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Year: 2020

winner y separately published work icon Defiant Leah Ashton , Australia : Leah Ashton , 2019 18378128 2019 single work novel romance

'Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Wrong Man — yet he made her feel so right.

'A prim and proper high school teacher

'Recently divorced Bethwyn Banfield just wanted one out-of-character night on the town, and the tall, dark, tattooed stranger she meets is not what she was looking for. But their instant, electric attraction is undeniable.

'The cop with a bad boy past

'WASP Team Undercover cop Damon Nyhuis has spent two years infiltrating the notorious Notechi Motorcycle Club, doing whatever it takes to remain in deep cover. But when he sees his high school calculus teacher in a bar looking as hot as she did thirteen years ago, the last thing he is thinking about is his job. And that turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.

'A race through the desert

'Kidnapped and dragged to the middle of nowhere, Beth and Damon must escape the murderous Notechi — but to do so is only the beginning of their ordeal. The desert is vast, desolate and unforgiving, and the Notechi are right on their heels.

'Their passion as hot as the sun

'In the cool of the desert night they run, but in the lethal heat of the day they must rest — and quickly, lust becomes so much more.

'First, they must make it home. But then — can there really be a future for the teacher who wants her own family, and the cop who makes certain he's always alone?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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