Things heat up…especially when this fiery heroine is Captured

Hello & Welcome back Readers! Today we take another look into the Captured Box’s paranormal stories, and this one is by far the hottest- literally. Without further adieu, let us turn up the heat with NYT & USAT Bestselling author Mandy Rosko’s story, Burns Like Fire.

 Scarred by flame and the loss of his family, Jack Marilla will stop at nothing to take down the fire-starter that ruined his life, but only if he can resist her fiery temptation…

Jack Marilla is out for revenge for the deaths of his family, and the burn scars that cover his body. To get it, he has to hunt down the woman he used to love, the paranormal fire starter who set his house ablaze with him, and his family, locked inside of it. When he catches her, however, he faces his biggest challenge yet. To not believe her when she claims to be innocent, or fall for her seduction…

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Excerpt from Burns like Fire by NYT & USAT Bestselling Author, Mandy Rosko

“Hi, Cindy.”

Cindy stared at him. Her bright amethyst eyes widened so he could see the whites all around.  Her glossy peach lips dropped open as her facial expression changed from scared to all hell to  just plain confused. He got a real dumb sense of satisfaction over that. Yeah, she’d thought he  was good and dead.

“Jack?” she practically shrieked his name.

She was so focused on his face, probably wondering why it wasn’t melted, or why he was even  alive, that she didn’t look down and see the rag or the shackles hanging in his free hand until it  was too late.

She tried to jump to the passenger side, to get away, but Jack lunged. He grabbed her by her  frail shoulders and pushed her down across the seats. He pushed the rag hard over her mouth and  nose before she could shriek for help.

He had the shackle in his other hand and he almost got it down on her wrist before she punched  him good and hard in the nose. Her thin, tiny knuckles didn’t look like much, but they hurt like a  bitch on impact. He thought he even heard a crunch.

“Ah, fuck!” He reared back and dropped the cuffs to the floor of her car, but he didn’t take the  cloth off of her nose as he cursed and yelled.

That fucking hurt! Blood dripped from his nose and onto her pale collarbone and dress in the  struggle. She got him good that time. He wasn’t about to let her do it to him again.

Her sharp manicured nails scratched at his hands, drawing even more blood. Jack grabbed  both of her wrists and yanked them above her head, holding them down with one hand while he  kept up the pressure of the cloth with the other. She kicked and struggled as she breathed in the  chemical, but she didn’t have the strength to buck him off and he avoided her knees when she  tried to get him in the balls.

Don’t summon fire. Don’t summon fire, he chanted in his head over and over again. She had it  in her eyes, he could see it building up around her as the temperature of her body increased.

If she burned him, he wouldn’t be able to handle it. He’d fly right off her and she’d be as good  as gone. She’d get away and he might never find her again.

Cindy’s struggles beneath him started to let up. There wasn’t much physical strength to begin  with, but now it was almost nonexistent as the hint of flames left her eyes, and her body went   Jack released her hands. He panted for breath as if he was the one who’d just lost the fight. The  car stank of sweat mixed with the sweet scent of the chloroform. He was careful to keep the rag  away from his own face, already starting to feel sort of dizzy himself.

“I finally got you,” he said.

Then Cindy’s eyes widened as she came alive again. She clawed at his hands and arms with her  manicured nails, scratching deep.

“Fuck! Stop that!” Jack roared, grabbing onto her wrists and yanking them above her head.

Holy shit, she’d just faked that. Smart. It pissed him the hell off, but he had to admit it was   When blood beaded up from the scratches on his hand, Jack growled, and he forgot all about  being impressed. Was she ever going to pass out? Had he used enough of the chemical? If she  didn’t go under soon then that fire would come and light him up like his father and brothers.

No fire came. Cindy’s struggles weakened, for real this time as he held the rag to her face, for  longer this time.  Her bright, fearful eyes slid shut as she gave one last jerk before going under.

Jack sighed, relaxing his tense muscles as the only sound in the car was his own heavy  breathing. He wiped the sweat off his brow. Not the worst paranormal he’d put under by far, but  she hadn’t given in easily.

Adrenaline rushed through him as he stared down at her unconscious form. Cindy’s hair was  all over the damned place, her arms up high as her breasts rose and fell in sleep. She could have  just dozed off for how innocent she looked. The only thing that gave away the struggle was her  flushed skin.

He pulled the damp cloth away from her mouth and nose. He hadn’t even realized his heart was  beating so fast, and he lifted himself off of her.

Being on top of an unconscious woman was creepy, regardless of who she was and why they  were both there.

“Holy Christ,” he sighed, letting himself drop to the cool and dirty pavement of the parking lot.

He sucked in a breath of clean, fresh air, and carded his fingers through his hair.

Though he hated having to touch her again, even for the capture, he’d still noticed how smooth  her skin felt when he’d grabbed her arms. Her body beneath his had been exactly the same. It was  like muscle memory had taken over when he’d straddled her, and as she’d bucked her hips up to  try and push him off, his body had responded.

It wasn’t his fault his dick didn’t know the difference between fighting and fucking, that it  didn’t realize she’d been trying to get him off of her, not gyrating against his heavy prick for  Jack shook his head. That was too weird, especially considering she’d burned down the house  he and his family had been sleeping in..

Fuck that and fuck her. He wasn’t going to feel guilty because he was a healthy male who was  reacting to a beautiful woman. She was the one with something to answer for, not him.

All because Jack had been the one guy in the whole history of time stupid enough to tell a pyro  that his family made their profession out of hunting paranormals for the government.

Really, what had he expected her to do? Be happy about it?

“I got you,” he said again, and then he laughed as he stared up at the night sky. The stars were  bright. “I got you.”

 He’s Captured her but now what will he do with her?