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  He reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out the small ring box he’d been carrying around for days. Then he dropped to one knee while Libby gasped. Her hands flew to her mouth. “Oh my god.”

  He held the box up in both hands like a knight supplicant. “My lady, I could think of nowhere better to ask you to be my wife than in a medieval city. Will you marry me, Liberty Grace King?”

  She reached for the box with trembling fingers. He popped it open to reveal the perfect oval diamond set in a band of platinum and smaller diamonds that he’d painstakingly picked out. Not too big, not too small. Perfectly Libby, or so he hoped.

  Maddy, Tallie, and Angie had assured him it was the right one. So had Libby’s cousin, Merry. He liked Merry, and she’d proved she could keep secrets if the way Libby was looking at him was any indication.

  “Jared,” she whispered. “Yes. Of course, yes. A million times yes!”

  Someone whooped in the garden behind them, and Jared realized they had an audience. Ah well, why not?

  He stood and slipped the ring on her finger, and then he crushed her to him and kissed her with his entire heart and soul. She kissed him back with everything she had, and he knew this was right. So very right.

  Jared Fraser was getting married. And he couldn’t be happier about it.

  Books by Lynn Raye Harris

  HOT Heroes for Hire: Mercenaries

  Black’s Bandits

  Book 1: BLACK LIST - Jace & Maddy

  Book 2: BLACK TIE - Brett & Tallie

  Book 3: BLACK OUT - Colt & Angie

  Book 4: BLACK KNIGHT - Jared & Libby

  Book 5: BLACK HEART - Ian Black!!

  The Hostile Operations Team Ⓡ Books

  Book 0: RECKLESS HEAT

  Book 1: HOT PURSUIT - Matt & Evie

  Book 2: HOT MESS - Sam & Georgie

  Book 3: HOT PACKAGE - Billy & Olivia

  Book 4: DANGEROUSLY HOT - Kev & Lucky

  Book 5: HOT SHOT - Jack & Gina

  Book 6: HOT REBEL - Nick & Victoria

  Book 7: HOT ICE - Garrett & Grace

  Book 8: HOT & BOTHERED - Ryan & Emily

  Book 9: HOT PROTECTOR - Chase & Sophie

  Book 10: HOT ADDICTION - Dex & Annabelle

  Book 11: HOT VALOR - Mendez & Kat

  Book 12: HOT ANGEL - Cade & Brooke

  Book 13: HOT SECRETS - Sky & Bliss

  Book 14: HOT JUSTICE - Wolf & Haylee

  Book 15: HOT STORM - Mal ~ Coming Soon!

  The HOT SEAL Team Books

  Book 1: HOT SEAL - Dane & Ivy

  Book 2: HOT SEAL Lover - Remy & Christina

  Book 3: HOT SEAL Rescue - Cody & Miranda

  Book 4: HOT SEAL BRIDE - Cash & Ella

  Book 5: HOT SEAL REDEMPTION - Alex & Bailey

  Book 6: HOT SEAL TARGET - Blade & Quinn

  Book 7: HOT SEAL HERO - Ryan & Chloe

  Book 8: HOT SEAL DEVOTION - Zach & Kayla

  The HOT Novella in Liliana Hart’s MacKenzie Family Series

  HOT WITNESS - Jake & Eva

  7 Brides for 7 Brothers

  MAX (Book 5) - Max & Ellie

  7 Brides for 7 Soldiers

  WYATT (Book 4) - Max & Ellie

  7 Brides for 7 Blackthornes

  ROSS (Book 3) - Ross & Holly

  Who’s HOT?

  Alpha Squad

  Matt “Richie Rich” Girard (Book 0 & 1)

  Sam “Knight Rider” McKnight (Book 2)

  Kev “Big Mac” MacDonald (Book 3)

  Billy “the Kid” Blake (Book 4)

  Jack “Hawk” Hunter (Book 5)

  Nick “Brandy” Brandon (Book 6)

  Garrett “Iceman” Spencer (Book 7)

  Ryan “Flash” Gordon (Book 8)

  Chase “Fiddler” Daniels (Book 9)

  Dex “Double Dee” Davidson (Book 10)

  Commander

  John “Viper” Mendez (Book 11)

  Deputy Commander

  Alex “Ghost” Bishop

  Echo Squad

  Cade “Saint” Rodgers (Book 12)

  Sky “Hacker” Kelley (Book 13)

  Dean “Wolf” Garner (Book 14)

  Malcom “Mal” McCoy (Book 15)

  Jake “Harley” Ryan (HOT WITNESS)

  Jax “Gem” Stone

  Noah “Easy” Cross

  Ryder “Muffin” Hanson

  SEAL Team

  Dane “Viking” Erikson (Book 1)

  Remy “Cage” Marchand (Book 2)

  Cody “Cowboy” McCormick (Book 3)

  Cash “Money” McQuaid (Book 4)

  Alexei “Camel” Kamarov (Book 5)

  Adam “Blade” Garrison (Book 6)

  Ryan “Dirty Harry” Callahan (Book 7)

  Zach “Neo” Anderson (Book 8)

  Corey “Shade” Vance

  Black’s Bandits

  Jace Kaiser (Book 1)

  Brett Wheeler (Book 2)

  Colton Duchaine (Book 3)

  Jared Fraser (Book 4)

  Ian Black (Book 5)

  Tyler Scott

  Thomas “Rascal” Bradley

  Dax Freed

  Jamie Hayes

  Mandy Parker (Airborne Ops)

  Melanie (Reception)

  ? Unnamed Team Members

  Freelance Contractors

  Lucinda “Lucky” San Ramos, now MacDonald (Book 3)

  Victoria “Vee” Royal, now Brandon (Book 6)

  Emily Royal, now Gordon (Book 8)

  Miranda Lockwood, now McCormick (SEAL Team Book 3)

  Bliss Bennett, (Book 13)

  About the Author

  Lynn Raye Harris is a Southern girl, military wife, wannabe cat lady, and horse lover. She's also the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the HOSTILE OPERATIONS TEAM Ⓡ SERIES of military romances, and 20 books about sexy billionaires for Harlequin.

  A former finalist for the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award and the National Readers Choice Award, Lynn lives in Alabama with her handsome former-military husband, one fluffy princess of a cat, and a very spoiled American Saddlebred horse who enjoys bucking at random in order to keep Lynn on her toes.

  Lynn's books have been called "exceptional and emotional," "intense," and "sizzling" -- and have sold in excess of 4.5 million copies worldwide.

  To connect with Lynn online:

  www.LynnRayeHarris.com

  [email protected]

  Black Knight

  Copyright © 2021 by Lynn Raye Harris

  Cover Design Copyright © 2021 Croco Designs

  All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

  ISBN: 978-1-941002-57-5