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Back Cold Aim
Chapters (64)
  1. Cover
  2. PRAISE FOR JANICE CANTORE
  3. Map of Rogue’s Hollow
  4. Dedication
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. Epigraph
  7. PROLOGUE
  8. 1
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  10. 3
  11. 4
  12. 5
  13. 6
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  61. EPILOGUE
  62. 1
  63. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  64. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Bronwyn filled him in. He smiled. “We’re all about rescuing women. If this girl can put a bad man in jail, we’ll help. We can’t turn this one away, now can we?”

Bronwyn nodded. “I’ll get a room ready straightaway.”

8

“You don’t think it’s a good idea for them to house the girl?” Oliver asked as Tess drove back to town.

Tess tapped absentmindedly on the steering wheel. “Besides the fact that everything I now know about Beck is dangerous and disturbing, I don’t really like leaving the sheriff in the dark. I don’t know what to think. Beck has a lot of money. If he found out where the girl was and he wanted to cause problems here for Nye and Bronwyn, he certainly could.”

“They don’t seem to have a problem with the risk.”

“No, they don’t, but maybe they don’t know what they’re getting into.”

“What has you so bothered?”

Tess blew out a breath. What did bother her? That something out of a suspense novel could happen? That Beck could send waves of hit men into Rogue’s Hollow to locate and murder the witness, taking innocent people as well? That some horrible disaster was in the wings because of the power and reach that Beck had?

“I’ve just got a bad feeling about this. Maybe it’s just coming too close on the heels of what we went through with DEA Agent Ledge and his crooked partner. I can’t really verbalize a solid reason why I don’t like the idea.”

“Generally, I would agree with your hunches and feelings, but I think we should help this girl. We should help every girl or boy impacted by the evil and dehumanizing practice of human trafficking. It’s a scourge on humanity that needs to be eradicated completely.”

Tess looked across the car at Oliver and smiled as a warmth enveloped her. Oliver was the real deal when it came to helping others and to rescuing those in need. As a cop, Tess was used to helping people, but it was always surface aid because she had to move on, she couldn’t get involved. With Oliver, his help went deeper. He truly cared about the souls of the people he assisted. Bottom line, he was genuine, and Tess loved that about him. He was her sounding board on a lot of things.

“I agree. Human trafficking is worse than drug trafficking, a horrible plague on humanity. But after subjecting this town to a bloody shoot-out and two weeks of federal authorities looking into everything . . .” She patted the steering wheel with her palm. “Part of me wants everything to settle down. I’ve come to appreciate the quiet in small-town Rogue’s Hollow.”