Meet Mason Harding from Arresting Mason by Amber Daulton - @AmberDaulton1 #Romance #Suspense

 

Their chance encounter resulted in a steamy affair, but will his former gang and a parole officer tear them apart?

Once you’re in a prison gang, you’re in it for life. That’s what Mason Harding thought until the boss accepted his resignation. After the State releases him on parole, a sexy divorcée behind the wheel of a car almost ends his life quicker than a shank. His chance encounter with Mia Eddison results in a night of passion, but her brother—his parole officer—catches them together and doesn’t approve. 

Mia falls hard for the cocky ex-con, but not because of his chiseled body. She vows to break through his walls and discover his secrets, but never expects those secrets to threaten her life. 

When members of an organized crime ring kidnap Mia to force Mason’s return to the gang, he goes up against an old friend to save the woman he loves. Will his sacrifice be enough or will everything fall apart in a blaze of gunfire?

Meet Mason Harding from Arresting Mason

If you had a free day with no responsibilities and your only mission was to enjoy yourself, what would you do?

I’m gonna expand on this question. Hope you don’t mind, Debdatta! If I had a free day to have fun and I could go anywhere, I would get the hell out of the Colorado. My parole restrictions limit me to in-state travel only, but I’m dying to see the ocean. I haven’t taken a vacation in over fifteen years.

Imagine the perfect day—you’re lounging on a towel at the beach with rock music blaring through your headphones, and you’re watching your sexy fiancée parade around in a skimpy wet bathing suit that barely covers her special parts.

Sounds good, right? As soon as I’m off parole, in about four years, I’ll make it happen.

If you could spend the day with someone you admire (living or dead or imaginary), who would you pick?

I know this will sound crazy, and I might not even do it if I had the chance, but I’d like to spend the day with Oskar Udell—my old captain from back in prison. I’m not proud of this, but I joined a gang when I was locked up. I didn’t have much of a choice in the matter. When you’re in the slammer, you make ties with anyone you can for protection and just hope they aren’t psychotic. Since I was an eighteen-year-old hothead with more balls than brains, I needed all the protection I could get. Captain Udell took me under his wing and thought of me as his nephew. He’s done bad things—so have I—but he was good to me. I admire him; I can’t help it.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? And, what is your current state of mind?

Perfect happiness is my life. After so many mistakes, I’ve finally made a good one in falling love with Mia. She has never passed judgment on the crap I did back in the day or on the stuff I recently had to do when my old gang tried to bring me back in. For her, I want to be a better man. Hell, I am a better man. Even though I sometimes lose my temper, I have nothing to complain about, especially since I’m living with the love of my life. I also have a supportive brother, an adorable nephew, and a good job. What more does a man need?

What do you consider to be the most overrated virtue and why? 

Pride, definitely, but I’m not sure if most people would think it a virtue. I straddle the fine line between arrogance and confidence everyday, but some of the men I used to hang with had some massive superiority complexes and took a blow to their pride as a serious affront. Stupid, right? Like three months in the hole was worth a bloody fight to redeem your “honor” and all that bull. But hey, I played that game a time or two as well. Luckily, I grew up and finally realized balance is just as important as pride.

Tell us something about yourself that the readers do not know about.

If you’ve read my story, then you know Mia’s brother, Jim, is an overprotective hardass who needs someone to knock him down a few pegs. What you don’t know is I kinda like the prick. (Just don’t tell him that.) I appreciate and even approve of how he wants to take care of Mia, but that’s not his job anymore. It’s mine. I think he’s finally starting to realize it. If so, I’m prepared to bury the hatchet.

Read an Excerpt from Arresting Mason

“Which one is your car?” She glanced around the crowded parking lot. A few streetlights pushed back the darkness and shadows. The restaurant served customers until midnight on the weekends, but no one loitered in the lot, at least from what Mia could see.

“Don’t have one at the moment.” Mason hooked his thumbs in the belt loops of his jeans. “I took the bus. It stopped a few blocks from here.”

“Would you like a ride?” She pulled the car keys from her purse. “I feel a little ridiculous we met here tonight. I just wasn’t sure if you were some kind of freak.”

His eyebrow lifted, and he closed the distance between them as a tiger would zero in on its mate. A sexy, masculine smile curled his lips. “Have you made up your mind yet?”

“I’ll let you know in the morning.” Desire trickled down her spine. Mia nodded toward the passenger side of the car for him to hop in.

He confiscated her keys instead to unlock and open the driver’s side door for her like a gentleman. Then he leaned closer and nuzzled her temple with his nose.

Not sure if he planned to seduce her in the parking lot or if he merely wanted to tease her, Mia pressed her hand to his chest and tried to think straight. “You’re the first guy I’ve gone on a date with since my divorce. I haven’t slept with anyone since Evan.”

He tunneled his fingers through her wavy, chestnut-brown hair. “I haven’t dated anyone in a long time either. We’ll take it slow or fast, whatever you want, but I promise you one thing. After I’m done with you, you won’t even remember that bastard’s name.”

Oh, God. She almost melted right then and there. “Fast. I want you, Mason.”

“Take me to your place and you can have me.”

Amber Daulton is the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several standalone novellas. Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press and Books to Go Now, and are available in ebook, print on demand, audio, and foreign language formats.

Amber lives in North Carolina with her husband and three demanding cats.

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