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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 walked Ellie around to the passenger side of the pickup and helped her climb in, then headed for the driver’s side. As he started the engine, he tried to remember a time in his younger, wilder days when he’d dragged a woman into a back room somewhere and had steamy, uninhibited sex with her.

Definitely never happened.

It bothered him that Ellie could make him lose his highly valued control. Hell, he’d barely noticed the men Heather flirted with. Kade asked himself why that was. What was the difference between the two women?

The only answer that came to mind was that after the first few years, he and Heather had pretty much just cohabitated. After dating through high school, marriage was the next logical step. And this was Coffee Springs. Kade needed a wife. Heather was beautiful, and there weren’t a lot of women to choose from.

Ellie was different. She was her own woman. Independent, smart, hardworking, and sexy as hell. Kade had to admit he was fiercely attracted to her, more than any woman he could recall. Hell, more than any other woman he’d ever known.

He was in deep trouble with Ellie Bowman, and unsure how to proceed. The feeling was new to him. He warned himself to tread carefully, but as he cast her a sideways glance and felt his body coming to life again, he wasn’t quite sure how to make that happen.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

ELLIE SPENT MOST OF THE NIGHT IN KADE’S BED. AS THE CLOCKED ticked toward four a.m. and Kade lay beside her fast asleep, she was surprised at how reluctant she was to leave.

You can’t afford to get any more involved, a little voice warned. It’s too big a risk.

Easing back the covers, she dressed and quietly left the bedroom, went downstairs, showered, and went to work. As she set out the basics for breakfast, she thought again of the night she had spent with Kade, and another thought surfaced. Kade had told her he’d never been jealous of Heather. But he’d been beyond jealous of Ellie last night.

He doesn’t touch you. No one touches you but me.

No man had ever made those kinds of demands on her. Not her ex-husband, not a boyfriend or anyone else. Not that it was a problem since she didn’t sleep with other men when she was involved with someone—no matter how brief a time the relationship lasted.

Still, it made her wonder. Was there a chance Kade had murdered Heather in a fit of temper? Infidelity was certainly a trigger for Kade.

As breakfast ended and she and Maria cleaned up, Ellie tried to imagine a version of Kade who would kill his wife, but the entire concept of Kade using violence against a woman just didn’t fit.