Excerpt from 'Brooke' by Ronie Kendig

TGIF BOOKWORMS!!

This week has been a strange one to say the least, and I am so ready for some family time, and as much rest and relaxation I can squeeze in.  We have family coming this next week, so I will be doing some marathon cleaning as well, but I am so excited to see family that I haven't seen in almost a year!

Today I am spotlighting, and sharing an excerpt from, Brooke by Ronie Hendig.  I have heard some amazing things about this novel so please enjoy the excerpt, and don't forget to keep scrolling to enter an amazing giveaway from JustRead Tours!

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About the Book

Brooke Title: Brooke 
Series: The Metcalfes #4 
Author: Ronie Kendig 
Publisher: Task Force Press 
Release Date: February 6, 2023 
Genre: Clean with faith elements, Romantic Suspense

 Prioritizing career over family cost Brooke Metcalfe Mulroney everything—her relationship with her siblings, her marriage, her children. Written off by her family, she delves deeper into her work. Until a life-altering moment offers a chance at something she didn’t know she wanted—redemption. But her self-centered ways nip at her heels as she goes on the lam to do what she knows is right.

Former Special Forces operator and founder of MiLE, Cord Taggart wages war on human trafficking by taking the violence to the wicked, determined to never again let an innocent die because he did nothing. But maybe he’s bitten off more than he can chew this time as he works to track down New York City high-powered attorney Brooke Metcalfe, who is MIA. Then there’s her brothers who have threatened to chase him into the afterlife should he fail. 

Tricky are the hours as Cord negotiates many battles: freeing the captives, demolishing the Trench that has made millions off the skin-trade industry, and his growing, deep-rooted feelings for the bombshell in her highfalutin tower. Brooke must put her life—and heart—in the hands of the thick-skulled operator.

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Excerpt

“[Do] you know what happened, how you were injured?” the nurse asked.

“I …” She swallowed, remembering how close she’d come to getting caught. “A-a car. I was hit by a car. There …” Telling them she was being chased would only draw authorities, and she’d already tried that once. “I guess … I just wasn’t paying attention.”

“We will get X-rays.” The nurse tapped into a device as she noted the vitals—and that’s when Brooke noticed her name badge read Min in Mandarin.

To thwart the pain in her back, Brooke shifted—pain exploded through her side. Crying out, she stiffened.

“But first something for the pain,” the nurse said in faltering English. “Is there someone you want us to contact?”

“I—” Cradling her side and screwing up her face bought her a moment to think. Mark and the girls weren’t talking to her.

Her brothers …

“You absolutely cannot tell them.” Mazin’s voice reverberated across her conscience.

“No …” She had no one to help her. Not anymore. Yet a pair of steel gray eyes argued with that. Pleaded with her to call him, much like the dozen voicemails. “No. I’m alone.” She had endangered the kids and her relationship with Mazin, so bringing Cord Taggart into it would only make things worse.



Judgment came in the form of three brothers with more tactical experience than most of the men in this room combined. 

Cord had worked with each of them at one time or another, but he’d never had a gut-level reaction to seeing them enter a room.

Until now.

Maybe that was his guilty conscience quaking in its boots. 

He smoothed a hand over his beard, then up over his bald head as Canyon, Range, and Leif strode toward him with all the confidence and intensity of a pack of wolves prowling enemy territory. He inclined his head to the eldest of three who had lasered in on him.

“It’s been two days since she was taken,” Canyon stated flatly, his lips tight. "What do you know?”



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About the Author

Ronie Kendig

Ronie Kendig is a bestselling, award-winning author of over thirty books. She grew up an Army brat, and now she and her Army-veteran husband have returned to their beloved Texas after a nearly ten-year stint in the Northeast. They survive on Sonic runs, barbecue, and peach cobbler that they share--sometimes--with Benning the Stealth Golden. Ronie's degree in psychology has helped her pen novels of intense, raw characters.


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