Story Cindy Gerard I’m hooked on Gerard’s tough-talkin’, straight-shootin’ characters. Her story is exciting, taut, sexy and just plain fun to read. ~SB Oh, yeah. Judging by the chuck, chuck, chuck of her custom AR-15, Crystal—aka: Tinkerbelle, Johnny Duane Reed’s own personal transplant from never-never land—was kicking some serious ass. If help didn’t arrive soon, preferably in the form of their Black Ops., Inc. extraction team, not only was he going to die in this snake-infested jungle, Tink was going to take the long goodbye with him. The thought of losing her redoubled the pain that screamed through his shoulder where an AK round had ripped through flesh and bone. “Shoulda clipped…your wings, Tink.” He shook his head and fought the darkness from the blood loss and the suffocating, wet jungle heat that threatened to drag him under. “Told Nate…this…was a…bad idea. Never shoulda…let you…come along…never shoulda—”
