by Taylor Lee
“It seems like we both have a lot to learn. Um… Can we get started now?”
His laugh was a joyful sound in her ears, and in her heart.
Epilogue
Gabe refused to sleep with Ana in her father’s house until they were married. Given that he could not bear to be without her, there was only one solution. By the time they arrived at Chao’s villa, the justice of the peace had been summoned. The only person who was not surprised was Chao. He met them at the door, his eyes dancing with glee. Gabe shook his head with a mock scowl.
“If this hadn’t been such a hell of an ordeal, Chao, I might think you’d engineered the whole damn thing, just to get me to take your haughty daughter off your hands.”
When Ana poked him in the ribs with a toss of her head, Gabe continued, “We both know what a handful she is.”
`Chao’s eyes danced. “Now, Gabriel, if you will remember, I gave you fair warning. I told you that Ana rules the people who love her with an iron hand.”
“So you did, Chao. And you’ve done a remarkable job of surviving her tempestuous ways. One small thing: From the first time I met her, which some day we will tell you about, I decided a little discipline would go a long way with this young woman. I’m more convinced than ever, that that is true.”
He flexed his fingers and twisted around to ogle her ass with a wicked grin. Everyone laughed, including Ana.
Ana tipped up her chin. “Humph. We’ll see about that.”
Gabe chuckled and pulled her close to him. “Yeah, Princess, we sure as hell will.”
~~~
That evening, the small group stood in front of the fireplace in Chao’s private quarters, and listened to Gabe and Ana exchange their marriage vows.
Gunnar and Eagle, the only family any of the three of them had, stood beside Gabe. Kai was weak, but able to stand for short periods of time. He and Chao were next to Ana. The brief ceremony took place beneath the portrait of Ana and Kai’s mother. Gabe saw Chao look at the portrait with a mix of sadness and joy in his eyes. Ana leaned over and kissed him.
“Mama would be happy, Father. She would fall for Gabe as hard as I have.”
Chao gave her a watery smile.
“I know that, Ana, and Gabe is right. I admit to doing a little engineering to bring you two together. But I talked it over with you mother. I’m sure we have her approval.”
From the distance of the years, Gabe felt her love and her blessing.
~~~
When Ana went to her room to change, Gabe, Gunnar and Eagle stayed behind to update Chao and Kai. The father and son listened, horrified, as Gabe described the scene at the country house. Gabe didn’t spare them any details. Chao’s face was gray with anger and Kai looked like a walking storm cloud.
After several minutes of silence, Chao said, “I only wish I had been the one to strike the match.”
Gabe nodded. “I think your daughter,” he added with a soft smile, “and my wife, would have fought you for the privilege, Chao.”
At that moment, Jing came to the door. She bowed low to Gabe and handed him a note. Gabe thanked her and smiled at the twinkle in her eyes.
He frowned when he opened the note, then grinned at the other men. He strode to the door and said over his shoulder, “I guess this is what happens when you marry, right, Chao? When you are summoned, you go.”
Gabe ran his hands through his hair and mumbled under his breath, “Even if she asks you to meet her in the barn.”
~~~
Gabe crossed the courtyard and headed to the barn. It was a beautiful night. He thought that Ana might want to ride to the canyons to celebrate their marriage. The door to the barn was closed. All the horses were in the stables and the barn was quiet when he entered.
He saw a low light across from the empty stall at the back and called out for Ana.
She answered from the shadows. “Lock the door, please, Gabe.”
He did so, then with a puzzled frown walked to where he heard her voice. He turned the corner and to his surprise, he saw Ana sitting at a table. She was dressed in her stable boy clothes; except that the top three buttons of her shirt were unbuttoned, revealing a tempting glimpse of pale lustrous skin. Her gleaming hair hung down her back and her black cowboy hat was perched at a jaunty angle. Her eyes were dancing. In the center of the table was a deck of cards and a pile of poker chips. Off to the side was a bottle of whisky and two glasses.
She gave him a mischievous smile, then lifted her ornate cigarette holder to her lips and took a deep drag. She blew the smoke up in the air and said in a husky voice, “Pull up a chair, cowboy. Unless the infamous Ace Angel is afraid he’s going to get beat.”
Gabe stared in astonishment at the sight but within seconds his errant prick jerked to attention. He suppressed a chuckle and sauntered over to the table hitching up his trousers to make room for his throbbing arousal.
“Before I accept your invitation, Ma’am, may I ask why we are in this unusual location?” He winked at her and added, “I’ve done a lot of things in a barn, but never played poker.”
Ana tossed her head. “It’s like this, Angel. I have a mixed memory of this barn. Some good, some bad. I want to erase the bad part and replace it with, shall we say, a different memory.”
She motioned to the chair across from her.
“How about it, Ace?” she said with an audacious grin at the bulge in his trousers. “Are you up for a game with a real woman, one who knows all your tells?”
Gabe met her gaze and sunk into the chair. He reached over and took one of her cigarettes and lit it. Leaning back in his chair, he blew the smoke up in the air and grinned at her. His voice was a low sexy growl. “Just so you know, Ma’am, I never play unless I know the stakes.”
Taking a drag off her cigarette, Ana reached down by her chair and picked up a coil of rope. She smacked it down on the table.
With a saucy tilt of her chin, she said. “This is what we are playing for, Angel. If you win, you get to decide what to do with this rope. If I win, I get to decide.”
A wicked grin tugged at the corner of his mouth. Gabe’s low chuckle rumbled through the shadows. He nodded to her, his eyes gleaming with lust.
“Shuffle up and deal, Princess. Game on.”
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Afterword
Thank you for reading The Bad Ass Brigade. This Sampler is chock full of characters I love. Hope you do too. Fire and Ice (Playing with Fire) Nights In White Satin (Big Girls Don’t Cry) and The D.C. Incident (The Moscow Affair) are part of my THREE full length Contemporary Sizzling Romantic Suspense series.
The theme of The Reckoning appears throughout my 4 Volume HOT Historical Suspense The Grandmaster’s Legacy. I hope this short story captures your heart and your outrage. The story is as pertinent today as it was in the late 1890’s. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face is a departure from my usual HOT romance—It is a short sweet tribute to Valentine’s Day.
And then there is Aces Wild Gabe (Angel) and Ana plus Eagle and Gunnar are the beginning of a series I will finish someday soon. My reader fans all beg me to write more books about these great guys. I agree. They are super HOT!
If you enjoyed The Bad Ass Brigade, do me a huge favor. Go back to www.Amazon.com, and please leave an honest review. Indie Authors live and die by their reviews. The few extra seconds it takes really helps us authors out. Thank you!
Other Works by Taylor Lee
Big Girls Don’t Cry
If you enjoyed The Bad Ass Brigade, be sure to check out Taylor Lee’s Best Selling Hot New Release in Romantic Suspense: Big Girls Don’t Cry
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“Sizzling Romantic Suspense at its best! As the danger rages, their passions flare!”
~KDR
“Taking down an international drug ring? Solving a vicious murder? All in a day’s work for the sexy special agent. Taming an irresistible woman as tough as she is beautiful? Now that’s another story!”
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“She’s an accomplished martial artist as fierce as she is beautiful. He sees the wounded woman beneath her tough exterior and is determined to protect her no matter how hard she resists.”
~ J. John
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In the Still of the Night
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“Dynamite sequel to the Bestselling Sizzling Romantic Suspense Big Girls Don’t Cry. WOW ! Didn’t know how anything could be as good as Big Girls Don’t Cry but Lexie and Jake up the ante in this super-HOT sequel. Romantic Suspense at its best!”
~SMT Reviews
“Lexie is in full crusader mode, determined to uncover the owners of the infamous San Francisco massage parlors. They call her the Blonde Barracuda. The press loves her, the politicians fear her, and the mob is out to get her!”
~RomanceReads
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Every Breath You Take
To be published March 2013
Third AND Final Full-Length Novel in the Lexie/Jake Trilogy
***The Action is HOT, the Romance is HOTTER!***
If you Love the Big Girls Don’t Cry series, grab the best-selling Taylor Lee “All Fired Up” series.
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If you enjoyed The Bad Ass Brigade’s Fire and Ice be sure to check out Taylor Lee’s Best Selling #1 Hot New Release in Romantic Suspense:
Playing With Fire
The #1 Hot New Release in Romantic Suspense AND Hard Boiled Mysteries
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“A bad-assed cop who flaunts every regulation falls for the beautiful rookie firefighter only to discover she is his #1 suspect in a double murder.”
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“A rookie firefighter escapes an abusive past only to find herself accused of setting the fire that kills her husband and his mistress. A heroine that will tug at your heartstrings and a hero that is as outrageous as he is irresistible.”
~RomanceReads
“Cops AND Firefighters? An alpha – male lovers delight. A SEXY kick-ass hero and a beautiful, vulnerable woman in a life and death face-off can’t resist their voracious appetite for each other. This is one SIZZLING romantic suspense!”
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Trial by Fire
Sequel to Playing with Fire
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“A bad-assed cop who flaunts every regulation finds himself the # 1 suspect in a vicious murder.”
~ J John
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~ Erotica Rocs
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The Moscow Affair
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“A dangerously elegant man, a beautiful feisty young woman, take on the evils of the international sex trade while exploring a passionately erotic world of their own.”
~J. Johnson
“From the Russian Mafia to the Human Trafficking Arena, this book captures the reader with the power and immediacy of today’s riveting headlines. Throw in a dynamite love story and you have Sizzling Romantic Suspense at its best.”
~KDR
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“Her father’s sins; her lover’s crime; their dangerous past comes back to threaten her. Only their cunning and bravery overcome the evil men out to wreak their revenge.”
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The Grandmaster’s Legacy
If you enjoyed Trial By Fire you’ll LOVE The Grandmaster’s Legacy Books 1-4,
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About the Author
I write Sizzling Romantic Suspense. My stories are the stories of my heritage. From the residue in my personal blender of mixed races, cultures and world views, my characters emerge. It comforts me to know that while evil slinks in the shadows, the “good guys” of the world sniff it out – and snuff it out.
You already know my stories are not your mama’s soft edged romances with swashbuckling heroes and blushing heroines. Heck no! These guys are arrogant alpha males and the feisty women who bring them to their knees – and vice versa… They fight hard, love hard and don’t mince words. They are dangerous men and women in dangerous times. Love, passion and ridding the world of evil? What’s not to like?
I am as real as the words on the page.
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The Bad Ass Brigade
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Table of Contents
Main Menu
Afterword
Other Works by Taylor Lee
Big Girls Don’t Cry – Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
In the Still of the Night –Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
Every Breath You Take – Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
Playing With Fire – Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
Trial by Fire – Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
The Moscow Affair – Contemporary Sizzling Romantic Suspense
The Grandmaster’s Legacy – 4 Volume Specially Priced Box Set
About the Author
Contact Information
Copyright
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Fire and Ice
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
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Nights in White Satin
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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The D.C. Incident
Prologue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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nbsp; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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The Reckoning
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Aces Wild
Prologue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | Epilogue