His Winter Rose by Lois Richer

Author:Lois Richer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2007-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Piper rolled out of town half-bemused by Jason’s kiss. Every so often her hand lifted of its own volition, and her fingers touched her lips.

He was a nice guy, really nice. If only—

She glanced at the flash of lights behind her, glimpsed in the rearview mirror and saw that package lying on the backseat. Where had it come from?

She made a tight left turn, annoyed by the bright lights of the vehicle following too close behind. Edging over onto the shoulder, she waited for it to pass, but it didn’t, which aggravated her even more.

Assuming it was one of their visitors who wasn’t familiar with these roads she moved back into her lane and kept going, relieved when she could finally turn into her driveway.

Oddly, the vehicle turned, also, but then stopped and sat waiting when she drove into her parking space and shut off the engine. After a moment it backed out of the lane and drove away.

Disconcerted, Piper climbed out of her car and picked up the brown package. She carried it to the house, unlocked the door and laid it on the table. Once she’d slipped off her shoes and put the kettle on for a cup of tea, she began inspecting the parcel.

There were no marks on the plain brown paper, nothing to indicate either what it was or where it had come from. She slid a fingernail under the taped corner at one end and began unwrapping. Inside was a white box with the Wainwright logo on top.

She pressed her lips together and lifted the lid. A model sat inside—a hotel model. She lifted it out, found a small card underneath.

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