she dropped to the floor and wailed
in despair. Gage took a minute to
process what she’d said, then gently lifted her from the floor, carried her to
the mattress and sat down with her in his lap.
He held her tightly at first, but when the sobs slowed he leaned back
slightly so he could wipe her tears as he whispered in her ear and showered her
face in soft kisses. It took a good
twenty minutes before her tears dried up completely and she dozed off. Gage
must have held her an additional thirty minutes enjoying the feel of her in his
arms before he eventually laid her down and covered her up.
There’s no way I’ll be
able to keep my hands off of her now.
I’ve loved her too much for too long not to make her mine, Gage sighed to himself.
About Michelle Lowhorn
Michelle Lowhorn and her husband
reside in Texas, where they enjoy their two kids and pug. She’s a full time teacher during the day and
part time romance author at night. When
she’s not working, you can bet she has her nose buried in a romance novel.
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