Colton's Killer Pursuit by Tara Taylor Quinn

Author:Tara Taylor Quinn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-09T16:37:45+00:00

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She didn’t plan to stay long. Had no desire to hang out at a house she was beginning to think she was going to sell rather than ever live in again for any length of time. But she had to see the damage for herself, assess what had happened so that she could factor it in with everything else as she tried to assimilate and figure out her new world. She had to step inside the space to reclaim her home from whoever had vandalized it.

Clarke was there to protect her as she did so, she knew.

She didn’t kid herself about that one.

She’d still have gone inside, even if he wasn’t. But without him, she’d have waited until it was light outside, and everything seemed less creepy.

As it was, Clarke seemed more inclined to linger than she was. A quick check through every room was all she’d wanted. He was checking out Fritz’s den as though he was cataloging everything in sight.

“This room got most of the attention this time,” he said, studying the place intently.

She’d noticed the same. The kitchen hadn’t been touched at all, it seemed. Nor had most of the other rooms. Her bedroom drawers had taken another tumble. The mattress was pushed off the bed.

All was fixable in less than an hour.

There was no reason for tears to be pushing for release. Things had been much, much worse the day before.

“We have to figure out what his killer would be after. What got Fritz murdered.” He shook his head.

“He owned a failing small health club and personal-training business. He had no partners and no enemies that I know of. We’ve been over this already,” she told him, wanting the answers as badly as he did. Worse.

“I heard basically that same information echoed several times tonight.” He was frowning, looking around, his gaze landing on the cabinet where she’d replaced the fishing tackle boxes.

And she was mentally swept back to the day before. On the floor. Moving her lips against his. Needing him. Wanting so much more. Wanting the touch of his hands.

Wanting to know where the kiss would lead, if culmination would be even half as good as that kiss had felt...

Shaking her head against the assault, she forced her focus back to his last words. He’d heard “basically” the same information.

Which implied that some information had been a little different.

“What else did you hear?” she asked him.

“Enough to know that my instincts are probably right on this one. My gut has been telling me all along that this is mistress related.”

“So why kill him? Why does she want me dead? And what would she want here?”

His glance was direct. Personal. “Once I have those answers, this will be over.”

She didn’t want this over.

The thought ran contrary to everything she knew. Of course, she wanted it over. She wanted to be free. To live without constant fear. To have her life back. To start her new future.

She just wasn’t ready for her time with Clarke to end.

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