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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

He was hard, aching to have her. The hour drive back to the ranch sounded like forever. He ran a finger down her cheek. “I want you, darlin’. You and nobody else. Let’s go home, and I’ll show you.”

Her features softened. She released a slow breath and nodded. It didn’t take long to reach the city limits and start winding through the hills. Deer were a constant hazard, so he focused on the road, let the miles unfold ahead of him.

“We need to call the police,” Ellie said, returning the conversation to where it belonged as the truck rolled through the darkness. “We need to fill them in on everything we’ve learned.”

“You got Savannah’s contact info, right?” The blonde had been more than happy to cooperate once she realized the threat the killer still posed.

“I’ve got it. Savannah Nightingale. Can you believe it?”

Kade fought not to grin. Now was definitely not a good time.

“The police will want to interview other employees,” Ellie said. “Anyone who might have information.”

“Maybe they’ll come up with something,” Kade said.

“Setting up a session with a sketch artist was a good idea. I should have thought of it myself.”

He cast her a glance. “You were sidetracked. My fault. I should have warned you.”

“True,” she said, not cutting him any slack.

Kade smiled. “I was playing the odds. It was kind of a long shot that she would be there.”

“Even more of a long shot that she would remember Barbara.” Ellie pulled the photo out of her purse. “Or maybe not, considering how spectacularly beautiful she was.”

“Like Heather,” Kade said darkly, his mind dredging up a memory of the day he had married her. Like a blond, blue-eyed angel, he’d thought when she’d started toward him down the aisle, her beautiful face framed in exquisite Belgian lace. When her body was found, he refused to look at the crime-scene photos. He never would.

He felt Ellie’s hand on his thigh, the warmth penetrating his jeans and his morbid thoughts. “She’s always there, isn’t she? In the back of your mind.”

For an instant, Kade’s eyes left the road and swung to Ellie. “Not when I’m with you.”

Ellie said nothing.

Kade wondered if she believed him. He hoped she did, because it was true. Heather’s death still haunted him and would until the bastard who’d killed her paid for what he had done. But the woman who was his wife had been erased from his heart long ago.

He was free of her, he realized, and found his gaze straying back to Ellie. Maybe it was time to reconsider the future he had once wanted and figured he could never have.

Maybe with the right woman, it wasn’t too late.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR