I don't recognize the damaged woman in the mirror staring back at me-platinum-blond hair, blood-red lips and nails, curves laced up in the finest lingerie. I have transformed into a bombshell to exonerate my brother, United States Navy SEAL Joaquin Cruz. He's been languishing in a jail cell for the past six months, accused of a murder he didn't commit, his honorable career as a SEAL ruined, his spirit crushed. I've gone undercover as a stripper to entertain the men of SEAL Team Seven-I've given up my acting career, my dreams, my home-everything to free Joaquin and discover the truth. But I didn't count on having to conceal my identity from my ex-boyfriend, Navy SEAL Grant Carrion. The man I lost my virginity to was caught up in an endless web of sins and temptations, unable to escape from his demons. As I strip down to my lingerie and dance for Grant, I know that every humiliating moment will be worth my sacrifice-if only I can give my brother back his life. And just maybe, find a way back to Grant's heart. Conceit is a novella of 25,000 - the first of Se7en episodes in the Se7en Deadly SEALs series. Chronic: Se7en Deadly SEALs Episode Two releases February 7, 2015

Author Biography

Alana Albertson is an award winning Latina author and the former President of Romance Writers of America's Chick Lit and Young Adult chapters. She holds a Masters of Education from Harvard and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Stanford. A recovering professional ballroom dancer, Alana currently writes new adult romantic suspense. She lives in San Diego, California, with her husband, two sons, and four dogs. When she's not spending her time needlepointing, dancing, or saving dogs from high kill shelters through her rescue Pugs N Roses, she can be found watching episodes of House Hunters, Homeland, or Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team. Please visit her website at www.alanaalbertson.com