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Book first appears in: The Dom Who Loved Me
Main character in Love and Let Die, Taggart Family Values, Make Lemonade (from Master Bits and Mercenary Bites~The Secret Recipes of Topped and Taggart Family Values), Rough Night (from Master Bits and Mercenary Bites~Girls Night and Taggart Family Values).
Physical description: icy blue eyes, blond hair, 6'5"
Relatives mentioned: Wife: Charlotte (Charlie) Marie Dennis. Brothers: Sean, Case, Theo. Kids: Tasha Taggart, Kala Taggart, Kenzie Taggart, Seth Taggart, Travis Taggart.
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After father left, managed a job, high school and helping his younger brother with homework without ever uttering a single complaint. He was the rock they clung to.
Lieutenant Commander of a Green Beret team. Fought in Afghanistan.
Met Charlotte in Paris in a BDSM club called the Velvet Collar.
Married Charlie ten days after met her. Married for 32 days before she died.
Known Alex McKay for 25 years.
An agent for 10 years.
Started McKay-Taggart with Alex McKay after he left the CIA.
Trained by John Bishop and mentored by Tennessee Smith as a CIA operative.
Turn ons include watching people fall off skateboards, anything his wife does, lemon donuts and hair metal. Turn offs - yeah, that's a whole other website.
Has a dog named Bud - short for big ugly dog.
Major wounds taken - shot in thigh in Love and Let Die by Eli Nelson, multiple wounds to the balls courtesy of his daughters, spinal column injury thanks to garden gnome (Make Lemonade)
Ian gets his name from two of my favorite fictional worlds. Ian is from Ian Flemming, the creator of Bond. Taggart is from Galaxy Quest. The captain of the NSEA Protector was named Peter Quincy Taggart, and if there's one thing my Tag never does - it's give up or surrender. (Well, maybe to Charlie.)
One question I often get asked is who I base Ian off of. I would love to say Ian is the product of my fertile imagination, but I can't. I married him and often take Ian's lines straight from my husband's mouth.
In the original version of The Dom Who Loved Me, Ian had a sub named Holly. My intentions were to break them up in book three because it had gotten too dangerous. Book Five was going to open with Ian realizing breaking up with her had just made her a target. He was going to get word Mr. Black was getting ready to kidnap her. He was going to storm her house only to realize she had a baby - his baby. And yes, if this sounds familiar, I repurposed it as the opening of Their Virgin's Secret. I was persuaded that Ian shouldn't have a lover, and I'm happy I took that advice. (Thank you, Shayla.) Most of Holly's lines were given to Eve, and the rest is history. I'm glad I did it because Charlie would have kicked my ass.
Why is Ian's book titled Love and Let Die? Because GnR did a great cover of the original theme song "Live and Let Die," and it felt very fitting.
Ian appears in every Masters and Mercenaries book with the exception of one - Dungeon Games. Ian also appears in Texas Sirens, Nights in Bliss, Lawless, and a version of Ian appears in Thieves. He's a vampire there and every bit as sarcastic as the human version.
There are several BDSM scenes throughout the series that come specifically from my own research and experience. One of them is the fire play scene.
To read an Inspirations about Ian and Charlotte, click here: Ian and Charlie
To read an Inspirations about Ian's first lemon pie, click here: Lemon Pie
To read an Inspirations about Ian and Sean's names, click here: Names
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