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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

“I’ll get on it as soon as we get back,” Ellie said. “I know someone who might be able to help.”

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

ELLIE HAD A SECRET WEAPON WHEN IT CAME TO INFORMATION. Zoey Rosen was a friend from college, her roommate in the dorm their first year at the University of Colorado. They’d shared an apartment in the years that followed and become even better friends.

The good news was Zoe was an internet whiz. She’d majored in computer science in school and now worked as a systems security engineer. Zoe knew her way around the digital world. She’d been fascinated by computers, gaming, and the internet since she was a kid so she could find just about anything. Legally or otherwise.

Ellie didn’t want to take advantage of their friendship, but Zoe loved a challenge, and she was always glad to help. In this case, there was a man out there who could be setting off explosives and shooting people, possibly a man named Frank Keller. Though the sheriff had put a statewide BOLO out on Keller as a person of interest, so far he hadn’t been found.

And she planned to ask Zoe about the sheriff himself. Carver had been secretly dating Heather Logan. If she had ended things, maybe the sheriff hadn’t taken the news so well. Maybe they had fought about it and he had killed her. It was worth checking out.

Ellie watched the passing scenery as Kade drove his big Ford truck from the mine back toward home. The mid-October weather was chilly, but the sun was shining as he turned onto the road just south of Coffee Springs out to the ranch. Twenty minutes later, the big timber gate welcomed them. On the slope of the hill, the tall stone chimneys, plate-glass windows, and covered porches of the ranch house loomed ahead.

Kade pulled in behind the house and turned off the engine. Ellie climbed out as he rounded the front of the vehicle and walked toward her, all long legs, snug jeans, and cowboy boots, his hat pulled low on his forehead.

Kade stopped in front of her, and her gaze slid over him. Kade didn’t miss much, and unfortunately, he knew exactly what she was thinking.

He propped his hands on his hips, his silver belt buckle gleaming. “I hope you like what you see, darlin’.”

Color washed into her cheeks, and she glanced away. “Sorry, my . . . umm . . . mind was wandering.”

Kade’s eyes slid over her breasts, making them peak inside her sweater. “Mine too,” he said gruffly.

Embarrassed, she glanced away, spotted the black-and-white border collie rising from the blanket he had been lying on in the sun. “Looks like Smoke is doing a little better.”

Kade’s attention swung to the dog limping toward them, his head cocked as he looked adoringly up at Kade.