Romance title: Checkmate

What's an alpha shape-shifting wolf to do when the woman pre-destined to be his mate no longer trusts men? After returning home from an eight-month security job, Eli Graham is ready to claim his best friend's little sister as his mate. He'd put it off for years, thinking he was doing the right thing by waiting. Instead of the stubborn, independent, carefree girl he left behind, Eli finds a shell of the woman he once knew. Having lived through a near fatal attack, Nikki Taylor has hidden herself away from the world. Now the time has come to face head-on the one man who could devastate her completely, Eli Graham. She's loved him forever, craves him, body, heart and soul, but he's never treated her as anything but a little sister. When Nikki witnesses a murder, she has no choice but to rely on Eli's expertise. While guarding her from the man bent on wiping out a witness, Eli shows Nikki that he'll not only protect her body, but he'll show her just what it means to be a wolf's mate. Warning, this title contains the following: hot, explicit sex, graphic violence and language, and is not for the faint of heart! See more like this in our Romance ebooks section

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Title of Romance ebook: Checkmate
ISBN: 9781599983264
parent-ISBN: 9781599986265
Romance ebooks Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 06-2009
Released online for download: 06-01-2009
Author of eBook: McKenna, Annmarie,

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Checkmate

Chapter One

Nikki tried to sleep, she really did, it just wasn't happening. The bed was too hard, the pillow too starchy, her shoulder burned like hell and she had to lie on her bad side. The one she'd never been able to sleep on, but had to now because she'd been shot on her good side. Skinned anyway. She'd hate to know what it felt like to actually be shot.

Shot. A murderer had shot at her because she'd seen him. Thank God it had only been a flesh wound. What he'd done to her friends was unconscionable. And he was still out there. Looking for her, if the police were correct in their assumption. Nikki sniffled and gripped the blanket tighter around her chin, knowing it wouldn't protect her from the man who'd tried to put a bullet through her head.

All night long she'd cried about the senseless waste of the lives of her friends. It didn't matter that she hadn't been around much in the better part of the last year. At one time they'd all been very close. Now they were gone and she'd never see them again. Would she ever see anything past the horrific end of their lives? A sob stuck in her t ... read full excerpt from: Checkmate ebook

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Title: Checkmate
Avg. Customer Review: 4 out of 5 stars

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1 of 2 people found the following eBook review helpful:
	2 06/24/2009
Reviewer: A viewer from Panama City, FL US
Another reader expressed that this was a good if not short story. I agree, and also feel that there could have been a little more to it, but all in all it was a good story. I wish there had been more background to the history of the characters.
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2 of 4 people found the following eBook review helpful:
	2 04/26/2009
Reviewer: A viewer from cleveland, TN US
I absolutely LOVE this book. It has some pretty real scenes in it. I think I cried during some parts but thats just me. But all and all I think everyone should read this book .
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16 of 22 people found the following eBook review helpful:
	2 02/18/2009
Reviewer: A viewer from Silverdale, WA US
Good read. I like a bit more paranormal/werewolf action but the love scenes were good and the killer development was sick.
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16 of 28 people found the following eBook review helpful:
	2 01/30/2009
Reviewer: A viewer from Sacramento, CA US
The story is underdeveloped, the sex is mechanical and the attempt at a murder mystery is a complete failure
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8 of 14 people found the following eBook review helpful:
	2 01/21/2009
Reviewer: JESS from ROMA, NA AU
With Mates book 2, Checkmate, Annmarie McKenna proves once again that she has a decided flair with romantic suspense as she weaves an intricate plot sure to keep you on the edge of your seat!I can't recommend this book highly enough. It had everything; a suspenseful plot, vivid characters, intriguing secondary characters, cunning bad guy, hunky alphas, and scorching hot love. What's an alpha shape-shifting wolf to do when the woman pre-destined to be his mate no longer trusts men? After returning home from an eight-month security job, Eli Graham is ready to claim his mate. Instead of the stubborn, independent, carefree girl he left behind, Eli finds a shell of the woman he once knew. Having lived through a near fatal attack, Nikki Taylor has hidden herself away from the world. Now the time has come to face head-on the one man who could devastate her completely, Eli Graham. She's loved him forever, craves him, body, heart and soul, but he's never treated her as anything but a little sister. When Nikki witnesses a murder, she has no choice but to rely on Eli's expertise. While guarding her from the man bent on wiping out a witness, Eli shows Nikki that he'll not only protect her body, but he'll show her just what it means to be a wolf's mate. This title contains the following: hot, explicit sex, graphic violence and language, and is not for the faint of heart!
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