Dauntless Indies: My Hero (Book Four)

BOOK: My Hero (Book Four)

SERIES: The Billionaire Salvation Series

AUTHOR: Bella Love-Wins

RELEASE DATE: January 12th, 2015

Hosted By: Book Empire Promotions

Add To Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24488794-my-hero

SYNOPSIS

Kate Samuel and billionaire Lieutenant Matt Lewis enjoyed a welcome escape from the criminals that want to see Kate dead.With their holiday cut short by more threats, Kate decides to face the music. Will she go again her billionaire boyfriend, and betray the one person who holds her dear to find her own peace of mind? Is Matt's protection enough to save her?

Find out by reading MY HERO, Book 4 of The Billionaire Salvation Series.

Note: This is the conclusion of the four-part serial. Stay tuned for more standalone and serial stories featuring Matt and Kate.

SERIES ORDER AND PURCHASE LINKS

Hero: (Free) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P8FU8UY

Hero For Me: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PYURJ50

Hero For Christmas: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QW656JQ

My Hero: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S77IPBE

EXCERPT

There was so little noise outside, it was

almost peaceful. No car horns. Barely any city traffic. No screaming people. Just

the rustling of a slight winter breeze that wove its way around the tall

buildings nearby. I closed my eyes and briefly took in the quiet. As great as

it was sitting in the safety of Matt’s comforting warmth, it wasn’t long before

my mind wandered back to George and Richard. They were out there somewhere.

“I’m going up to have a shower, okay?” I

told Matt.

“Sure. You’re worried about them, aren’t

you?”

“Yeah,” I answered. I pulled out of his

embrace and stood up to go back inside.

“You go ahead,” he said. He looked at his

watch. “I’ll wait until after dinner.”

I leaned down and kissed him, then went

inside and up to my room. I heard the elevator chime just before I closed my

door. It meant Matt would be busy, so I had some time. I took out the phone Matt

gave me, and the piece of paper I had used to scribble down the phone number. I

knew that eventually, Matt would find out what I was about to do. I looked at

the two items in my hand, and briefly wondered how much of Matt’s trust I was

about to strip away.

I thought that he’d just have to understand

that I had no choice but to do this. I opened the text application of the phone

and keyed in the number. I sent the simple text message.

This is Kate Samuel. What exactly do you

want from me? Do you have George and Richard Wilkinson? If you do, please let

them go.

I looked at the message and hesitated for a

short time. I quickly hit the send button and hoped I wasn’t making things

worse. There was no reply right away, so I tucked the phone and piece of paper

into my purse and went to the next room to find some clothes to change into

after my shower. I picked out a simple, two-piece cotton pajama pant set, and a

sweater and jeans to wear the next day. I took the things back to my room and

undressed in the room before going into the shower.

*********************

I left the bathroom and wore my towel to

get dressed in the bedroom. Fuck, I

thought as I walked into the room. I

really fucked up now.

Matt was standing beside the bed. My purse was open

on the bed and the phone he gave me was in the hand he held up to me.

“Why did you take out the phone?” I asked

as I towel-dried my hair. I was doing my best to be nonchalant.

“I came up here to call you down for

dinner,” he said. “The phone was ringing, so I answered.”

“Why did you do that?” Inside, my stress

was mounting. I was in deep shit.

“I just gave you the phone to use an hour

ago, Kate. I thought it was one of my staff or my assistant. I wasn’t going to

answer at first, but it kept ringing, so I did.”

“So who was it?” I asked, pretending to be

innocent.

“You know who it was, Kate,” he did nothing

to contain any of his disappointment or anger. “What have you done?”

“What did they say?” I could deal with his

anger another time. If they took the time to call back, there was a chance we

could bargain with them.

He could barely look at me.

“You just put us and your friends in more

danger, Kate.” So much for diplomacy and mincing words.

Hero

contempt.

“What do you mean?”

“The person on the other end said, ‘You can run but you can’t hide. You and your

bitch are dead

,’ then hung up and sent us a text with a picture of an

amputated finger.”

I gasped in horror. “You don’t think

it’s... ”

“I don’t know if they hurt your friends. I

called Bateman. Get dressed. He’s on his way over. I requested that he send

some officers to come and help my team keep watch.” He sat on the bed,

exasperated.

“I…I’m sorry, Matt,” I admitted.

All my hope was deflated. And I felt brand

new waves of guilt from my most recent transgression. I put on the sweater and

jeans, knowing I would probably not be sleeping anytime soon. I sat beside him,

hoping the proximity would help him understand why I did it.

“I thought I could help by trying…”

“You were wrong, Kate,” he said as he stood

and began pacing the floor. “You didn’t help. You did exactly what you promised

not to do only hours ago. Now they know where we are. And you’ve probably

compromised whatever the police may have intended to do.”

Matt’s own phone rang and he ignored it the

first time. When it rang again, he tilted it to see who was calling. It was his

security team leader. Detective Bateman

was downstairs.

DREAM

CAST

Kate Samuel – Shailene woodley

Matt Lewis – Chris Hemsworth

Detective Bateman – Chris Evans

George Wilkinson – Bruce Greenwood

Richard Wilkinson – Karl Urban

Chad Bridges – Chris Pine

Joy Carrington – Scarlett Johansson

ABOUT Bella Love-Wins

Bella is a fairly new writer. She enjoys new adult and contemporary romance based on her deepest fantasies.

She is twenty-three years old and works by day as a communications analyst in a small firm. She lives north of Toronto and dreams of moving to the small town of Grimsby, Ontario one day. She loves pets and cannot wait to have a Shih Tzu as a practice kid.