In this contest where even knives and guns are fair game, sex may prove the most dangerous weapon of all. With five hundred grand up for grabs at the end of the battle royal, the stakes are high and the tension blazing.Ĭould the seemingly mild-mannered nice guy win it all? The cutthroat alpha female? The strongest or the smartest, the idealist or the cynic? It's anyone's guess as teams are undercut by alliances, loyalties tendered and tested, and passions enflamed by both affection and animosity. Welcome to The Ant Farm, a social study in the wilds of interior Alaska, documenting the dynamics between a dozen competitors as they take part in a series of physical and psychological face-offs. But when bottled-up desires hit this hard, this fast, after so long, the results are positively explosive.Seven days, seven challenges. And though they’re a recipe for disaster, the mutual attraction brewing between them is too tempting to deny. Raina is Miah’s polar opposite-she’s as hot-headed as he is self-possessed, as wild as he is steady. Except lately, Miah’s begun looking at his bartender differently. Miah is a man of simple pleasures-after a long day overseeing his family’s cattle ranch, a cool drink in his hand and a barstool under his backside are all he needs. Now in their thirties, their lives are changing, and so is the way Miah looks at Raina-a sizzling tension has begun to smolder, impossible to ignore. Jeremiah Church and Raina Harper have been close since they were kids, back when life was all about hot Nevada summers spent running wild on the backs of their motorcycles with their friends. The author of Give It All and Lay It Down reveals how it all started in this prequel novella to the Desert Dog series. If they want to have more than just an affair, both will have to open up and reveal what they truly need. But he can’t play the tough guy indefinitely. What Erin finds even more shocking than Kelly’s indecent proposal is how much she enjoys submitting to his every command. But she finds herself drawn to him anyway, even when he shows up at her door, not eager to take no for an answer. She’s seen firsthand, via her mess of a sister, what chaos guys like him can bring into a woman’s life. Kelly Robak is the type of guy that Erin has sworn she’d never get involved with.

Needing to move closer to her dysfunctional family, she takes a dangerous job at Larkhaven Psychiatric Hospital, where she quickly learns that she needs protection-and she meets the strong, over-confident coworker who’s more than willing to provide it.

A dangerous infatuation with a rough and ready man… Erin Coffey has been a nurse for years, but nothing’s prepared her for the physical and emotional demands of her new position.

Hard time by cara mckenna