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    SWAT Chronicles: One Tough Cop
    SWAT Chronicles: One Tough Cop
    SWAT Chronicles: One Tough Cop
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    SWAT Chronicles: One Tough Cop

    By Dahlia Rose

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    Maxwell Kincaid had worked in the NYPD long enough that most things didn’t surprise him anymore. The detective, who preferred to work alone, admitted to himself long ago that he was jaded. So when he was called out to a hostage situation at a women’s shelter in the middle of the night it was another job that kept him out of his warm bed. He heard the sobs behind the maniacal screaming of the hostage taker and the woman begging for help pleading for the life of her unborn child that fell on deaf ears. This struck a chord in him, and Max was determined to save everyone, to save her. In the midst of the chaos, after storming the house, Max delivered Nicole Henry’s baby. From the time he looked into Nicole’s eyes and the face of the newborn, something shifted in him. He wanted to show her that every man wasn’t cruel and didn’t use his hands to abuse. Max was never one to believe in love at first sight, but the feeling hit him like a lightning bolt. Nicole and the baby needed tender loving care, and he was the man to give them the love they needed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDahlia Rose
    Release dateOct 18, 2013
    ISBN9781939151919
    SWAT Chronicles: One Tough Cop
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    Dahlia Rose

    Dahlia Rose is the best-selling author of contemporary, military and paranormal romance with a hint of Caribbean spice. She was born and raised on a Caribbean island and now currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her five kids, who she affectionately nicknamed “The Children of the Corn,” and her biggest supporter and longtime love. She has a love of erotica, dark fantasy, sci-fi, and the things that go bump in the night. With over six dozen books published Dahlia has become a reader favorite. Not only because of her writing but her vivacious attitude in talking to her fans online and at various events. Books and writing are her biggest passions, and she hopes to open your imagination to the unknown between the pages of her books. http://hearttoheartwithdahliarose.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/author.dahliarose www.twitter.com/dahliarose1029

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    SWAT Chronicles - Dahlia Rose

    One Tough Cop

    SWAT Chronicles

    Published by Dahlia Rose at Smashwords

    www.authordahliarose.com

    Copyright © October 2013 Dahlia Rose

    Cover Art by For The Muse Design

    ISBN 978-1-939151-91-9

    This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Chapter One

    Of course it had to be a night where the rain poured down in sheets and the Jets were on TV that he was called in. Maxwell got out of the precinct at seven o’clock, and after picking up Italian take-out from his favorite restaurant he planned to sit in his leather recliner, watch the Jets, and drink a beer or two. It wasn’t even the first quarter and his cell phone rang. They needed him for a hostage situation at a women’s shelter, which set an edge to his teeth right away. He had very little patience for men who put their hands on women. Even less for men who’d break into a safe haven that the women could go to when they got brave enough to leave. Max shrugged into his leather coat on the hook by the door, then picked up his black duffle bag from by the door where it always sat, ready and packed. He hadn’t even had time to get his boots off. In the Army they were his shit kickers, but now in the NYPD he kicked a different kind of shit. Regardless of whether it was two in the afternoon or two in the morning, he’d be up and ready when the call came. He was part of one of the finest units in the country, there was nothing like the New York police department SWAT team.

    Damn, and it was supposed to be a good game too.

    The shelter was in lower Manhattan, close to One Police Plaza where he worked. He knew it was there kind of off-handedly. The director had come in one day and told them they had to take a course in handling the victims. Most of those women were so bruised that the sight of a man made them flinch. But the shelter was in a secret location, and not even the women knew where it was half the time until they were taken there and given a safe place to stay.

    Haven Hope was the name of the facility, but there wasn’t a sign announcing the fact. It was a three-story brick building donated by some big corporation and renovated with hotel-style rooms to give the women privacy. The sanctuary also had communal eating and living areas for everyone to share and give a sense of family.

    He was supposed to negotiate with the bastard inside, but what he really wanted to do was to go in there and beat his face in with the butt of his gun. Max made no bones about it and felt no remorse. He hated abusive men. He pulled up to the scene and his partner was waiting. They’d been friends for years and now they were partners as well. Jones wasn’t a pretty man, he reminded Max of a troll doll, down to the curly red hair. But he was a husband and a father of three. Apparently Jackie saw something in that ugly mug to love. Make no bones about it, when Jones was on the job he was a mean-ass cop. Flashing red and blues and big floodlights lit the scene and as he suited up Jones filled him in.

    What’s the low down? Max pulled his vest over his head and then fit an earpiece in his ear.

    Guy walked in there looking for his wife and kid. Jones chewed on the end of a straw, his usual habit that drove Max crazy. She’s not even here, she’s upstate with her sister and moving to Maine to be away from this asshole. He didn’t take no for an answer and the director managed to get most of the women and children out. But the director is in there with another woman, nine months pregnant, ready to drop the kid any day now.

    Shit, Max muttered. How many entrances and exits?

    One main entrance and a back door, a side entrance, and the fire escape up the side to windows on each floor. He has them on the first floor so we can breach through the fire escape if necessary, Jones explained. We’ve got eyes on him through fiber optics. The doors aren’t wired and neither is he, not the smartest tool in the shed. He just picked up a gun and went in. He’s got it pointed to the stomach of the pregnant woman. The director is tied to a chair and she’s been hit a few times.

    Max nodded and cracked his neck. Let’s do this.

    Together they ran from his car to the SWAT tactical truck that was parked close by the building. He sat in his seat and psyched himself up to be the negotiator, the one who had all the answers and everything the perp needed. Until every option was run through he’d be the guy’s best friend, his confessor, his priest, whatever the fuck he needed. Then if it went bad, he would be justice and he’d do whatever was necessary to get the hostages to safety.

    Max picked up the telephone and played the game. The phone rang and hung up a dozen times before he got the guy to answer. When he did, he listened to the screamed threats and the demands silently until the guy ran out of breath. It was only then that he spoke, making sure he’d be heard clearly.

    Hey guy, calm down. I’m Sergeant Max Kincaid and I’m here to get you out of this mess. Are you good, do you need something to eat, maybe a six pack of beer? Max laughed casually and took a breath. I had two cold ones and the Jets game on when this call came in so I know the feeling if you do. He stopped and listened to the screaming again, only speaking when he had silence. Let me help you, buddy, so start from the beginning. Who are you looking for?

    He’d begun the dance, all the while assessing the situation for if and when it went ugly. In the background he could hear the sobs of a terrified woman and her pleas. Don’t hurt my baby, please. Then and there he

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