~*Cover Reveal*~ Defending Hayden by L.P. Dover

Title: Defending Hayden
Series: A Second Chances Novel
Author: L.P. Dover
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Publisher: Random House
Cover designed by: Regina Wamba at Mae I Design and Photography
Photo taken by: Regina Wamba
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Blurb:
No one’s tougher than Carolina Cougars linebacker Derek McLaughlin. But when a fatal
car accident claims the life of his girlfriend, Derek finds himself caught in a destructive
spiral of drugs, alcohol, and meaningless sex. But not even a string of one-night stands
can ease the hurt. Football is all he has left. Then fate leads him back to the scene of the
crash, and into the arms of a kind, gorgeous woman who sees past his façade to the man
he once was . . . and can be again.
When a chance roadside encounter brings Derek into her life, veterinarian Hayden
Hunter isn’t fooled by his bad attitude: All bark and no bite, he’s hiding a wounded heart
beneath that gruff demeanor. And Hayden wants to be the one to kiss it all better. Soon
they both find that a dose of passion is potent medicine. But when a hidden enemy lashes
out at Hayden, Derek steps up to do what he does best: put his body on the line in the
name of love.


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Advance Praise:
“L. P. Dover knows how to create the men who make us swoon, the book boyfriends we
all want.”—New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin


Excerpt:
Guilt plagued me and I felt sick. Getting out of bed, I paced the room, running my hands
angrily through my hair. I didn’t want to hurt Hayden. Keeping her away would protect
her from my life. She was bound to leave me anyway. I’d fuck up somehow and it would
ruin her. What the hell was I talking about? I’d already fucked her up.
“Derek?” Her voice was like honey, silky and sweet. I’d imagined what it would be like to
hear that voice screaming my name as I fucked her over and over. Last night had been
the best night of my life, but it had scared the shit out of me. I couldn’t shake it. “Derek,
are you okay?” she asked. Stopping midstep, I turned to face her, and her eyes
widenened when she got a glimpse of my face. I could only imagine what she saw. So
many emotions battled inside me. She held the blanket to her chest, and her lips
trembled. “Please tell me this wasn’t just a game to you,” she whispered.
Swallowing hard, I sat down on the edge of the bed and reached for her. She recoiled
from my touch. “None of this was a game, Hayden. Last night was fucking amazing.”
Her eyes glistened, but her jaw was firm. “Then why are you looking at me like that? Like
you regret what we did.”
I wanted to touch her, but last night had been my only chance. She’d never let me close
to her again. “I don’t regret it, but eventually you will. You’re not the only one who’s lost
someone they cared about. I can’t go through it again. It’s best to stop this before it goes
any further.”
“Any further?” she scoffed. She waved her arm around the room, her anger so thick I
could cut it with a knife. “If you didn’t want it to go any further, then why did you bring
me here? Why would you do that to me?”
“Because I care about you,” I said, knowing it made no sense to her.
“Then why are you pushing me away?” she cried.
Standing, I got up and walked over to the window. “You wouldn’t understand.”


Author Bio:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L. P. Dover is a southern belle living
in North Carolina with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she began her
literary journey she worked in periodontics, enjoying the wonderment of dental
surgeries.
She loves to write, but she also loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes and white
water rafting, and has a passion for singing. Her two youngest fans expect a concert each
and every night before bedtime, usually Christmas carols.
Dover has written countless novels, including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances
series, the Gloves Off series, the Armed & Dangerous series, the Royal Shifters series, the
Society X series, and her standalone novel Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite genre
to read and write is romantic suspense, but if she got to choose a setting in which to live,
it would be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.
L.P. Dover is represented by Marisa Corvisiero of Corvisiero Literary Agency and Italia
Gandolfo of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management for dramatic rights.


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In The Series: (standalones)
Love's Second Chance
Trusting You
Meant for Me
Fighting for Love
Intercepting Love
Catching Summer
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