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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

“The guy I was talking to said the man who was injured might lose his leg. Did you figure out what happened?”

Anger glittered in those golden-brown eyes. “Looks like it was an IED. Murphy kicked a rock and set it off. If he’d stepped on it directly, he’d probably be dead.”

Her stomach squeezed. “IED? Are you sure?”

“Turley’s a marine. Served in Afghanistan. He hasn’t put the information out to his men or anyone else, but he’s sure.”

“Maybe it was a disgruntled employee,” she said. “Someone he fired.”

His gaze slanted to hers. “Someone who wanted payback?”

The knot in her stomach tightened. “Maybe.”

“The mine sits on Diamond Bar property. I’m not a big believer in coincidence.”

Ellie glanced back toward the mine. “Neither am I.”

* * *

Two days later, Kade drove Ellie in for supplies and her lunch date. It burned him to think of her with Jonas Murray. Murray was the biggest womanizer in Coffee Springs. Once Heather was gone, Kade had managed to block the notion the guy could have been sleeping with his wife. He figured Heather would have had better taste. Now Ellie had forced him to face that very real possibility.

As he drove down the road, Kade thought of their earlier conversation. Ellie had wanted to drive herself into town, but Kade had told her he had a Cattlemen’s Association meeting in Eagle, which fortunately was true.

“I’ll be done about the time you’re finished,” he’d said. “Save us taking two vehicles.” It was an excuse, and the look in Ellie’s green eyes said she knew it.

“You told me yourself the guy is at the top of your murder suspect list,” he added. “I don’t like the idea of you being alone with him.”

“I won’t be alone, and even if I am, I’ve got a gun in my purse, so you don’t have to worry.”

It made him feel better, but not much.

“I’ll see you back here in an hour and a half,” he said. “You’ve got my number. Text me if you need more time.”

“All right.”

He wanted to lean over and kiss her, leave her with the imprint of his mouth over hers as she talked to Murray. Fortunately, he came to his senses.

Kade looked in the mirror as he drove away, saw Ellie disappear into the grocery store, and cursed.

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER NINE

ELLIE GAVE JONAS HER LIST OF SUPPLIES, WHICH HE HANDED TO HIS teenage son, then they walked over to the Coffee Springs Café.

Dressed in jeans, a dress shirt, and a navy wool jacket, Jonas looked good, his perfectly styled brown hair barely moving in the wind blowing down off the mountains.