New Orleans 03 - Shiver by Jackson Lisa

Author:Jackson, Lisa [Jackson, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Divorced Women, Asylums, New Orleans (La.), Police - Louisiana - New Orleans, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Mystery Fiction, Serial Murder Investigation, Montoya; Reuban (Fictitious Characters), Detective and Mystery Stories; American, Montoya; Reuben (Fictitious Character)
ISBN: 9780821775783
Google: X0_OWXYiXyoC
Amazon: 0821775782
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 2001-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Montoya, dressed in faded jeans, a black T-shirt, and a leather jacket, stretched out of his vehicle. He slammed the door and pressed a button on his key ring. The sleek car chirped and blinked its lights but Abby focused on the man.

His jeans were tight, his face set, his black hair falling over his forehead as he jogged toward the front steps. Stupidly, her heart fluttered. “God help me.”

Oh, Abby, don’t be an idiot. Do not go there.

She swung the door open before he pressed the button for the bell. Hershey bounded out, wiggling and wagging her tail, begging for attention. Yeah, some watchdog the Lab turned out to be.

“Expecting someone?” Montoya asked, and though there was a tension to his face, a bit of a grin flashed in his beard. The man possessed white, white teeth and a crooked smile, the kind, she supposed, that could melt a woman’s heart. He took the time to bend on one knee and pet the dog, who responded by demanding more and more attention, wiggling and grunting in pure pleasure.

“Just you, Detective,” she said, aware of the sense of relief she felt at the sight of him. Her nerves definitely needed soothing. And maybe she was just one of those stupid women who were hung up on tough-looking guys, men with an edge, who, if you observed a little more closely, had a twinkle in their eyes and a soft spot in their hearts.

Oh, for the love of God! What kind of ludicrous thought was that? Montoya is a detective. Period. He’s working on Luke’s homicide. End of story.

Yet as he offered up that smile again, sexy and boyish at the same time, his dark eyes seductive and naughty, she experienced a warm rush in her bloodstream. So there was a fun guy beneath the tough detective facade. Knowing Montoya had a sense of humor was even more dangerous. The last thing she needed in her life right now was a man, and of all the men walking this planet, Detective Reuben Montoya would be the worst choice for her.

A cop?

No way.

A homicide detective?

Even worse!

Get real, Abby.

And who are you to even think about choosing a man? The last one you were serious about just got murdered, remember?

“You were expecting me?” he asked. “Is that why you came to the door armed with a hammer.”

“What? Oh. No…I was just taking out some nails.” Not a lie. That’s what she’d done earlier this morning. Quickly, she set the hammer onto a table near the doorway. As Hershey ambled into the house again, Montoya climbed to his feet. Light caught in his ebony black hair and along the slope of his chiseled cheekbones; she wondered what it would be like to kiss him. She focused on those thin lips partially hidden by the thick blackness of his goatee and something caught in the back of her throat. In her mind’s eye she saw him not only kissing her, but touching her, his mouth and hands skimming her body.

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