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C.S. Smith

C.S. Smith writes steamy romantic suspense featuring former special operators. She admits to having a thing for alpha males. The bigger and badder, the harder they fall! Her love of spine-tingling romance can be traced to her formative years in DC, surrounded by intrigue and handsome men in uniform—including the one she married. A native New Englander who has spent over half her life in North Carolina, she’s an empty nester, leaving only her husband and “faux” Golden Retriever at her mercy.

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Near Miss: A Wounded Hero Former Military Romantic Suspense (Dìleas Security Agency Book 1)

Near Miss: A Wounded Hero Former Military Romantic Suspense (Dìleas Security Agency Book 1)

He’s haunted by his past. She has a secret that could destroy his future. And falling for each other might get them both killed.After a mission in Afghanistan that cost him everything, former British SAS captain Lachlan Mackay doesn’t do trust—his ghosts won’t let him. As head of global security for LAI, Lachlan discovers someone is shipping US weapons to an Afghan warlord with Taliban ties and sees an opportunity to avenge the fallen.Until Sophia Russo walks into his life. She's sunshine to his storm, and makes him feel something he thought died years ago.Sophia’s new job at LAI comes with a secret mission: prove the head of global security is trafficking weapons to a warlord.But when she uncovers proof pointing directly at Lachlan, she doesn’t believe it. The haunted, honorable man who makes her pulse race every time he’s near isn’t a traitor.The moment she shows Lachlan the evidence and chooses to help him, she paints a target on her back. And Lachlan realizes the walls he built to keep everyone out just became the reason she’s in danger.She risked everything to believe in him. Now he’ll risk everything to keep her safe, unmask the real traitor, and prove that letting her in wasn’t a mistake—it was the only right choice he’s made in years. B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree and 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Award FinalistNear Miss is a slow-burn, wounded hero, grumpy-sunshine book one in C.S. Smith’s steamy military romantic suspense series featuring former special operators from the US and UK. Contains cursing, on the page sex, and violence. It can be read as a standalone and has a HEA.If you like alpha males, strong women, danger, and some spice in your romance, this is the story for you!

The Mission

The Mission

Three men. One betrayal. A brotherhood forged in blood and death. British Special Air Service Captain Lachlan Mackay’s newest deployment to Afghanistan is just like any other until he meets his beautiful Afghan translator. Nadia Haider reminds him of what he’s missing. Home. A family of his own. US Navy SEAL Lieutenant Nathan Long and his team are riding high on their successes. Not a single man lost this deployment, and he intends to keep it that way. He enjoys flirting with the Brits’ attractive translator just to get a rise out of his new SAS buddy Lachlan Mackay. Corporal Ryder Montague abandoned his aristocratic life to prove himself in the elite SAS. His job is to escort Nadia as she interacts with the female Afghan villagers. Nadia’s beauty masks a secret Ryder glimpses but can’t define. Or maybe that’s his jaded, broken heart misleading him. When Nadia tells Lachlan she has information on the whereabouts of Western hostages kidnapped by the Taliban, Lachlan and Nathan convince their commanding officers to green light a joint rescue mission. Determined to save innocents from the evil clutches of terrorists, all three men place their trust in one woman. Will it make them heroes? Or be their undoing. This novella is a background origin story that introduces the heroes of my military protector romantic suspense series, Dìleas Security Agency. Lachlan Mackay's story, NEAR MISS, Nathan Long's story, MISSING IN ACTION, and Ryder Montague's story, MISSED OPPORTUNITY, are available through Amazon (Kindle+, eBook, paperback, and audiobook) and in paperback and audiobook through other retailers.