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    Takedown (1Night Stand)
    Takedown (1Night Stand)
    Takedown (1Night Stand)
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    Takedown (1Night Stand)

    By Stacey Kennedy

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    U.S. Marshal Wyatt Tanning has been on the hunt for a killer on the run in Turks and Caicos. A week into the investigation, he has absolutely nothing to show for his efforts. Feeling defeated, he returns to the Castillo Resort to drown his frustrations. There he meets UFC fighter, Rye Daniels, the resort’s bartender.

    Rye recognizes a man who’s been beaten down, but he also senses a shared attraction that’s hard to ignore. Wyatt might not be ready to step out from behind the shadow of lies, but Rye will stop at nothing to unleash the beast within.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDecadent Publishing
    Release dateJun 6, 2011
    ISBN9781613330777
    Takedown (1Night Stand)
    Author

    Stacey Kennedy

    USA TODAY bestselling author Stacey Kennedy has written more than fifty romances. Her books are about real people with real-life problems, searching for that special thing we call love in a very sexy way. When she's not burning up the pages, she's living her happily-ever-after with her husband and two children in southwestern Ontario. She's a firm believer that wine, chocolate, and sinfully sexy books can cure all of life's problems.

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    • 2/5
      This is a short and, some will say, very hot story about a US Marshal, who is in denial of his sexuality, and a bartender, who is determined to bring it out in him.

      And therein lies the problem for me. Not only is there no emotional involvement between the two main characters (that would be perfectly understandbale in a story that is just about sex), but there is active animosity. The bartender almost forces himself on the Marshal. There is no regard for going slow, the sex is harsh to the point of being brutal and there is no enjoyment in it other than the physical release. Even the language reflects this, and tht really bothered me.

      If you're looking for a hot story with no emotional entanglements, you might like this one. Personally, I was hoping for a little more, based on the other 1 Night Stand stories I have read. But that's just me.

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    • 2/5
      This is exactly as the blurb says. One night of sex between two beautiful men. I usually need emotions involved, so it wasn't my cup of tea, but it didn't try to pretend to be anything other than what it said. I'd never read one of the Madame Eve stories, and I'll probably stop with this one.

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    Takedown (1Night Stand) - Stacey Kennedy

    Takedown

    By

    Stacey Kennedy

    A 1 Night Stand Story

    Smashwords Edition Copyright © 2011 by Stacey Kennedy

    ISBN: 978-1-61333-077-7

    Cover art by Fiona Jayde

    The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement (including infringement without monetary gain) is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.

    Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in, or encourage, the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

    This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

    All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work, in whole or in part, in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

    Published by Decadent Publishing Company, LLC

    Look for us online at:

    http://www.decadentpublishing.com

    ~DEDICATION~

    Big thanks to my editor, Valerie Mann, who has taught me so much about grammar in such a short time.

    Also, I have to send some love to Katrina Whittaker and Taryn Kincaid who won the contest to name my boys in this story.

    You ladies gave these men life!

    Chapter One

    Wyatt stretched in the leather seat of his rented truck. A week of chasing Katrina Whittaker had brought nothing but dead ends. His team of U.S. Marshals were strategically positioned at different hotspots in Turks and Caicos, yet the search resulted in them running in circles. She’d proven to be smart and didn’t stay in one place long.

    A murder in Houston, Texas resulted in a warrant for her arrest, and it was Wyatt’s job as Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal to bring Katrina home. Unfortunately, he couldn’t locate her. She had family in Turks and Caicos, and Wyatt’s team got word she’d fled the day her warrant had been issued. Wyatt still tried to understand how she’d made it to the Caribbean island without her passport or the ability to board an airplane, but he’d been in this game long enough to know anything was possible.

    Releasing a long deep sigh, Wyatt ran his hand over his tired face. Katrina had gotten under his skin and he couldn’t wait to slap handcuffs on her. Day and night, they’d set

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