Operation Ball N' Chain: Cottonwood Falls, #11

By Aliyah Burke

If they're not careful this wedding day may never come…

 

Although having secretly been married for years, Grey Sorenson and his wife Sarah Mallery were having a actual wedding to make her mother happy. The only problem was that each day that counted down to the event increased his chances of being served with divorce papers instead. Sarah and her mother weren't agreeing on anything and his Marine was becoming increasingly volatile.

If they managed to survive the meddling mother there was a far more sinister plot in the works that may make the actual ceremony extinct along with one of them. Will they survive long enough to take vows before their hometown? Will he actually be able to call her his forever and see her use his last name? Or will it all be for naught?

 

***This story was previously released in the Labor of Love boxset. Since then it has had a bit more added to it.***

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sensual Romance Publishing
• Release date: Feb 17, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224266241

Aliyah Burke

USA Today bestselling author Aliyah Burke is an avid reader and is never far from pen and paper (or the computer). She is happily married to a career military man. They are owned by six Borzoi. She spends her days at the day job, writing, and working with her dogs.

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Operation Ball N’ Chain

OPERATION BALL N’ CHAIN

AN OPPOSITES ATTRACT, SMALL TOWN ROMANCE

COTTONWOOD FALLS

BOOK ELEVEN

ALIYAH BURKE

Sensual Romance Publishing

CONTENTS

Blurb for Operation Ball N’ Chain

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

About the Author

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Operation Ball N’ Chain

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BLURB FOR OPERATION BALL N’ CHAIN

If they’re not careful this wedding day may never come…

Although having secretly been married for years, Grey Sorenson and his wife Sarah Mallery were having an actual wedding to make her mother happy. The only problem was that each day that counted down to the event increased his chances of being served with divorce papers instead. Sarah and her mother weren’t agreeing on anything and his Marine was becoming increasingly volatile.

If they managed to survive the meddling mother, there was a far more sinister plot in the works that may make the actual ceremony extinct along with one of them. Will they survive long enough to take vows before their hometown? Will he actually be able to call her his forever and see her use his last name? Or will it all be for naught?

To everyone who has to fight to get your Happily Ever After. Don’t give up, it’s out there and no matter what anyone may tell you, you deserve it!

CHAPTER 1

The entire figurine display crashed to the floor seconds before a litany of not so muttered curses filled the air. Grey Sorenson exhaled loudly and waited. Were he a betting man—which he wasn’t—he would put all his money on who would be coming into view, in a very short space of time. Sure enough moments later, his charming bride-to-be stormed into view. Her dark eyes spat fire as she ate up the ground in his direction. Even though she was confined to a small indoor space, she moved with a coiled grace that took his breath away. It had since he ran into her after not seeing her for a good number of years on Parris Island.

Things going well? he asked, doing his best to hide his amused smile although it was a hell of a struggle to accomplish.

His own personal safety dictated he not show her any amusement on his part, not in the slightest. He loved this woman so goddamn much, some days it hurt how much he loved her and it didn’t fade. If anything, his love grew stronger, day by day, minute by minute. Even as pissed as she was, to him, there wasn’t a more beautiful, sexy woman in the world. This was the only one for him and he was