Killer Harvest by Tanya Stowe

Author:Tanya Stowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-12-02T18:57:50+00:00

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Jared plugged the hospital’s address into the GPS of his vehicle. He kept screwing it up and had to do it three times before he inputted it correctly and was on his way.

That last impetuous kiss kept invading his thoughts. Sassa’s sweet, orange-flavored taste lingered on his lips... He shook his head.

Why did he do it?

It was definitely a stupid move. Now he couldn’t stop thinking about it. Not that Sassa was ever far from his thoughts. She was an enigma to him. Every time he thought he had her figured out, she threw something else at him. If he didn’t duck his head, it would hit him right in the face. Kind of like the punch the Spyder had thrown at him on the roof.

He needed to be thinking about the Black Knights’ young, virulent IT hacker, not Sassa and her soft curves, sweet lips and ever-changing moods.

Did she really think she was not an accomplished woman? She was the most accomplished woman he’d ever met. That was one of the things that kept him constantly intrigued. He never quite knew what would come out of her.

Like when she said he aspired. Aspire. The word made him itch. Earlier she’d said he was overly ambitious. It seemed she’d tried to tone that accusation down and changed it to “aspire.” It didn’t have quite the same negative implications. Still... He shifted in his seat.

It wasn’t a bad word. As far as motives went, it was pretty good. Why shouldn’t he reach for more? He didn’t have much to hang on to in his life.

The light turned red and he braked to a stop.

A memory of his mother’s voice drifted through his mind. She had a lovely singing voice. When he was very young, she used to sing to him every night. He’d fall asleep with her hand in his hair and a soft lullaby easing him into his dreams.

But those were the early years, before alcohol became more important to her than her son. He’d stuffed the memory away because it popped up at awkward times and reminded him of what he’d lost.

As a young college student, he remembered sitting on the city bus on his way to visit his dying mother in the hospital. A young boy across from him had leaned his head on his mother’s shoulder. Envy had gripped Jared’s soul so tightly, he couldn’t breathe. He’d turned away and gotten off the bus at the next stop. He’d ended up walking the rest of the way to the hospital, almost a mile away.

Children and a family life had never even been a topic of discussion between him and Jessica. Mainly because he’d put those painful memories far away, into the darkest recesses of his mind...until Sassa had dragged them out again.

Yes, she confronted issues, everyone’s issues, his included. But some of those confrontations were just too painful to bring out into the open.

No matter what she said, it wasn’t wrong to aspire. He wanted...deserved more and he would keep reaching for it.

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