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Authors: Laramie Briscoe
Tags: #Romance, #MC, #Fiction, #love
Shield My Heart (Heaven Hill Book 9)
Heaven Hill Series #9
Laramie Briscoe
Copyright © 2016 Laramie Briscoe
Kindle Edition
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Edited by:
Lindsay Gray Hopper
Cover Art by: Kari Ayasha,
Cover to Cover Designs
Proofread by: Dawn Bourgeois
Beta Read by: Keyla Handley & Danielle Wentworth
Formatting: Paul Salvette,
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The Heaven Hill Series
Meant To Be
Out of Darkness
Losing Control
Worth The Battle
Dirty Little Secret
Second Chance Love
Rough Patch
Beginning of Forever
Home Free
Back to The Beginning
Shield My Heart
The Rockin’ Country Series
Only The Beginning
One Day at A Time
The Price of Love
Full Circle
Hard To Love
The Red Bird Trail Trilogy
Flagger
Collision
In Tune
Stand Alone
Sketch
Sass
Coming Soon
A Heaven Hill Christmas (November 2016)
Moonshine Taskforce Series (2017)
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This is the last book of the ‘original series’ for Heaven Hill and I have to say, I’m really emotional about it. When I started writing the series, I was at the lowest part of my life, just hoping that maybe this would turn it around. I had a dream that I wanted to make come true, and in my head if I could finish “Meant To Be” maybe it would happen.
And wow, did it ever!
My life changed in so many ways thanks to one little book and the huge amount of people that came into my life because of it. For those of you that started with “Meant To Be” and now you’re here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I couldn’t have done any of this without the readers who’ve loved Liam, Tyler, and the rest of the guys so much. I hope I’ve brought it back around from Liam and Denise full circle to Mandy and Dalton. From one single mom, to the daughter who’s prepared to be a single mom. I hope I did it justice!
Allison: You’ve listened to me from the beginning and you’ve always held my hand (figuratively and literally sometimes) when life has been too much. I don’t think any two people have cried more than us in Barnes & Noble, but what amazing ideas and books we got out of those sessions!
Kari: You’ve become SUCH a great friend to me. I never imagined when I sent an email about someone making a cover that you would become such an important person in my life. Thank you so much for always being you and making me laugh. I treasure our conversations!
Dee: I love our daily conversations and you’ve done amazing things for my writing career whether you know it or not. I appreciate all the things you do for me, and thank you for keeping me company at all the signings over the past year. Whether you know it or not, you’ve made me a much more outgoing person.
Dawn: I am so thankful to have met you, and to have been able to hang out with you on a couple of occasions. One day I’m going to take you up on that trip to NOLA!
Slick: Thank you for giving me the courage to do this. You may not know, but the advice you gave me has stayed with me from the moment you read my book. I wasn’t sure whether I would really go through with it, until you read it and told me you liked it. You’ve been a great supporter and I’m thankful for it.
April: I’ll never forget me sitting in Panera with a notebook telling you this is what I really, really wanted to do, and you looked at me with a giggle and a smile on your face and said go for it. With you as my friend, I don’t think I can ever really look back on things I say I’m going to do. You totally keep me honest.
Shellie: Thank you for the long walks in the beginning and being the first person, besides Allison, in my real life to read this. Your words back then have carried me through a lot of hard times when I felt like I wanted to give up
Danielle: Thank you for coming into my life and helping shape the type of writer I am now. Your bluntness, your excitement, and your ideas have done more for me than anyone else. You’re my toughest sell on anything I write, but I know you’re honest, and I appreciate the hell out of that!
Family and Friends: You all have given up countless hours. Some of you have come with me to signings and have seen the craziness that this life brings with it, and you love it just as much as I do. Thank you for always being understanding when I can’t go to dinner because the characters are talking!
Readers: Without you…..I wouldn’t be here. This is for you and I thank you so much for following along with the Heaven Hill Crew. While this is the last book in the original series, there will be the Christmas Box Set, and a spin off series for the kids. But know y’all made THIS SERIES so damn special!
With love,
Laramie
Sneak Peek of Heaven Hill Christmas
Daughter
Sister
Mother to be
The Heaven Hill MC has always been a safe place for Mandy Walker. Since being adopted by the President, she and her twin brother have been able to count on them for anything. The ragtag group of men and the women who love them became the family the twins never had.
Having grown up under their protection, she’s finding it hard not to run to them with the problems she has now. One reckless night with her love of more than ten years resulted in one positive pregnancy test.
The problem?
Mandy is faced with a dilemma she never thought she’d fall victim to; being a single mother, just like her mom was until Liam Walker came into their lives.
Best Friend
Member of the Heaven Hill MC
Terrified of not breaking the cycle of his childhood
Dalton Barnett knew the moment he kissed Mandy’s lips as a teenager that she was the only one for him. Taking her for granted has been easy because she’s always been there. She’s the only person who’s ever given love to him unconditionally.
When a calculated attack devastates Heaven Hill, Dalton, Mandy, and their unborn child are at the epicenter. Dalton must make decisions to keep his small family safe. Before anything worse can happen, he knows he must shield their hearts.
‡Prologue
M
andy Walker held her breath as tightly as she held the cell phone in her hand. Hours ago she’d texted her boyfriend, Dalton, telling him she’d just found out she was pregnant with their child—four weeks along to be exact. What she had assumed was a lingering case of the stomach flu would instead result in a living, breathing human in thirty-six weeks if the doctor was to be believed. And today, Mandy believed it. She’d been sick since she lifted her head off her pillow that morning. With clarity, she remembered how her mom had been when pregnant with Tatum and offered up a small prayer that she wouldn’t be as sick as that for the whole pregnancy. There had been a few ER visits and plenty days where Denise couldn’t function except to be sick and then go back to sleep.
In her other hand, she held the prescription the doctor had given her to ward off some of the nausea. She was going to take it when she got home, and the warning on it said she might get sleepy. Sleep would be welcome at this point. Trying to reach Dalton one more time, she texted again.