Too Dangerous to Love : Project VIPER Book One Military Romance Standalone by Kristie Wolf ➱ Book Cover Reveal with Rafflecopter
TOO DANGEROUS TO LOVE
Project VIPER - Book One
by Kristie Wolf
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Release Date: October 12, 2023
Cover Design: Spellbinding Design
Photographer: Eric Battershell Photography
Model: BT Urruela
Genre: Military Romance Standalone
Trope: Opposites attract, workplace romance, alpha hero, touch her and die, forced proximity, Navy SEAL, bodyguard, fish out of water
Synopsis
He thinks he’s too dangerous to love.
Navy SEAL Chris Daviani lost his arm in action. Project VIPER gave him a bionic one. Now he’s stronger, deadlier, and much too dangerous to even think about the shy genius who turned him into the military’s first super soldier.
He should focus on keeping her alive while she uncovers a dangerous threat to VIPER’s existence, not on drawing out the sultry woman she's buried deep inside.
The flaw in his strategy? Underneath the science that’s made him a human weapon, he’s still a hot-blooded man.
She thinks the only thing desirable about her is her brain.
The men in Dr. Scarlett Kerrigan’s life have never valued more than her brilliant mind. The dark, intense SEAL is no exception. He needs her to save VIPER - and his career - but his scorching gaze makes her burn for the type of chemistry she didn’t learn in boarding school.
Problem is, her education didn’t cover how to guard her heart against a man who thinks his past has sentenced him to a life alone.
The solution? Even her brilliant mind can’t figure that out.
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Excerpt
Harsh fluorescent light attacked Scarlett’s eyes as she stepped into the exam room. She blinked once, twice, and froze.
Oh. My. Lord.
A shirtless man—no, god was more like it—perched on the edge of an examination table. Lieutenant Commander Christopher Daviani—VIPER’s first recruit and the SEAL with the smoldering gaze that burned through her laptop.
Her own gaze locked on to his shiny black prosthesis.
No, super arm.
But wasn’t super the understatement of the century?
The sight of the sleek limb seamlessly attached to the flesh and bone of any person would have been sensational.
On him, it was breathtaking.
The shiny metal covered in a hexagonal-shaped pattern originated in his shoulder, where synthetic and living materials meshed like reunited lovers.
She stepped farther into the room. Awe overrode her trepidation and propelled her forward. She reached out to touch the bulky black bicep that matched the size of his real one. He bent his elbow as her finger met his steel, his movement as smooth as if living muscles initiated the flexion.
A squeak popped from her throat.
His full lips turned up in a smirk. “Don’t worry; it’s not as deadly as it looks.”
She stared at the surreal man. The prototypes of the steel arm she’d seen and the photos detailing his journey from the battlefield to VIPER hadn’t prepared her for the real thing. Her breath caught under his intense scrutiny. She lowered her eyes and stopped breathing altogether as she caught sight of the Project VIPER logo tattooed in shades of black and gray on his chest.
The fanged snake inked within a triangle that represented the past, present, and future hugged another tattoo of the same hexagonal pattern inlaid in his steel arm. The artwork covered the scarring on his shoulder where science and medicine converged, making the bionic enhancement appear as natural as if he’d been born with it. While his arm gave him an otherworldly aura, like a sci-fi hero from another planet, the solid muscle underneath his inked skin tapered to sculpted abs, making him all man.
He hopped off the exam table and leaned against it as she stared at the Project VIPER logo on his chest. The dark tribal tattoo on his flesh-and-blood bicep rippled with movement as he gripped the padded edge. On the other side of his body, long black fingers, engineered in perfect anatomical form, performed the same movement. She stared, waiting for the stuffing to pop out under the pressure of his steel. He studied her for a moment too long for her comfort. “I’m Lieutenant Commander Chris Daviani.”
She slowly reached for his extended hand, stifling a gasp when flesh met metal. “Dr. Scarlett Kerrigan.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
The hard mask he wore slipped for a fraction of a second but returned just as quickly. She dropped her gaze to his mechanical fingers intertwined with her pale skin. The warmth of his steel radiated up her sleeve and spiraled into her belly. A simple handshake with her new colleague shouldn’t have sparked such a visceral reaction. Kissing her ex-fiancé James had never created such pleasure.
She peered at the white cabinets above a counter spanning the side of the room and dipped her head so he couldn’t see the heat on her face. Maybe she’d imagined the strange response to his touch. When she looked back, he would be just a man.
She turned her head and met his eyes.
She’d been hopelessly mistaken.
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About the Author
Kristie Wolf is an award-winning author of steamy romantic suspense.
When she was a teenager, she read her first romance novel and connected with it so deeply that she immediately told her mother she was going to write one. She is thrilled to bring that dream fully to fruition with the release of Too Dangerous to Love, Book One in the Project VIPER Series.
While her career as a marketing professional in the government technology space hasn’t taught her to troubleshoot a computer, she’s fascinated with what happens when technology spectacularly fails. The chilling stories she’s heard from the nation’s tech leaders are the catalyst for plots about maniacal terrorists but don’t worry. Her military and law enforcement alpha heroes and badass heroines always save the day while burning up the pages and finding happily ever after. She’s looking forward to sharing the VIPER world with you starting with the October 2023 release of Too Dangerous to Love, followed by the releases of Too Deadly to Love, Too Damaged to Love, and Too Cold to Love.
Kristie resides in Maryland with her husband - aka her tech support - and her two teenagers who participate in nearly every sport or activity ever invented. Many of her words are written on the pool deck, on the sidelines and in the bleachers, or in her car.
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