Behind the Shadows by Potter Patricia

Author:Potter, Patricia [Potter, Patricia]
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9780425224908
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2009-12-29T22:00:00+00:00

22

Chris couldn’t stop thinking about Leigh on the way home. It had been a long time since he’d felt an attraction for a woman. His heart had died with Risa.

Yet there was something about Leigh that touched him. He suspected there was a very complicated soul under that elegant facade.

She really was a beautiful woman, but nothing like Risa. Risa’s hair had been short, dark, and curly, and her eyes nearly black. She’d been a fiery Italian who bubbled with life and never met a stranger. He’d been surprised that she had chosen him. He was big and quiet and even a bit shy with women, which made his cop buddies roll over with laughter.

Risa’s exuberant personality brought out the best in him. The decline of her body, if not her will, broke his heart, and he thought—no, knew—he would never love like that again. Not with his entire being and soul.

He’d been drifting these past two years, earning enough as a PI to pay his bills and even save a bit over his police retirement. Archie was just enough company. But Kira’s quest had awakened him from the somnolent state he’d retreated into. At first, it was repaying a debt. Now it had become much more than that. It was a puzzle he had to solve. He wanted to save a life rather than clean up after a life that had been taken.

And now there was Leigh Howard.

Her eyes were a Caribbean Sea color, a mixture of blues and blue greens that was striking. He’d never quite seen anything like them before. Her face was flawless, and her blond hair had never seen a coloring agent. But what made her appealing was the wistfulness he saw in her face. And a sadness that ran deep.

She’d surprised him today with her frankness, her graciousness. She’d agreed to a DNA test but nothing more. Yet her curiosity about the Douglases was a good sign. She was thinking about them. She hadn’t just dismissed the possibility of a transplant.

Or, the cop side of him pondered, was this just a con job?

Someone had tried to murder Kira, and Leigh Howard had the best motive. Was that why she’d agreed to the visit? She wanted to know what he knew?

He didn’t think so, but then, he’d been fooled before. He’d known personable murderers and crooks. Most sociopaths were likeable and appealing.

And Leigh Howard—like Max Payton—had a great deal to lose.

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