“Sexy, sweet and heartfelt, Annabeth Albert's Out of Uniform series is
a fresh take on Navy SEALs that will delight and entertain romance readers.”
--Layla
Reyne, author of the Agents Irish and Whisky series.
Title: Tight Quarters
Series: Out of Uniform #6
Publisher: Carina Press
Release Date: ebook: July 9, 2018 | print: July 31, 2018
Subgenre: M/M Contemporary Military
Romance
Book Synopsis: Petty Officer Bacon, a
navy SEAL and ace sharpshooter, has been on the front lines of more than his
fair share of dangerous ops. Yet when a minor injury relegates him to the beta
team, he’s tasked with what may be his riskiest assignment yet: the silver fox
journalist he’s babysitting is the hottest, most charismatic man he’s ever
encountered.
Award-winning journalist Spencer Bryant may have been named
one of Pride magazine’s most eligible bachelors of the year, but he’s not
looking to change his relationship status. He’s a consummate professional who
won’t risk his ethics or impeccable reputation by getting involved with a
source. Even a sexy-as-hell military man. But while Spencer can resist his
physical attraction to Bacon, he has less control over his emotions—especially
when the mission goes sideways and the two men are trapped alone.
Getting out of the jungle alive turns out to be easy
compared to facing the truth about their feelings for one another back in the
real world. And whether or not they can build a future is a different story
altogether.
This book is approximately 82,000 words
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Excerpt:
"Meet Spencer the Silverfox Reporter
Hero"
As he followed Bacon out of the
dining facility, he didn’t regret being open about Greg to the team. He’d never
really been in the closet, but he’d spent too many years when he was younger
watching his words, worrying about what others might think. Screw that. Life
was far too short to hide, and besides, it was bound to come up at some point
the next few weeks. Better to just get it out in the open now.
But Petty Officer Bacon did not seem to
agree, all but glowering as he stomped ahead.
“You okay with walking or should I get a
Jeep?” he barked at Spencer. Damn. He’d thought Bacon was the open-minded one
of the group, but he was sure as hell acting put out.
“Totally fine with walking. Listen, if you
have a problem with me—”
“I don’t.” A muscle worked in his jaw.
“You don’t like me,” Spencer said bluntly.
Speaking of getting things out in the open, they needed to address this now. If
Bacon was to be his handler, it benefited them both to not have an actively
hostile relationship.
“I’d like you a lot better on any team other
than mine,” Bacon shot back as he sped up his walking pace. “And at the risk of
inflating what has to be a Super Duty size ego, I’m a fan of your writing
stuff. But you’re the last thing my team needs.”
“You’re a fan?” Spencer couldn’t help but smile.
“Knew that would be the part you focused on,”
Bacon grumbled. “You’re not a bad writer, okay? But we don’t need a reporter—any
reporter—potentially fucking up our mission. And if you tell the LT I said
that—”
“I won’t,” Spencer promised before Bacon could
finish his threat. “I get your reservations, I do. But just give me a chance,
okay? I’m not out to make you or your buddies look bad.”
“Why do you want this assignment anyway?”
Bacon demanded. They were passing nondescript buildings and carefully manicured
grounds, but Bacon didn’t slow down and point out the sights to Spencer,
instead marching on.
“My book about injured vets sold well. My
publisher would like to see more like that from me, and this was an easy
freelance pitch to my old paper for the feature piece, so there’s that.”
Spencer tried for light, which only made Bacon glower more. He was going to
just leave it at that, let Bacon frown himself into next week, but then some of
the truth spilled out. “I saw a number of spec ops guys in my research at
Walter Reed. It got me intrigued about how modern warfare operates out in the
field. And then one of them died last year. Felt like maybe I owed it to him to
pursue this story, jump through all the PR hoops to make it happen.”
“He died in the line of duty?” Bacon sounded
marginally less combative.
“No. Suicide.” The word hurt, almost like it
scraped his throat on the way out, and his voice was unnaturally rough. Bacon
went pale and slowed his pace.
“Fucking sucks,” he said with far more
feeling than Spencer would have expected.
“Yeah, it does,” Spencer agreed. It did
fucking suck, no two ways about it. Even now, his back went slick with sweat,
stomach full of guilt and dread, as he remembered that awful phone call from
Harry’s wife. But nothing would be served by telling Bacon how Harry’s death
had utterly gutted him, so he kept his voice even. “But he saw things that few
people ever do. And those stories, they feel…significant.”
Bacon was silent a long time, plodding along,
looking down at his feet.
“I get it,” he said at last.
“But not gonna lie, wish they’d assigned you elsewhere. Rangers, maybe.”
About Annabeth Albert:
Annabeth Albert grew up sneaking romance novels under
the bed covers. Now, she devours all subgenres of romance out in the open—no
flashlights required! When she’s not adding to her keeper shelf, she’s a multi-published
Pacific Northwest romance writer. The
#OutOfUniform series joins her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite LGBTQ romance #Gaymers, #PortlandHeat and
#PerfectHarmony series.
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Emotionally complex, sexy, and funny
stories are her favorites both to read and to write. Annabeth loves finding
happy endings for a variety of pairings and is a passionate gay rights
supporter. In between searching out dark heroes to redeem, she works a
rewarding day job and wrangles two active children.
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