Rachel Ryker is a bad ass Navy SEAL. She puts duty and honor first- always. But what happens when tragedy pushes Rachel and her second in command, her best friend in the entire world, closer? Will Rachel choose love over duty?
Rachel is a rising star in the Navy SEALs stationed in the Middle East on a series of special anti-terrorism missions. Her colleagues often joke that she is “married to the military” as she sees it as her duty to die in combat, she takes all of the risks so that others don’t have to, but it comes at a cost.
Being the first female Navy SEAL is no easy job, but someone's got to dismantle the patriarchy. Rachel Ryker, call sign ‘Skylark,’ can out run and out gun just about anybody, and with her second in command, Christopher Williams, by her side, she’s practically unstoppable. Christopher would follow Rachel to hell and back… or maybe just to the Middle East. When a top-secret malware code is stolen from the CIA, Rachel and Christopher lead their SEAL team through the Middle East in an attempt to recover it.
They both have their own reasons for fighting, but as the team gets closer to finding the stolen malware, Rachel discovers that the man they're looking for may be closer to her than she thinks. Will Rachel’s obsession with completing their mission override her common sense and causes her to lose sight of what is really important- keeping women and children safe from the oppressive patriarchy they are all living in?
With secrets, pride, and a strict no fraternization policy keeping them apart, falling in love would mean sacrificing everything Rachel and Christopher have worked for. But when Rachel gets injured in combat, everything changes. Now Rachel will have to choose: does her devotion to the Navy outweigh her love for Christopher?
You're support is making it possible to print 1000 copies of this limited special first edition of Skylark. The first edition is so amazing because it has:
The official goal is to raise $500. The real cost of production of the paperbacks is about $5 per book, so $5000 for 1000 books.
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By having a low, very attainable goal, it ensures that you all get your books!
It does not mean that we're done as soon as we hit that $500 or even $5000 mark.
Once we exceed the $500 goal, we will unlock rewards and add ons like extra bonus chapters (There are a total of 6 bonus chapters), a Fuck the Patriarchy bracelet (potentially needed now more than ever) and more character art.
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You all know I have more books in me ;) Skylark is just the start of this series.
Every penny raised goes towards the cost of production of the paperbacks. Any money after that will go towards reimbursing the money I've already spent out of pocket on editing, cover design, interior formatting, marketing, etc.
Megan Michelle is a San Francisco Bay Area native who spent thirteen years living abroad. She is now enjoying life at the beach- Virginia Beach, to be exact.
Her passion for psychology fuels her writing, helping to bring her characters and dialogue to life.
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