Page 45 of Jason Bourne (Seals on Fraiser Mountain #7)

Zoe

Later that night, long after Harris was locked away, I stood outside the precinct, stretching the stiffness from my shoulders. A shadow moved at the edge of the lot, and I didn’t need to look twice.

“Forest Reed,” I said, crossing my arms.

He stepped into the light, calm, steady, dangerous in the quiet way he always was. “Detective Brewer.”

“You stalking me now?”

“Making sure you got back safe.” His gaze held mine, dark and unreadable. “That’s all.”

I laughed under my breath, shaking my head. “Right. Safe.”

But when he started to walk away, something twisted low in my stomach. I told myself it was nothing—just leftover adrenaline, just lust, just bad timing.

And yet…my pulse didn’t settle until he was gone.

I exhaled, staring at the city lights, knowing one truth I’d never admit out loud.

Forest Reed was going to be trouble.

The kind of trouble I’d never be able to walk away from.

She swore it was only lust.

He knew it was everything.

Detective Zoe Brewer has built her life on grit, instinct, and walls no man has ever been able to climb. But when her hunt for a cartel kingpin collides with the quiet, dangerous strength of Forest Reed—a former SEAL who’s made Frasier Mountain his home—those walls start to crack.

One stolen night in a closet should have been nothing but heat and adrenaline. Zoe convinces herself it was just bad timing, just release, just a mistake she’ll never repeat. Forest knows better. He’s waited once, and he’ll wait again—because the fire between them isn’t temporary.

But when Zoe’s case puts a target on her back, and Forest refuses to let her fight alone, the line between lust and love blurs faster than either of them are ready for.

On Frasier Mountain, some battles are fought with bullets. Others are fought with hearts. And Zoe Brewer is about to learn that the most dangerous mission of all…is surrender.

First Look: Forest Reed & Zoe Brewer