Open Season by Linda Howard

Author:Linda Howard [Howard, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Romantic Suspense, Action Adventure Mystery & Detective, Humour, Thriller, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780671027582
Google: kcALAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0671027581
Barnesnoble: 0671027581
Goodreads: 759534
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Published: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

It was already hot, probably almost ninety, at nine-forty-five when she left the house. She turned the air-conditioning in her car on "high," but the church was only two miles away, so the blast of air was just getting cold when she arrived. The church was

nice and cool, though, and she heaved a sigh of relief as she entered the sanctuary and took her customary seat beside her mother and Aunt Jo, who both turned to her with beaming smiles. "You look great," Aunt Jo said, leaning over to pat Daisy's hand. "How did last night go?" Daisy sighed. "I only danced three times," she whispered. "There was another fight. I didn't have anything to do with it," she hastily added when both women's eyes rounded. "But I think I may have to find some other club."

"I should hope so," said her mother. "All those fights!" It wasn't the fights that disturbed Daisy, but the fact that the Buffalo Club seemed to be Jack's hangout. She was an intelligent woman; she knew better than to borrow trouble, and after last night it was obvious that being anywhere in his vicinity was a big problem. If he went to the Buffalo Club, she would go elsewhere. Period.

Someone slid into the pew beside her, and she automatically turned her head to smile a greeting. The smile froze on her face. "What are you doing here?" she hissed.

Jack looked around at the altar and choir loft, the stained-glass windows, and asked, “Attending church?" then leaned forward to say hello to Evelyn and Aunt Jo. Answering smiles came his way, and Evelyn asked him to come to dinner after services. He pleaded a prior engagement, which saved his toes, because Daisy had been prepared to grind her heel down on his foot if he'd accepted. Daisy imagined she could feel the gaze of everyone in church centered on her back. "What are you doing here?" she whispered again, more fiercely this time.

He dipped his head closer to hers so he couldn't be overheard. "You didn't want everyone to think you bought condoms for a one-night stand, did you?"

Her eyes widened. He was right. By his coming to church and sitting beside her, everyone would assume there was a full-fledged

romance between them, because a man just didn't go to a woman's church and sit beside her unless they were seriously involved. By giving up one morning of his time, he had changed her status from suspect to understandable. In this day and age, a sexual relationship between two romantically involved adults was the expected thing, even if organized religion did frown on it.

Two hours later, Daisy was a nervous wreck. Knowing that the chief of police wanted to get naked with her wasn't conducive to having a peaceful morning at church. She had tried her best to pay attention to the sermon, just in case it was aimed at her, but her attention had kept wandering. Specifically, it had wandered to the man sitting on her right.

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