Expendable - Softcover
After a bitter fight, Jenna Mosier's pregnant sister ran away. Now, ten years later, Tanya is dead—murdered. A bloody note clutched in her hand pleads for someone to rescue her baby—a child Jenna must find to make up for not saving her sister. Former Marine Reed Adler thought he left danger behind when he retired from Special Ops command. But faced with a dead body and a terrified ten-year-old boy in his backyard—and a mesmerizing woman who’s tied to both—Reed finds himself pulled into his most complex mission yet. Ensnared in a dangerous mystery involving biogenetics research and children with no identities, Jenna and Reed must rely on each other for survival. Yet the closer they get to danger, the more intense their feelings for each other become. The cost of saving her nephew may be their hearts...and their lives.
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From the Author:
The Story Behind Expendable
I believe all authors insert something of their own life experiences into their novels. In the case of romance, our heroes and heroines are sharing their most hidden wounds and most intimate thoughts with the reader. For me, my stories are a conglomeration of many incidents over time, frequently combined with current events. I call it "mashup" story development.
The original idea for EXPENDABLE actually came from an incident early in my own life. Because of cervical cancer in my early 20's I was never able to have children. Several decades ago someone very close to me offered for me to take her unborn child. She was not married, poor, and could not support a baby. Unknown to her, I was getting divorced and I didn't feel emotionally or financially able to take the baby. Fortunately, she decided to keep the baby and I have had the privilege of watching him grow up and become a wonderful young man.
When I remarried, I had the great fortune to inherit two amazing step-sons. When I began writing this book, the oldest was returning to Iraq for his second tour. After hearing only a few stories about his first tour, I was scared to death he would come home with PTSD. That is why the hero of my story has PTSD. Again, fortunately, our son came home without injury (physical or mental) and is now in law school.
While our son was in Iraq, there was a lot of news about stem cell research and whether it was ethical to use cells from aborted fetuses to do the research. That was the final piece that tied together my story. Now I had a heroine with an impossible choice from her pregnant sister, a former-Marine hero with PTSD, a murder, a child with no identity, and biogenetic experiments. A "mashup" made for romantic suspense and one I hope you can't put down until you get to the very end.
In addition to the reviews already listed, here are what two additional reviewers have been said about the book. Check out the full review on the linked sites.
"Wow! I was breathless trying to keep up with the action in Expendable...Expendable is a wild ride, especially after you learn what is considered expendable. No, I'm not giving that away. A truly frightening villain makes this a fantastic story. If you're in to mysteries and romance, this is definitely a keeper."5 hearts from Kathy F. at The Romance Studio
"...a world that is crazy enough to exist in today's world! It is a scary thought but makes for great page turning, sit on the edge of your chair, Suspense! I am a huge fan of Romantic Suspense and Expendable delivers just what a reader wants. Jenna and Reed are characters that are flawed and human and there are supporting characters that I hope just might find their own stories! Go grab a copy today!"5 coffee cups from Matilda at Coffee Time Romance
" Expendable was such a fantastic read that I wasn't able to stop. I read the whole book in one sitting and found myself often sharing parts with others around me. I hope that there is more to come by Maggie Jaimeson and certainly more with these characters!" -- M Dobson at Sizzling Hot Book Reviews - 5 hearts
From the Inside Flap:
I believe all authors insert something of their own life experiences into their novels. In the case of romance, our heroes and heroines are sharing their most hidden wounds and most intimate thoughts with the reader. For me, my stories are a conglomeration of many incidents over time, frequently combined with current events. I call it "mashup" story development.
The original idea for EXPENDABLE actually came from an incident early in my own life. Because of cervical cancer in my early 20's I was never able to have children. Several decades ago someone very close to me offered for me to take her unborn child. She was not married, poor, and could not support a baby. Unknown to her, I was getting divorced and I didn't feel emotionally or financially able to take the baby. Fortunately, she decided to keep the baby and I have had the privilege of watching him grow up and become a wonderful young man.
When I remarried, I had the great fortune to inherit two amazing step-sons. When I began writing this book, the oldest was returning to Iraq for his second tour. After hearing only a few stories about his first tour, I was scared to death he would come home with PTSD. That is why the hero of my story has PTSD. Again, fortunately, our son came home without injury (physical or mental) and is now in law school.
While our son was in Iraq, there was a lot of news about stem cell research and whether it was ethical to use cells from aborted fetuses to do the research. That was the final piece that tied together my story. Now I had a heroine with an impossible choice from her pregnant sister, a former-Marine hero with PTSD, a murder, a child with no identity, and biogenetic experiments. A "mashup" made for romantic suspense and one I hope you can't put down until you get to the very end.
In addition to the reviews already listed, here are what two additional reviewers have been said about the book. Check out the full review on the linked sites.
"Wow! I was breathless trying to keep up with the action in Expendable...Expendable is a wild ride, especially after you learn what is considered expendable. No, I'm not giving that away. A truly frightening villain makes this a fantastic story. If you're in to mysteries and romance, this is definitely a keeper."5 hearts from Kathy F. at The Romance Studio
"...a world that is crazy enough to exist in today's world! It is a scary thought but makes for great page turning, sit on the edge of your chair, Suspense! I am a huge fan of Romantic Suspense and Expendable delivers just what a reader wants. Jenna and Reed are characters that are flawed and human and there are supporting characters that I hope just might find their own stories! Go grab a copy today!"5 coffee cups from Matilda at Coffee Time Romance
" Expendable was such a fantastic read that I wasn't able to stop. I read the whole book in one sitting and found myself often sharing parts with others around me. I hope that there is more to come by Maggie Jaimeson and certainly more with these characters!" -- M Dobson at Sizzling Hot Book Reviews - 5 hearts
Jenna lifted up the blanket and gasped. "What the hell?" She was in only her underwear and an oversized T-shirt, not her own. No bra. No dress. No stockings.
"You bastard! What did you do to me? Where are my clothes?"
He slowly pulled a chair up to the bedside and she scrambled to the farthest corner away from him, wrapping the sheet around her. His dark brown eyes invited confidences, but she wasn't in the mood for sharing.
"I'm not going to hurt you--believe me. If I'd wanted to hurt you, you wouldn't be talking to me now." He patted the pillow where her head had been. "Please, relax. Come back and we can talk."
"I'll stay right here, thank you." Jenna edged a leg over the side and eyed the door. If he made one move toward her, she'd drop the sheet and run like hell. She didn't care if she was half naked; it would be better than being raped.
"Start talking," she said. "What happened after you hit me on the head?"
"I didn't hit you on the head."
"Right, and you didn't kill Tanya, and you didn't take her baby." She stared at him, her teeth clenched. She could bite him too, if she had to.
"Who's Tanya?"
"As if you didn't know, you murdering bastard."
"You bastard! What did you do to me? Where are my clothes?"
He slowly pulled a chair up to the bedside and she scrambled to the farthest corner away from him, wrapping the sheet around her. His dark brown eyes invited confidences, but she wasn't in the mood for sharing.
"I'm not going to hurt you--believe me. If I'd wanted to hurt you, you wouldn't be talking to me now." He patted the pillow where her head had been. "Please, relax. Come back and we can talk."
"I'll stay right here, thank you." Jenna edged a leg over the side and eyed the door. If he made one move toward her, she'd drop the sheet and run like hell. She didn't care if she was half naked; it would be better than being raped.
"Start talking," she said. "What happened after you hit me on the head?"
"I didn't hit you on the head."
"Right, and you didn't kill Tanya, and you didn't take her baby." She stared at him, her teeth clenched. She could bite him too, if she had to.
"Who's Tanya?"
"As if you didn't know, you murdering bastard."
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- PublisherThe Wild Rose Press, Inc. (Crimson Rose)
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 160154961X
- ISBN 13 9781601549617
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages274
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