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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

Kade bent his head and softly kissed her. He hadn’t worn a condom. They had discussed it. She was on the pill, and both of them were medically safe. Surely that was the reason the sex had been so good.

Or maybe it was just Kade. She was falling for him. Falling hard. But the closer they got, the more control he seemed to want. Ellie wasn’t willing to give up the independence she had carved out for herself. Not for Kade or any other man.

“Why don’t we take a nap before we have to get dressed,” he said as she returned from the bathroom.

One of her eyebrows arched up. “A nap? That’s what you’re calling it?”

He chuckled. “The suggestion was sincere. If a nap is what you want, that’s what we’ll do.”

She shouldn’t encourage him, not when every day with him pulled her deeper under his spell. But she really wanted to curl up with him for a while.

Ellie stripped off her clothes and climbed up in bed, and Kade undressed and joined her. At first they snuggled, then things got heated. As always, making love seemed the most natural thing in the world. Afterward, they actually did get a little sleep.

Then Kade’s phone signaled an incoming text. Will Turley, with a list of names, everyone who had worked at the Red Hawk Mine for the last twelve months, including support personnel, along with a list of people in management: regional, state, and international, all the way up to the CEO.

The hunt for Heather’s murderer would have to be put on hold once more. Kade held up his phone, showing her the list. Will Turley was nothing if not efficient.

Nap time was over.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

THEY DIDN’T LEAVE FOR VAIL THE NEXT MORNING, AS KADE HAD planned. Instead, Ellie set up appointments at the headquarters of Mountain Ore Mining. Last night, after he’d received Will Turley’s text message, Kade had spent an hour going over the names on the list. Nothing popped.

He’d pondered the information throughout the dinner he’d shared with Ellie at John Elway’s swanky downtown steakhouse and done his damnedest to enjoy the meal. In a sexy little black number that showed off her cleavage as well as her pretty legs, Ellie had managed to distract him enough from the murders to actually taste the food.

They had lingered over after-dinner brandies, and by the time they got back to the suite, he’d been relaxed enough to make slow, leisurely love to her—the way he should have done that afternoon. He’d slept better than he had in weeks, but by morning, his thoughts were back on Frank Keller and Earl Dunstan and whoever had murdered them.