Honeymoon Hotel by Bretton Barbara

Author:Bretton, Barbara
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love story, harlequin, poconos, honeymoon, bretton, pax series
Publisher: Barbara Bretton

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But, of course, it wasn't.

Sarah had known that even then.

For Maggie and Rick the realization came later on.

When they'd filed for divorce, it was more an act of friendship than anger.

Her marriage had been companionable, but that deeper commitment, the passion she'd seen at work in the best of marriages, just wasn't there.

Rachel knew that, just as Maggie and Rick had known it before his cancer was diagnosed.

Rachel was one of the lucky ones. You had only to look at Rachel and George, see the fire in their eyes, to know that sometimes you really could have it all.

She thought of how she'd felt in John's arms.

Maybe it was the real thing, maybe it wasn't.

But one thing was certain: she'd never know without a fight.

Maggie marched into her office. Groucho was shrieking on his perch. She climbed over the boxes of cocktail napkins and funny money, fed him a peanut, and reached for the telephone.

"Seven-fifty-four. Chambers," he answered.

"I want to see John Tyler, Ally," she said.

Her uncle's sigh was loud and theatrical. "Identify yourself, please, caller."

She rummaged for the index card with her number scribbled on it. "Eight—no, make than a six. Six-seven-nine."

"Go ahead."

"Oh, come on, Ally. Don't make me repeat myself. You heard every word I said the first time."

"I rest easier each night knowing you are safely back in civilian life, my girl. Your respect for protocol leaves much to be desired."

"Protocol's a pain in the –"

"Control your temper. Our words have a habit of traveling farther afield than we might think. What is it you want?"

She took a deep breath. "I want to know if John Tyler is a spy."

"And may I ask why you want to know?"

"I know what you said about security and secrecy and everything else, Alistair, but I want to see him." Think of something, you fool! Think of a good reason other than the truth. "I understand how important the Summit –"

"Magdalena!"

She flinched at the tone of his voice. "Sorry. I understand how important your plans are, but it seems to me, Tyler will get very suspicious if I just drop out of sight." She switched the phone to her other ear. "I mean, he might even decide to come by and . . . " Her voice trailed off ominously. "Who knows what he might see if he did."

"A valid point, Maggie."

A valid point. She stared at the phone in shock. That was Alistair's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.

"Yes," she said coolly. "I thought so, too." She swallowed hard. "Has he been checked out yet, Alistair?" He couldn't be a spy. The Fates wouldn't be that cruel to me.

"He checked out fine, Maggie."

Her relief was so intense that she sank down into her chair. "You're sure about that?"

"We have a dossier on Tyler, and he's on the up and up."

"You have a dossier on him?"

"Naturally, my girl. We have dossiers on all of your peers in the files I left behind with you."

She glanced down at the black leather pouch next to her calculator.

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